Along this journey, Ruthless had always remained by Ren's side, smiling every day. It had been beautiful.
But no feast lasted forever. After coming this far together, they were bound to part ways eventually.
That day, in an ordinary tavern in a small city of the Southern Region on the Big Dipper.
The tavern's wine was fragrant, drawing many customers to buy it. Yet today, many people did not dare come near. Several men dressed in luxurious robes wore sinister smiles as they looked wantonly at the tavern. "Haha... old man, why aren't you brewing wine today? Seeing that you have no sons or daughters, I kindly offered to buy your brewing recipe and this tavern. But you old fool don't know what's good for you and insist on making me show you my power, huh? Hmph... the city lord of this city is my uncle! And my uncle is an outer sect elder of the Worship Fire Sect! An old man like you is far from qualified to fight me! Today, not only will I take your tavern and recipe, I won't even pay you a single coin!"
The young man was not very old, yet he was exceedingly arrogant. He stared at the old man before him with undisguised malice.
Within the old man's profound gaze lay countless turns of worldly vicissitudes, which finally became a sigh. "Sigh... it is time for this to end. The myriad changes of the mortal world will finally come to an end today."
As he spoke, an old woman slowly emerged from the tavern. Her formerly cheerful expression carried calmness. "I knew you would leave. I had often waited for this day to come. But I never expected you to keep me company for several hundred years. After all these years, it