After the Liu uncle and nephew left, peace returned to the Pine and Crane Guest Residence.
Over the following days, quite a few lineages sought to visit, but the Chen Household turned most of them away.
Chu Mo was happy to enjoy the quiet. They hadn't even prepared a "token of goodwill." With so little sense, they still expected me to receive them?
They ought to look at how thoughtfully the Chen Household entertained him. Rare spirit fruits and immortal wines arrived without interruption, with no expense spared.
Of course, gifts bound the hands, and food sealed the lips. Chu Mo also made careful inquiries into the Chen Household's current circumstances.
As Qing Song had said, the Chen Household had suffered a gap between generations in recent years. Aside from True Person Red Rosy Clouds, their sea-calming pillar, their core strength was somewhat weaker than that of the Han and Liu households.
The older Foundation Establishment cultivators who had undergone receiving the register had suffered an ambush by natives during a visit to a small world, leaving them with heavy casualties. Among the younger generation, not a single Foundation Establishment cultivator had received the register.
Cultivators who had failed to open a Dao Mansion could not practice Seizing the Law, Refining the True. Their only option was to expend long years of painstaking effort gambling on an outer dao Golden Core.
Yet an outer dao Golden Core not only offered less strength than the orthodox path, but also came with a greatly reduced lifespan.
It seems this True Person Red Rosy Clouds really doesn't have much time left... Chu Mo mused.
A Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator with sufficient lifespan could take their time nurturing a successor. Why would they need to borrow another's reputation as a deterrent?
If the