The sight of the little town eased Mo Qi's expression.
At last, they would not have to sleep out in the wilderness tonight.
Ever since coming to this world and hearing Su Jiu explain its rules, none of them had dared to cultivate. They generally stopped once the spiritual qi in their bodies was replenished, without drawing any excess into their meridians.
After all, none of them could bear the consequences of advancing in this world and then leaving it. All they could do was control their absorption of spiritual qi as best they could.
But Su Jiu's constitution made that impossible. Even when she merely stood there doing nothing, spiritual qi would burrow into her body. In just a month, her Cultivation Level, which had only recently reached the mid Golden Core stage, had already stabilized.
Thus, the person most anxious to leave this world was no longer Yun Huanling, but her.
The moment they entered the little town, Su Jiu sensed something strange about its atmosphere.
Whether from prolonged exposure to wind and sun or some other cause, the townspeople's skin was dark and wrinkled, making them extremely ugly. Even the children on the streets were no exception.
Some seemed unable to walk properly, writhing along the streets as though they had no bones.
Su Jiu and her companions, by contrast, became the oddities in town. She noticed that the moment they set foot inside, quite a few people fixed their eyes on them. Those gazes were complicated, and some of the shadowy looks even harbored ill intent.
Su Jiu surveyed her surroundings warily and activated her mark.
What she saw next made her look twice.
What... what were these things?
The "people" Su Jiu saw had no beauty whatsoever. Unlike the merfolk's exquisite good looks, theirs was