At the foot of the Cloud Sect's mountain stood an ancient city within its jurisdiction.
The city bustled with activity, pedestrians streaming endlessly through its streets. Vendors hurried about their business amid a boiling clamor of voices.
At the city gates stood a young man whose appearance seemed utterly ordinary. Yet a dark gleam shone in his eyes as he scanned everything within sight, his expression greedy.
The man strolled toward the gates. As he looked at the enormous, imposing gates, conflict appeared in his eyes, as though he were debating whether they would be of any use to him.
After some thought, he withdrew his gaze. He entered the city with a leisurely stride, and the guards at the gates merely glanced at him before paying him no further attention.
They had seen plenty of sleazy-looking men like him and could not be bothered.
The man was none other than Su Mo. After deciding to join the Cloud Sect, he had headed straight toward it with his goal firmly set.
Fortunately, with the Jade Pendant Yu Gu had given him, he had easily changed his face.
Even his full head of white hair had turned black, and his formerly delicate features had become utterly ordinary.
The Ghosts-gifted Confucian Robe could change its appearance at his will, and it now looked like an entirely ordinary garment.
Su Mo now looked like a man off the streets. Neither his appearance nor his aura bore any discernible resemblance to his original self.
As for his bearing... Su Mo's current bearing had no bearing to speak of.
With him looking like this, even Great Calamity would not give him a second thought.
The fact that an old Inquiry Realm monster like Yu Gu had always kept that Jade Pendant on his person spoke