Across the vast Border Pass, a murderous chill filled the land outside, while within lay the peaceful bustle of everyday life.
Those who lived at the Border Pass understood better how hard-won a peaceful life was. That peace had been built from the blood and bones of countless people.
Everyone flew back onto the Pass City walls, leaving countless corpses outside...
The old man, Zhuang Shi, watched the flowing white robes, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
It was already rare for an Emperor Throne Incense to be willing to guard the Border Pass, yet Li Wudi's death had brought Su Eternal Life here.
"Pass Master..." Zhuang Shi looked at Su Mo, hesitating to speak.
Su Mo waved a hand. "Senior, just call me Eternal Life."
His hair white and his face aged, Zhuang Shi spoke with a trace of conflicting feelings in his voice. "Then I shall address you as young master."
Su Mo nodded and did not refuse again.
Having a white-haired man call him Pass Master really felt rather strange.
"Young master, does your sect know you have come to guard the pass?" Zhuang Shi hesitated, but asked anyway.
Su Mo looked at Zhuang Shi. He knew the man was worried that the sect behind him would not agree to his guarding the pass.
After all, an incense heavenly prodigy of the Human Race coming to guard the Border Pass did seem rather like "neglecting his proper duties."
The man feared that although he had agreed to become Pass Master now, he would leave halfway through...
Su Mo sighed and slowly shook his head, looking in a certain direction within the pass.
"She won't refuse..."
The Divine Maiden felt no emotion toward anything, so naturally, she would not stop him from becoming Pass Master.
In the Divine