Immortality Mountain, Northward-Looking Wall.
The midday sun blazed, and the dark brown blood smeared haphazardly across the mottled wall gave off a faint phosphorescence.
A Black-and-White Sedan Chair stood quietly beside the Northward-Looking Wall, one corner of its roof slightly open, with thin wisps of smoke drifting upward.
Inside the sedan chair, the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master sat cross-legged on a couch, his frame gaunt. A stove stood before him, with a copper pot set on top.
He held a palm-leaf fan in his right hand, gently fanning the smoke and heat.
Outside, the sunlight was scorching and the heat unbearably stifling, yet not a drop of sweat showed on his face as he sat inside. An indescribable air of kindness and tranquility suffused his whole being.
After Fenglin fought him last night, the Heavenly Rhino Shuttle's spiritual essence had suffered some damage. With Ren Ye and the others having disappeared into the Heavenly King Mausoleum as well, the Heavenly Rhino Cave Master had returned to the Northward-Looking Wall to wait.
Over the course of half a night, he had nourished the spiritual essence within the Heavenly Rhino Shuttle anew, restoring it to its peak condition.
"Bubble, bubble!"
The broth in the copper pot boiled, releasing a tempting aroma.
The Heavenly Rhino Cave Master set down his fan, took the carefully prepared seasonings from inside his robe, and dripped them into the pot one by one.
"Click!"
Just then, a faint sound came from behind him. The long, narrow wooden case he always carried on his back had opened its lid by itself.
Immediately afterward, a little head poked out of the wooden chest, its chin resting on the edge of the chest's side panel. With innocent eyes, the child called indistinctly, "Da... Daddy, eat."
Sunlight fell through the sedan