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Chapter 70: Anecdotes
His unbound black hair cascaded to his waist like a waterfall. His moon-white, broad sleeves fluttered in the wind, revealing a precious jade at his waist that shimmered with spiritual light. What a young man of imposing bearing!
Sensing that the other party had no ordinary background and was concealing his aura with an aura-suppressing artifact, Chen Beiwu cupped his fists and bowed slightly. "What did you stop me for, fellow cultivator?"
"Our meeting is a matter of fate. I'm Shi Botao." The newcomer laughed heartily and spoke with easy familiarity. "You're heading to Hidden Dawn Market, fellow cultivator. I imagine you're also attending the gathering to select a husband for the Gu Household's second young lady."
Chen Beiwu was taken aback, but none of it showed on his face.
What gathering to select a husband?
All he knew was that the cultivation lineage controlling Hidden Dawn Market was the Red Origin Gu Household, renowned throughout the Cangwu Mountain Range and hostile to the Cloudsea Shen Household.
The Red Origin Gu Household had two Foundation Establishment experts presiding over it. Its patriarch was a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator of formidable strength, only two steps away from the Golden Core realm. Its backer was also Mirror Moon Palace, one of the Five Great Sects of the Earth Evolution Realm.
To compete for resources from the great sects, the Red Origin Gu Household and the Cloudsea Shen Household had developed bitter conflicts and frequently fought.
"You've misunderstood, fellow cultivator." Chen Beiwu shook his head in denial. "My name is Chen Xiu. I'm only going to Hidden Dawn Market to buy cultivation supplies."
Shi Botao inwardly relaxed at that.
*Thank goodness, thank goodness. I've never seen a Qi Refining cultivator with such handsome looks and such a distinctive