A glint of immortal light flashed in Chen Xun's eyes.
In an instant, he saw through everything about Di Yang.
Di Yang had indeed crawled up from underground, yet he had not been among the first batch of lifeforms to emerge. Those first Underground Lifeforms had long since been devoured by the vicious spirits of the Immortal Realm, including his parents.
Yet Di Yang had been exceptionally bold. He had still crawled out from underground and even found the location of Giant Spirit City. That bundle was what he had brought back for his people.
An hour later.
Di Yang did not dare venture deep into Giant Spirit City. He knew that when Giant Spirits walked, they never looked at the lifeforms beneath their feet. It would be all too easy to be crushed to death.
"Shopkeeper, thank you." Seeing the bulging animal-hide bundle, a trace of light rippled through Di Yang's eyes. He hurriedly jogged out of the city, determined to return underground before the long night arrived.
Chen Xun raised his eyes to glance at the receding figure, a smile lingering at the corner of his lips.
No matter their appearance or cultivation realm, he had never looked down on lifeforms striving to survive. They were all brave souls.
In the days that followed.
Di Yang also joined the medicinal herb shop. Together with Little Mu Feng, he stood on chairs brewing spirit medicine. Mu Feng loved making all kinds of friends; that had been plain to see back in the Five Elements Sect.
Di Yang's somewhat muddled and numb spirit gradually brightened beneath the radiance of this lively and optimistic Mu Feng. He worked diligently for Shopkeeper Chen Xun.
Naturally, there was payment. Before the long night came, he could dig up some Immortal Soil beneath the