“Someone’s coming?” Zu An jumped in fright. “Hey, come back! Is it a person or a wild beast?!”

But Mi Li was already gone, and didn’t respond to him no matter how hard he tried. 

“You fall asleep as soon as you say you will… Are you a pig?!” Zu An snorted angrily. She’d only said that someone was coming, but she hadn’t said anything else. I'm in the depths of Hidden Dragon Mountain right now! What if some crazy beast came after my ass?

He gripped the Tai’e Sword tightly, his entire body going taut.

Soon, a figure emerged from not far away. It was a person!

Zu An grumbled inside. Those other protagonists always ran into some random goddess or beauty in the wilderness. Why did he have to run into some dude? This dude was old and ugly too.

His clothes were tattered like a beggar’s, but his eyes were still pretty bright. He was definitely a cultivator, and a strong one at that.

His shoddy appearance was most likely because he’d spent too much time in the mountains,...