Night had fallen, and the mountain was blanketed in wind and snow.0

Zhao Changhe did not receive an invitation to stay the night. He filled his gourd with wine, stashed another jug into his storage ring, and was then sent down the mountain.0

Originally, Yuxu intended to keep him around for a bit longer to chat. He found himself becoming quite fond of the young man, but when the topic turned to the gods and demons, he knew that it would not be prudent to keep him there. If certain entities took notice, it could bring danger to Zhao Changhe.0

When Zhao Changhe tactfully asked when it would be convenient to share another drink with him, it was actually just a subtle way of asking, “If you don’t want to find what they’re looking for, what are the prerequisites for me to come back and be able to take it away instead?”0

So, while it seemed like a casual inquiry about when they could share another drink, Yuxu’s response, “When you reach the second layer of the Profound Mysteries and enter the Ranking of Earth,”...1