It was early dawn when a group of travelers from the cultivation world arrived at the city gates of the Colorful Garment Nation's Blusher Prefecture, waiting on their horses for the gates to open. Among them was a well-renowned individual from the martial arts world of the Water Combing Nation, and he slowly rubbed a jade ornament in his palm as he sat on his horse. 0

He had nothing better to do at this moment, so he looked around at his surroundings, catching sight of a travel-worn young man walking over from the distance. There was a look of exhaustion in his eyes, yet his eyes weren't murky at all. The old man thought to himself that the young man was probably a martial artist, but judging by the imprints left by his footsteps, he most likely wasn't very strong.0

The old man's gaze continued to wander around, looking at some women and young maidens nearby. However, it was a shame that most of them were women from the countryside, with their skin dry and their looks ordinary. The old man hoped that the women inside the prefectural city weren't as mediocre as this.0

The young man in azure gazed at the large crowd gathered outside the city gates, and he decided to walk over to a breakfast stall rather than squeezing in front of the city gates with everyone else. There were already no empty seats left at the stall, but the young man still asked the stall owner for a serving of steamed white sugar sponge cake and a bowl of congee anyway. After the young man collected his food, the stall owner initially wanted to remind him that he needed to return the bowls and chopsticks after he ate. Upon seeing the sword on the young man's back, however, the stall owner decided to swallow his words and show some extra politeness to this member of the cultivation world.1

The young...0