A young monk, holding a lantern, walked over leisurely.
Upon approaching Hou Niao, he planted the lantern on the ground and meticulously examined Hou Niao for a moment, feeling slightly annoyed,
"The monk has come in vain!"
Hou Niao chuckled, "Not at all in vain, young sir still needs the master's protection!"
The young monk closed his eyes and sat in meditation without speaking, clearly unwilling to converse with this fellow from the Quanzhen Sect. He had come to save others, but unexpectedly, they were capable on their own and did not require his compassionate intervention.
Shan Country did not prevent cultivators from other Daoist affiliations from entering, and on the Jinxiu Continent, cultivators had the freedom to come and go. Thus, in places like Yinling, there were an abundance of nose-flaring demon-slaying Daoists, compassionately-minded monks, or cultivators who needed to collect soul ghosts for their cultivation techniques,
