Luo Linwang and Rao Zongzhi suddenly realized that their guide, Hou Niao, had disappeared. He left a note saying he was going out to visit friends and then vanished without a trace.
Neither of them was worried; both were cultivators with substantial strength and extensive experience, capable of taking care of themselves. They were not children who needed someone to follow and protect them.
In fact, they had spent the day doing their own things, only meeting in the evening to have a drink together. Most of the time, they acted independently, which was no different from Hou Niao's departure.
Sword cultivation in Daoism is such that the more one cultivates, the more solitary one becomes.
...Divine City, the capital of Anhe, a formidable city famous in the Southwest, leads one of the five provinces of Anhe Country. Although it is the smallest in area, it is the wealthiest. Surrounded by a dozen smaller cities, each economically developed and uniquely characterized.