Fighting to be Kind in a Cultivation World

With only another kilometer or so before we reach the edge of the demihumans' living space, I can feel the mindset of the group wear down a bit.

While Ai and Lin may be familiar with the dense city sprawls with its boundless alleyways, the others are not. In particular, I notice that Jin Chin is the one feeling the most stressed about it.

Especially considering that I had let her and the others know they had to restrain their spiritual sense while inside this underground area, because of reasons that I couldn’t tell them about yet.

That certainly got me some concerned looks from the group. Even people who have deep trust, for a cultivator that uses it almost subconsciously around themselves to have to try to eliminate it, means that it must be a serious situation. And is essentially asking them to lower their guard down completely.

Adding to this, she already has a bias against demihumans, which she is resolutely trying to hold into check.

I’m still surprised by how quickly she’s chosen to change her views on demihumans. Normally, most people, especially here, are quite stubborn in their beliefs. Of course, they might fake it in front of others who they might think care… but Jin Chin isn’t like that. For good or bad, she speaks her mind.

Which is part of the reason that she got into the crosshairs of the nobles that were messing around in her town.

Even with that, we’ve been wandering around here, seemingly aimlessly. Obviously, there is an actual path that Gong is following. Jin Chin already knows that demihumans can’t harm her, with her being a Core Formation. However, clever tactics might catch one of us instead.

It is obvious that she has that in mind as her hand remains on both her new short sword and dagger. Ready to be pulled out at any time.