Chapter 44 - 44
At the border.
The night breeze was swift as it whistled through the tiny town between its scattered houses.
Along the entire street, only one small teahouse leaked warm light, giving it a bit of life.
The so-called 'border' wasn't the boundary between two countries or two cities, but rather the demon world and human world.
The two races were separated into different worlds. Originally, there was still a space-rending Endless Abyss that served as a partition in the middle, but there were always a few weak spots in the formation that kept the two worlds apart, causing time and space to be in disorder. One could often find residents of both worlds passing through those spots to run away, and things like maliciously sneaking across the border was a common occurrence as well.
No normal person would want to live in a place where the demon race came and went like shadows, stealing things one day before committing murder and arson the next. Therefore, the population at the border became more and more scarce. Even though it used to be a flourishing metropolis, many people moved away once the space between the different worlds started to blur together. Only the disciples of the sects that came to mend the boundary stayed behind to guard the border.
Lu Liu poured a bowl of hot wine for the newcomer, exchanging greetings with him and a few other people as they surrounded the stove. "Brother, where did you come from?"
"From the south."
"Oh, from there?" The people glanced at each other before making understanding expressions. "It isn't easy to cross that area right now, is it?"
The newcomer held up his bowl of wine and frowned. "Who said it is? There's a fight almost every day. Nobody can handle this kind of suffering."
Someone chipped in from the corner, "Cang Qiong Mountain and Huan Hua Palace can both be considered one of the four big sects, so why have they stirred up so much trouble these past few years? Disciples from either side can't go a day without fighting if they see each other. Why don't the two Sect Masters do something about it?"