Chapter 94: That’s Not a Problem; This Is a Problem
Prosperous Gray Forest Village was a quiet place, especially for the last ten years or so. They rarely received visitors, and other than the occasional spirit beast attacking the walls, nothing much happened.
The death of the village that Mo Jian presided over was a slow one, one characterized by starvation, lack of resources, and boredom.
When the mysterious cultivator, Chao Su, actually returned with food as he’d promised, it was both a happy, if concerning, surprise and a blessing. The village would be able to survive the winter with the stores he’d brought.
It didn’t take long for things to get out of control. The cultivator offered a deal with the village that was, honestly, too good to be true. Skeptical as Mo Jian might have been, it wasn’t like he could refuse anything from such a powerful cultivator. Just questioning the man had risked death.
And the cultivator had founded a sect, pulling an entire arena from his ring. The heavens themselves had witnessed his oath.
And another cultivator had shown up briefly at the walls before heading to the site of the new sect.
Mo Jian had no idea what that was about. Was Chao Su being attacked? Did the three sects object to a new one being formed? There was no way to know.
There was a knock on his door, and not even waiting for his servant, Mo Jian rushed to it, sincerely hoping it was the cultivator. He was the only one who knew what was happening.
It was just Guang Yin.
“I just heard that we had another cultivator show up, a female,” the wood harvester said. “What happened, Honorable Mayor?”
“I’d love to know. The last I heard she ran toward the arena.”
“Do you think the sects detected the heavenly lightning and came to investigate, Honorable Mayor? Or did they somehow find out about Chao Su founding a new sect and came to threaten him? The village could be in danger. The sects might hold all of us responsible.”