Unsheathed

The young woman sat there and contemplated some matters.

She could already be regarded as a young prodigy in the Silver Screen Nation and the surrounding nations, but compared to those two people, she knew that she was still very much inferior. One was a young boy at just fifteen years of age, yet he had already advanced to the Abode Tier two years ago. The other was a young woman at twenty years of age, and she had further enjoyed endless fortunes and a smooth journey of cultivation, also possessing an incredibly valuable treasure. If it weren't for the fact that they hailed from two opposing top-notch immortal sects that were arch-enemies with each other, they would have been the perfect pair of Golden Boy and Jade Girl.

There were a dozen or so nations in the region, and it appeared as if everyone in the mountains and outside the mountains were watching them grow and compete.

Each meeting between them would result in an exciting story that everyone discussed with relish.

In reality, the young woman was very envious of these two young prodigies.

This was because the intelligent young boy who was destined for fame since childhood indeed looked like an otherworldly immortal. His personality was warm and gentle, and he was exceptionally skilled at instruments, Go, writing, and painting. She couldn't fathom how there could exist such a captivating young boy in the world.

Seeing his senior sister become adrift as she sat there, the young man thought that she was worried about their mission afterward, so he said in consolation, "Senior Sister, if we're not confident about completing the mission, then we can leave after we find that child. There's no need to worry about this unavoidable calamity. Master also said that cultivators like us need to understand fate and act according to the trend. Since Imperial Accompanying City has already enjoyed the fortune of being protected by a deity for several hundred years, it's only right that they suffer this significant destined calamity."

The young woman nodded in response before warning, "Be careful of eavesdroppers."

The young man smiled and said, "I do believe that there are all kinds of people in the prefectural city, including strong and mysterious people. However, to say that we'll come across powerful beings at the city gate...? I don't believe this. We're not from some small third-rate immortal force either, so which old immortal or young immortal from the mountains do we not recognize? Perhaps that person who's mucking around with a monkey is an immortal concealing his aura? Or perhaps that young wanderer wearing a bamboo hat is actually a superior grandmaster from the cultivation world?"

The young woman's expression changed slightly, and she scolded, "Have you forgotten the teachings of our master? We need to speak carefully and act carefully when we leave the mountains and travel around outside!"

As she said this, she quickly glanced at the old man with the monkey squatting on his shoulder as well as the young man who had walked over to an ox-drawn cart. There was nothing to worry about regarding the latter, with the young man completely oblivious to her junior brother's offensive remarks. However, her heart shuddered when she looked at the former, and this was because the old man who had been feeding the small monkey on his shoulder just then also turned around to look at her, pursing his lips with an unfriendly expression. The young woman stood up and cupped her fists in apology.

However, the old man wasn't very understanding, and his gaze wandered around as he looked her up and down from head to toe. He then smiled coldly and retracted his gaze, seemingly uninterested in her looks and figure.