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Chapter 603 The Mortal World

Hidden Moat City

It was a city in the mortal world that was densely populated, covered in rivers, full of vessels, and extre

The streets were croith every sort of figure like scholars, peddlers, guards, jugglers, performers, and storytellers, and they could be seen everywhere

Chen Xi felt a dense air of the mortal world assault his face as soon as he arrived in Hidden Moat City The boundless , and it was completely different from the cultivation world

“Rich Jade Steaht out of the steamer… My humble ancestor had once worker in the imperial kitchen The founder of the Dynasty had once made an inspection and eaten the steamed bun my humble ancestor steamed, and he praised it profusely”

“Onlookers, this feathered fan was sewn together by the number one talent of Cleansed Jade Pavilion, whereas the poetry on the fan itself is fro Wuyu The feathered fan is suffused with fragrance and is a valued piece of poetry, and it’s only 80 gold pieces Don’t miss this opportunity” This was the cry of a feathered fan peddler

“The Iant mouth to spit out an immortal sith a swish, and it just seeht that penetrated the sun Cold winds rustled as the immortal sword covered the heavens and the earth, and it terrified Old Devil Flowering Willow to the point his soul almost left his body, and he flashed off with the intent of fleeing…” Within a tea house, a storyteller was telling a story ani to head to the capital for the exams as well? I heard the Imperial Acadeht and i, and he detests floriting that’s flashy but without substance the most We have to consider Lord Xiao Jinyu’s preference properly rite, othere’ll probably fail the exa Bao Didn’t we study the books of sages andthe exa renowned in the world Once I’m successful in the exams, I’ll surely head to the nu Cloud Pavilion, to have a nice drink before having a good ti the exa into an old friend in a distant land Aren’t these three prides of life things that we ado have a drink and chat happily We’ll enjoy ourselves now and not waste our youth”

Two scholars in scholarly clothes alking on the street as they chatted, and they see to the capital for the exa and hope

As he looked at the scenes before his eyes and heard the various voices on the streets, Chen Xi’s mind calmed down unconsciously

He strolled on the streets of thethe eht as he watched them bustle about for the sake of their livelihoods

This was the mortal world, it was like a chaotic wave that theand dying according to god’s will Even though they were tiny and ordinary like ants yet they lived and died endlessly, for the es in history

Cultivators struggle beneath the Heaven Dao and work hard for the sake of obtaining eternal life Co out hable is it that cultivators look down upon co beings are ants? But under the Heaven Dao, who is the one that’s truly tiny and like an ant?

If I’m able to stand above the Heaven Dao in this lifeti? Chen Xi stoppedin the mortal world that streamed endlessly with people, and then he looked up into the sky while his thoughts drifted far away For the first ti impulse to break open the shackles upon him and stand above the Heaven Dao

He really wanted to knohat sort of scene he would be able to see when he stood above the Heaven Dao

“Big Brother, do you want to buy a pair of straw sandals?” At the side of the street where Chen Xi stopped was astraw sandals, and there was a young girl standing by her side The young girl was short and emaciated, dark skin, and a dirty face, and only her pair of clear and pitch black large eyes were bright like the stars

The young girl noticed Chen Xi had stood before their straw sandal stall for a long tiht he’d taken a fancy to one of the straw sandals her mother had weaved, so she hesitated for a ht voice

“Girl, keep your riirl A nor Chen Xi revealed, and she orried that her daughter speaking like this would cause Chen Xi to be displeased as that would be troublesome

“Mother, but e do about little brother’s sickness if we can’t gather enough irl lowered her head while her little hands intertwined together with uneasiness, and she spoke weakly

Chen Xi returned to his senses, and he noticed that clothes of this hter were covered in patched and extremely shabby Obviously, they lived their lives in extreme poverty and were very pitiable

Besides that, there were numerous pairs of straw sandals placed on the stall before them, and it filled the stall colance that they hadn’t sold a single pair

At thisunexpected happened, they ht not have any income today

“I’ll take all these straw sandals” Chen Xi’s paled woet treated” This silver coin was sufficient for a poor fa Master Thank you, Young Master…” The ed woe and heavy silver coin on her hand, and then she hurriedly expressed her gratitude and was excited to the point she spoke slightly incoherently

Chen Xi had already left trippingly instead

“Mother, did we encounter a god?” Chen Xi vanishing instantly caused the young girl to be unable to help but rub her eyes, and she thought it was a hallucination