The city of Guiru was as bustling as ever, with cultivators from various parts of the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World coming and going in constant streams.
The news of the "Huaguo Mountain Great Monkey" surging to seventh place on the Demon Slayer List spread like wildfire in the city, leading to countless speculations. Some believed the individual to be an alias for a certain Divinity Transformation Stage expert, while others thought it could be a mysterious super-genius keeping a low profile. The guesses were endless, and opinions varied greatly.
Whenever clues pointed to the Independent Practitioner Jianjia, contradictory rumors would immediately arise, outright rejecting the notion.
These rumors mostly originated from the City Lord Mansion—clearly Ning Tianyi's deliberate doing.
Thus, time passed swiftly in the world of cultivation, and in the blink of an eye, four more years had flown by.
This year, Ning Daoran was 433 years old.
