People have never been content with being ordinary, so they invented all kinds of myths.
On this continent, where spiritual energy is faint, tales of immortals are especially popular.
No one has ever seen an immortal, and spiritual energy throughout the land has grown so weak that cultivators are no different from ordinary people. Still, people keep throwing themselves into the pursuit of things that may not even exist.
And what people are most fascinated by is Penglai Immortal Mountain.
They say it is the place with the richest spiritual energy on the entire continent. Only a dozen or so people live there, yet every one of them is a remarkable genius, a chosen child of heaven, an immortal who has already ascended!
At first, it was all hearsay. But after the "Man Who Never Returns" appeared out of nowhere, killed twelve masters, then withdrew with injuries, the world suddenly understood.
Penglai Immortal Island was more than a legend!
And so, masters from all the martial arts sects and powerful men from every corner of the land flocked there. They wanted to capture the wounded Man Who Never Returns and force him to reveal where Penglai Immortal Island was, so they could get there first.
"Wait, wait, wait. What does any of this have to do with me?"
Lou Shangyu crouched in her pigsty in rough hemp clothes. With a pitiful squeal, the pig that had just reached sexual maturity was castrated by her swift, sure hand.
She stood and casually tossed what she had cut off into the trough. "I'm busy hunting in the mountains. Is the wounded Man Who Never Returns going to flee to Taoxi Village and happen to collapse right in front of me or something?"
"Of course it has something to do with you!" Her neighbor and close friend made a throat-slitting gesture, looking terribly mysterious. "Haven't you always wanted to roam the jianghu? Think about it. With so many people hunting him, who knows how badly the Man Who Never Returns is hurt? Maybe he's barely hanging on. If you kill him, you'll be famous across the land in no time!"
"Good point." Lou Shangyu picked up her knife and gave a terrifying smile. "Man Who Never Returns... just don't let me catch sight of you."
One day, she really did find a young man.
He was wild and unruly, with unfathomably powerful martial arts. His mouth was especially vicious.
After seeing what he could do, Lou Shangyu's eyes lit up. "Hey, we're already so close. How about teaching me martial arts? I want to kill the Man Who Never Returns!"
The young man, who had been sitting with his arms folded, jumped in alarm and nearly fell out of the tree. "???"
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Theme: When the Way is before me, I will go, even if a thousand stand in my way.
