On the way to the Transportation Division, Xu Qing happened to pass the Sixth Peak shop in which the shopkeeper had tried to scam him. Upon noticing the place, he stopped outside the door. As everyone in the area greeted him reverently, the shocked shopkeeper and clerks noticed what was happening and rushed out to kowtow. “Well met, Senior!”

Xu Qing looked coldly at the shopkeeper but didn’t say anything.

Sweat poured off the shopkeeper’s face onto the ground, and his back was already soaked. He was terrified, and had the feeling his life was on the line. Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that Xu Qing would reach Foundation Establishment. Back during that incident, he had mostly been frightened of Second Highness. Xu Qing had hardly been worth giving thought to.

The shopkeeper was an attendant of Honor Guard Idlecloud from the Sixth Peak, so no Offpeak disciples would dare to mess with him. But Xu Qing was now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the shopkeeper had no idea if Honor Guard Idlecloud would risk hostilities with a fellow Foundation Establishment cultivator just to help an attendant.

As the shopkeeper trembled, Xu Qing looked away from him and moved on.

Even after Xu Qing was gone, the shopkeeper felt paralyzed, like he had just toed the line between life and death. 

The reason Xu Qing hadn’t killed him was because it was...