Denizens of the Three Thousand viewed outsiders as maggots and demons. At the same time, those from the outside thought of them as primitive bumbling fools.

Although there were numerous locals on the scene, they were all disguised as outsiders. They didn’t dare blatantly appear in the open. It would be quite the stroke of misfortune if an outsider casually disposed of them on their way to demonic business.

That was why the first local cultivator that Lu Yun had come across after arriving at the Three Thousand imitated the ripples of immortal dao. He’d been so successful that Lu Yun nearly took him at face value for being a real immortal.

Thus, the unvarnished appearance of a local boy and...