The city guards all apologized to Ye Tianfan, considering his attire, he looked like a noble young master. If they could gain his help, dealing with the evil immortal who often demanded sacrifices and even abducted people would be much simpler!
The guards' plan was straightforward: they wanted Ye Tianfan to stay longer, so that when the evil immortal arrived, Ye Tianfan would witness the scene firsthand. Perhaps then, he'd be shocked and find a way to destroy the immortal!
Strangely, these city guards seed to have developed a strong sense of confidence in Ye Tianfan.
Moreover, none of them questioned why Ye Tianfan, despite being a noble young master, did not have a single servant.
They assud that the evil loose cultivator must have been responsible for destroying the livelihoods here, fostering such trust towards Ye Tianfan, a non-cultivator, among the guards and ordinary people alike!
Ye Tianfan felt sowhat disturbed by the sudden display of goodwill from the surroundings. Just what had that evil loose cultivator done to make these people harbor such hatred towards cultivators? The mont they realized he wasn't one, their attitude instantly beca friendly!
They hadn't even asked about his other identities; what if he was a bandit?
To these people, it seed that as long as you weren't a cultivator, even if you were bad, they wouldn't imdiately apprehend you—they would need evidence. But if you were a cultivator, regardless of being good or bad, you'd be done for!
This is the current mindset in Desert City!
Ye Tianfan felt it necessary to stay and investigate what the evil loose cultivator had done. If he had the chance, he wanted to eliminate the evil loose cultivator for these people and inform them that there are both good and bad cultivators, and he himself belonged to the good faction while the evil loose cultivator was of the bad!
Ye Tianfan was also aware that his identity must remain hidden. If it was exposed, they would attack him without discrimination, even if it ant their own demise.
Their hatred towards cultivators was palpable, willing to forsake their lives just to take a bite out of him!
Upon entering Desert City, Ye Tianfan imdiately felt a sense of grief and indignation, as if the entire town inside and out was steeped in this emotion.
Unexpectedly, amidst the grief and indignation, a tenacity was evident. Ye Tianfan realized this tenacity was born from their determination to fight with no regard for their lives!
However, Ye Tianfan felt that their resolve was as fragile as the fine sand outside; a gust of wind would scatter them.
Naturally, he wasn't questioning their determination but their strength in front of cultivators, like loose sand blown away by the evil loose cultivator.
In town, Ye Tianfan found an inn, quite rundown yet relatively clean, and decided to stay. Inns were perfect places to gather information.
After securing a room, Ye Tianfan ordered so dishes in the hall and listened to fragnted conversations, hoping to hear sothing useful!
Yet, the guests seed to have agreed on avoiding the topic of the evil loose cultivator, instead discussing mundane family affairs.
Eventually, Ye Tianfan signaled the shopkeeper to speak to him.
After calling the shopkeeper over, Ye Tianfan asked, "Why did they ask if I'm an immortal earlier?"
The shopkeeper's face paled, stiffly replying, "It's like this, sir. We often have visits from an evil immortal. At first, we mistook him for a benevolent immortal only wanting tribute, so we gave it to him. Later, his demands grew excessive, starting to require people!"
"People?" Ye Tianfan was puzzled but soon realized the demand was likely part of the process of cultivating an evil immortal technique, using human life to enhance its power!
"Yes, we initially refused, but he abducted people secretly. Now, he demands we find certain people for him, threatening to take half the town's population if we don't comply!" exclaid the shopkeeper.
Thinking of the empty town, Ye Tianfan speculated, "This town looks so empty; perhaps half the people have already been taken?"
The shopkeeper nodded, adding, "Indeed, he's taken them away multiple tis, three tis half each; only an eighth of the original population remains."
Ye Tianfan felt discomfort hearing the shopkeeper's lancholic voice, akin to Taichu Sect's situation where a force left it with less than a third of its mbers, leaving it desolate!
Ye Tianfan quickly asked about the town's readiness to combat the evil cultivator, "Are you prepared to fight him to the death?"
"Yes, we're done compromising; we will have a final showdown with the evil immortal!" declared the shopkeeper.
But Ye Tianfan addressed another concern, questioning the shopkeeper, "How about the children? Would you let those who've barely been in this world leave it so soon?"
The shopkeeper assured him, "Don't worry, we've relocated the children to other towns. The ones remaining are committed to fighting the evil immortal, showing we mortals are not re tools for these immortals!"
The dining patrons echoed the sentint, "We mortals are not re tools for these immortals!"
Listening to their shout, Ye Tianfan felt contemplative. Cultivators are often revered elsewhere, yet here, they face rejection in such a manner!
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