After sending the kid away, the journey was indeed much easier, the difficulty level dropped significantly.
During his travels, Chen Xuantian did not encounter any supernatural sheep or face-transforming entities causing trouble. He only came across some wolves, tigers, demons, evil spirits, skeletons, zombies, mountain bandits and rogue criminals, but they were all rubbish in the Golden Core Realm that he could easily dismiss with a flick of his hand. Not worth wasting ink writing about them.
Walking along Chidao, Chen Xuantian finally reached a populated settlement by dusk.
Once, this place was probably a large town, but most of the population had fled, leaving behind ruins and broken walls. The houses were empty, and a large pond lay outside the town. Several small rivers surrounded it, seemingly formed by breaching the riverbanks to flood the area.
