Mortal Village.
Still transcendent amid the high-latitude realm.
Except for those rare moments when it opens to outsiders,
no one visits lightly.
At this moment,
in a bamboo courtyard within Mortal Village,
lives the man who bears the village's soul.
Every child in Mortal Village receives education from Mister here.
But—
he never teaches cultivation techniques or martial techniques.
Yet this never changes Mister's standing in the village.
To Mortal Village,
Mister is both soul and Guardian God.
Now,
outside the bamboo courtyard,
Little Stone can't stop craning his neck, peeking into the yard, full of curiosity.
He asks, "What do you think Mister and Master are talking about in there?"
The village chief returns him to his seat with a helpless look. "If they haven't let you in, then obviously you're not meant to know for now. Just wait here quietly, all right?"
