15 Accommodate

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The shack was small and crooked.

Shi Zhen can actually spot a few holes on the roof…

There was a similarly-crooked tree leaning against the shack's right side, giving the shack some shade and structures, it had somewhat lacked.

The front yard was more simple, with a stone table carved from a giant rock, and two smaller, smoother rock for chairs. The tea set on top of the stone table completed the look.

There were stones lining up next to each other as paths. They branched off in multiple directions but intersected in front of the shack.

Plants and weed grew unrestrained here, but not overly grown. Shi Zhen can spot some wildflowers and smaller berries…

This place can be said as... shabby.

...This was for sure, a place no one would expect the Imperial Guardian to be living in…

Shi Zhen's eyes wandered, but at the end, remained on the shack.

That was where the sound came from.

Who knows what's in there?

Truth to be told, no one had heard from the Imperial Guardian for so long…

They weren't sure he was even alive!

Shi Zhen had made a wild gamble when he decided to stay back without his companion.

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... Shi Zhen recalled the night his father pulled him aside, just before he set off…

With a straight face, the older man had advised:

"Old cultivation monsters have strange quirks. Do your best to... accommodate."

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"The less remarkable they appeared, the more dangerous they are."

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"Don't offend him, if you do-- don't even bother running."

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