Over the next ten-odd years, everyone gradually grew familiar with Qingyuan Market, and Fang Zhixue and the others began heading down the mountain in batches to travel and gain experience.
Sometimes they stayed right within Qingyuan Market, or occasionally ventured into other spiritual mountains, making some enemies and forging bonds with fellow Daoists along the way.
Every now and then, they would leave Qingyuan Market to see the outside world. During this period, Fang Zhixue suffered serious injuries twice, both times at the hands of cultivators of her own realm. After each injury, she returned without alerting Fang Chen. Once she had healed and spent a period of bitter seclusion where her cultivation broke through, she would go back to settle the score.
Chapter 506