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Sang Luo arrived at the Divine Venerable Mansion in Qingqiu. It had been uninhabited for several hundred years and was still cold and desolate, but not as barren as her last visit.
She walked into the courtyard and saw a somewhat familiar figure sweeping fallen leaves with a broom.
Sang Luo greeted him. "Village Chief, long time no see. You look so much younger!"
Xu turned, saw it was her, and chuckled. "What brings you here today, Miss?"
The old Village Chief had previously looked like a man nearing a hundred, weathered and stooped beyond recognition. Now, he looked decades younger. His frame appeared much healthier than before, and his salt-and-pepper hair had turned a grayish-red.
"Congratulations, old Village Chief, on surmounting the hurdle of the Divine Venerable Realm."
