Entering Red Cliff

A broad tunnel appeared before Wang Chen.

Compared to the underground passage he had just come through, this tunnel was four or five times greater in both width and height. Six or seven horse-drawn carriages could easily race side by side through it!

Not only that, the floor and both walls of the tunnel were paved with stone slabs, smooth and solid in appearance.

At regular intervals along both walls, ever-burning lamps had been set into the stone.

The lamps were filled with an oil similar to pine resin. It burned without smoke, yet gave off a faint fragrance.

Soft light spread evenly through the tunnel, illuminating passing pedestrians and carriages.

That was right—Wang Chen actually saw a carriage galloping past ahead of them!

Shi Yan assumed that the sight had stunned him and said with a smile, "This is Huarong Road. Once you see Huarong Road, Red Cliff City is not far away."

Sacred Ancestor Road was merely a general term for the underground tunnels linking villages and cities. In truth, the passages beneath different cities each had their own names, making them easier to distinguish.

Huarong Road was the main underground thoroughfare of Red Cliff City!

As Wang Chen followed Shi Yan onto Huarong Road and continued onward, more and more pedestrians and merchant travelers appeared.

They emerged from different side passages, like trickling streams flowing into a great river.

Peddlers carrying shoulder poles laden with goods, farmers with bamboo baskets on their backs, Martial Artists clad in armor and armed with blades, hurried travelers...

They finally came to a stop before an enormous gate.

Wang Chen's gaze sharpened!

At the tunnel exit ahead, two heavy stone gates several zhang high stood open on either side. Dozens of fully armed guards stood watch, inspecting the pedestrians entering and