After taking a turn around Sand City and making sure she had bought everything she needed, Xu Chunniang returned to the city gate, handed back her entry token, and prepared to leave the city.
One of the gate guards still remembered her. Recalling that she was a cultivator new to Sand City, he kindly asked an extra question.
"Have you decided where to set up camp? You newcomers have no experience dealing with duststorm turbulence and sand beast tides. It would be best to choose somewhere closer to Sand City."
"Thank you for the reminder. I plan to camp three hundred zhang away."
Hearing this, the gate guard gave her a strange look but said nothing more.
Every year, quite a few people chose to camp in the free areas.
They all felt that three hundred zhang could be crossed in the blink of an eye, so there was no need to spend extra money. When duststorm turbulence and sand beast tides came, they only needed to run faster.
Yet in truth, when duststorm turbulence and sand beast tides descended, the laws between heaven and earth became utterly chaotic, capable of swallowing a person's life in an instant.
By the time they realized the danger, regret came too late.
Xu Chunniang left the city and continued until she was five hundred zhang away. Only after finding a secluded place with few people did she begin setting up camp.
Places too close to Sand City were relatively safer, but there were simply too many cultivators gathered there.
Her divine-soul perception covered an extremely wide range. She could completely detect signs before duststorm turbulence and sand beast tides arrived and avoid them early, so there was no need to crowd together with others.
Once Xu Chunniang had set up her tent and