"city lord Romanyac, what brings you out to the countryside?"
After learning that Romanyac had come to the countryside, Zhou Qing set aside a proposal concerning the establishment of a Red Assembly branch in Abyss Town and went to greet him at the village entrance.
Romantina naturally came along as well.
"Now that I've finally retired, I naturally came to the countryside to relax." Romanyac surveyed Holy Soul Village, beginning to doubt his life.
Neatly arranged houses stood between crisscrossing streets. Vendors and pedestrians came and went in an endless stream.
Though it still could not compare to the scene during a market day in Nuoding City, Romanyac knew that unless the weather brought rain, snow, fierce winds, or the like, it was this lively every day.
Was this still a village?
It was clearly a small town!
"Over the past two years, quite a few outsider commoners and Soul Masters have settled here. The population has grown, the roads around here have mostly been completed, and we've also developed a new means of transport: the Bicycle. Traveling back and forth has become much more convenient."
The Bicycle.
It was not a Soul Tool. Its structure was simple: two wheels, two Gears, a chain, and an iron frame were all it needed to move swiftly through pedaling power.
Romanyac naturally knew all about it. He had even ridden a Bicycle here to Holy Soul Village—this mode of transport, which was not a Soul Tool, was far faster than a Soul Master's own running. Even a Soul Grandmaster, riding a Bicycle at full speed, could travel three times faster than a Soul Beast horse capable of covering a thousand li a day.
When an ordinary person pedaled with all their strength, the speed provided by the Bicycle was comparable to a