Inspection at the city gate.
"State your name, cultivation, sect, and purpose for coming to Yao City."
The Sang family's private soldiers interrogated those entering the city. Naturally, those queuing for inspection were all mountain-dwelling Rogue Cultivators and common folk. Guests of major powers were received by Sang family members and brought into the city by boat. Those without backing or strength could only obediently shuffle along on the ground and wait in line for inspection.
The trio of mythical beast, demon monkey, and wandering swordsman clearly belonged below the poverty line—the sort who obediently queued up.
"My name is Aotian. This is my younger brother, Lao Yue, and she is our sister-in-law, Huang Dajiao. We're wandering Rogue Cultivators. After our elder brother died, my sister-in-law and I raised my little brother through shit and piss. The owner of Zui Xiang Lou took pity on us and let the three of us come sing operas."
"Eek eek eek~ Sister-in-law is pitiful~"
The soldiers all thought the bouncing little bald fellow was a fool.
Perhaps he really had been raised through shit and piss. A widow, a foolish child—yet their names had a certain poetic charm. Aotian, Lao Yue. They must have read books.
Bai Yujun smiled, rubbed the monkey's gleaming, round bald head, and secretly made his tail disappear with her other hand.
They were smoothly allowed through, aside from Huang Yu's face turning pitch-black.
"Next time... just say I'm a nun. Being made a widow is inauspicious."
"It sounds like you rather enjoy being a nun."
"Pretend I said nothing..."
The trio swayed their way into Yao City. This enormous city had been managed by the Sang family for many years. The outer districts housed ordinary people and low-level cultivators, and demons transformed into human form while retaining a