Pedestrians streamed endlessly by, merchants and travelers hurried to and fro.
Bai Yujun and Iron Ball mingled with the crowd as they passed through the dark city gate tunnel and entered the city, asking around for renowned shops in search of medicine. Merchants, muleteers, and martial heroes all hurried along, while the unrest of warring states left worry written across every passerby's face.
Compared with the ruin outside the city, the interior was much better. After all, the city walls provided protection and made it safer.
Perhaps because these were chaotic times, many noble clans and powerful families had moved into the city for safety, bringing vast stores of supplies with them and ensuring their standard of living. Coupled with the prosperity of the southern lands, life within the city could be called flourishing.
"Human nests are really strange." Iron Ball shook his head. A special jade pendant made by Chunyang Palace hung around his neck, concealing his aura so no one would discover he was a demon beast.
Horses shook their golden reins, stirring fragrant dust; sweet rice wine scented the air, and tavern banners fluttered through the streets and alleys.
The pair of demons kept a very low profile as they threaded through the weaving crowds. Iron Ball swayed under a book chest nearly as tall as he was, while Bai Yujun dressed as a wandering martial artist. From time to time, she lowered her head and coughed, making many people hastily avoid her for fear of catching an illness.
The great city bustled with prosperity. Towering pagodas and lofty pavilions pierced the sky, while cries of buying and selling roared like boiling water from both sides of the street.
As they walked, they suddenly stopped before a workshop selling erhus. The erhu was known in later generations