On the Loess Plateau, a lone rider kicked up a trail of dust.
A bronze-blooded Qin warrior's body, abandoned to sleep in yellow dust for a thousand years. Yellow skies and thick earth had buried countless Qin bricks and Han tiles. Black Horse galloped wildly, raising endless clouds of dust as she sped past caravan after caravan, heading straight toward the land of the setting sun.
The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the loess mountain peaks with a layer of golden red...
The bonfire blazed, echoing the stars in the blue sky from afar. It illuminated a slender figure and a fair, pretty face, while its crackling flames gave off heat and warmed the flatbread.
As they traveled without pause, the northwestern desert drew ever closer. Bai Yujun estimated that in another dozen or so days, she would reach Jade Gate Pass.
The sky was still and windless. Flames rose upward as they burned, and sparks that had not been fully consumed drifted into the sky on currents of hot air before gradually dying out. No living souls could be seen in the wilderness; only wolves howled.
"What dense water vapor and dragon veins. I wonder which great river this is. Tomorrow, I'll use dragon qi to cleanse my meridians and marrow, and improve my constitution."
In a moment of carelessness, she had roasted the flatbread until it was hard as stone. Left with no choice, she soaked it in water and made do.
"Mm, I still need to eat fish. These cakes taste awful."
"Neigh~"
Black Horse, standing nearby, chimed in, indicating that she had had enough of this life with too little fodder. Ever since coming to this world of yellow earth, she had never eaten her fill. The dragon could only helplessly give her a flatbread.