(Sigh... Xuzhen really hasn't been putting much effort into writing these days. So for now, I can only guarantee two updates a day. However, starting today, for the remaining days of this month, Xuzhen guarantees three chapters a day. Please read them then, fellow Daoists.)
Qin Fengming had encountered low-level cultivators who made a living by introducing regional customs in many places. Although this line of work did not bring in much income, its greatest advantage was safety. They did not need to enter those dangerous places.
Thus, when Qin Fengming saw the young cultivator emerge from among the several people beneath the archway, he felt no suspicion. He nodded lightly and said calmly:
"Mm, that's right. This Qin has indeed come to Baishi City for the first time. Then I'll trouble you to give me an introduction, young friend."
"Reporting to Senior Qin, this Baishi City is one of the fifteen cities within our Manzhou. Moreover, as the capital city of Manzhou, it is also the largest of them all..."
As he listened to the young cultivator's account, neither Qin Fengming nor Li Ning interrupted.
After listening to the young cultivator's introduction, Qin Fengming and Li Ning finally understood everything. As it turned out, Manzhou was very different from the other provinces.
Although Manzhou stretched for ten to twenty million li in every direction, seventy or eighty percent of this vast region was covered by dense mountains and forests, as well as lofty peaks and rugged ranges. Of the remaining twenty or thirty percent, most consisted of meadows and swamps.
Such a region was no longer suitable for ordinary people to live in. Thus, only fifteen cities had been built throughout Manzhou, and the people living within them were mainly cultivators.
Because these fifteen cities were truly too far