Thirteen fiefs: Yixing County in Southern Zhili stood as the dragon head of the rivers, commanding the entire Huai River; Yunyang, Longcen, and Shishou Counties in New Peace Province came next, forming the backbone; Anlan, Peaceful, and Twin Bridges in Cloudlands Province followed, then Clear River Quay, Cloud Ladder Pass, Juhu Cloud...
June eighteenth, he had arrived at the fifth county under his command.
Cloudlands Province, Anlan!
[River Rule Degree: 1.3 (River's Favor: 97.9414)] [Endowed by heaven and earth, spirit of all things! Greatly favored by Jiang Huai. While moving through water, stamina consumption is drastically reduced, divine ability consumption is greatly reduced, damage suffered underwater is greatly reduced, and underwater recovery is greatly increased.]
"Phew."
Liang Qu exhaled a long breath, which blended into the vast river wind.
Flags snapped in the wind.
The heat waves of high summer surged, squeezing into the ancient tree's countless hollows, its voice hollow and deep.
The Thousand-Orifice Profound Wood was like a jet-black giant rooted in the earth. Its chest rose and fell, releasing muffled breaths beneath the night curtain, murmuring low as it blew wind into everyone's ears and spoke of vague prophecies.
Looking back.
Heads packed together, houses stood in orderly rows.
Roads paved with azure stone slabs wound onward, with no end in sight. People stretched endlessly from east to west, like green serpents, like long dragons. Torches blazed on both sides, one cluster every thirty feet, all in perfect order, illuminating human faces.
The Anlan sacrifice was held deep into the night, not at noon or midnight.
Though it was not as lively as Yixing County, it was more prosperous and full of life than Longcen and Shishou.
The reason was simple: more had been invested.
At the end of October, January, the fourth