Flying Horse Escort Agency.
"Something doesn't feel right."
Du Long looked up at the distant sky. The enormous demonic tree loomed sinister and oppressive in the darkness, making it hard to breathe.
Prosperity Street, where the Flying Horse Escort Agency was located, lay near the East City District gate.
Though it was the busiest street in Lan Guan City,
that was mainly thanks to the heavy traffic along the official road outside the East City District gate. More than half the merchants entered the city from this side.
In reality,
Prosperity Street was still some distance from the central district.
Around seven or eight kilometers.
Not far.
But this distance had long caused the commoners living beneath the East City District gate to be looked down on by the people from the central district.
Yet now,
those seven or eight kilometers
had created an enormous divide between the inner and outer city.
Though the tree was tall and its crown broad, it only covered the inner city. The liquid dripping from it also fell only in the central district. Moreover, when Lord Zhu and the local powerful clans evacuated, they closed the inner-city gates.
Afterward,
they and the nearby residents used miscellaneous objects to block the roads and seal off the alleys.
Needless to say,
after all that, the number of evil creatures invading from outside had indeed been greatly reduced.
These evil creatures had no consciousness and acted entirely on instinct.
Most of them would turn and head in another direction after discovering that the city gates were closed. Without detecting any living people, they would not violently damage the gates.
A small number of evil creatures occasionally climbed over the walls and escaped the inner city.
But the inconvenience along the roads and the vastness of the city