In Shujin, Mocheng, several figures hurried through the curtain of rain.
After Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain had made preparations in advance and they had rested briefly at the hotel, Yu Sheng and the others changed into outfits that would attract less attention in the city--
Zheng Zhi followed the local style, wearing a dark-colored coat shaped somewhat like a straw rain cape but made from some advanced composite material. He also wore a conical hat patterned with silver-gray lines. The outfit was clearly well suited to Mocheng's weather: the faint force field around the hat completely blocked the wind and rain, while the rain cape was light and warm, keeping out the damp chill.
Yu Sheng was dressed similarly to Zheng Zhi, except that something bulged beneath his rain cape--Eileen was hanging under his clothes like a koala, with only her head poking out from his arms. She looked as lazy as could be.
True Spirit Yuan Hao had not changed his style much. The cultivator's outfit from the "capital planet" was considered a fairly popular "trend" even in this border city. He had merely put away all the decorations that revealed his affiliation with Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain. In his simple, plain clothes, he looked little different from an ordinary passerby—if one ignored that handsome face.
Huli, meanwhile, had changed into a moon-white dress with an ethereal air, its hem decorated with pale-blue flowing-water patterns. The jade pendants around her waist swayed lightly with every step. She held a dark-blue oil-paper umbrella and walked obediently beside Yu Sheng. Half of her nine tails were left outside in the rain, and whenever they became soaked, she would shake them vigorously. Her hand not holding the umbrella clutched a chicken leg, and she took a bite every so often.
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