Tanyang.
A colossal city stood beside Red Mountain on the boundless Qi Guang Plain.
Its walls, over thirty meters high, circled the city, with two satellite towns built on each side.
More than a dozen villages and towns of varying sizes stood guard in all eight directions.
Every day and night, vast quantities of goods and agricultural produce passed in and out of this place.
Compared with the Prefectural City of Pingyu Road, it was only slightly inferior.
The lamp oil and candles burned in Nightless City each day alone amounted to an astronomical sum for ordinary people.
After the Bai Family Merchant Group arrived in Tanyang, Zhang Rongfang followed Yang Hongyan, driving an ox cart, and swiftly found Yang Hongyan's parents, who had arrived ahead of them.
The elderly couple had rented a house here in advance.
After settling his sister-in-law in, Zhang Rongfang did not linger. Following the contents of his Master's letter, he headed straight for Mingjing Palace, the Great Dao Sect branch in Tanyang.
The sun was setting.
With the Wish Wheel on his back, Zhang Rongfang hurried through Tanyang's three major districts. After asking around and investigating everywhere, he finally found Mingjing Palace before the sun dipped below the horizon.
"Please trouble yourself to announce me. Daoist Zhang Ying of Qinghe Temple has come to transfer his registry."
Mingjing Palace was somewhat smaller than Qinghe Temple. After handing the gatekeeping Daoist the official documents and letter his Master had prepared in advance, Zhang Rongfang carefully surveyed the outer grounds.
This Dao Palace had only five buildings in total, packed close together and surrounded by red walls. There was abundant greenery within; some of the walls were even covered in broad shade and creeping ivy.
Before the Dao Palace lay a hundred stone steps. At this