062 Peach Blossom Market
By March and April, Donghai was already steeped in the breath of spring. Without the suppression of cold currents, all things revived and flourished.
Ming Shu had been brought to the Spirit Well because he possessed neither a water-warding technique nor a Magic Treasure. He could only rely on others to use their techniques and take him through the Water Vein.
They had not actually traveled through the Water Vein. Instead, they had borrowed its connections and special power to perform a simple point-to-point teleportation.
It was Ming Shu's first time experiencing such a form of travel. After only a few breaths, he appeared beside a freshwater well on a sea island.
The place was currently being arranged into a hidden teleportation array.
Many people were already bustling about on the island, laying out the array.
With Gu Errong and Ming Shu's arrival, the key figures had all assembled. Gu Errong was still dressed in a trim, practical outfit, but the black cloak she wore over it had been replaced with a pale orange one. Both shoulders bore an elaborate design, and faint cloud patterns drifted across it.
Ming Shu simply swept his gaze around the island. In the distance, he saw the sea stretching boundlessly, with no sign of where the coast of Donghai Prefecture lay.
Calling this place an island was a little generous. It was more like a reef. Its area was truly small.
The vegetation was fairly lush. The Liu Family had managed the place for many years, but they had not built many houses. Instead, they had dug several caves beneath the hill at the island's center for temporary lodging.
There was only a small courtyard aboveground. It should have been a place for someone of the household head's status to