Evidence and Experience

After the brief conflict, Aiti Galuo and his party did not continue on their journey. Instead, they chose to enter Fuqing City to rest.

Fuqing City was a city of seventy thousand people. Because it was close to Qingzhou, a major grain-producing region rich in resources, merchants from all over the country were especially numerous. Endless caravans brushed shoulders as they passed, while at the docks connected to a tributary of the Luochuan River, voices rang out amid the bustling activity, and merchant ships came and went without pause.

When Aiti Galuo's party from the Western Regions entered Fuqing City, they inevitably caused quite a stir.

Many local citizens gathered around to watch curiously, especially because of the enormous dragon elephant. Each step it took made the earth tremble and mountains sway, drawing countless sidelong glances.

"Puppet Technique is rather widespread in this city."

Aiti Galuo climbed down from the dragon elephant and walked barefoot along the bluestone streets.

Several puppets beside the street had caught his attention. They were steel-forged puppet vehicles with several wheels beneath them, loaded with large quantities of grain and supplies as they continuously transported cargo to warehouses and docks.

Puppet Technique was nothing unusual. Aiti Galuo had seen it before, but generally speaking, the puppets crafted by puppet masters were humanoid puppets designed primarily for combat.

The puppets before him, however, were clearly not meant specifically for battle. They seemed more like simple transportation tools. Their construction did not use expensive spirit materials, only things like steel. Moreover, the people operating them were not cultivators, but ordinary mortals.

"Amitabha. Sorry for the trouble, Benefactor. I am Aiti Galuo, a monk from the Western Regions. This is my first time witnessing the marvelous Puppet Technique of the Great Li Dynasty. May I ask what this