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Having agreed on a method of contact, they sent Xue Ying away.

That night, Meng Zhao and Wei Qi stayed at the Chen Family residence, lest more petty schemers come to cause trouble.

At the same time, Meng Zhao sent Zhang Dun back to the inn to inform Gu Sinan and Yun Fei, so the two would not worry.

He also had Zhang Dun deliver a letter the next day to the Meng Family shipyard stationed at the Kunnan County docks, asking them to dispatch experts to Kun'nan as soon as possible. Only then would the Chen Family be free of worries, and Meng Zhao could travel to the Barren Province by the Mishui River with peace of mind to investigate the Immortal Palace...

A torrential rain poured down for three full days. The Mishui River outside Kunnan Prefecture City swelled violently, its furious waves turning into a flood that nearly breached the embankments on both banks and submerged vast stretches of farmland.

Fortunately, the Kunnan Prefect had been thoroughly prepared in advance, so the downpour passed without serious incident. Only a few scattered low-lying areas suffered disaster; most other places within the prefecture were unharmed.

That achievement alone was enough for the Kunnan Prefect to earn a top-tier merit rating in the Imperial Court's evaluation. Of course, it had little to do with Meng Zhao, who had already thrown himself into the Jianghu Martial Arts World. Still, because the prefect's flood-control measures had been effective, Meng Zhao, Gu Sinan, Yun Fei, and Wei Qi were spared a great deal of trouble. Once the skies cleared, they could immediately hire a boat and head for Mishui Immortal Palace.

Yet upon reaching a certain stretch of water, the boatman refused to go another step forward no matter what. He claimed it