Above the High Heavens
Chapter 68

Journey to the Imperial Capital (33)

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Yes, he was having Mr. Silverfang pass it on to the Dragon-Worshiping Cult.

Ian was no fool. Once he truly joined the Dragon-Worshiping Cult, would he not be able to see through Mr. Silverfang's background? He had written it quite cryptically, but the old gentleman would certainly understand and help deliver it to Elder Manyan and Anfa.

That way, he could also avoid some suspicion.

After finishing all that, Ian began packing his luggage, preparing to leave Nauman City.

The longer he remained in the city, the longer Magnetic Light and Purple Maple would have to prepare—and the more thoroughly they could prepare.

Unless necessary, Ian did not intend to display the power of the Second Energy Level. Since that was the case, the less prepared his enemies were, the better.

North of Nauman City lay the Golden Plains. If the Agate Stone Plains had earned their name from their magnificent scenery and brilliant colors when viewed from the sky, then the essence of the Golden Plains was very simple.

This place had once possessed quite substantial gold reserves.

The reason the Empire had developed the Southern Ridge back then was precisely because vast gold deposits had been discovered in the Golden Plains, and they had been certain that even richer mineral reserves lay farther south... This was indeed true, but those minerals were stored within the Bison Mountains, where excavation was nowhere near as easy as in the Golden Plains.

Subsequent geological surveys further proved that the Golden Plains were not truly land at all. They were a region of cooled igneous rock created by an enormous volcanic eruption less than fifteen hundred years ago—likely a colossal natural disaster that had occurred during the Lost Era.

But that disaster had been brought under control. Scorching lava rapidly cooled and

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