At the foot of Qingyun Mountain
Hao Shuai watched Chang Jian hurry off in a panic and couldn't help smiling. He strolled toward Grass Temple Village.
He was a villager of Grass Temple Village now, after all. Since he was nearby, he might as well pay a visit.
After standing for a while before the graves Song Daren and the other Qingyun disciples had built for the victims of Grass Temple Village, Hao Shuai leisurely flew toward Heyang City.
Heyang City lay fifty li south of Qingyun Mountain. It was the largest and most prosperous city within a hundred-li radius. It had a population of at least two or three hundred thousand, and its favorable location brought in a constant stream of merchants and travelers.
Hao Shuai had visited Heyang City when he first entered the Zhu Xian World, but he'd been in a hurry to get to Grass Temple Village, so he hadn't gone inside.
Now that he'd entered the city, he saw crowds of people and traffic streaming through the streets. The place was bustling with activity. Peddlers lined both sides of the road, selling all sorts of things Hao Shuai had never seen before. He spent half the day wandering the streets.
It wasn't until dinnertime that he asked someone for directions and made his way to Heyang City's largest inn, Shanhaiyuan Inn—the place where Zhang Xiaofan and Bi Yao first met in the original story!
But now that Hao Shuai had appeared, Zhang Xiaofan probably wouldn't even get the chance to lay eyes on Bi Yao!
Shanhaiyuan Inn was quite large. Its rear garden was set within a flower garden, with four separate courtyards built to the east, south, west, and north. These were the inn's four private annexes.
Since it was already evening and there