Big Bay City,
the back mountain.
All cultivators in the Tiannan Domain knew that Big Bay City had been the cradle from which Shen Changchuan, a peerless genius of a bygone generation, rose to prominence.
But in truth,
few knew that the Big Bay City built later had actually been established more than a dozen li away from Great Bay Village. It had not been directly expanded from the original village.
The reason for this was simple.
The back mountain of Great Bay Village was where Shen Changchuan lived in seclusion and cultivated. If the market were too close, then even with the Formation's isolation, the noise would still have had some effect.
Therefore,
as Great Bay Village gradually expanded,
the center of Big Bay City had essentially continued moving outward.
By now,
the center of Big Bay City had been relocated more than a dozen li away.
At this moment,
the original site of Great Bay Village had become much quieter.
Many of the residents who had originally lived here had basically moved to the current city center,
leaving scarcely a soul on the streets.
Yet relocation was relocation,
and the original layout of the buildings had largely been preserved.
The old village houses that had been expanded, the small market by the village that Shen Changchuan had once arranged with several merchant associations, and so on—all had basically retained the layout Shen Changchuan remembered.
It was simply that hardly anyone lived there anymore, and people had to be specially assigned to maintain it as usual.
It seemed
that the Han Family, who now managed Big Bay City, had spared no extra expense to deliberately preserve it.
Their purpose
was likely only to ensure that when he returned, he would find the surrounding environment familiar and comfortable.
Even though