Deep Behind Enemy Lines

The night wind howled, and sand filled the sky.

Dark clouds blanketed the sky tonight, hiding the stars and moon. Only occasional glimmers of light slipped through, revealing the blurred outlines of the dunes.

One after another, they stretched into the endless distance.

Two figures used the cover of night to fly silently across the sand, finally alighting atop a dune.

Their movements were light, not stirring even a grain of sand.

Both were cloaked in gray. One had long, loose hair, sharp features, and a cold expression. The cloak on his back bulged slightly at one corner, as though he carried a weapon. His aura was vast and powerful, and he was at the Nascent Soul Late Stage. The other had a thoroughly ordinary face, the kind that would be impossible to pick out of a crowd. Yet a faint smile always played at the corners of his mouth, making him seem instantly approachable. His aura was steady and weighty, and he too was at the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

They were Ning Wuye, Sword Son of the Cold Abyss Sword Sect, and Zhong Kui Yueji, Crown Prince of the Liulan Dynasty!

"Beyond that is the Tower of Reincarnation's territory. Be careful." Zhong Kui Yueji gazed toward the distant horizon, where a great city lay concealed behind dune after dune.

Though the wind and sand swept across the land year-round, the city had a sizable oasis within its walls. In the oasis was a Sweet Water Spring, a rarity in the great desert. Many plants grew along its banks, enough to sustain a considerable population.

Over time, many commoners had gathered there, and its population had grown large.

Resources of this sort, however, were of little use to cultivators.

Thus, the people who lived here were all mortals.

Ning