The next morning, three suns rose over Clear Abyss's horizon, and Purple Sun Prefecture, which had stood here for thousands of years, welcomed an exceptionally surging tide of traffic and visitors.
Clear Abyss Sect was about to become a major sect governing the province. The bustle nearly rivaled the days when this place had been Great Shang's old capital.
Even the storytellers beneath the overpass had become considerably more skilled.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Ranking List could be bought with silver, but lately, more and more people preferred gathering beneath the overpass to listen to comic dialogue.
"The latest Human Ranking has been announced. Needless to say, our Wife-Prospering Little Tyrant and Cold Fairy are both on the list, but that is not the main point."
"I heard that besides the Hundred Flowers Beauty Ranking, they will also announce a Jade Tree and Orchid Ranking."
"As a complete passerby, I think Young Hero Li can take first place."
Beneath the overpass, Huang Donglai's words flowed like lotus blossoms from his tongue, his delivery vivid and impassioned.
At first, he might have only been collecting the Power of All Living Beings for Li Mo. Later, however, he discovered that he genuinely enjoyed storytelling.
And he had quite the talent for it.
Of course, no matter how good Old Huang's storytelling was, there were still people who found it hard to believe.
"Bullshit. I've seen Li Mo before. He's only of middling appearance."
"I've figured it out. This storyteller is a Li fanboy."
A Spiritual Rhinoceros Sect disciple snorted coldly. That comment about middling appearance carried more than a little personal resentment.
He had come under orders to gather intelligence on Li Mo. Hearing that this storyteller knew something about him, he had expected useful information, only to find nothing