Great Yan Imperial Dynasty.
Nanyan Prefecture City.
"Jianbing guozi! Delicious jianbing guozi!"
"Candied hawthorns! Sour and sweet candied hawthorns! Would the guest like a skewer? Get one for the little one to try?"
"Saozi noodles! Fragrant saozi noodles! If they're not delicious, you don't have to pay!"
Ever since Jiang Yan had burst onto the scene and helped the Dao Sect slay two tenth-order anomalies, Nanyan Prefecture had been temporarily free of any major threats, and thus entered a brief period of peace.
This was reflected in the people's lives by Nanyan Prefecture City becoming increasingly prosperous.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
High in the sky, the bitterly cold wind howled. Two figures stood side by side, gazing into the distance.
These two were none other than Venerable Hua and Zong Youdao, two Great Beings of the Jie Realm.
Light shifted through their eyes as they crossed layer upon layer of void and looked beyond the wasteland.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
A quarter of an hour later, Zong Youdao suddenly withdrew his gaze and let out a long sigh. He said,
"The Killing Intent outside is growing denser by the day. If this continues, even if no new tenth-order anomaly appears, new tenth-order anomalies will eventually be born nearby, drawn here by the blood qi of the Human Race in the Three Prefectures."
"When that happens, it'll be another enormous calamity."
Ordinary people could cling to lucky hopes, and sect disciples could temporarily numb themselves, but as the guardians of the entire Nanyan Prefecture, Venerable Hua and Zong Youdao were extremely alert to the changes outside.
Recently, they had often ventured into the wasteland to slay those powerful anomalies, preventing them from becoming new threats.
But even so, as time passed, more and more formidable figures appeared beyond the Qingqiu Mountain defensive line. They simply