Ning Xiaochuan had traveled for half a month without stopping.
The Two-Headed Stone Beast had been fast to begin with. After being nurtured inside the Mystic Beast Appraisal, it had grown even stronger. Half a month later, they were already far from the Imperial City, with more than ten thousand li between them! "At the pace we've been traveling, we should be in the Qing Meng Domain by now. I doubt the Cloud Marquis or the Crown Prince will pursue us this far."
The Cloud Marquis and the Crown Prince were both important figures at court. Without a special assignment, neither could stay away from the Imperial City for long.
Ning Xiaochuan recalled the Two-Headed Stone Beast into the Mystic Beast Appraisal and entered an ancient city built of stone, intending to buy some Mysterious Medicine and food.
The ancient city stood in the northern Qing Meng Domain, on the edge of Mu Teng Forest. Compared with the Imperial City, it was hardly bustling.
But its history stretched far back. Many powerful martial artists had come here and left their footprints behind.
"I heard a Little King from the court nearly tamed a young winged dragon, but failed in the end. An adult winged dragon appeared and set an entire mountain range ablaze with a single breath of fire. The experts from his residence suffered terrible losses."
"As if taming a dragon were easy! Taming a dragon elephant would already be an incredible feat."
Ning Xiaochuan bought his Mysterious Medicine, then sat down for lunch in a wine shop. Every conversation he overheard seemed to concern "dragons" and "dragon elephants."
One story was about a sect's young master taming a dragon elephant; the next was about a Great General of the court battling a savage dragon and making it