Early the next morning, Ling Qing and the others boarded a train at Hizen Station alongside the reception staff from the Onmyo Bureau.
On the train, Ling Ji, Zhang Yuanbai, and the others found it all quite novel.
To them, this sort of transportation had long since been discarded.
After all, if they truly needed to travel, whether by escape light or sword light, both were far faster than this.
And if they wanted comfort, they could ride clouds, mounts, or carriages—each far more imposing.
Who would have thought that, even today, they would have a chance to ride such a vehicle?
The two Onmyoji who had come to receive them were named Fujii Takuya and Uesugi Hashi.
Fujii looked to be a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, while Uesugi Hashi was around twenty.
Both possessed Exemplary-level strength. Uesugi Hashi seemed to have only just entered this rank, and he was still quite young.
Seeing Ling Ji and the others curiously looking around, he lifted his chin. "Well? You've never seen such a convenient means of transportation before, have you? Today, I'll show you—"
"Hashi-kun!" Before he could finish, Fujii cut him off.
Then, smiling, he explained to the group, "Hashi-kun is Lord Uesugi's descendant, born and raised in Heian-kyo.
"For special reasons, he has never been to the real world."
Uesugi Hashi might be ignorant, but could he be? Before the changes in heaven and earth, he had often traveled to China on business, and he had witnessed those ever-changing developments with his own eyes.
This thing was inferior even to the equipment in real-world Japan, much less their current standards.
Hearing this, Ling Qing exchanged glances with Shi Fan and the others and immediately understood what he meant.
This Uesugi Hashi was very likely a descendant