Three Late Body Refining Realm martial artists led the way, so the journey was naturally safe.
But with women in their party, and after they encountered several heavy storms, Lu Cheng and the others took a full month to reach Dongyang Prefecture City.
Amid the rumble of carriage wheels, Lu Cheng gazed at the indistinct city walls in the distance and marveled.
They had first spotted the walls nearly half an hour ago, yet they still hadn't passed out of sight.
The East Sun Sect's main gate stood on Lingbi Mountain, forty li north of the city.
So the convoy didn't enter the city. Instead, it continued along the road outside the walls, circling around it.
"These city walls must be over a hundred li long altogether!" exclaimed a disciple of the Emerald Cloud Abbey beside Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng shook his head.
"Judging by the route we've taken, all four sides of the wall together should be around thirty li."
The other two also exclaimed in wonder.
"Wow, thirty li—that's still huge. Yangcheng County's walls are less than ten li long."
"If the walls alone stretch for thirty li, how big must the city be inside? Heh heh, when we have time, we should definitely come and look around."
The three disciples from Emerald Cloud Abbey—two boys and one girl—were all around fifteen.
The two boys were named Pang Ju and Zhang Lin.
The girl was named Xiao Yue.
Zhang Lin was the lay nephew of the old Daoist Xuan Yuan.
Pang Ju and Xiao Yue were both Late Stage of Strength Refining.
Only Zhang Lin was at Refining Strength Mid-Stage. He'd secured a place on this trip solely because he had powerful connections.
The three had also watched the tournament a month ago.
They were thoroughly impressed by