Qin Xueru had originally still been somewhat restrained, but after Yang Chen said that, she completely let go.
"Yes, Young Peak Master!" Qin Xueru nodded repeatedly.
"Before we set off, I need to go somewhere else first," Yang Chen said slowly.
And so, three hours later, Yang Chen seemed to have finished handling his affairs. Then, together with Qin Xueru, he left the Northern Territory Sect.
With Qin Xueru leading the way, after leaving the Northern Territory Sect, they headed straight for the foot of the Northern Territory Sect's Four Peaks Mountain.
Throughout the entire Central Capital region, there were no county territories. There were only the Four Sects and Sixteen Cities!
Of the Four Sects and Sixteen Cities, the Four Sects referred to the Northern Territory Sect, Ling Nü Sect, Huahai Sect, and Zhenshan Sect. The Sixteen Cities referred to the sixteen cities throughout the Central Capital region.
Those sixteen cities were everything in the Central Capital region, all under the imperial family's jurisdiction.
The other fifteen aside, though their cities were large, they were not so large as to be astonishing. The largest city was the imperial family's foundation, called Nine Dragon City. It alone covered one-tenth of the Central Capital region. It stretched for several million li, its grandeur beyond imagination.
As for the other fifteen cities, they fell far short compared to Nine Dragon City, but they were still immensely magnificent.
Yang Chen had already learned quite a bit about these matters when he entered the Central Capital region.
Qin Xueru's hometown was Nantai City, one of the fifteen cities outside Nine Dragon City. More precisely, it was a village called Jinxing Town near Nantai City.
Yang Chen and Qin Xueru arrived in Jinxing Town.
Jinxing Town was surrounded on all sides by a forest. By