So the Wu Dynasty's organization for dealing with miasma calamities was called the Dark Guards?
Hong Yuan committed the name to memory and asked casually, "Brother Ye, what sort of book is this Miscellaneous Records of the Bai Sea you mentioned?"
Ye Zhiqiu gave him a surprised look. He had expected Hong Yuan to be curious about miasma calamities, not to ask about the book.
His expression turned solemn. Cupping his hands toward the heavens, he said gravely, "Many regard the Miscellaneous Records of the Bai Sea as a collection of miscellany fit only for passing the time. Yet countless cultivators consider it the greatest marvelous book of all time."
"I am one of them."
Ye Zhiqiu continued earnestly, "There is no way to determine when the Miscellaneous Records of the Bai Sea was written. It might have been tens of thousands of years ago, or in an even more distant age of antiquity. But one thing is universally acknowledged: its author must have been an immortal or sage, someone far above even the wielders of great divine abilities."
"The book contains no cultivation methods, but details all manner of observations and curious tales from within Nongtu. It reads as though an immortal sage, traveling the universe, casually recorded everything they saw and heard: interesting stories encountered along the way, strange ghost gods, bizarre otherworlders, and kingdoms. Even the four categories of miasma calamities originated from this book."
"So it's a travelogue?" Hong Yuan asked.
"You could call it that." Ye Zhiqiu nodded lightly. "But you must understand, Brother Hong, that Nongtu is vast beyond measure, without end or boundary. All the myriad beings of heaven and earth dwell within it, and it is filled with countless dangers: demons, ghosts, miasma calamities... even deadly regions formed naturally by the workings