"Where?"
Yu Ci tilted his head up. The ear-splitting roar continued, yet in the azure sky, apart from a few white clouds, there was nothing else to offend the eye.
"It'll be a while before you can see it. Right now, the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat is docking with the berth formation at the pier. It'll take at least a quarter of an hour to finish. We can't get too close during that time, so let's slowly head back."
Yu Ci nodded, watching the middle-aged man skillfully scatter medicinal powder over and around Eagle Ape, concealing the scent of blood. This was to keep nearby birds of prey, savage beasts, and even demons from tracking them here and threatening the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat pier dozens of li away.
Once everything was done, Yu Ci took the initiative to carry Eagle Ape's corpse, returning with the middle-aged man.
Along the way, he looked up again. The few white clouds overhead had already dispersed amid the rumbling vibrations, leaving the blue sky washed clean and flawless. Yet he knew that, in the ten-thousand-zhang heights beyond his sight, some colossal object hovered there, sending out powerful shockwaves to connect with the prearranged talisman formations on the ground.
It was already Yu Ci's second month at the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat pier, and he had gradually become familiar with its affairs.
Though it was called a Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat pier, there was neither river nor sea nearby. Mountains surrounded it on all sides, making the name seem undeserved. Yet it truly was where the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat received and dispatched passengers and goods. Yu Ci had been equally puzzled when he first arrived, until Zhao Xiqiao—the middle-aged man beside him—explained it to him.
Whatever kind of ship there was, there would be a corresponding kind of