Soul Chaser
In Yu Ci's impression, Yinkui City's lighting was very distinctive.
Since it was underground, illumination should have been a crucial concern. Along the way, he had seen at least three kinds of light sources. One was light spheres floating high beneath the vaulted ceiling, blazing white and able to illuminate several li around them. Their brightness varied with distance and elevation, forming patches of light that cast the world below into bizarre, fantastical shapes. Another kind was luminous stones embedded in the cave walls, scattered like stars; from afar, they resembled a starry sky, magnificent to behold, while their light was gentle and comfortable. As for the last kind...
Yu Ci stood by the roadside for quite a while without finding where that light came from. It seemed like natural daylight, shining down from the pale-gray rock strata. If not for the stark contrast at the boundary between the other two light sources, he might truly have overlooked it. Fortunately, Wan Quan was beside him, so he asked:
"What is this place?"
Wan Quan was still tangled up inside. He had not refused Yu Ci's invitation, nor could he have. Even if Yu Ci was mild-tempered, Master Hong was still lurking in the shadows! That great figure was the external affairs overseer of Great Vertebra Hall in the city, ordinarily holding the power of life and death over Yinkui City. Wan Quan was insignificant and lowly, yet Red Fang Workshop...
At that moment, Yu Ci's question reached him. Wan Quan blanked out for a moment, let out an "Ah," then hurriedly smiled. "Senior, this is the True Cultivator Circle."
On the road here, Wan Quan had already told Yu Ci about Yinkui City's general layout.
Like all great cities, Yinkui City drew clear boundaries between strength and weakness,