'Medicinal' Powder
After speeding along the main road for over half an hour, with the city drawing nearer and the crowds growing denser, Yu Ci finally had a vehicle to ride in.
It was just that compared to those lizard carriages, his ride looked rather shabby—a simple four-wheeled cart meant for travel.
Core Formation cultivators could not yet cross a thousand miles through the air with their fleshly bodies alone; they had to rely on artifacts to take flight. Talisman cultivators like Yu Ci had one additional option: the Void Movement Talisman. It appeared as though they flew with nothing beneath them, but the spiritual radiance of talisman arts flickered around them, and any discerning eye would recognize it at once. Elsewhere it might not matter, but amid such dense crowds, taking to the air would draw attention and perhaps invite trouble. Thus, before coming here, Lu Qing had worked her magic with ordinary wood and made a four-wheeled cart. It did not qualify as an artifact, but mechanisms had been installed within it, allowing it to move forward, reverse, and turn as needed.
Yu Ci sat in the cart. At first, he felt somewhat awkward, but before long he began enjoying himself. Lu Qing walked slowly behind him, occasionally giving the cart a push whenever he mishandled the controls. Their speed was not slow at all.
As they traveled, she explained, "Huayan City is not merely one city. It is pieced together from more than ten settlements spread across a radius of a thousand li. Of course, at its center lies a main city—that is the city proper in the narrow sense. By comparison, Yinkui City is far too cramped. It was also built only recently and has not yet expanded outward. In the Northern Wasteland, cities like Huayan