"Young master, there are so many people!!"
The open-air plaza in the southern part of the city was packed that morning. Standing on tiptoe, Lü Yi watched the sea of heads surging ahead.
Jiang Ning nodded. "There really are a lot of people."
Ahead, the crowd had surrounded the plaza so tightly that not even water could pass through.
At the center of the plaza, the ritual altar had long since been erected.
This was precisely the altar the Yellow Heaven Cult's Heavenly King would use to pray for rain.
After observing it for a moment, Jiang Ning led Lü Yi toward a tavern to one side.
More than a hundred meters from the plaza stood a five-story tavern.
Watching the Yellow Heaven Cult's Heavenly King pray for rain at noon from within the tavern was clearly an excellent choice of position.
Four Directions Tower.
Fifth floor.
The moment Jiang Ning stepped onto the fifth floor, a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.
At a table by the window facing the altar plaza, Bai Luoyu was drinking alone, his head turned toward the plaza outside.
Suddenly.
He seemed to notice the gaze behind him and turned to look at Jiang Ning, who had just arrived on the fifth floor.
"Brother Jiang!!" Bai Luoyu rose to his feet with a smile.
"Brother Bai chose this place as well?" Jiang Ning smiled too.
"I guessed that Brother Jiang would choose this place. Of all the places around the plaza, only this is the best for observing it, so I came a step earlier!" Bai Luoyu said.
Jiang Ning smiled and took a seat with Lü Yi.
Then his gaze turned toward the altar.
There, a gray-haired Daoist in an apricot-yellow Daoist robe and a Five Peaks Crown sat cross-legged upon a