What appeared before Fang Shu was not a city, but the shell of an unimaginably enormous creature, stretching who knew how many miles wide and long!
Its shape broadly resembled the whales illustrated in books, with a vast mouth and tail, two wings at its sides, and a raised back. Upon that back rode rows of buildings with carved beams and painted rafters, all securely tethered in place. It truly seemed to have leaped straight out of an ancient immortal legend.
One beast bore an entire city!
But once Fang Shu recovered his senses, he also noticed that the enormous whale was not staying in one place. It was constantly swimming through the desert.
The rolling yellow sands beneath its belly rose and fell like seawater, wave after unceasing wave.
Even though Fang Shu had asked around extensively about the Vast Sea Immortal City before coming here, this extraordinary sight still left him deeply shaken.
Just then, the owner of the fleet he was traveling with came out.
Seeing his unblinking stare, Lady Tang smiled faintly. "Well, Brother Hu? Does the sight of the Vast Sea Immortal City live up to its name?"
Fang Shu let out a breath. "Only today have I learned what an immortal city ought to be."
At his reaction, a few traces of satisfaction involuntarily appeared on Lady Tang's face. She seemed quite proud that the Vast Sea Immortal City could so thoroughly astonish a newly arrived cultivator like Fang Shu.
Soon, however, Fang Shu narrowed his eyes slightly. Looking at the immense Vast Sea Immortal City, he suddenly transmitted his voice. "But may I ask, Lady Tang—is the enormous creature carrying the Vast Sea Immortal City dead or alive?"
Lady Tang's expression stiffened slightly at the question.
She, too, turned toward the immortal city