They traveled for several hours without pause.
At last, Fourth Elder led them across the plains and into the "city"...
The city was somewhat strange. There were no streets, nor were there rows of shops lining the streets. Instead, it seemed to be formed from enormous villages gathered together. Vast fields lay beside residential cave abodes, and everyone moved freely between the various "villages," trading as they went.
These villages together formed Spring Lantern City.
The land was simply too vast and its inhabitants too sparse. This was also the place where Spring Lantern City's living beings were most densely gathered.
Before long, Fourth Elder smilingly led them into a long-abandoned large village and said,
"Chen Xun, honored distant guests, this street is perfectly suited to you. It spans a full eight hundred li in every direction!"
Fourth Elder gazed around with an excited expression. "I trust you will all settle down well here."
"Fine."
Chen Xun did not refuse, and neither did the others.
The next day.
They settled down here.
This patch of wasteland gradually gained a trace of worldly warmth.
The following year.
Two towering Crane Spirit Trees appeared here.
Chen Xun and the others were drinking tea and discussing the Dao beneath them when Little Scarlet came running from the mountains with some unknown ore clamped in its jaws, looking rather excited. "Xun Bro, the toad found this ore. You've definitely never seen anything like it."
Buzz!
A wild wind rose.
Little Scarlet's eyes shone as it looked at everyone. "Look, doesn't it resemble an Immortal Stone?"
It set the ore on the ground. The restrictions upon it instantly vanished, and the ore immediately took on the form of flowing water. Little Scarlet could even stick a claw tip into it, yet once it pulled it