Beyond those words, there were also images.
Within the Ministry of Revenue stood five Evil God Statues, like storm clouds pressing down upon the eyes.
Within Chunfeng Residence stood that vivid maple tree.
Within the Devil Chamber lay twisted corpses, one after another.
Within Eerie Village came that grand performance on the final night.
Within Eerie City stood two ancient Imperial Palaces.
Above Eerie Town stood a tree laden with Ginseng Fruit, countless wails echoing from within its trunk.
On streets shrouded in mist, a massive four-tiered platform drifted slowly past...
After those words and images swept through his mind a thousand times, they took root there just like his Fate Arts knowledge.
The carriage stopped.
"Brother Li, we've reached Dadong County." Yu Ping's voice came from outside the carriage.
"Mm."
"It's a little scary outside," Yu Ping muttered quietly.
Li Qingxian stepped down from the carriage. Ahead stood a city gate, bearing the two words "Dadong."
Outside the gate, beneath the black night, bonfires burned in clusters along both sides of the road. Tents stood thick as trees, and shadowy figures swayed among them.
As far as the eye could see, there were thousands upon thousands.
Zhou Hen looked at Li Qingxian.
Li Qingxian glanced at the sky and said, "It's late. We'll stay here tonight and go there tomorrow."
Li Qingxian put away the mechanical carriage, and the three of them entered Dadong County through its gate.
Li Qingxian stopped at the entrance.
Under the faintly black night, scattered lights shone within the city, unlike any ordinary county town.
After nightfall, an ordinary county town was either swallowed in darkness with only a few places lit by lamps and candles, or else its entire main road would be hung with bright red lanterns from end to end.
Yet