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Four days later, Xiao Yan arrived at Green Mountain Town atop the Golden-Horned Horse.
A second-tier magical beast was extremely fast. Moreover, Xiao Yan had not rested much along the way. He traveled by day, and at night only found a quiet place to meditate and regulate his breathing for a few hours. Thus, it took him merely four days to travel from the Imperial Capital to Green Mountain Town.
Had he traveled in an ordinary carriage, the journey would have taken at least half a month.
The sun blazed fiercely over Green Mountain Town.
The scorching heat poured down from the sky, baking cracks across the earthen ground.
Fissures spread across the ground like a dried-up riverbed. The moment one's feet stepped onto the hardened soil, a wave of heat surged up from beneath them and crawled up their trouser legs, making travelers curse this damned weather even as they sweated profusely.
Some people rested in the shade of trees, some draped wet cloths over their heads, while others impatiently tugged open their collars and let sweat stream down their necks.
Green Mountain Town was the closest town to the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Because it bordered the range, it was also known as Magical Beast Town.
The town was not large, but there was no shortage of people coming and going. Its bustle even surpassed that of some small cities.
Naturally, the most common sight in town was mercenaries who lived with their lives on the line every day.
They gathered in groups, arms hooked around one another's shoulders, spittle flying as they brazenly discussed which women in town had the most charm, where the strongest liquor could be found, and