Daoist Bian decided they should leave early and return early, lest the night grow long and dreams multiply. So, two days later, the three of them saw Feidu City's gate tower soaring into the clouds. It truly soared into the clouds—ordinary people simply would not discover there was a city here, all right? This was absurd. And they still would not move? Yonglu Mountain was practically conducting precision poverty alleviation.
"I finally understand why no fresh population has moved in!" No matter where this was, it had absolutely no appeal for people to settle down—unless they were the sort who wished to hide away from the world and wait for death.
The three flew their swords to the gate tower. Of course, it was only an archway; beyond it hung a sheer cliff draped with suspension cables, and only past the cliff lay Feidu City itself, hidden among the clouds.
It was... so barren, such a simple city layout. No wonder its finances were strained by a deficit and it had to ask Yonglu Mountain for funding.
There was no one guarding the city gate either. Two Spirit Stones were all it took to obtain a passage token, identical to the one hanging at that swordsman's waist. The three exchanged for passage tokens, then flew their swords toward Feidu City.
Once inside Feidu City, the streets were indeed filled... entirely with men. Old, young, and middle-aged—every last one was male. Even when Bian Chunchou had been in the Mortal Realm, he had never seen anything like this. Even the vendors selling rouge and cosmetics on the streets were old men, and naturally, the buyers were also pretty-faced young masters with slicked-back hair.
This was more than an imbalance between men and women. There were simply no women at all?! And