"Then let's go take a look. Worst comes to worst... we'll take a one-day tour of the City Lord's Office dungeon."
As the sun dipped westward, the rosy clouds in the distance draped the sea in a layer of gold. The three of them waited until the moon hung high in the sky before turning back to the seafood shop.
Pill Fragrance City had no curfew, but no one came to buy seafood in the dead of night. By this hour, the shop had already closed, and there were few people on the streets. The three pasted Invisibility Talismans on themselves and, taking advantage of the empty surroundings, swiftly vaulted the wall and slipped inside.
The courtyard wall was not particularly high, and the formation laid upon it was rather basic. It looked no different from the neighboring shops. Bian Chunchou had used a Spirit-Taming Talisman to investigate this place back in the Surface World, so he was already familiar with it. The shop's layout was fairly simple: the rear courtyard was a warehouse, the front courtyard was where goods were sold, and in between stood a small room for the night-watch staff. Other than that, there was nowhere else to search.
"No, something's wrong. There was a well here in the Surface World. Where did such a huge well go?"
Water Well
The reason he noticed so quickly was simply because the well had truly been enormous. It had occupied nearly a quarter of the rear courtyard and stood in a conspicuous spot. Though it looked dull and gray on the outside, it had somehow drawn one's attention.
There were countless ways to store goods in the Cultivation Realm. The warehouse behind them was not very large, and apart from the assorted seafood displayed for sale, there were no