Chen Miao poked his head out to look outside.
The outline of Jiangya County Town had indeed appeared in the distance. Despite the moonlight, Chen Miao could not make it out clearly.
Connecting to the Mystic Mirror, Chen Miao brought Jiangya County Town closer into view.
In an instant, Jiangya County Town became clear in his eyes.
Its walls were bluish gray, its gates tightly shut. The vermilion paint was peeling, and a lifeless, eerie sheen lingered on the bronze studs.
The entire town stood in silence. Only the flames burning at intervals along its walls indicated that it was not a dead town. Compared with Qingjiang Town, Jiangya County Town was indeed far grander.
But at that moment, it failed to hold Chen Miao's attention.
His attention had been drawn entirely to the enormous lake beside the county town.
At a glance, the lake's surface was pitch-black, without wind or waves.
Moonlight could not fall upon its surface, nor could starlight reach its depths.
From afar, the shoreline merged with the town's shadow.
For a moment, Chen Miao could not even tell where the town ended, where the lake began, or which parts were reflections hidden beneath the water!
Looking at the faint mist shrouding the lake, Chen Miao even felt an urge to enter the water and see what was concealed within. Bright Moon Lake?
A name surfaced in Chen Miao's mind.
In just over ten minutes, the sedan chair arrived outside Jiangya County Town.
Just as Chen Miao was wondering how they would enter a town with its gates shut tight, the sixteen-bearer sedan chair separated into four smaller chairs once again. The bearers stepped onto the wall and carried Chen Miao and the others straight up its vertical surface.
When they reached the top of the