Although Yan Hongyu had told Yue Liang to arrange accommodations for the City Guard Army himself, he clearly knew his place and did not overstep in the slightest.
All the city guards were assigned to cabins on the middle and lower decks. Not a single Qi Refining Period cultivator dared occupy a room on the upper deck.
Liu Yu chose a room at random, took out his notes on spirit herbs, and sat down in a chair to read, conserving his strength for the coming battle.
The Origin Returning Boat flew south of Moonwatch City for nearly eighteen hours straight.
After a day and a half, the areas along the Origin Returning Boat's route gradually became more densely populated, with increasing numbers of villages, towns, and other mortal settlements.
The farther south they traveled, the more frequently these settlements appeared.
Finally, after they passed two villages and towns in succession, the outline of a city came into view.
Heavenly Citadel was several times larger than Cold Moon City, which Liu Yu had visited before. Even in the mortal world, it deserved to be called a "great city."
Its walls stood around fifteen zhang tall, and its area appeared to be five or six times greater than Cold Moon City's.
Around two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand mortals lived in the city. Over eighty percent were mortal members of the Huang Household who lacked spiritual roots, while people with other surnames accounted for the remaining ten-odd percent.
Of course, whatever its size, Heavenly Citadel was merely a mortal city with thin spiritual energy. The Huang Household's cultivators did not reside there.
The Huang Household's cultivators lived on Heavenly Citadel Mountain, roughly a hundred li away.
Heavenly Citadel Mountain was a spirit mountain through and through. Standing four or five