Du Wang.
People streamed like woven threads, and carriages and horses flowed like dragons. Cultivators came and went astride all manner of rare, exotic beasts. The city stood in the center of the Great Scenery Plains, spanning dozens of li. Over the years, rogue cultivators had gathered outside its walls and formed several towns, creating a scene of bustling prosperity.
A pagoda hung above the city, spreading mysterious yellow energy in all directions. It was the Chen Household's [Mysterious Yellow Venerable Light Tower], an artifact of wu earth made specifically for suppression. Ever since thieves had slipped into the city last time, the Chen Household had sent the tower here.
Two Foundation Establishment cultivators now guarded Du Wang City, so no one dared cause trouble. Besides Jiang Chi, the Chen Household's outlying branches had also produced a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and there were faint signs that he intended to unite those branches.
In the city's [Fragrant Dew] tavern, a tall, thin man sat in a corner of the main hall, drinking in silence. Most patrons were Fetal Breath and Qi Refining cultivators. The establishment sold a few varieties of crude spirit wine that Foundation Establishment cultivators would naturally disdain, leaving these lesser cultivators to support its business.
Wei Yan had already changed his appearance. He had stayed in Du Wang City for a long time, solely to evade the searches of the Wu Clan and the Hollow Sword Gate. If anyone asked which place in the Plainlands was safest, the answer would certainly be Du Wang City.
The Chen Household's main branch had sealed off its mountain, but its might remained. Besides that elder, it still concealed numerous Purple Mansion methods. Naturally, no one dared cause trouble here.
He silently sensed the immortal foundation within him. His travels had brought