"Emperor City?" Like most people, the man riding the donkey read the words on the city wall in surprise. An ancient city named after an emperor.
How many cities throughout history had dared to bear such a name? In the end, calamity had befallen them all, destroying them amid the dust of history. It was a taboo word that few dared use as a name.
"That name doesn't bode very well. But if it's Uncle Luo... then it's not bad!" The man in azure smiled faintly.
The donkey opened his mouth. "Naturally! Master's strength crowns all beneath heaven. He has no equal!"
Amid the crowd's sharp intakes of breath, the donkey suspected of being the mount of the Human Race's supreme expert carried the man in azure slowly into the city, his hooves clopping against the stone paving.
The guards at the entrance respectfully stepped aside.
The donkey also cast a glance at one of them. "I recognize you. You're Luo Yonggui, aren't you? I remember you weren't this young. Have you broken through again?"
The man leading the guards at the city gate replied respectfully, "This junior is Luo Eryuan. My father, Luo Yonggui, passed away from illness three years ago."
"I see. What a pity. I even taught him over two hundred years ago..." the donkey said regretfully before entering the city.
"Farewell, Senior Donkey!"
A group of younger Luo Family members nearby crowded around and asked, "Brother Eryuan, is the man riding Senior Donkey our Luo Family Ancestor? He looks nothing like the portrait! Forget being identical-there's no resemblance whatsoever!"
"Exactly!"
Luo Eryuan shook his head. "That isn't the Ancestor. Stop imagining things and get back to work!"
At this, everyone grew even more puzzled, but they knew better than to ask further questions and resumed checking