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Chapter 140: Princess Tang's irrepressible spirit of exploration
With Zhang Lexuan's approval, everyone landed on the rolling hills outside Eastsea City.
The terrain here was nowhere near as treacherous as the Ming Dou Mountains Ye Xixuan had visited before. The average elevation did not even exceed a thousand meters, making it look more like a stretch of rugged hills.
Eastsea City was surrounded by mountains on three sides and faced the sea on the fourth. Though its development had only gradually begun within the past thousand years, its excellent location had allowed it to grow rapidly. It unquestionably ranked as a major city, even if it still lacked a little depth and heritage.
In fact, the Dou Ling Empire's development of its eastern coastal regions was also connected to the war over four thousand years ago.
On the Original Douluo Continent, only the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire shared borders with the Sun Moon Empire. With the Sun Moon Empire now stirring restlessly, the Dou Ling Empire was actually the safest nation, especially this eastern seaboard far from the continent's heartland.
The largest migration toward the eastern coast in ten thousand years had taken place after that war.
The mountains to the west blocked the setting sun's glow. Though the sky had yet to turn completely dark, Eastsea City was already shrouded in shadow. The evening lights came on, and the soft glow of Soul Guidance Lamps dotted the bustling streets, lending them a distinctive air of tranquility.
To finish their Inspector Mission as quickly as possible and save time for traveling to Star Luo City to attend the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, everyone had maintained a grueling travel pace, rarely stopping to rest.
Not only Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei, who