"Splash..."
By the broad Great River, a tall, burly mortal was leading six chestnut horses, tending to them as they drank.
Suddenly, a figure clad in black leaped out of the river.
At first glance, he looked like a huge fish.
"Holy shit..." The man watering his horses jumped in fright.
A tall horse beside him also shied back two steps, letting out several neighs.
"You damned bastard... you scared the life out of me!" The man glared at He Pingsheng, cursing. "If you've spooked my horses, you'll get what's coming to you today. I might just give you a good beating!"
He Pingsheng ignored him. Standing on the riverbank, soaking wet, he looked around.
In the distance stood a dark bridge built of steel.
Farther away, magnificent buildings soared into the clouds.
He Pingsheng instinctively spread out his divine sense.
This was a city, a very large one.
As for which city it was, he had no idea.
He Pingsheng had drifted in the river for two full months before choosing to come ashore.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" The man stared at He Pingsheng. "You're not mute, are you... hey... hurry home and change your clothes, or you'll catch a chill!"
He Pingsheng glanced at the man, then walked away without another word.
Under the heat of a wisp of fire-attribute spiritual power, his clothes soon dried.
He reached the city gate.
An enormous, ancient stone tablet appeared before He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng glanced at it: Fengdu City.
Fengdu City?
Wasn't this supposed to be the second-largest city in the Chu Kingdom?
He Pingsheng had no idea how far this place was from Tawenian Mountain.
He adjusted his cultivation slightly, disguising it as roughly the eighth layer of Qi Refining Stage.
That way, walking among the crowds, he