After the black road reaching into the heavens appeared, the living beings in the estate knelt on the ground, trembling.
The gatekeeper, Master Qin, was on his knees too, sweat pouring down like rain.
At that moment, he was filled with regret. If I'd known this would disturb the master, I wouldn't have dared let him in even under pain of death!
Living beings have dropped off thousands of gift boxes before, enough to burst the pavilion, but even that didn't disturb the master!
There were far fewer gift boxes this time. Why did they disturb him?
Could the master be gathering evidence of me taking kickbacks? Or of me sleeping around in his harem? But he only brought those females into the harem as ornaments!
He shouldn't care!
Drip!
Drip!
Sweat poured off the gatekeeper like rain.
Then he saw the steward and the noblewoman pinned to the ground by the black clouds. For a moment, he wished he could take their place. If I were pinned in a corner by those black clouds, I wouldn't have to be so terrified.
Gulp!
Daoist Two Ravens swallowed. He looked at the key in his hand, then at Wang Quan, and gritted his teeth. "Brother... you've struck it rich!"
"The owner of this black road is probably the master of this estate!"
"Don't forget me in the days to come!"
Wang Quan smiled. "I certainly won't!"
Daoist Two Ravens beamed.
A short while later, Wang Quan stepped onto the black road.
The moment he stepped onto it, space and time shifted. The black road flowed, and he felt as though he were traveling by boat.
He saw blue skies and white clouds, saw cities atop the Stellar River, and even passed through the Stellar River.
Perhaps an instant passed, or