The Sang River stretched for thousands of li, flowing out of the Haoyu Mountain Range and surging all the way into the Azure Cloud Sea.
Along its banks lay dense forests, grasslands as flat as a galloping horse's course, and vast, boundless stretches of Gobi desert.
That day, a bamboo raft came drifting down the river. A man and a woman sat upon it: Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen, who had drifted for nearly twenty days before reaching this place.
The two had spent the journey enjoying the mountains and waters, carefree and at ease. After drifting for nearly twenty days, they finally reached the Thirty-Li Inn outside Qushui City.
"Senior Sister, let's go ashore here! Qushui City is thirty li south of this place!" Xu Qingtong told Du Siwen.
"I haven't had enough of riding this yet!"
"Uh, if we don't get off now, you'll drift right into the sea!"
Du Siwen could only abandon the bamboo raft and go ashore with Xu Qingtong, an excited smile still lighting up her face.
Qushui City was a coastal town under the Wuji Sect's jurisdiction. It was not large, being comparable in size to Law City.
After going ashore, the two headed south. Since Qushui City was not far away, they did not use the Flying Sword Technique. Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen concealed their auras, suppressing their cultivation to late Qi Refining and posing as a couple.
They had traveled less than ten li when they met three young cultivators coming from the direction of Qushui City. Judging by their cultivation, all three appeared to be at late Qi Refining.
The three stopped beside Xu Qingtong. Their leader's eyes roamed over Du Siwen alone, his gaze full of lechery.
"Well, now! What a pretty little lady! Where are you from,