Su Qing swept toward the gates of Nine-Channel Pass. The guards saw the bloody aura surrounding him and judged that he was no decent sort, but they did not stop him. They merely glanced at him before looking away.
It truly deserved its reputation as a famous Yin Vein Land on the Northern Heavens Continent. Judging by its size, this city dwarfed Mu Domain Main City by more than tenfold.
The magnificent walls seemed to have been carved from a single slab of gray-white chalcedony, without the slightest seam. Wisps of icy yin energy could faintly be seen flowing within them, seemingly sustaining some sort of formation.
Su Qing inwardly raised his guard. A formation powered by such a vast flood of icy yin energy could hardly be ordinary.
Within a few steps, Su Qing passed through the gateway beneath the walls and officially entered the city.
The first thing that greeted his eyes was a plaza. At its center stood a blue-green stone stele, engraved with a map of Nine-Channel Pass.
Apart from the City Lord's Mansion, every other location, including the Cultivation Pavilion, auction houses, medicine shops, and inns, was marked in meticulous detail.
From time to time, someone holding a jade slip would infuse spiritual energy into it before the stele and copy the map in an instant. It was remarkably convenient.
Naturally, Su Qing walked over as well and copied a map using the same method as the others.
At this, Su Qing could not help feeling a little impressed.
Since coming to this world, this was the first time he had seen a map that left out no detail, rather than the vague, ambiguous things he had encountered before.
He was even more impressed when he saw "Defiled Valley's Nine-Canal Pass Branch" clearly marked on