"It has nothing to do with us. Let's carry on looking around."
Sun Miaoshu said.
Everyone shook their heads and left.
Then she suggested, "Let's split up and enjoy ourselves. We'll meet back at that restaurant tonight and all stay there. Tomorrow's the thirtieth, and Peacock City will have street festivities all night, so we won't need lodgings. The afternoon after tomorrow, on the first, we'll go down."
Everyone agreed and went their separate ways.
Cheng Xinzhan picked up a map from a roadside pavilion. It was exquisitely made. His gaze wandered over it until four characters suddenly caught his eye:
Bohai Sea Market.
He put the map away and headed toward the Bohai Sea Market. The woman in white fur at the restaurant had said that eating sea fish would be good for Third Younger Sister's eyes. He had been planning to ask around after going down, but since Peacock City had a sea market, it surely had sea fish.
The sea market lay in the northeastern corner of Peacock City, while he had entered through the western gate, a considerable distance away. Flying high and racing about were forbidden in the city, so he had to use footwork to make his way there.
He had learned Azure Dragon Cave's method of pacing the Gang and treading the Dipper. After returning to his sect, he had also learned some of the stone forest's Treading-Snow Seeking-Plum Footwork. Adding some wind methods from Bright Governance Mountain, he had created a footwork technique of his own, which he called:
Heavenly Gang Shift-Stars Footwork.
It excelled at shifting and dodging, changed readily, and was light and silent. He was quite pleased with it.
He carried Third Younger Sister as he trod upon the wind, and Dengge'er was able to keep up.
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