Traveling with a Cultivator like Senior Brother Tianyu was surely the most boring thing imaginable. At first, Lü Bufan had gone to the bow of the Floating Boat in high spirits to enjoy the scenery.
But Senior Brother Tianyu sat meditating in the cabin like a wooden carving or clay statue, holding a Spirit Stone and absorbing and refining its energy. In the end, Lü Bufan lost interest too.
After seeing the views from the Floating Boat a few times, the novelty wore off. Apart from when they passed a few great rivers, Lü Bufan spent his time cultivating in his cabin like most of the other travelers.
Supposedly, cultivating in the sky brought one closer to the laws of the immortal Dao more quickly, granting deeper insights. Lü Bufan felt nothing of the sort, and Senior Brother Tianyu noticed no difference either... he was simply accustomed to cultivating diligently.
At noon that day, the Floating Boat slowly approached a deserted mountain dock. Few figures could be seen on the tall stone platform.
Lü Bufan led Senior Brother Tianyu, who kept craning his neck to look around, off the Floating Boat and along a path toward a small two-story building on the mountain.
The little establishment barely qualified as a way station. Two Martial Warriors ran it. Though they called each other brothers, one was tall and the other short, with not a trace of resemblance between them.
After a little idle conversation, the shorter elder brother served the two of them tea and asked curiously, "Could you two have gotten off at the wrong place? Heavenly Capital Ghost City is still over seven hundred li away! Most people going to Heavenly Capital City disembark at the dock on Luoying Cliff. There's also a Ghost Ship Ferry on the underground