Sky Sand City's port, where flying dharma vessels and ships docked, was enormous. Its outskirts were guarded by strict sentries and arrays that inspected every vessel entering and leaving.
"Senior Qin, we've arrived at Sky Sand City." Fairy Qian Mo and the Wind Rider Elder came to the deck and spoke to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming nodded, then followed the Wood Crystal Clan and entered this immortal city amid the desert.
Several layers of immense golden light screens surrounded the outskirts of the immortal city, enveloping the entire place. They were clearly a composite grand array of at least the Seventh Rank.
Judging by Qin Ming's current attainments in the Dao of Arrays, it was at minimum a protective grand array above the middle grade of the Seventh Rank.
That alone required abundant resources to continuously sustain the array's operation.
It was enough to show that Sky Sand Venerable truly possessed formidable means, able to establish himself as king at such a vital crossroads and claim a place for himself.
The Wood Crystal Clan's Nine Spirits Commerce was renowned throughout the Spirit Realm, so it also had a branch in Sky Sand City. They soon passed the identity verification and entered the city.
Yet just as Qin Ming and Yun Gu Zi entered the city, the surveillance array above seemed to react, its warning runes flashing.
Only several breaths later.
A yellow streak of light shot over from the city center, drawing near from afar before swiftly landing in front of them. Its imposing aura was astonishing, making all the cultivators in the city shudder.
As the escaping light dispersed, it revealed a middle-aged man in yellow robes. His features were resolute, his bearing extraordinary, and he carried the majesty of one long accustomed to high authority. His cultivation had