Once Luo Qianchou and Nangong Jinghe understood what had happened, neither of them pressed the matter further.
With Nangong Jinghe guiding them, Luo Qianchou and Xiao Yao passed through the Isolation Formation and entered the Yang Family Sacred Land.
The three of them boarded a cloudship and sailed slowly across the sky above the First Layer Heaven Domain.
Eyes bright with curiosity, Xiao Yao poked her little head over the side and looked down. Below lay vast stretches of fertile fields dotted with tall houses.
The ordinary people who lived here all had homes with their own courtyards. Each house was more exquisitely built than the last.
As the cloudship traveled farther and reached the towns, city towers and pagodas, pavilions and terraces rose into view. They were grand and stately, elegant and orderly, splendid without being ostentatious.
Never mind ordinary towns—even the imperial capitals of some Dynasties in the Central Region might not have been as well built as the towns in the Yang Family Sacred Land.
"Wow~~ It's so pretty! Martial Uncle, that Chongyang City we just passed was so grand and beautiful. It's almost as impressive as Wumeng Town below our mountain!"
After taking in the sights, Xiao Yao could not help exclaiming, "And the people who live here seem a little different from those outside."
"Old or young, men or women, every one of them looks full of spirit, glowing with health and brimming with life. I can always sense a natural ease and contentment about them, too."
Luo Qianchou smiled and nodded. "You're right. The people under the Yang Clan's rule do have more vitality than those outside. For one thing, this sacred land has a unique environment, ideal for ordinary people to live and recuperate in. For another, the Yang Clan governs well and