A well-paved road. And an unsettled air. The nobles of Beijing moved along the official road defensively.
Some even gave off faint waves of Qi as though they had triggered their Protective Qi Armor. Even so, they were extremely few compared to the merchants and servants. There were no children by the roadside.
They were not allowed outside the walls. In the distance, gray smoke rose. It felt as though it had not been extinguished for a long time.
The faint trails only scattered after reaching the sky. Making Beijing's silence even deeper.
‘It is not even wartime.’
When anger began to form in Jeong Yeonshin's eyes, a few merchants muttered from afar.
“Can we still not pass through Righteous Sun Sect...? They say no one is there now.”
“The strong men who tried to bravely pass through that gate were knocked down by a strange gust of wind, all ten thousand of them. They say the battle ended long ago, but... the aftereffects remain. It is literally a calamity.”
“Huh, indeed.”
“And that's all there is to it. The Pangu Giant and the Great Fierce God Hero clashed hand and foot.”