Chapter 5: Kindred Spirits
Chapter 5: Kindred Spirits
The old driver’s remark plunged Huang Yu into silence.
Zheng Fa, too, remained wordless. The only sound that accompanied them was the crack of the driver's whip in the wind.
The journey proceeded in silence, and after an hour, the ox cart finally entered Jingzhou City.
The city and its outskirts seemed like two different worlds.
Outside the city lay vast, expansive farmland, open and serene but tinged with desolation.
The only signs of life were a few farmers, bent over their work in the fields.
Jingzhou City, although large, felt cramped and crowded due to the throng of people bustling along its streets.
The three were traveling down what seemed to be the main road of Jingzhou City.