Chapter 1679: Four Seas Restaurant
Although the presence of the Li Fire Divine Wheel protected them from all fiends and Strangers of Bei Yuan, the further north they traveled, the more the surrounding space and time fell into disorder. This wasn’t a problem the Li Fire Divine Wheel could solve. Even the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s power didn’t work too well here mostly because it took way too much energy to maintain its spacetime restoring effects. So, after traveling around five thousand kilometers and sensing that the end were still nowhere in sight, they had no choice but to give up and end this curious but ultimately fruitless trip.
The duo stayed in Bei Yuan for ten days or so. They left the way they came after Ye Qing had completely mastered the Li Fire Divine Wheel.
Now that they were experienced, they were traveling several times faster than before. It took them only a little over a month to return to Yan.
To make a comparison, the journey to Bei Yuan took over three months. It showed just how much easier the return trip was.
They didn’t linger after returning to Yan though. Instead, they immediately journeyed to the west toward Wei.
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Four Seas Restaurant, Xijing, Wei.
Xijing (West Capital) was the capital city of Wei. Overflowing with people and beauty, it was in no way inferior to the imperial capital of Chu.
The architectural style of Wei was dramatically different from Chu’s though. Chu’s capital boasted carved beams and painted buildings, elegance and refinement. It was a place for the literati and scholars. On the other hand, Xijing’s buildings were much bigger, taller, and rugged. The streets were crawling with weapon-carrying jianghu warriors, and rings where jianghu warriors dueled each other were everywhere. One could often find a number of warriors fighting in the rings while spectators cheered them from the sidelines. It was a very jianghu capital so to speak.
This state of things was very much in line with Wei’s policy and tradition of the imperial family and the jianghu ruling the realm of Wei together.
The Four Seas Restaurant was one of the most famous restaurants in Xijing. It boasted a prestigious background and an immense amount of wealth. There was no one in Wei who didn’t know about its existence. It was praised as “the place where everyone from the four seas and the eight directions make merry.”
The Four Seas Restaurant was made of four independent, nine level tall towers. They were built using Profound Blossom Wood, Blackshine Stone, Phoenix Earth, and Blue Jade Crystal respectively.