Chapter 223: Hardship and Wandering
Compared to the entire Weicheng, Wusu and Lili were also like two specks of dust.
The former Weicheng would lose its light and sound after the 11 PM to 1 AM. The officials and aristocrats who enjoyed nightly feasts should have rested by then. The city of hundreds of thousands lay dormant on the Wei River Plain, harboring countless breaths and life force.
But everything changed after the Taoist priests arrived.
Weicheng was no longer dark. During the day, people could only see the sun. But as the sun set and night gradually descended, a cluster of characters above Weicheng slowly lit up. No one could understand that cluster of characters, not even the most learned scholars in the city. Because it was the True Name Talisman Script written by a Daoist Orthodoxy cultivator, representing the most fundamental meaning of "light" in this world.
Therefore, this character cluster became the sun of the night—it floated at an unknown height, emitting a brilliant glow.
This light made darkness disappear, made thieves have nowhere to hide, and also made everyone in Weicheng truly experience the power of those Immortals… They could make the weather and time obey them.
The Yu Family experienced this power earlier than anyone else.
When the Taoist priests arrived, they first appeared in the Yu Family courtyard. Yu Qi, the Yu Family patriarch, rushed out to greet them in a panic. Wusu and Lili still remembered the look on their master’s face at the time, and some of the things he said. When he learned the news, he was first taken aback, and then showed a deep, reserved joy. Master Yu knew that the Yu Family was the most powerful in Weicheng at the moment, had the most connections, and had the most comprehensive information.
Therefore, he also knew that the Daoist Orthodoxy must need them to do things that the lofty Immortals were not suitable to do. This meant that he would eventually become the actual controller of Weicheng… no, the actual and nominal controller.