Chapter 1: Extraordinary
Time had reached noon, and the golden sunlight skimmed over the city walls, leaving shadows in this ancient city of Changqing County.
Though the sun was at its zenith, the spring had just begun, and the weather was not as fierce as one might expect.
On this street named Fruit Street, as usual, many peddlers and stall owners were hawking along the street. At the street corner, there were also some street performers from the rivers and lakes loudly calling for attention, attracting quite a few passersby to stop and watch.
The street, paved with bluish-gray bricks, was traversed by an enlarged and widened brown-yellow carriage, which rolled over the ground with a creaking noise.
Inside the carriage, Su Heng slowly opened his eyes.
Less than an hour had passed since he had his morning meal, yet now, sitting in the carriage and smelling the aromas of fried pancakes, fresh pastries, and various fried foods in the air, he felt a faint sense of hunger again and couldn’t help swallowing saliva repeatedly.
Unconsciously, more than five years had passed since he transmigrated to this world called the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he had gradually become accustomed to life here.
When he first transmigrated, Su Heng also harbored grand ambitions.
He leveraged the knowledge in his memory to produce soap, refined salt, and high-proof alcohol, helping his family venture into new businesses and earning a hefty sum of silver. He was also eager to learn martial arts, yearning to traverse the martial world as a master...