Chapter 274: The Night Wanderer
“Zhaoye City was indeed consumed by demons,” the cavalryman surnamed Feng began, his voice carrying both fear and a certain indifference to life and death as the firelight flickered across his face. “It’s said that one day, a yellow sandstorm swept in from the north, devouring the heavens and the earth, swallowing Zhaoye City whole.
“Whatever demons were within that sandstorm, when it passed, all the remaining defenders in the city were reduced to white bones. After that, Zhaoye City became a den of demons, teeming with countless monsters. Neither we nor the people of the northern frontier dared to approach within a hundred li of the city.”
“And the demons in the city?”
“The demon that ruled Zhaoye City was called the Yellow Sand King. At least, that’s what we in the northern garrison called it. When the news reached Changjing, it’s hard to say if the nobles in the court believed it. Most common folk took it as a mere legend.”
“Yellow Sand King...”
“Starting a few years ago,” Feng continued, “the beacon towers closest to Zhaoye City began reporting frequent lightning strikes over the area. At its peak, the thunder and lightning covered a radius of a hundred li. Some even claimed to have seen celestial officials in the sky.
“There were rumors of golden-armored immortals descending from the heavens. Whether that’s true or not, I don’t know, but in the summer two years ago, we finally reclaimed Zhaoye City.”
“Two summers ago...”
That would have been the summer of the fourth year of Mingde.