The terrain of the Northern Swallow Nation was relatively flat, and after the new emperor ascended the throne, he was working studiously to better the nation and make it more prosperous. The Northern Swallow Nation also had two regions that were good for raising horses, and this allowed the combat power of their cavalry units to be far superior to that of the Southern Thorn Nation and the Five Mountain Nation. 0

Located further north of the Northern Swallow Nation was the Green Oriole Nation, a nation that had many stories about the feats and deeds of immortals ever since ancient times. The literati notes and fantastical novels of the Green Oriole Nation also talked much about water spirits and flood dragons.0

Sui Jingcheng was wearing a veiled hat and dressed in the Bamboo Robe Dao Robe, so it wasn't a big issue to ride during the day even though the blazing sun of midsummer was blasting down on them. Rather, it was Chen Ping'an and Sui Jingcheng who needed to look after their horses.1

The two of them stopped under the shade of trees beside a riverbank today, and Sui Jingcheng decided to take off her veiled hat since there was no one else around the limpid river. She also took off her boots and socks and placed her feet in the water, exhaling in satisfaction.0

The senior sword immortal was sitting nearby, and he retrieved a jade bamboo folding fan but didn't use it to push around any cool air. Instead, he opened the fan and gently swayed it back and forth, causing the characters on the fan to undulate like duckweed floating through a stream. Sui Jingcheng had seen this once before, and the senior sword immortal had explained that these were immortal characters extracted from a talismanic ship belonging to the Spring Dew Garden, a residence located atop some mountain.0

Sui Jingcheng was actually slightly worried about the senior sword immortal's wounds. The powerful arrow of a cultivator had directly shot through his left shoulder, and his entire body had also been enveloped by a talismanic formation. Sui Jingcheng was unable to fathom how the senior sword immortal could remain so calm as if nothing had happened. Indeed,...0