Zhang Yan spent three days before he emerged from the mountain valley path and returned to the surface, where a dirt road built from packed earth appeared in front of him.
He followed this road, traveling by concealment for five miles, and then he saw a market of about a thousand people and mules, with a strong odor wafting toward him.
He gathered his mana into his eyes and looked forward, seeing from afar a dozen or so scattered settlements, with the smallest having around a few hundred people and the largest no more than a few thousand.
Although this place was far less populated than the state cities within Song Country and lacked the wealth and prosperity, he still saw strands of spiritual energy rising straight into the sky like long straight smoke, clearly indicating that there were cultivators residing here.
This kind of scene is invisible to ordinary people, only cultivators like him can see it clearly.
