"What year is it now?"
"I'm asking for the year in the Great Xuan Era."
Ji Xiu looked at the woman who called herself 'Jiang Li,' his mind racing. Still, he replied:
"The first millennium of the Great Xuan Era is drawing to a close."
"As for the exact date... this is a remote county. Forgive me, but I do not know the precise year."
The affairs of the grand dignitaries of the Six Great Xuan Registers, the Nobles granted fiefdoms, and the high officials of the State Mansions... none of it reached a small, isolated mountain county.
Jiang Li wasn't surprised.
She simply lowered her gaze and muttered to herself:
"Has it really been that long..."
"But for an Outer Deity to be causing trouble in a mere county... it seems the Great Xuan must have lost. I imagine they made quite a few compromises."
She muttered words that Ji Xiu couldn't quite understand.
She lowered her hand and touched her forehead as a wave of weariness washed over her.
