C128 The Young Taoist

Qian Mountain Town lay a mere eighty miles from Black Mountain Town.

A single, narrow official road snaked its way eastward, providing the only direct route to Black Mountain Town and serving as the essential path to Black Mountain Ridge.

Beneath the shadow of a towering tavern flag,

a young man clad in a Taoist robe, his features striking and his age around thirty, stood with furrowed brows