105 The Welcome Ceremony

The rest of the journey went well. Rody and his group eventually arrived at the Purple Leaf City in the Southeast.

The Purple Leaf City was located in the Southeast of the Empire. It was the capital city of Xier Province. This city could accommodate millions of people and was the largest city in the Southeast. The city was built two hundred years ago, during the era of Abbas the Great. In those years, Abbas the Great went on an expedition all over the continent and had conquered the South. In order to defend the stability in the South, he put in great efforts to build that city.

The city walls were at least ten li long. The walls were tall and strong. Even the lowest part of the wall was about fifteen meters high. The width of the city’s walls was almost comparable to the walls of the Imperial Capital. The walls were wide enough to accommodate four horses walking side by side on top of it. Below the walls was a several meters deep moat that was connected to the Purple Leaf River.