District of Obscene Splendor
Meanwhile, in the Xihai Prefecture capital — Chrysanthemum City — two young men walked side by side, ambling down a bustling street full of red flying lanterns, colorful banners, buzzing shops and inviting pleasure houses.
In the cultivation world, the ratio between the practitioner's age and their cultivation realm determined youth. So while the two seemed about the same age, decades separated them — on the surface at least.
The two youths, Qiu Chen and Zi Zuixian watched the lively streets with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the colors, music and dances, the exotic treasure shops and beauties all around, seduced their eyes. But on the other, the depraved practices, slave auctions, drugs and brothels, rattled their senses.