C173 Chapter 173

Roosters crowed, and the sky began to lighten.

The little town slowly stirred awake in the dim dawn.

Along the main street, plenty of shopkeepers already had their doors half open, hauling fresh goods inside. On the roadside, vendors selling steamed buns had their bamboo steamers rolling with heat, the aroma drifting through the air.

At the inn, a server slung a clean rag over his shoulder