The rain ceased, and a torrential downpour mingled with swirling snowflakes froze in mid-air.

In the summer, it swept across the entire Wilderness, the rain merging with snowflakes to form ice beads, which clattered onto the cobblestone roads.

People hurried home to gather their drying clothes, leaving the Imperial Capital deserted in no time.

An old man carrying a load of gold juice slightly lifted his bamboo hat, gazed at the sky, and sighed softly: