Meng Bai looked around, eyes wide. "Really?"
"Yes," Lin Mu said. "Busy. Organized. Large enough to support trade, artisans, guards, administrators. For mortals, this would be considered prosperous."
"But for an immortal world," Daoist Chu added, his voice tinged with mild disbelief, "this is barely a town."
Cattaleya sighed deeply, rolling her shoulders. "I'm finally starting to understand just how backwater this world is."
She turned her head slightly and looked at Elyon. "Why didn't you tell us?"
Elyon flinched, just a little.
"I didn't know," he admitted, sounding genuinely uncomfortable. "Not fully, at least."
Cattaleya raised an eyebrow. "You're Elyon. You always know."
"Usually," Elyon said, rubbing the back of his neck. "But the Fifteen Ryze World is… strange. Information about it is scarce. Almost nonexistent in most networks."
