Chapter 145: Waves Sweeping Like Mountains (2/2) (4000 words)

The Great Qin's territory is vast, and if one were to traverse it on foot, a lifetime, even three lifetimes, would not be enough to cover it all. In the previous dynasty, there was a renowned master named Xu Xiake who aspired to walk the expanse of the world, but he only managed to cover half of it before he had to end his journey on the road, lamenting his fate.

His last words were that he intended to see all the landscapes under the heavens but could only leave them for the next life to behold. His greatest regret was that he was mere a hundred li away from the largest lake of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although it was a lake, it stretched for a thousand li with majestic waves and an expansive vista, distinct from the open sea because it lay inland.

In Thunder County, on the frontier of Great Qin, one of the eighteen Iron Cavalries was stationed with impregnable defenses, and not even a bird from the outside could think of flying in. One more county inward was that vast lake.