Nearly two weeks passed as Ed meditated upon his water mana. He failed to split it from his other mana, but his overall control still managed to make improvement. During the journey, he had occasionally opened his eyes to check on his surroundings, but there was nothing particularly interesting to see. They passed through many ordinary villages and cities, just like the ones he had passed on the way to the Fire Dragon Sect. Only Beijing itself had been somewhat interesting due to its size and it being the capital of China. But even there, things were very old-fashioned, causing him to lose interest rather quickly.
Having gone west from Beijing, they passed through rough hilly terrain covered in forest. Fortunately, the area was regularly kept clean by the Purple Origin Sect, so they ran into no mutants during the journey, though they did see some ordinary deer and even a leopard.
