Chapter 1454: Blood Moon (93)
Ceres, East District.
The construction of a tall tower drew the attention of countless people.
East District was the prosperous area of the royal capital. Those who lived there were either wealthy or noble, and high-society elites were everywhere.
On the bustling streets of East District, one could often see automobiles spewing white smoke caught in traffic jams.
There were also an especially large number of luxury shops lining the streets.
Thus, East District truly was a place where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold. Property prices there ranked among the highest in the entire kingdom, while vacant land available for development was scarce as phoenix feathers and qilin horns, so naturally its price was astonishing.
Therefore, any new building constructed in East District generated tremendous buzz, let alone a grand tower of such scale.
Driven by intense curiosity and other motives, quite a few influential local figures used their connections to inquire about the matter, hoping to learn who was building this eye-catching tower.
However, after learning some of the inside details, every one of them fell silent as cicadas in winter. They did not dare mention it even at salon gatherings.
It had plainly become a taboo!
Day after day passed. The white tower rose floor by floor until it reached seventeen stories, at which point construction was completed.
The entire process took nearly a year.
As Invia's capital, Ceres had towers everywhere. There were Wizard Towers, Alchemy Towers, and even Wonder Buildings. This seventeen-story white tower was not especially outstanding among them.
Yet in East District, it was still an exceptionally dazzling presence!
People speculated endlessly about who owned the tower, while everyone who knew the truth kept their mouths tightly shut.
One afternoon at the end of