"Junior will certainly remember Senior's teachings and not fail the trust placed in me. But how am I supposed to oversee the affairs of all nineteen cities?" Yuan Ming asked doubtfully.
Wood Daoist smiled faintly and waved his hand. A black wooden token drifted down like a falling leaf and landed in Yuan Ming's palm.
The token was no larger than his palm, yet it emitted an ancient, profound aura.
"This is the Ten Thousand Monster City Lord Token, held by every generation of city lords. Once you refine it, you can condense an avatar that can communicate with the other city lord tokens at any time and appear in any city in an instant. With it, contacting every region and handling affairs will be no difficulty."
Yuan Ming refined the token as instructed and immediately felt a wondrous connection form between his mind and the token.
With a thought, he immediately sensed the precise locations of the other eighteen tokens.
With another spell, an avatar appeared at his side, identical to his true body in every way. Its strength was still shallow, however, and it could not be used in battle.
Seeing that Yuan Ming had grasped the essentials, Wood Daoist nodded in satisfaction.
Then he turned and raised a hand, and an azure banner appeared out of thin air, snapping loudly in the sky.
Wood Daoist lightly waved the great banner, and the ravaged ground of White Emperor City seemed to turn back through time. Its broken walls and crumbling ruins trembled violently as they began repairing themselves.
For a time, bricks and tiles flew through the air and the earth rose and fell. In no more than a few moments, a brand-new White Emperor City rose from the ground.
Yuan Ming looked out over the city and