The King of Chiyang Country was a tough-looking man in his forties, with resolute features and the bearing of one long in power. Yet the streaks of white hair beneath his crown and the deep furrow between his brows exposed his true condition, giving him the air of a man buckling beneath an unbearable burden.
The King of Chiyang Country was also studying Yunxi. This was the second time he had seen someone from the Alien Realm. The last time people from the Alien Realm had been captured, he had not even been born. Only after coming of age, when he had browsed the royal secret archives in the imperial study, had he learned of their existence.
It was only after inheriting the throne from his father that he had the opportunity to learn what had happened to his ancestors. Not long after his ascension, An Guoshi of You'an had replaced the previous aged state preceptor and become the new state preceptor.
To secure his throne, An Guoshi of You'an had even arranged a grand blessing ceremony, making his formal appearance before Chiyang Country and the other four countries. He had also taken the king to see the treasure hidden away for the sake of Chiyang Country's development, and it was then that the king had been fortunate enough to see a person from the Alien Realm for the first time.
Yet that person from the Alien Realm had been nowhere near as radiant and beautiful as Yunxi before him. The man had been skin and bones, seemingly about to draw his last breath at any moment. But upon the king's arrival, he had opened his eyes. Light suddenly burst from those dull, lifeless eyes, but the words he spoke became the source of the king's nightmares thereafter.
"A pack