Night, Eagle City, Eagle Martial Hall!
Great Desolate Province differed from the other major provinces of the Great Yan Dynasty. In the other major provinces, every city had a City Lord's Manor responsible for maintaining order, collecting certain fees, and managing resources.
In essence, they were forces of the Great Yan Royal Family, tasked with guarding the Great Yan Royal Family's territory while gathering resources for them.
But Great Desolate Province was an exception. Bordering other dynasties, its people were fierce and its experts formidable. It was also far from Great Yan Prefecture, resulting in the Great Yan Royal Family having very weak control over the region.
Every city in the entire Great Desolate Province was controlled by its major sects and factions. To Eagle City, Eagle Martial Hall was equivalent to its City Lord's Manor. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for a martial hall to be named after a city.
The strength of Eagle Martial Hall alone showed just how formidable Great Desolate Province was. Eagle City was not a small city within Great Desolate Province, but it was certainly not one of the more famous major cities either.
Yet such a city had a Shaping Realm expert stationed within it, while Flame City, a major city ranked among the top three around Heavenly Capital City in the heart of the Great Yan Dynasty, had only one Shaping Realm expert.
However, none of this astonished Lin Dong too much. Or rather, compared to the other surprises, this seemed somewhat insignificant.
Inside the room, Lin Dong lovingly examined the Spiritual Treasure he had obtained during the day. The Young Clan Leader had given him this Spiritual Treasure along with a sword art, on the condition that he activate the power of the Mysterious Stone Talisman so the Young