A towering, majestic city stood beneath carriages soaring through the air, resplendent light and auspicious clouds illuminating the skies.
"Hmm?"
Inside the carriage, Hou Xibai slightly turned his gaze, sensing the martial aura below.
"Not bad saber intent."
He pushed aside the cup offered by the beauty attending him and rose from the soft couch within the carriage.
"Reckless Saber!"
Hou Xibai's gaze sharpened. The spirit beast let out a soft cry, and the carriage came to a halt mid-air.
Under soul sense, a figure in a long azure robe, gentle-voiced and smiling, appeared before his eyes.
"So it is Division Head Chen Ping'an himself, arriving in North Mountain to assume office. Forgive me for failing to welcome you from afar, Division Head Chen."
Hou Xibai's voice was clear and deep, immensely infectious. As his divine soul trembled, it rolled down like rumbling thunder, pressing down from above.
"Division Head Chen Ping'an?"
"Assuming office in North Mountain?"
"..."
No one could have imagined that an ordinary entry into the city would bring them face-to-face with a Celestial carriage flying through the sky. More crucially, it seemed that a great figure was hidden somewhere around them!
The moment the clear, deep thunder sounded overhead, some well-informed people immediately recalled the relevant information.
Hidden Dragon Heavenly Talent, Storm Cloud Great Grandmaster, Reckless Saber Chen Ping'an, the new Northern Mountain Pass Deputy Garrison Chief!
Northern Mountain Deputy Garrison Chief!
In any provincial territory, this was an absolute giant of a figure. Even within Northern Mountain Pass, he was a top figure who had truly entered the core decision-making ranks.
To ordinary cultivators, such a person was like someone standing atop the clouds.
Northern Mountain Pass, eighteen garrison cities, countless cultivators—all had to look up to him.
And now...
He was actually beside them?