"Treasure..." Zhuang Ruoyue had been about to explain the treasure's origins, but she stopped when I got distracted and asked about the former City Lord of Heavenly City. After hesitating, she answered honestly, "Our City Lord... the City Lord is a good person... We all revere him deeply. It's just that I heard he's researching how to attain enlightenment into chaos, so he's lived in seclusion for many years. He handed all affairs over to our master, the Grand Minister Immortal of Heavenly City..."
"The Grand Minister Immortal is the Imperial Preceptor of Heavenly City. He commands all the immortals under heaven, so it's no surprise your master managed to rise to that position. But your City Lord—haven't you ever seen him, not even once?" I asked.
Zhuang Ruoyue shook her head and said, "Heavenly City selects children with exceptional talent, so I was chosen and brought into Heavenly City when I was little. Later, I won our master's favor and was accepted as his disciple. I've been cultivating immortal arts in the mountains ever since. It was only in the past two years that I came down from the mountains and began entering and leaving Heavenly City with my senior brothers and sisters. But I mostly only got to know some high-ranking officials of Heavenly City and the Grand Elders of the Council. I've never seen the City Lord. Even my master said he's never seen him himself, though I don't know whether that's true..."
"He's that mysterious?" I mused.
Zhuang Ruoyue nodded. After thinking for a moment, she said, "There is one legend, though I don't know whether it's true. They say there isn't any City Lord at all—or rather, that the City Lord isn't a normal immortal..."
"What? Why would they say that?" Li Zhier couldn't help