"His Highness the Crown Prince is inspecting the borders! All pedestrians, make way and pay your respects!"
Li Zhōujūn was strolling around when a shout suddenly rang out.
At the end of the street appeared a carriage pulled by nine enormous tigers, their bodies wreathed in blazing divine flames.
The giant tigers were mighty and extraordinary. On both sides of the carriage, dozens of soldiers clad in exquisite tiger-patterned armor served as its honor guard. At the front and rear, two flags bearing the character "Shepherd" fluttered in the wind.
The general leading the procession and clearing the way was a stern-faced middle-aged man. He, too, rode a giant tiger burning with blazing flames, making him appear tall and fearsome.
The carriage itself was built like a palace. Li Zhōujūn's old acquaintance—Mu Shu, the Crown Prince of the Great Shepherd Divine Dynasty—was seated inside. Through the carriage window, only his heroic profile could be seen.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
The pedestrians along the road all knelt and bowed deeply toward the carriage Mu Shu was riding in.
Only Li Zhōujūn remained standing in the street, standing out like a crane among chickens.
"Young man, the Crown Prince is inspecting the borders, yet you're not kneeling. Are you trying to die? The honor guard escorting the Crown Prince is our Great Shepherd Divine Dynasty's Divine Tiger Guard. The stern middle-aged general leading the way is General Lu, commander of the Divine Tiger Guard. He's at the Eternal Tenth Stage. They say he has quite a temper."
Beside Li Zhōujūn, a portly middle-aged man kneeling on the ground and wearing gemstones of various colors on all ten fingers whispered to him.
Li Zhōujūn smiled without saying anything.
"Outrageous! His Highness has arrived. Why aren't you kneeling?!"
At that moment, the