October 2.
After five days on the road, the Crown Prince and his party finally arrived at Lanling City.
A group of officials and an honor guard had been waiting outside the Train Station since early morning, ready to welcome the Crown Prince.
The entire Train Station had been placed under lockdown starting at eight in the morning. All trains had been halted, and other trains were forbidden from entering the station.
Anyone who wanted to catch a train could only wait outside the station first.
No one dared voice any dissatisfaction. After all, they were making way for the Crown Prince of the current dynasty.
At 9:08 a.m., the Special Train pulled into the station.
A cordon had already been set up in the square outside the station, while armed guards isolated the crowd.
The people who had come to catch trains, along with those who had come to watch the spectacle, gathered in the square. They all craned their necks expectantly toward the station exit.
"He's here! He's here!"
The crowd suddenly grew restless.
Three people emerged from the exit first.
The man in the lead wore a bright-yellow python robe. His noble bearing was impossible to miss. He was none other than the Crown Prince!
He had one person by each arm and walked out of the station with a smile on his face.
"Who are those two?"
"That monk should be Ming Qi of Pudu Temple, the youngest Martial Dao Master in history."
"The one with the righteous look must be Li Fei, the champion of this Martial Arts Exchange Competition—the First in History."
"..."
The people discussed animatedly, all recognizing the two men the Crown Prince had taken by the arms.
After all, the recently concluded Martial Arts Exchange Competition had been the first nationally