"Tell me about it."
"What happened?"
"What did you do to get yourselves captured?"
A private room in a teahouse.
Jiang Qiao took a sip of tea with a "slurp" and calmly looked at the prisoners, who had already changed their clothes.
Three men and two women.
The wounds on their bodies had already been healed.
They were ordinary people, after all.
Treating them was as easy as lifting a finger.
Physical injuries were easy to heal.
Mental wounds were harder.
That was why the five of them still looked utterly haggard.
They needed time.
Hearing Jiang Qiao's question, the group raised their slightly bowed heads. One man who appeared to be their leader forced an awkward smile. "Thank you for saving us, sir."
"We haven't had the honor of learning your name."
"Jiang Qiao."
Jiang Qiao crossed his legs and casually glanced at the bright, sunny sky outside.
A false sun!
The sun hanging high above the city looked somewhat fake.
It resembled a mirage.
Yet it could somehow emit both light and heat.
"Rules."
"And not ordinary rules."
"Only a powerhouse who has stepped onto the Divinity Staircase could create a blazing sun covering tens of thousands of kilometers."
"When his strength advances another step."
"The area it covers will increase geometrically."
"If he achieves Half-God status, perhaps hundreds of thousands of square kilometers will be shrouded in his light."
"Heh."
"Light, huh."
Jiang Qiao was highly knowledgeable.
Naturally, he could see the sun's true nature in the sky.
An Awakened's methods!
Using the supernatural to conjure the Rising Sun, he had not only made it indistinguishable from the real thing, but every place touched by its light could barely be considered part of this person's Ghost Domain.
Perhaps he could not yet perceive every detail.
But he