Before the Phoenix God Palace's main hall, four children of roughly the same age were chasing and scuffling.
Three boys and one girl.
The oldest was only thirteen or fourteen, while the youngest looked to be no more than eleven or twelve.
Even as they chased and tussled, the four children moved with practiced form, clearly showing that they had received an excellent upbringing and came from extraordinary families.
At such young ages, the weakest among them was already at the early Dao Entry Realm, while the older ones had reached the seventh level of the Dao Entry Realm.
Their clothing and accessories were also exquisite, all of the highest grade.
They were likely direct-blood descendants of the eight great surnames of the Phoenix Spirit Clan.
The only thing that slightly surprised Ye Zhen was that the Phoenix God Palace was the place with the strictest rules in the Phoenix Spirit Realm and the entire Phoenix Spirit Clan. By the old rules of the Phoenix Spirit Realm, these four children playing and fighting here would have been a violation.
But considering that Caiyi now held power within the Phoenix God Palace, things had naturally become much gentler with her temperament.
That made the identities of these children all but obvious.
They were most likely direct descendants of the Lü, Huang, Lan, and Qing families of the Phoenix Spirit Clan, the four clans that supported Caiyi.
Otherwise, they could not possibly have entered the very core of the Phoenix God Palace and played here so boldly.
Looking at these four children, Ye Zhen suddenly recalled his own childhood.
At their age, under his father's strict supervision, he had been tempering his sinews and bones. At fourteen, having only just entered the Blood Refinement Realm, his father had gone to every possible