A few days flashed by.
In the blink of an eye, the day the Royal City Trial was set to begin had arrived.
Over the past few days, Xu Xiaoshou had obediently remained in First Pavilion Under Heaven, observing the changes in East Heavenly King City through the Tower Orb.
It was painfully obvious that as more and more "trial participants" poured into the Royal City, its atmosphere had grown exceedingly oppressive.
Conflicts erupted everywhere over the course of those few days.
But without exception, they were suppressed at lightning speed by the Holy Spirit Guards of the Holy Spirit Hall.
With the Royal City Trial nearing its critical juncture, even the slightest rustle in the wind could draw the attention of far too many people.
First Pavilion Under Heaven, on the other hand, had been well-behaved these past few days after its flamboyant arrival. It had actually been pushed down by all the conflict reports surrounding the various emerging factions, becoming the bottom-rung gatekeeper on the Royal City's Wind and Cloud Ranking.
If not for Young Master Xu's excessive past notoriety, he might well have been completely forgotten by now.
"So many big shots..."
Emerging from the Tower Orb, Xu Xiaoshou sighed with feeling.
First Pavilion Under Heaven had once been Pilgrimage Tower, and the Tower Orb allowed one to survey the entire city. In just the past few days, he had observed no fewer than several thousand newly arrived auras at or above the Throne level.
There were even more than a hundred Cutting Path experts.
And these were merely the big shots who had entered the city under the pretext of protecting trial participants. This did not include those who could not enter the city, who had been shut out beyond its gates yet still eyed Void