What Proper Person Keeps a Diary?

The sacrificial hall midway up the mountain stood grand and solemn, having weathered wind and frost for several centuries. Its gray outer walls were covered in dense marks left by erosion and frost.

It had once been the sacred hall where the Jiamu Tribe prayed to the Dragon God. Now, it was also the true core of power for the Jiamu Tribe, with the chieftain's residence and the priests' prayer houses built around it.

Beyond that, the hall itself was a fortress extending deep into Jiamu Mountain. At critical times, it could use the mountain itself to shelter a considerable number of mountain folk against possible storms and natural disasters.

There were sublimators stationed here.

When Ian had observed the place earlier, he had seen three deep-blue mists within the hall. They were the priests of the Jiamu Tribe.

Among the mountain tribes, there were only two systematic sublimator inheritances: the chieftain's bloodline, and the priests' bloodline or True Form.

Whichever side was stronger was the tribe's de facto ruler, though more often than not, authority rotated in order according to age and inheritance.

Of course, there were also cases where the chieftain and priest were the same person.

For example, in the Avude Tribe, Elder Manyan held both positions and was therefore called the High Elder.

But now, because of the chaos in the alchemy workshop, all three priests had gone to inspect the situation.

They sensed that something was wrong. The Steelwing Dragon's unusual movements had already baffled them, and now the turmoil within their own tribe had made the leading priest wary.

—If we stay, we'll definitely get dragged into disaster. We have to leave quickly!

Leave one person behind to guard the hall?

What a joke! The enemy was clearly at the Second Energy Level. The