East King City

Yun Ye pushed open the door and headed downstairs. The servant Ming Ju hurried after him and asked, "Young Master, where are you going so early?"

"Taking a walk," Yun Ye said.

"Then please come to the dining room. It's better for your health to eat something and fill your stomach before taking a walk," Ming Ju suggested, glancing at the sky outside, which had only just brightened.

"Sorry for the trouble," Yun Ye said.

"It's no trouble. The kitchen is always prepared with various pastries and tea. I can bring them out for Young Master right away. Please wait a moment." As usual, Ming Ju gave Yun Ye no chance to say anything else before swiftly disappearing from view.

Yun Ye entered the dining room and sat down.

A large television screen hung on the dining room wall. It was always on, broadcasting various news reports.

Among them—

A cold black-haired woman flashed past. She sat upright in an open area of a garden, seemingly giving some sort of speech.

But by the time Yun Ye saw it, the speech had already ended, and the program had switched to reports about the "Outer Knight Four Divisions" of East King City.

"Recently, the Outer Knight Leader of the Southern Division returned wounded. It is said that he encountered an extremely powerful disaster beast. We will be following the situation closely..."

"Captain Wang Li Xun of the Northern Division has successfully advanced to First Class Outer Knight, achieving five generations of First Class status. The lineage is about to be elevated into a Spirit Blood Family. From this point onward, the Six Spirit Blood Clans will be renamed the Spirit Blood Seven Clans. Let us celebrate East King City gaining another hero capable of moving forward through the darkness!"

"This year's