"This is unbelievable. Have you heard, too?"
"Of course. Everyone's been talking about it these past few days. How could we not have heard?"
"Do you think it's true or false?"
"Well... I feel like it must be fake. The Lord of the True Realm only exists in rumors, and those rumors are from a long time ago."
"Exactly. After the Lord of the True Realm turned the tide and repelled the foreign invasion, didn't he vanish without a trace? Since then, there hasn't been a single word about him in the True Realm."
"Word has it that happened ten thousand years ago. After all this time, a son suddenly shows up? He's probably a fraud."
"I don't think he's a fraud. The Lord of the True Realm may have vanished, but the Imperial Pavilion is still around. Who would dare pretend to be his son? Does he have a death wish?"
"That's true. But why did he suddenly show up here in Yunzhou?"
"How would I know?"
News traveled even faster than Chen Changan had expected. By now, all of Yunzhou was talking about him, the son of the Lord of the True Realm.
And the news was spreading farther afield, reaching well beyond Yunzhou.
King Xiaoyao's residence
Upon hearing his subordinate's report, King Xiaoyao furrowed his brows.
"This news suddenly spread across Yunzhou?"
"Have you found the source?" King Xiaoyao asked with a frown.
"Word has it that someone offended the Young Master, and he taught that person a lesson. Then that man kept proclaiming that he was the son of the Lord of the True Realm, acting outrageously arrogant."
"Your Highness, you know how much weight those four words carry. Many people witnessed what happened, and the news spread quickly."
"Do you think he's the real deal