The person present who was most utterly dumbfounded wasn't Qi Shan or the young Literary Scholar, nor was it Shen Tang, who hadn't yet realized what was happening. It was the common folk standing outside the hall, unable to speak as they watched the auspicious spectacle. Beneath the sky, auspicious energy and clouds billowed, their colors flowing like mist and rosy light.
It was a breathtaking wonder!
However, the scene didn't last long.
After three or five breaths, it gradually faded away.
The onlooking common folk tensed up, not daring to act recklessly anymore.
No one knew who started it...
Someone in the crowd knelt down, and the rest followed like stalks of wheat, dropping to their knees in a great swath. Shen Tang watched, utterly baffled. She'd certainly looked dashing today, heroic and graceful, captivating beyond measure, but surely that wasn't enough to make everyone kneel.
Supernatural powers existed in this world, so the people naturally believed all the more in Heaven's will. This grand spectacle had appeared right after Shen Tang passed judgment, so anyone would connect the two. Since even Heaven thought Lord Shen's ruling was right, then the only ones in the wrong could be Old Woman's Family!
In fact, this really did have something to do with Shen Tang.
But the person at the center of it all was still in the dark.
All she saw was the common folk looking up at the sky in unison.
What was that supposed to mean???
Shen Tang looked at Gu Chi.
Huh???
Where was Wangchao???
Looking again, Ning Yan had disappeared too.
She scanned the area and realized the two had somehow lost their composure and darted outside, joining the crowd staring up at the sky.
Their expressions differed, but both looked equally eerie and unsettling to