The Sand Fox Clan's Enthusiasm

The Blood Qin Empire prized blood-red and revered iron-black. These two colors, iron and blood, were deeply loved by nobles and dignitaries.

Thus, in the outer and inner districts of Twin Sun Red Dragon City, where commoners and ordinary merchants lived, the colors of all buildings tended toward the light and elegant. But once one entered the official city, every building—even the stone slabs paving the streets—exuded a heavy, oppressive dark hue.

The official city was still tolerable. Those living there were merely mid- to high-ranking officials, and their residences and towers were only gloomy in color.

But the moment he entered the palace city, Lin Qi felt as if he had returned to the Black Mountain Duchy on the Eastern Plains of the Western Continent. The ground was paved with volcanic tungsten-steel rock cast from molten metal. The surrounding buildings were pitch-black, as if forged from bronze and iron. Even the trees by the road were black pines with bark like python skin, while the flowers and grass were all red-leaf iron-heart orchids.

Those residing within the palace city were all imperial nobles of the Blood Qin Empire and the highest-ranking court officials. Its guards were therefore exceptionally strict. Every quarter of an hour, a two-hundred-man squad of iron-armored imperial guards would march slowly down the streets. Their armor clanged, their footsteps thundered; every single guard possessed cultivation at the peak of the Earth Rank, while even the weakest captain was at the middle Heaven Rank.

Strange lights flickered above every courtyard on both sides of the main road—ripples of light naturally emitted by various defensive formations. At least several hundred powerful spiritual senses swept through the air again and again. Even if a mosquito flew past, someone could instantly count exactly how many specks of dust clung to