In the early spring of the 75th year of the Martial God Calendar, the skies were clear and the sun warm. For wealthy nobles, it was a fine day for a spring outing.
In the imperial capital, Wuhun City, luxurious carriages streamed along the streets toward the city gates. After leaving the capital, most of them headed straight for the Martial God Hall in the eastern outskirts.
The broad road was packed with carriages and pedestrians. A woman in a light green dress walked leisurely amidst the crowd.
She wore her hair in a high ponytail, carried a two-finger-wide azure-gold longsword in her left hand, and had a fist-sized bird perched on her shoulder.
Such an outfit was hardly noticeable in the crowd, for people's gazes were always drawn to the massive magical beast mounts.
But anyone who carefully observed the little bird on the young woman's shoulder would discover a small golden crown atop its head. Combined with its dark blue-black feathers, it looked exactly like a Saint Realm magical beast, a Golden-Crowned Eagle.
In fact, it was an adult Golden-Crowned Eagle. And the young woman was none other than Bella, who had returned from her travels!
At that moment, Bella inspected the magical beast mounts around her while communicating telepathically with her magical pet, the Golden-Crowned Eagle.
"Xiao Jin, do you think Big Brother will be surprised when he sees that I've already broken through to the Saint Realm?"
The Golden-Crowned Eagle followed its mistress's gaze. Its eyes were filled with disdain as it swept them over those magical beast mounts. Upon hearing her telepathic message, it replied,
"With your talent for superior elemental affinity, Mistress, reaching the Saint Realm within a hundred years is indeed better than many humans. But Lord Martial God had already become a