Sky-Transcending Sacred City. Azure flowers drifted down, and throughout the City Lord's Mansion, dazzling blue flames blazed everywhere, painting a scene so beautiful it intoxicated the senses.
At West Garden Pavilion, two figures sat within. Outside the pavilion, the Fourth and Seventh Divine Generals stood silently, their gazes fixed on the white-haired young man in plain robes. Both wore wary expressions.
As fellow experts standing at the very pinnacle of the world, they could not discern this young man's cultivation. Yet a warrior's instincts told them that he was powerful—perhaps not even weaker than the City Lord.
"Mr. Ning, this should be your first visit to Skyreach City. What do you think?" Within the pavilion, the Tian Yue City Lord raised his tea in salute.
"A paradise on earth, a peach-blossom haven beyond the world!"
Ning Chen lifted his teacup and answered without stinting his praise.
"I am glad Mr. Ning likes it."
The Tian Yue City Lord took a light sip of azure flower tea and said, "Though Skyreach City lies in a remote region, we have long heard much of Mr. Ning's great reputation. Seeing you today, you truly are a dragon among men and a phoenix among mortals, with an extraordinary bearing!"
"You flatter me, City Lord."
Ning Chen smiled. "There is no need to gild my face deliberately. I know very well what the rumors say of me. Great reputation is more than I deserve; an evil name would be far more fitting."
The Tian Yue City Lord smiled faintly. "Hearsay is hollow; seeing is believing. If you truly were, as the rumors say, one who could not distinguish right from wrong and whose crimes filled the heavens, you would not have stood by and watched Luo Xingchen be captured by my city today."
"You jest,