Two heads, still wearing expressions of terror, hung from the eastern gate of the prefectural city.
Swaying now and then in the fierce wind, they looked rather chilling.
Any martial artist entering or leaving through the eastern gate only had to raise their head to see the heads of those two peak fourth-rank martial artists, a sight that dealt them an immense psychological blow.
Even such powerful experts had been slain with ease. Unless they were grandmasters, they had best not act recklessly within the city.
As a result, order in the eastern district immediately stabilized considerably. Xia Hong, the garrison commander of the eastern district, even went to Baoqing Ward to thank God Huang Tian, saying he had done him a tremendous favor.
Yet everything had its pros and cons. Killing two fourth-rank martial artists had cowed many unruly martial artists, but it had also drawn more attention to God Huang Tian—or rather, many had already been watching him, and now their curiosity about him only deepened.
In a secluded courtyard in the eastern district, Pei Guan stood with his hands clasped behind his back. After hearing his subordinate's latest intelligence regarding Funing County and the suspected divine weapon, he murmured to himself:
"Not a single trace of the Heaven-Balancing Sea-Subduing Ruler can be found. Could this really be another farce?
"The Sacred Cult sent me here to investigate or kill God Huang Tian. I simply hadn't expected that, upon arriving in the prefectural city, before I could begin probing the secrets God Huang Tian was hiding, news of a Void Realm divine weapon descending into the world would spread throughout Qin Province. That was why I did not move rashly.
"But now, all the various forces have searched the prefecture for days without finding anything. Could the divine