Half an hour earlier.
Azure Phoenix City was blessed with fine weather, lively as ever.
A middle-aged man in a voluminous black robe entered Azure Phoenix City.
He was thin and pale, barely able to fill out the black robe, as though he were about to be swallowed by the darkness. Yet he was tall, with long arms and limbs like a spider's.
Embroidered in the center of his chest was a massive white eye, like a white hole. Blood streamed from the edge of that eye, cascading like a crimson waterfall into the endless night.
Complex, indecipherable, sinister script was carved into his pale face as well. It made one's scalp crawl, as if one were seeing fragments of the Heavenly Dao torn apart by the Abyss.
This was the standard attire of the Apostles—the foremost of the Immortal Realm's four major rogue immortal organizations.
The Apostles were few in number, but every one of them possessed extraordinary strength. They mostly acted alone, their movements inscrutable and unpredictable, making them exceedingly dangerous.
The instant the man in black stepped into Azure Phoenix City, he frowned slightly.
The light-and-shadow advertisements before the spirit artifact shops, the laughter and drunken chatter in the taverns, the pleasant chimes of the auction houses, the storytellers by the roadside recounting tales of immortals...
Knowing full well that the Beast Tide was approaching, they still had the heart for such merriment?
Even with Li Wuxie personally holding down East Floating City, most of its residents had shut themselves indoors and made thorough preparations against the beasts.
How could a little city like Azure Phoenix City possess such composure?
Did City Lord Lu truly command such prestige?
After taking several steps through the city, the man in black did not go directly to find Liu Xuanye.