Yue Yang had not gone to report to the Silver Maple City Lord's Manor.
For three days, he had remained in Silver Maple City.
No one knew what he had done during those three days. Steward Du Li had also been sent back to Star Diamond Castle by Yue Yang. It was not until dusk on the third day, just as the setting sun was about to sink below the horizon, that Yue Yang finally arrived before the Silver Maple City Lord's Manor. He presented his reincarnation card to prove his identity and requested an audience with the City Lord.
As a noble—and a baron with both a castle and territory—the guards naturally did not dare slight him.
What was more, the Silver Maple City Lord personally came out to receive Yue Yang.
To show his warmth.
The Silver Maple City Lord was an old man with a snowy-white beard flowing down to his chest, clad in long robes and holding a Dragon Head cane. He looked like a profoundly wise sage rather than the lord of a city. Although Human Valley had an emperor with no real power, he was merely a puppet emperor responsible for stamping the titles and patents of the various lords. Yue Yang felt he was somewhat like the Son of Heaven of Zhou during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras—possessing nothing but an empty name. The true holders of power in Human Valley were the kings of three feudal states and several princes. The Silver Maple City Lord was one such prince with real authority, commanding over ten thousand elite troops and tens of thousands of slave soldiers. His influence ranked at least among the top five in Human Valley.
For such a lofty and powerful figure to solemnly come out and