(Second update)
Heaven Dou City.
As the economic, political, and cultural center of the entire Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City covered an area of up to five thousand square kilometers, and its permanent resident population reached around twenty million. If floating populations were included, it broke the major milestone of thirty million people. In the Douluo Continent where productivity was not particularly developed, this could be considered a gigantic city and an incredible place.
Heaven Dou City had traffic extending in all directions, and the four vertical and eight horizontal main thoroughfares divided the entire city into several major areas, namely the commercial district, civilian district, noble district, residential district, university district, administrative district, and the most important and core imperial palace district.
The imperial palace alone occupied the most prosperous and expensive prime location in all of Heaven Dou City. Even though it had already reached late at night, it was still brightly lit here, and the Imperial Guards conducted four shifts twenty-four hours a day, patrolling round the clock without letting go of any slightest disturbance.
Ever since Yang_Ming secretly infiltrated the imperial palace last time, the security here had noticeably risen by several levels.
After all, when Yang_Ming came last time, he not only hypnotized Snow Star Prince into his own person, but also casually stole quite a few valuable things.
To the nobles, heaven and earth mattered less than saving face.
As the nobles among nobles, the imperial family cared about face all the more. A petty thief had entered the imperial palace and still hadn't been caught to this day, so naturally they wouldn't spread the word outside.
With no other choice, the suspicious Xue Ye had no option but to heavily punish the leader of the Imperial Guards at the time, and strictly