Jiang Lu returned to the courtyard and immediately set up a barrier.
She took an oval seal from her robes, its surface engraved with ancient patterns.
At first glance, it was no different from any other ornament.
Yet the moment she saw the seal, she felt it was anything but ordinary.
For it to have appeared so brazenly on a small vendor's stall without anyone taking it away, she guessed it might be an opportunity the Heavenly Dao had sent to a child of fortune.
She gently placed the seal on the table, wrapped it tightly in her Divine Sense, and slowly let her Divine Sense seep inside.
Suddenly, she seemed to see something. Her pupils shrank, and she immediately sat cross-legged in meditation.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Countless Heavenly Prodigies from the Five Great Domains gathered in Shaking Heaven City.
Jiang Lu's group remained behind closed doors in the guest courtyard, never stepping outside, yet they could still clearly sense the earth-shaking changes within and beyond the city.
The number of cultivators in the city had surged severalfold compared to usual. Inns and lodgings in every direction were nearly full, while cultivators from different domains could be seen throughout the streets and alleys. Their auras were chaotic, and the air everywhere was taut as a drawn sword.
The city bells rang several more times each day than they normally did.
Verbal disputes and clashes of spiritual power occurred from time to time. Though the competition had yet to officially begin, Shaking Heaven City was already thick with the smell of gunpowder.
Naturally, this also brought them plenty of fresh gossip. In any case, over the past few days, everyone had relaxed quite a bit because of it.
Fu Yao sat in a wooden chair