The Mortal Domain's First Spring Examination officially ended.
The twelve Top Rankers, along with every candidate who had passed, officially joined the Mortal Domain. Anyone eligible to take the examination had already survived several rounds of selection. Even those who had not placed first were certainly one in ten thousand, if not exceptional talents.
"Congratulations, Domain Lord Chen. So many talented recruits will give the Mortal Domain quite a boost."
Chen Fan was boiling tea over the furnace in the wooden hut in Cave One when Mr. Na slowly materialized beside him and offered his congratulations with a wistful air. "You finally showed up."
Without turning around, Chen Fan poured himself a cup of tea and slowly sipped it. "You went with me to the Feng Qiya Continent, but you never appeared again afterward. You didn't even show up after we won the war. I thought you'd gone into spring hibernation." Mr. Na remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking. "I heard the Heavenly Dao of the Feng Qiya Continent cry out in anguish before its death. Whether that continent was good or bad, I believe its Heavenly Dao must have loved it just as I love the Eternal Night Continent."
"This is our home."
"To put it nicely, we're the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao of a continent. We facilitate communication between the continent and the world. We're bridges, indispensable ones. Our existence means the world acknowledges this continent."
"But to put it less nicely..."
"The Heavenly Dao is really just a continent's watchdog. When enemies attack, there's nothing we can do but quietly watch the war unfold." "I've been thinking."
"If the Mortal Domain keeps waging wars abroad, what if the Eternal Night Continent ends up like that one day?"
"Good riders fall from horses, good