Forced to raise his head, the City Lord followed Shen Yangge's words and met the tall man's eyes. That gaze was utterly cold, with a fleeting glimmer of murderous intent and madness lurking within.
As he stared into those eyes, the City Lord's lips began to tremble uncontrollably. He tried to force himself to look away, but the man's gaze held a terrifying pull, as though averting his eyes would plunge him into a state where he could neither live nor die.
What a terrifying expression.
The City Lord opened his mouth, his hoarse voice forcing out one word at a time. "Wh-who is he?"
Who was this man?!
Right, he had heard some soldiers address him before.
The soldiers had called the man His Highness.
The City Lord's mind was in chaos. He wanted to calm himself, but the harder he tried, the less composed he became. With his thoughts in disarray, he struggled to work out the man's identity.
Who could be addressed as His Highness other than one of the emperor's sons in Capital City?
At that thought, everything suddenly clicked into place. Without needing to think any further, he realized just how exalted the man's identity was.
The man standing before him was the future emperor of Great Chu, the Crown Prince!
The moment the City Lord realized this, his deathly pale face turned ashen. Disbelief filled his eyes as he stammered, "Y-you, you are..."
"The Crown Prince."
His voice was so hoarse that it was difficult to make out, but most of those present still heard him clearly. Everyone froze. Although Yue Hanshan had suspected it from the beginning, learning the man's true identity still gave him a fright.
The Crown Prince was the one chosen by the Divine Dragon, destined by heaven. With the