When the first ray of morning sunlight spilled into Eight-Nine Prefecture.
The noisy crowd fell silent.
It was time to awaken Xiao Yuan.
Everyone silently rose and looked at Little White Tiger.
"Xiao Yuan's Phoenix Bloodline needs the purest fire of the rising sun to ignite it."
"It's almost time."
Overlord solemnly pressed a hand to Little White Tiger's shoulder. "Kid, go on. Wake your wife."
Whoosh!
Chun Prefecture's leaders spontaneously formed two rows in the courtyard.
They waited eagerly for the mistress of Chun Prefecture to awaken.
Yu Leer stood curiously among the crowd, holding Third Uncle's hand. She could not understand why the Lei Zis, who had been laughing and shooting the breeze a moment ago, had suddenly become so serious.
She had never met Xiao Yuan.
But she knew Xiao Yuan was the mistress of Chun Prefecture.
She also knew Xiao Yuan commanded tremendous prestige in Chun Prefecture.
But like outsiders, she had assumed Xiao Yuan owed her position to Little White Tiger.
Only when she saw the solemn faces of the Lei Zis did she realize how important Xiao Yuan was to them.
"Everyone seems to... really respect Sister Xiao Yuan?"
Yu Leer murmured in puzzlement.
"She's Chun Prefecture's one and only mistress." False Eye straightened his suit and grinned. "Everyone in the city owes her."
"Lei Zis are expendable lives. Only Sister Yuan treats us like family." Third Uncle tightened his grip on Yu Leer's little hand and said solemnly, "Without her, at least half of Chun Prefecture's Lei Zis would have died."
Without Xiao Yuan using herself as bait, Chun Prefecture might have...
Though no one said it, they all privately acknowledged that they owed Xiao Yuan their lives.
"Brother Tiger is the faith of Chun Prefecture people. Sister Yuan is Chun Prefecture's true