The Rain King Mansion.
This was an enormous estate, with a towering gatehouse of imposing grandeur. Two stone beasts flanking the entrance made it all the more magnificent.
Gray-red courtyard walls and pale golden roof tiles stretched before them like a city.
Generation after generation of the Rain Clan had painstakingly arranged the grounds, inscribing numerous runes and great formations to protect their home.
Shi Zhao stood before the entrance, then followed the crowd through a side gate into the mansion.
As for the main gate, naturally, only honored guests could enter through it and receive a proper welcome.
For most people, they might never set foot inside a king's mansion in their entire lives. This was an exceedingly rare opportunity, so many had come to join the excitement.
An arena had already been set up on a vast training ground.
Eager to restore its reputation, the Rain Clan dispensed with any mysterious theatrics and had Shi Yi appear immediately.
A boy stood in the arena, still as a deep pool and firm as a towering mountain. His bearing possessed a natural composure utterly unlike that of a child not yet ten.
His eyes were particularly striking, each containing two pupils. As they opened and closed, anyone who met his gaze felt their soul tremble, as though some demonic power inspired both shudders and awe.
"That's Shi Yi, the legendary Double Pupils One? He's actually this terrifying?"
"He truly is a born divine being. Such imposing power at such a young age-extraordinary!"
Shi Yi wasted no words either. He swept through a group of youths, with almost none lasting even three to five exchanges against him. It was complete domination.
"Is that all the strength you have? I haven't even used my double pupils yet."
His expression was indifferent as