Jia Ma Holy City had been bustling lately.
Not only was the Alchemist Tournament held once every eight years about to begin, but the Three-Year Agreement between Nalan Yanran, the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, and the Xiao Clan's third young master was also drawing near.
Three years ago, Nalan Yanran, the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, had gone to the Xiao Clan in Wutan City to break off her engagement, causing an uproar. Who in the Jia Ma Empire had not heard of it?
The matter would not originally have had such a great impact. After all, the Xiao Clan and the Nalan Family were hardly comparable, much less when Nalan Yanran was not only the Nalan Family's princess but also the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect.
How could the Xiao Clan resist two of the Jiama Empire's foremost powers?
But Xiao Yan's Three-Year Agreement had driven the drama to its climax. Moreover, word later spread that Xiao Yan had recovered his talent. Such a dramatic turn had truly captured everyone's attention.
After all, who did not enjoy watching a good-for-nothing rise against the odds?
A gifted girl and a youth who had regained his talent-the love, hatred, and tangled grudges between them naturally became everyone's after-dinner conversation.
Now that the Three-Year Agreement was approaching, with the Alchemist Tournament adding to the excitement, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran were practically walking magnets for attention.
Everyone had long been looking forward to these two grand spectacles!
Outside the city, at that moment.
A young man dressed in black walked toward Jia Ma Holy City, carrying a pitch-black giant ruler as tall as himself and as broad as a door on his back.
The youth was not particularly tall or sturdy, and