Dark clouds blotted out the sky, turning the towering, magnificent city with its million permanent residents blue-black beneath the dim daylight.
Vermilion Bird Street, three hundred meters wide, lay along Capital City's central axis, running through the inner and outer cities all the way to the Imperial Palace at the city's other end.
Three hundred elite Military Soldiers in black armor rode fiery steeds along the street. Clad in full armor, Tie Fengzhang strode at the head like an iron tower, carrying a great banner, while a luxurious four-horse carriage traveled in their midst.
Countless commoners stopped to watch on either side of the imperial avenue.
Although Capital City remained calm, with no news having spread, and this was not the Pill King's first visit to the capital,
everyone knew that the man seated inside the carriage was currently a prince governing several counties, but in a few days, he would become Great Qian's emperor, ruling thirty thousand li of mountains and rivers and deciding the life and death of hundreds of millions!
Seated in the four-horse carriage, Xie Jinhuan could not help feeling some pressure under the gazes of Capital City's commoners.
After finishing his business at Three Rivers Crossing, he had boarded a boat back to Capital City early the following morning. The light, swift vessel sped downstream and ended up catching the Pill King's party on the Luo River.
Unaware of the reason, he had boarded their ship to ask, only then learning the details of what had happened to the Crown Prince, He Tianqi's machinations, and everything else.
The Pill King was traveling to the capital to inherit the throne, but showed little joy. Upon encountering Xie Jinhuan, he had brought him along, and had not let him leave even after they disembarked and boarded the