The City Lord's Mansion occupied the most prestigious district of the city, its tall stone walls separating it from the crowded streets beyond. Armed guards patrolled the battlements day and night, their polished spears glinting beneath the evening moon. A pair of imposing wooden gates reinforced with iron bands marked the main entrance, displaying the authority of the city's ruler.
Inside, broad stone pathways wound through carefully maintained gardens filled with flowering trees, trimmed hedges, and decorative ponds. Servants moved quietly between the various buildings, carrying documents, meals, and supplies for the estate's daily operations.
At the center stood the Grand Hall, a magnificent structure supported by thick red pillars. The city's banner hung above the entrance, and carved wooden screens depicted scenes of prosperity, military victories, and the city's history. This was where the City Lord received officials, merchants, and distinguished guests.
At a particular part of the hall stood tall gates within it was where Zhou yu was he was currently improving his constitution he said
" My ten thousand spirit stones could have been used for something better "
The spirit butterfly kept quiet it offered it essence blood to the marrow washing water and he felt even more uncomfortable he struggled to stay within and Jin told him to hold on he brought out the true dragon bloodline and integrated it within himself it went into his forehead he struggled
A moment later he broke through to the early stages of level five in body refinement he still felt uncomfortable he wanted to come out Jin told him his constitution was still being cleansed if he came out now everything would be ruined he stayed within it
And a few hours later it was done his body was cleansed and Jin told him he could come out as he came out of the imperial bath he said
" I never want to feel that "
But before he could finish speaking something shifted within him he had almost dropped to the ground Jin held him he asked
" What's wrong "
Zhou yu could not speak his head was ringing and his heart was racing he felt contracted all of sudden it was gone he tried to pick himself up a point had appeared on his forehead Jin saw it and felt it was weird he opened his spiritual eye and took a look immediately he was stunned Zhou yu asked
" What's wrong with me "
Jin replied
" How do I say this , your talent it's no longer the basic grade "
Zhou yu asked " I have the high grade talent now "
Jin replied
" no it's also not the high grade , it's something in between "
Zhou yu asked Jin if talent could be forged and he said he had never heard of it but with him it was proof almost immediately Zhou Yu laughed and Jin asked him why he was happy that it was still not the high grade Zhou yu said
" After hearing that old man say he spent three hundred years in the earth realm and he was only the basic grade I was worried that if I broke through to the earth realm with only the basic grade talent I may never step out of it and would just be like the old man so you telling me my talents is no longer the basic why shouldn't I be happy "
He came out of the quarters he was given he went outside the city lord mansion when he did he flew to the top of the city lord mansion he sat on it he liked the for it was quiet and the breeze were cool but most of all because he was lonely he took out his communicator he brought from his old world it was the only thing he managed to take when he was leaving the celestial heaven sect for the trial grounds
He switched it on it had sixty seven percent he went to the gallery and looked at the photos of him and dead lover he felt lonely he held it tightly
And half a year later he was now twenty eight on this day he sat on the city lord mansion in the far distance something happened light raged from earth to heaven it brought about the symbol of three lotuses and almost immediately Zhou yu could tell his son was born Jin came out he said
" Thats my kid right "
Jin replied
" Yes , incredible to make such a noise every cultivator on azure dragon expanse can see it "
Immediately the symbol dispersed something caught their attention a man in crimson and black robes was sneakingly passing through qifeng city it was unlike Zhou feng crimson robes Jin came out he was curious as to where the young man was going sneakingly they followed
The man had come to the starting of the lake he felt a gaze he took a look back and found nothing Zhou yu had hidden himself with the spirit suppression skill unless the man were of higher realm he could not tell he jumped into the lake and Zhou Yu followed he jumped out of the lake and it was an empty space just like the restriction space in the trial grounds
In this space there was teleporting array mechanism with this array you either used four top grade spirit stones or a thousand low grade spirit stones to activate and it would transport you to a different continent entirely
The man in crimson and black robes used a thousand low grade spirit stones to activate it and he disappeared completely Zhou Yu jumped down into the empty space Jin came out he said
" A transfer array , what is one doing here "
Zhou yu asked and Jin told him what it was and almost immediately zhou yu had a plan in mind he would stay in qifeng city for the remaining year if Zhou Feng did not come with his backers he would leave qifeng to the central plains he needed to join a sect if he wanted to break through to the earth realm and he would find a major sect in the central plains to join he left .