Chapter 60

Chapter 60

The entire South was overrun by controversy recently.

Kan Hang had become the first to rescind his contract of being the Emperors shadow before the Emperor's death. Drowned by reprimands, Emperor Lam had to declare by his command that nobody was allowed to find trouble with Kan Hang, or many powerful cultivators would have already killed him. Not only that, the Emperors long lost daughter named Ming Sum had finally returned to the palace. When Kan Hang and Emperor Lam rescind their contract, Kan Hang became Princess Ming Sums shadow. The public believed that this was Emperor Lam's way of compensating Princess Ming Sum for her suffering, and most of them were no longer angry at Kan Hang. Only a few members of the palace knew the truth.

If these werent enough to flip the entire South upside down, an announcement by Cloud Palace would be. They announced that they would open their intake four years later, and all youths below eighteen could participate.

On the night of that announcement, the Mung Clan, the clan behind Blazing Skies Mountain, announced that they would send their most outstanding disciple over for the intake selection. The Imperial Sunset Palace also declared that they would be sending the direct disciple of the strongest gliphist, Man Chin Hung. Not only that, Four Seasons Heavens Yeung Tin Hun, Yeung Has son, who shocked the world with his innate double chambers, would participate too.

As the ruler of the South, the Imperial household would definitely participate in it as well. The current crown prince, Lam Zaa, openly made it known that he was confident in getting a Cloud Palaces disciple slot. As crown prince of the South, the intake was held in his hometown, and many were optimistic about him. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Numerous well-known institutions in the South also said that they would be sending their best students for this intake. It might only be happening four years later, but the world was going insane about it.

Be it North or South, the entire world was watching that event.

Time passed by quickly. In a flash, the announcement by Cloud Palace was made two years ago. All the organizations and clans were anticipating the event. It seemed like the announcement was slowly forgotten, but only they knew that this was the calm before the storm. Two years later, the time would come to reveal the fate of this continent for a hundred years to come.

However, not everyone knew what was going onfor example, a certain person in Southary who kept his nose in his grindstone.

As the only metropolis at the border of the South, there was naturally an auction house. It was named the Southary Auction House. It was able to take the citys name because it was related to the government, which meant that all entry fees and service charges would go to the Lam dynasty.

A man walked out of the auction house gloomily. He was the housekeeper of the Chan Clan, Chan Ching. An older man followed behind him. Many gliphers stared at the old man warily, as the old man was a two-chambered glipher sent by the Chan Clan as Chan Chings personal bodyguard. Not everything can be done by gliphers, just like Chan Ching who didnt have any talent in cultivation but was talented in running a clan.

Chan Ching brought the two-chambered glipher to Weapon Street and into the Chan Mansion.

In the main courtyard of the Chan Mansion was the current Clan Leader, Chan Tiet's residence. Similarly, Chan Tiet looked upset. How was it?

Outside the Southary Auction House, The air was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

No abnormality could be seen, but a silent pressure could be felt. If one were to look closely, there were all kinds of people outside the auction house.

A buff man was drinking tea in the teahouse next to the auction house and an old man selling tanghulu nearby. There was another aunty selling buns next to the teahouse, and all of them were staring at the door of the auction house from the corner of their eyes. Even if it was a slight movement, it wouldnt escape them.

Suddenly, a black figure came into their sight. The spies all focused on him. A figure almost two metres tall, wearing a black cloak big enough to cover his entire body tightly and a bamboo rain hat, walked into the auction house and exited shortly.

As soon as he left the street where the auction house was located, the buff man, old man and aunty all disappeared, following right behind him.

The figure in black walked slowly. It was as if he was taking a stroll, not knowing that somebody was following him. The spies exchanged glances, sensing the dismay in each others eyes.

None of them were strong cultivators. The strongest amongst them was just a one-chambered glipher. It wasnt always that the stronger you are, the more skilled. They were all experts in spying, and the Chan Clan paid them heftily, even close to the pay of a two-chambered state glipher, thanks to their excellent work.

Spies hoped to get information the most, but on the other hand, they also hoped that things werent that easy for them. The more challenging a mission was, the more valued they would be for completing it. This time, the Chan Clan sent out all their spies, making all the spies think that it was a challenging mission. However, seeing how careless the other party was, it was a piece of cake to trail him.

They were all disappointed, but it didnt bother them as professionals did every job equally well no matter how boring it was.

The man turned into a back alley, and the spies followed suit. But as soon as they entered the alley, all they saw was a young boy peeing while humming a song happily. As if noticing their stares, the young boy let out a scream and pulled his pants up. Perverts! He screamed. What are you looking at!

Boy, did you see a man in black? the buff man asked seriously.

The youth let out a sigh of relief and pointed at a direction after a short pause, as if checking to see if they were really perverts. The man who just passed? That way.

The spies exchanged glances and hurried towards the direction; only the buff man did a double-take at the youths shiny bald head before following the rest.