With the waist token marking him as a disciple of the outer sect of Five Extremes Mountain, Liou Yuan received a vastly different welcome upon his return to Yanhe City.
He had acquaintances in the government office who couldn't possibly stop him, and the City Lord Xu Xiang came to meet him personally.
"You're already at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer!" Liou Yuan had only left Yanhe City for three years, yet Xu Xiang remained impressive as ever, cultured and dignified.
Feeling Liou Yuan's current aura, even the calm City Lord was inexplicably astonished.
He remembered how, when Liou Yuan left Yanhe City, he was just a small cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, merely starting his journey.
Three years, from Qi Cultivation Third Layer to Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer—such cultivation speed was terrifying, unmatched even within the Jin Dynasty's royal family.
