"I heard it from the people at Four Seas Tower! Over in the Western Realm, the Great Yan Kingdom's army is massing on the border again. Looks like another war is about to break out! And in the north, those rebels from the True Mother Sect are getting more and more out of control. I heard… even Jiangzhou has fallen!"
"What?! Jiangzhou has fallen? But that's the nation's breadbasket!"
"Exactly! That's why the Court is under immense pressure. I heard His Majesty has already issued an imperial decree. He's going to select talented youths under the age of forty from every prefecture in the Great Chu Dynasty and send them to the Three Top Sects for special training!"
"And after the training, they'll pick the most elite among them to form a special unit that answers only to His Majesty. It's called… the Celestial Strategy Guard!"
As soon as this news broke, the entire dining hall erupted.
