Weiyuan Immortal City.
DONG! DONG! DONG!
The majestic, ancient chimes of the Emperor's Awakening Bell reverberated through the Immortal City.
For a moment, every other sound in the sprawling, hundred-mile expanse of Weiyuan Immortal City was silenced. Only the tolling of the bell resounded through the air!
"The Emperor's Awakening Bell is ringing... Damn it, three chimes!"
"Goddammit, and I just put in for my vacation..."
In the inner city, a scruffy, middle-aged cultivator emerged from his room with a cigarette dangling from his lips, cursing resentfully.
"Hah..." He took a deep breath, tossed the cigarette butt, and ground it out with his boot.
He turned and went back into the house.
He took out his treasured Magical Artifact, opened his wardrobe, and changed into a clean, crisp white City Guard Army uniform!
With his cape unfurled behind him, the middle-aged cultivator was just about to leave!
Just then, a small, sweet voice called out from behind him.
"Dad!"
