「The next morning, the gray mist had yet to disperse.」
Ian stood before the main gate of Blue Cave Mountain's Inner City.
The Guards at the gate had been replaced. Their leader was a one-eyed old soldier.
He took the Business Alliance partnership Token Ian handed him, a flash of surprise in his eye.
"A Level Two partner of the Chixia Business Alliance?" the old soldier asked, looking Ian up and down. "Personally vouched for by Elder Chen?"
"Yes," Ian nodded.
The old soldier frowned, seemingly about to ask something else, but Ian was already growing impatient.
In the next moment, a pressure as condensed as if it were tangible began to emanate from him.
It wasn't a deliberate release, but the lingering afterglow of his bloodline Power manifesting naturally after his breakthrough in Realm.
An invisible ripple seemed to spread through the air.
The one-eyed soldier's expression changed drastically. The hand holding the Token trembled so violently he nearly dropped it.
