White Pigeon Road
Around the square crowded with people.
A magician wearing a black Top Hat was performing a Stagecraft of conjuring white pigeons from the hat amidst the cheers of many surrounding children;
A young couple pushing a flower cart was smiling and greeting passing pedestrians. Butterflies fluttered above a cart full of bright bouquets, also attracting a large number of young girls from the Spirit Void Domain to watch.
A man dressed in flashy clothes, with looks handso enough to shock the world, was chatting up girls;
The Beggar was squatting by the street begging...
Eight of Clubs' gaze consecutively swept past those figures, and he couldn't help but click his tongue.
The entire White Pigeon Square had at least several thousand people at this ti. It was unprecedentedly lively. Many stall vendors had also seized this rare flow of people, selling various snacks and drinks around the square. Jian Changsheng and the other four unexpectedly found it a bit difficult to squeeze in when they arrived at the outskirts of the square...
"No, brothers, didn't we say we were having a eting? Why did it turn into a market, hey!"
Jian Changsheng had a look of utter confusion amidst the crowded people.
"Since it's a public conference, naturally they won't stop citizens from spectating... Everyone hasn't really seen the Dusk Society, so they're probably still afraid in their hearts. But with the Lord of Spirit Void holding the fort, they feel emboldened... Those bolder ones in the Spirit Void Domain probably all sward over." Sun Bumian shrugged.
Jian Changsheng was just about to say sothing when his peripheral vision suddenly swept to the side.
He saw that on the other side of White Pigeon Square, a straight and spacious street had been cleared out. There wasn't a single pedestrian on it, and there were many figures wearing uniforms standing on both sides. Their bodies were straight, their intervals fixed, standing motionlessly like an honor guard.
"There's no one on that road, let's enter from there?" Jian Changsheng was about to walk towards that street without another word.
In the next second, Sun Bumian pulled him back.
"Are you crazy?" Sun Bumian couldn't help but speak,
"Didn't you see the words next to it? That road is the 'VIP Channel', specifically prepared for the Dusk Society mbers coming to attend the conference... By passing through that street, one can directly enter the center of the square, sit down, and confer with the people of the Spirit Void Domain."
Jian Changsheng was stunned. "Aren't we the Dusk Society?"
"This is the Spirit Void Domain's territory! Do you see those people wearing different colored uniforms? Those are the six great Knight Orders of the Path of Strategy. Every single one is a master! And the most crucial thing is, if you take that road, it ans you will directly face the Lord of Spirit Void... That's one of humanity's strongest Nine Monarchs." Sun Bumian looked at him with a strange expression,
"If you want to seek death yourself, don't drag along. I'll squeeze into the front row among the crowd later, I can join the fun just the sa."
Jian Changsheng nodded thoughtfully.
He understood.
White Pigeon Road was the highly anticipated red carpet. Once one stepped onto that road, it was equivalent to admitting one's identity as a "Dusk Society mber," and would imdiately attract the attention of everyone here!
This also ant that the person stepping on that road would walk on the cusp of the storm of the entire Spirit Void Domain. Once anything happened subsequently, their exposed identity would definitely leave them nowhere to run.
But actually, if one just wanted to join the fun and attend the conference, mixing into the crowd was also completely fine. The Spirit Void Domain's action could be considered giving the Dusk Society mbers two options, "one open and one hidden," for them to choose freely.
"Since that's the case, who would go walk that White Pigeon Road? Isn't that just purely being sick in the head??" Jian Changsheng couldn't help but complain.
"..." Eight of Clubs' mouth twitched, and he closed his eyes helplessly.
In the next second, an exclamation sounded from the crowd!
"Look, everyone!! Soone is walking on White Pigeon Road!! It's a Dusk Society mber!!"
Whoosh——
In an instant, the children watching the magician's performance stopped watching, the girls buying flowers stopped buying, the girl being chatted up hesitated for a mont and chose to pull that handso guy's hand to squeeze forward together... The gazes of several thousand people in the entire square converged onto White Pigeon Road simultaneously!
They saw Nine of Hearts, with his hands in his pockets, walking nonchalantly on White Pigeon Road with his head held high and chest puffed out. A pair of eyes full of curiosity sized up the surroundings from ti to ti, and he even reached out to fiddle with a Knight's Armor. He practically stuck the words "I am the Dusk Society" on his face!
Jian Changsheng: ...
Sun Bumian: ...
"Almost forgot about this clown." Jian Changsheng was completely speechless.
"Let him be." Sun Bumian looked at the hooligan-like Nine of Hearts and also sighed. "The first one to step onto White Pigeon Road is Nine of Hearts... The positive image of our Dusk Society is completely ruined."
Nine of Hearts just walked confidently on White Pigeon Road like this, even waving and interacting with the surrounding citizens from ti to ti, as if he had really beco a big star. He passed all the way through White Pigeon Road and arrived at the central area of White Pigeon Square.
A large open space had already been cordoned off here. In the center was a towering ancient tree, and under the tree was placed a Chessboard and two futons. This Chessboard seed to divide the entire venue into two distinct halves. As the branches swayed gently in the wind, dancing tree shadows rustled and brushed over the Chessboard...
One side of the Chessboard was already fully standing with figures wearing red uniforms, guarding the surroundings like bodyguards. And at the very front of the queue, a skinny man was squinting at Nine of Hearts walking over from the other side, exuding a heart-palpitating Aura from his body.
Nine of Hearts knew them. They were one of the six great Knight Orders of the Path of Strategy, the [Scarlet Knight Order], and that skinny man was the Grand Master of the [Scarlet Knight Order].
Facing the oppressiveness of this Knight Grand Master, Nine of Hearts showed not the slightest hint of fear. He sat down carelessly on the empty space on the other side of the Chessboard, and even provocatively hooked a finger at him...
The Scarlet Grand Master snorted coldly. Although his body didn't move, the hostility in his eyes beca increasingly thick.
"Old lady... hey, old lady!"
"...What? (Fourth tone)."
"Old lady, you can't walk on this road... Can we change to another road?"
On White Pigeon Road, an Elderly Lady leaning on a Walking Stick, trembling unsteadily, was slowly moving forward. She stumbled with every step, as if she would plant face-first onto the ground in the next mont... The Deep Blue Knight to the side was dumbfounded and imdiately surrounded her, trying to persuade this Elderly Lady who "took the wrong path" to leave.
"Why (fourth tone) can't I walk here?" The Elderly Lady seed to be a bit hard of hearing.
"Old lady, our road is closed today... Where is your ho? We'll send soone to take you back."
"Hahaha... Young man, you are truly polite." An amiable smile full of wrinkles surfaced on the Elderly Lady's face. She patted that Knight's shoulder. "It's fine... I, an old lady, can find the way back myself."
The mont the Elderly Lady's palm touched the Knight, the latter imdiately stiffened in place instantly as if struck by lightning.
The Elderly Lady continued to lean on her Walking Stick, walking forward under everyone's bewildered pointing...
At this ti, everyone from the Deep Blue Knights also realized that sothing was wrong with this Elderly Lady. No one dared to step forward. They just stared fixedly at her crossing the avenue, inching step by step to Nine of Hearts' side... And then, stumbling and sitting down on the spot.
Feeling the Aura exuding from this Elderly Lady's body, that Scarlet Grand Master's expression instantly beca incomparably solemn!
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