IMPERIAL CITY

" Hi Arthur, " said Anna, giving a bright smile and many clan members started looking our way as her voice was very loud.

" Hi, " I said and wanted to go to my place but before I could take a step, Anna stopped me and said

" Do you hate me Arthur?" asked Anna in a pitiful tone and for a second I felt guilty about my behavior towards her but quickly shook my head when I saw her eyes.

From the childhood of my past life, I was able to recognize the intentions of the people whom I used to talk to by looking at their eyes and when I looked at the eyes of Anna, I felt as if she was scheming something towards me.

And I absolutely trust this ability since it was this ability that saved me many times in my past life.

" Yes," I said in an indifferent tone and went away without looking at the shocked eyes of Anna as if she was not able to understand my indifferent behavior towards her.

After that, I started visiting different places in the clan to familiarize myself and spent some time with my parents.

Mother gave her experience in the cultivation of the Divine Fire Sutra as she practiced the same technique, while Father started talking about the Red Dragon Holy Sutra as he mainly cultivated the body.

While they were explaining to me, I used the appraisal technique of the system on the mother and father.

{ Name: William Red Dragon

 Age:  300 years

Race: Human

Body Cultivation: S Rank ( Martial King ) ( Progress: 30% towards Martial Emperor )

Body Cultivation technique: Red Dragon Holy Sutra ( Comprehended to the seventh level )

Mana Cultivation: B Rank Mana Core ( Four-Star Mage ) ( reached his limit )

Character: Kind ( Only to his family ) and Ruthless  }

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{ Name: Sophia Red Dragon ( ?????? )

 Age:  195 years

Race: Human ( ?????? )

Body Cultivation : D Rank ( First-rate martial artist ) ( reached her limit )

Mana Cultivation: S Rank mana core ( Six-Star Mage ) ( Progress: 90% towards Seven-Star Mage )

Mana Cultivation technique: Divine Fire Sutra ( Comprehended to the eighth level )

Character: Caring and Loving  }

When I saw that both my parents are at S Rank, I was happy but when I saw the question marks and asked the system about it.

{ Due to the low strength of the host some information is hidden }

" System, how much strength do I need to know about that hidden information? " I asked the system in my mind.

{ Host needs minimum SS Rank strength to know about that information }

When I heard the answer, I didn't know what to say and suddenly I heard Mother's voice

" Are you able to understand Arthur " 

" Yes, Mother" I said as I still listened to them while looking at the information.

After that, I ate together with them and while I was going toward my courtyard, I heard Father saying

" Arthur get ready for tomorrow since we need to attend the birthday banquet of the imperial princess tomorrow " 

" Okay, Father" I said and went to sleep after I reached my courtyard.

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As soon as I woke up today, I went to the Clan hall with Clara following me as she is my exclusive maid.

When I reached the Clan hall I saw Elder Thomas and got to know that he will be following us to the Imperial City.

" Congratulations Elder for breaking through B Rank in Body Cultivation " in a polite tone.

" Thanks, Arthur, and also congratulations for awakening SS Rank talent in both paths  " said Thomas in a happy tone and said sorry for not being able to attend the awakening ceremony.

" It's okay Elder as it is very important to consolidate your cultivation first," I said and saw David, Lucas, and Anna coming toward us.

" Hi, Arthur " said the three of them, and I immediately went to the side of Lucas and David ignoring Anna who was looking at me with a pitiful face.

When Elder saw that everyone gathered, he took out the Tier Seven flying artifact from his space ring.

When I saw the Tier 7 Flying Ship, I was mesmerized by its huge size which was more like a Palace than a ship with a Red dragon head on top of it, and a Tier 7 Formation was engraved on it.

After which we started boarding the ship and went to our respective rooms assigned by the Elder.

After four hours I came out of my room and saw everyone talking with each other or seeing the outside scenery.

When I went to one of the windows I saw a huge city giving a lavish atmosphere and saw a huge Palace located at the center of the city with a Golden colored Dragon on top of it which looked as if it was alive.

Even the walls of the city were higher than the other cities and there were imperial guards at the entrance of the city collecting fees from everyone who was entering the city.

But when they saw our ship, they didn't stop it, and some people who wanted to say it was unfair immediately stopped after they saw our clan symbol on it.

The guards were all on high alert since all the important people in the Empire will be coming to attend the ceremony and there is also the chance of spies coming from other continents.

Soon I saw the humongous palace made up of rare heavenly materials which can be used to make Artifacts of Tier 6 or even Tier 7 Artifacts and the whole Palace was engraved with a Tier 9 Formation.

There is also a Guardian Formation of Tier 7 level around the whole Imperial city to defend against large-scale attacks from other Empires or an internal struggle in the Empire.

Finally, I stepped out from the ship and saw an Elder from the imperial family wearing a golden robe coming our way.

When Elder Thomas came out from the ship, he went towards that person with a smiling face and both started talking quite friendly as if they already knew each other.

When l was about to go to the room prepared for us, I saw a person arrogantly walking towards me as if everyone was below him.