Word spread from the capital. Three days after Lu Xingchen and Shen Ye returned from the sanctuary, someone saw them walking side by side on the outskirts of Dawnlight Town. On the fifth day someone recognized Shen Ye—the illegitimate son of shadowfolk council chairman Shen Yuan, keeping company with a light spirit wielder. By the seventh day the news reached the capital. The elders of Light Spirit Hall were furious. They sent envoys to Dawnlight Town and summoned Lu Xingchen before Lu Xingch...