Naturally, Miao Yi knew where Head Guard Huang had obtained this granule-sized orb from. Normally, City Lords had no right to interfere with the followers’ records and the power of will gathered from them, but this didn’t necessarily apply to the Manor of Merciful Hope and the Manor of Sincere Hope.
Criminals with nothing to their name and no place to go, or orphans who had yet to reach the registration age, they were all sent to the Manor of Merciful Hope—they were the source of Orbs of Will that were obtained privately. To mortals, Orbs of Will had little use, so in the end they could only be used as a means to kiss up to Immortals, just as Head Guard Huang was doing now. It was an expensive gift, after all.
Head Guard Huang was shocked to find someone had just appeared out of thin air, “Who are you?”