The sky just brightens, with the first light of morning.
Demon Control Department, Hidden Dragon Court.
As the old clock chime rings out gently, like wind starting to blow on a flat lake, the ripples spread out.
There stands a stone statue in the square, dressed in a grass mat, a cloth gown, and grass sandals, with a large white goose standing next to it, eyes closed, thin and weak.
In front of the stone statue, there is a large bronze cauldron with nine incense sticks inside, yet unlit.
This ordinary-looking stone statue would surely look strange to outsiders.
In a place like the Demon Control Department, even to be offered, it should be supreme and noble gods and Buddhas.
But at this moment, a group of young people are paying their respects to the stone statue, not daring to be even slightly negligent.
The reason? Because this stone statue is none other than the First-Generation Chief of the Demon Control Department.