Born resident

Jiang Hao's jade slip contained the least amount of information compared to the previous two escort supervisors. It wasn't that the information was incomplete, but rather that there wasn't much in Jiang Hao's life that stood out as suspicious or implicatory. The predominant part of his story had been spent at Bai Chen's side, and by extension, in Gold Eagle Town.

From what Yang Qing could gather, and based on the length of their association, Bai Chen seemed more like a father than a master to Jiang Hao. Jiang Hao's story was a familiar one, shared by countless others across the world.

He was born in a small village, which, like so many others before and after it, suffered misfortune. A spirit beast that had been hibernating near the village for years awoke from its seclusion, only to find that humans had claimed its lair as their own. It reacted as any other spirit beast might when faced with trespassers—it attacked.