The dripping clepsydra in the dead of night sounded especially clear.
The rhythm of water striking bronze vessels remained unhurried, and the ten-day deadline swiftly drew to its close.
The high ministers in the great hall whispered among themselves, thinking Zhou Daqian had miscalculated this time. He had vowed with absolute certainty that he would find a solution.
And what was the result? The time had come, yet he himself had not appeared, only sending his son to make a fool of himself.
Lian Feihong suppressed the anxiety in his heart and softly asked Zhou Ding from the throne, "Da Qian, he..."
Just as Zhou Ding was about to say something, the commander of the imperial guards hurried down the steps. "Sealed Lord, the City Gate Guards from every region have sent urgent reports."
"The Blood Locust disaster was completely wiped out overnight. Violent fluctuations were detected in two regions, and it is suspected that Calamity Bewitchers have fallen."
The former commander of the imperial guards, Zhou Mou, had been deemed an accomplice of Lord Chongyang. Before the reckoning could reach him, he decisively led the Zhonglang Zhou Clan in rebellion and flight.
Although the capital had pursued them on many occasions, they ultimately failed to capture that fiend.
The current commander of the imperial guards was a grandmaster from a branch of Lian Feihong's Lineage, with a background beyond question and unquestionable loyalty.
The imperial guards of the Imperial Palace of Heaven Worship commanded City Gate Guards throughout the realm and regularly compiled intelligence from every region. This was also one means of indirectly controlling the Fifty Provinces under heaven.
Originally, through the channels of the City Gate Guards, reports of the Blood Locust disaster had come in from every direction like fires breaking out everywhere. The situation was