The Prefectural Office of the provincial governor drew gatherings from all corners!
When Provincial Governor Zhou Nanwang returned from his inspection tour, his retinue had swollen a hundredfold, filled with martial artists from every faction who had joined along the way.
Among them were many members of renowned local clans. Won over by Zhou Nanwang's bearing, they willingly entered his service.
It could be said that the purpose of this inspection tour had been perfectly achieved.
On Zhou Nanwang's return journey, it was far livelier than when he had set out. Before he had even returned to the Prefectural Office...
The great clans and sects throughout Lihuo Prefecture scrambled to send people to seek an audience. Those powers that had once held themselves aloof, waiting for the provincial governor to "pay court to worthy men," could no longer sit still. They cast aside their airs and came to call of their own accord.
One grandmaster after another who served as shadowy patrons also appeared on the roads leading to the Prefectural Office.
By the time Zhou Nanwang returned, the front gates of the Prefectural Office were already bustling like a market, so crowded that one could scarcely wedge in a foot.
"Lord Provincial Governor, my family is..."
The moment Zhou Nanwang returned to the Prefectural Office, he sought out Zhou You. "Take me to see the Power Cauldron!"
The Prefectural Office had become the liveliest place in Lihuo Prefecture, gathering the upper echelons of powers from all directions. The root cause lay in a single object... the Demon Transformation Cauldron.
Zhou Nanwang had already received word on his way back and rushed to the Prefectural Office without stopping.
The provincial governor's Power Cauldron was also the mother cauldron of the Demon Transformation Cauldron. It was the world's first Demon Transformation