Zhang Xiang's birth was an absolutely momentous event for the entire political landscape of the Northern Lands, one that would affect its future.
Especially after Zhang Chen arrived in the Northern Lands and, in his capacity as the Pacifying Border King's Yamen Secretary, took over all its affairs. With the transfer of power, the Pacifying Border King gradually withdrew behind the scenes, while the Lineage behind him was subjected to Zhang Chen's infiltration, suppression, and a series of other controls. By now, Zhang Chen was the Northern Lands' sole Decision-Maker, its uncrowned king. After the Pacifying Border King secretly spread word that he intended to pass his throne to Zhang Chen, who also carried Zhang Family blood, Zhang Chen's status and standing in the Northern Lands rose step by step, soaring without end.
Zhang Xiang's birth sent the entire Northern Lands into celebration for three days. The Zhong Family laid out a grand feast, endlessly welcoming and seeing off guests from every quarter.
Everyone knew that Zhang Chen loved Zhong Xiang alone and had no wife but her. If Zhang Chen inherited the throne in the future, then Zhang Xiang would unquestionably be the Northern Lands' sole Young Lord and its future heir.
Zhang Chen paid little heed to the Northern Lands' celebrations. On the second day after Zhang Xiang's birth, he resumed his busy search through maps. He even began employing the Beast Control Technique, repeatedly dispatching gyrfalcons in all directions to survey the Earth Veins across heaven and earth before relaying the information back.
Time flew by. The Northern Lands' revelry gradually cooled, while Zhang Xiang displayed his miraculous nature: he spoke after seven days and could run all over the ground after one month. This became a strange tale throughout the Northern Lands.
Zhang Xiang had been