Opening a Branch Base Is Necessary Too

No matter what, after speaking with the golden dragon girl, Fang Zheng finally understood the current situation in the Main World.

Generally speaking, the Main World was still fairly stable. Although Fang Zheng had been gone for a long time, because of the difference in time between Planes, only around five months had actually passed in the Main World. So far, nothing like the Northern Fortress crisis had happened again. Things were still relatively peaceful.

As for the Spirit Crystal ban imposed on Heavenly Dao Palace, it would not have much impact in the short term. After all, the various nations had already taken out most of their Spirit Crystal reserves, and even if they wanted to trade Spirit Crystals with Heavenly Dao Palace now, they had no resources left. So for the time being, the only trouble this caused Fang Zheng was that his plan with Bishop Karl to mine Spirit Crystal deposits in the Northern Lands would probably have to be shelved.

Of course, Fang Zheng was definitely unhappy about it... and the golden dragon girl was equally unhappy with the Fire Nation.

Although they were all subjects of Order, the Fire Nation differed from both the Holy Kingdom and the Magical Nation. They kept claiming to believe in Order, but according to the golden dragon girl, the Fire Nation more often treated Order as a "hostage."

"Those Barbarians know we need them to guard Order, which is why they dare to act so arrogantly. And the Holy Temple's attitude is that as long as Order remains stable, everything else is a minor issue... Humans may be foolish in the short term and inclined toward immediate stability, but I'm still unhappy! Yet what can I do? Launch a military conquest? Leaving aside the ocean between us, if we