Floating City No. 1, top floor of the central building.
Standing on either side of the hall were the heads of the Royal Shadow Guard, Zhuan Zhu and Yu Rang.
The ones entering the hall now were Zhang Yi, Jia Xu, and Li Ru.
Their reason for coming was simple: to report on the work of the past half month.
Zhuan Zhu and Yu Rang were responsible for gathering intelligence, then providing it to Zhang Yi, Jia Xu, and Li Ru.
The three men would then prescribe the right remedy, using horizontal alliances to break vertical alliances.
Why had their task changed from recruiting allies to forging horizontal alliances?
Because over the past half month, some people had begun entertaining other ideas.
Though they had not openly provoked or tested him,
their private actions had not escaped Zhuan Zhu and Yu Rang's notice.
Of course, Xiao Tianyang had not immediately settled the score with them.
His approach was very simple.
If anyone provoked him, he would hit them directly.
As long as he did not beat them to death, Xiao Tianyang would not mind beating up even the person behind them if they dared come argue with him.
If things remained peaceful and their actions were limited to communication, Xiao Tianyang would turn a blind eye.
However, he could not simply let them do as they pleased.
At the very least, Xiao Tianyang could use the same methods to keep them in check.
And Zhang Yi's horizontal alliances were the preferred choice.
The current situation was that the weaker planes were preparing to unite, hoping to prevent Xiao Tianyang from treating them as cannon fodder.
What they did not know was that Xiao Tianyang had no intention of exploiting them.
The main reason was that they were not even qualified