A Day to See All the Flowers in the City, Golden Scales Unfurl Beneath the Son of Heaven's Sword

Yuanxing Year One, November 5.

Lanling City.

The sky had only just begun to brighten, yet the Ten-Mile Pavilion outside Dongli Gate was already a forest of Black Armor, with banners blotting out the sky!

The Nine Ministers stood in orderly ranks, civil and military officials upright as geese, while First Councillor Ye Ze'an sat inside the pavilion.

Five of the six Cabinet Pavilion Masters, along with Rectification Law Pavilion Deputy Master Ji Yiheng, were all present!

So many court heavyweights had gathered here because the Great Blue Dynasty's Jing An, Marquis Li Fei, was returning to the capital today!

Whether in noble rank or official position, Ye Ze'an and the several Pavilion Masters were no lower than Li Fei.

Ordinarily, it was impossible for them to leave the city together merely to welcome one person.

Even Wenren Zheng had never received such treatment!

But this time was different.

Since the Great Blue Dynasty's Grand Ancestor, after more than five hundred years, someone had finally rendered another service worthy of destroying a nation!

And it was no minor country that had been destroyed, but the former second-strongest power of the Eastern Continent—the Grassland Royal Court!

Such an achievement was already worthy of having the civil and military ministers leave the city to welcome him.

Inside the pavilion, Ye Ze'an was looking down at a report in his hands.

The report described how, when Li Fei and the White Flame Army parted ways, he had carved several lines of text into a mountain peak.

"What does 'Yanran Mountain' mean?"

Even Ye Ze'an, learned enough to have read five cartloads of books, could not understand why Li Fei had chosen such a name.

"Those who dare invade the Central Plains, no matter how far, shall be executed!"

A rare smile appeared on