Half a year flashed by, and the date of the five-year deadline set by Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long drew ever closer.
The senior officials handling affairs in North Sea Commandery grew more anxious by the day. Besides carrying out Ye Zhen's previous instructions, they began making the corresponding arrangements.
A tense atmosphere began to permeate all of North Sea Commandery. Even Ye Zhen had to leave the Mirage Dragon Pearl for an hour every day to deal with the jade slips of official documents sent from North Sea Commandery.
After all, many military deployments required the seal of Ye Zhen, the Wind Patrol Envoy and third-rank Earl.
Names and seals could not be entrusted to others. Ye Zhen trusted Liu Feng, Gu Tieqi, Commandery Governor Qiao Fu, and Commandery Lieutenant Tang Ao greatly, but he still kept the seal personally.
This situation lasted only ten days before Ye Zhen prepared to leave the Manifestation Water Mansion and return to North Sea Commandery.
The five-year deadline was approaching. Who knew what underhanded move Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu might pull? To be safe, Ye Zhen felt it was better to return to North Sea Commandery and personally take command.
Ye Zhen had originally intended to end this round of arduous cultivation here.
Yet while only half a year had passed outside, five years had already gone by within the Mirage Dragon Pearl. Such excellent cultivation results instead made the Three Saints of Sky Wing Island unwilling to leave.
The main reason was that their cultivation had risen too fiercely. It was not merely the time effect brought about by the Power of Time Sequence, but also the wholehearted, uninterrupted arduous cultivation, along with the lavish outpouring of vast amounts of high-quality cultivation resources.
The results of this cultivation session were nothing