"Ye Zhen, Third-Class Earl of the North Sea, ordered to come to the Human-Demon Battlefield for joint defense, now leads the officers and soldiers of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army to report in to the Grand Governor!"
Outside the Council Hall of the Grand Governor's Mansion, Ye Zhen announced himself before entering. That was the rule.
At the same time, Ye Zhen respectfully presented a jade slip stamped with the commander's seal of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army. It recorded the complete situation of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army.
Its troop composition, commanders at every level, armaments, provisions, and so on.
This was a mandatory procedure. Of course, what was submitted was only the surface-level information. Ye Zhen naturally would not report anything they should not know.
Ye Zhen lowered his head as he announced himself, yet the voice of Grand Governor Ji Yuan did not come. Instead, he was met by the furious rebuke of a black-robed Military Law Officer standing to the left of the hall.
"Insolence!"
"The Grand Governor is a Prince of Consultation. All generals under his command, even the marshals of every army, must perform a full kneeling salute upon their first audience with him. Thereafter, they must render the military salute of kneeling on one knee.
"The marshal of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army is making his first audience with the Grand Governor, yet acts arrogant and disrespectful. Men, drag him out and give him one hundred Dragon Whip lashes!"
At the Military Law Officer's sharp cry, two black-robed military-law guards pounced at Ye Zhen like wolves and tigers.
The two military-law guards did not use even a trace of spiritual power. They relied solely on pure physical strength as they attempted to seize Ye Zhen.
This was not because