Blood River Forbidden Zone!
Whether it was the militia unrest or the Grand Governor's Mansion suddenly dispatching the Fire Swallow Army, it was all likely aimed at the Blood River Forbidden Zone.
They might not yet know about the Blood River Forbidden Zone, but during this period, the only unusual event in the entire Blood River Fortress had been the mysterious formation discovered within it.
Although the Benevolent Sovereign had ordered the news sealed with all their strength, it had still drawn the attention of every faction.
The Ancestral God Hall and the Heaven Temple had always been at daggers drawn. Presumably, the movements of several Grand Authority Priests from the Ancestral God Hall had caught the Heaven Temple's attention.
This, in turn, had stirred up those militiamen who had long since become believers of the Heaven Temple.
As for the Fire Swallow Army's arrival, Ye Zhen guessed that the two hundred thousand reinforcements dispatched by Northern War Zone Governor Ni Feng—reinforcements led by He Qi, the Northern War Zone's foremost fierce general—had drawn the Grand Governor's Mansion's attention.
That was why it had silently dispatched the Fire Swallow Army as reinforcements.
However, with military orders in place and war looming, there was no discounting the Fire Swallow Army's role as reinforcements. At the same time, it was only natural for the Fire Swallow Army to investigate intelligence on Blood River Fortress.
Ye Zhen estimated that once the Fire Swallow Army entered its encampment, it would send scouts and all manner of personnel to gather intelligence.
"Commander, His Majesty's order to us was to strictly seal all news of the Blood River Forbidden Zone. Anyone found spying on it is to be executed immediately. How should we deal with these Heaven Temple believers and the Fire Swallow Army?" Liu Feng