Jiū Sōng Commandery, Mù Prefecture.
At this moment, Jiū Sōng Commandery, Mù Prefecture, had already fallen. Flames of war raged throughout the city, and cries of grief shook the heavens.
Although the Holy Eagle Family sought to occupy and rule these cities, they had not enforced harsh military discipline to stop the atrocities that followed the breach of a city.
To a certain extent, this too was necessary for their rule.
The soldiers who had come on this expedition needed plunder and slaughter to raise their morale, vent the resentment and misery accumulated during the march, and avenge their fallen comrades. At the same time, it was also a deterrent the Holy Eagle Family had prepared for its future rule, making that future rule more convenient.
High above Jiū Sōng Commandery, Yuan Yingqing, a direct-blood member of the Holy Eagle Family who commanded the capture of Jiū Sōng Commandery, sat loftily atop his Five-Clawed Silver Dragon. With an expression of extreme coldness, he looked down and allowed the slaughter below to continue.
Yet, upon closer observation, one would discover that Yuan Yingqing's attention was not on the city below, but in every direction around him.
Moreover, Yuan Yingqing was tense at this moment, without the slightest ease one should have felt after a city had fallen.
Suddenly, a jade slip shot out of the void toward Yuan Yingqing, instantly setting his taut nerves in motion.
Silver light flashed, and Yuan Yingqing caught the jade slip. He used too much force and nearly crushed it.
Almost simultaneously, the entire space rippled strangely. The place from which the jade slip had flown seemed to have been isolated, and Yuan Yi, an elder of the Holy Eagle Family in the Creation Realm, appeared there.
With a flash of light, a small doll carved