"Wartime regulations apply only in wartime. Though Great Zhou is now beset by crises on all sides, it has not reached the point where even Luoyi counts as a wartime zone.
"Wartime regulations apply only in wartime!"
Ye Zhen's provocation successfully forced Grand Priest Dongyang Si Chen to make a concession and clarify matters.
At this critical juncture of transferring power, if these wartime regulations caused unrest among the people or even internal strife, that was not something Dongyang Si Chen wished to see.
Once the transfer of power was complete and Dongyang Si Chen's old subordinates had thoroughly taken control of the entire Ancestral God Hall, then it would not matter whether it was wartime or not. In any case, the Ancestral God Hall would become Dongyang Si Chen's personal domain, where his word alone ruled.
But for now, Dongyang Si Chen still had to step forward and explain, lest it stir unrest in people's hearts.
Grand Priest Dongyang Si Chen's explanation made the smile on Yangshe Zheng's face freeze. The newly appointed Fourth Grand Authority Priest narrowed his eyes at Ye Zhen, his gaze turning even more sinister.
He had remembered Ye Zhen.
This fellow who had given him a show of force the moment he took office, even forcing their leader Dongyang Si Chen to step forward and yield.
"So, that means I can express an opinion, then?" Ye Zhen said, meeting the hostile stares of Yangshe Zheng and Dongyang Yu.
"Of course!"
Grand Priest Dongyang Si Chen answered, though anyone could hear the faint displeasure in his voice.
He was already deeply dissatisfied with this Ye Zhen.
"Grand Priest, according to what you said earlier, your reason for replacing the various Authority Priests and Hall Masters in accordance with the Ancestral God Hall's Law of Survival