Five Years Later, Xuan Ling Advanced

Spring gave way to autumn.

In the blink of an eye, five years passed on the Central Continent. On the seventeenth day of the first month after the Spring Festival, a fast horse galloped down the straight road outside Zhonghui County Town. The checkpoints along the way prepared to let it pass as soon as they spotted it from afar, for the rider had a command arrow raised behind his back.

This was the fast horse from Jinhuai City escorting official documents, yet when it reached the city gate, it still had to rein in. The Prefectural Army guarding the gate needed to verify the rider's identity.

Once his identity had been verified, he would proceed under the escort of two squads of Prefectural Army all the way to the Prefectural Office at the heart of the city.

Half an hour later.

A yamen runner posted an announcement on the notice board outside the Prefectural Office.

The New Emperor had ascended the throne and intended to grant a general amnesty. Apart from those guilty of the ten heinous crimes and serious offenders, all prisoners in the prefecture's jail could return home.

Not long afterward, another announcement appeared. The New Emperor had bestowed a new title upon Prefect Changqing of Thousand Wood Temple: "Supreme Renwenwude Changqing Daxing Prefect." Compared to his previous title, it had gained the two words "Supreme."

Originally, the New Emperor had intended to add the words "Mysterious Heaven," but Wang Ping had refused. In the end, he had even specifically warned the imperial family not to continue granting him titles. With each change of emperor, there was no longer any room to add to his title. If they kept adding more, it would inevitably become taboo.

Not long after the announcement was issued, the Daoist temples built