Great companies of mages poured into Golden Dragon City. Drawing on the power of magic, they needed only a few short hours to restore the damaged Golden Dragon City to pristine splendor. Then the Dawn Temple's clergy used holy light to purify the castle inside and out. Golden Dragon City was instantly reborn, and amid the golden radiance covering its entirety, a thread of pure white divine light now mingled in, making it appear even more sacred and majestic.
The three pontiffs settled into the castle with peace of mind, quietly awaiting the founding ceremony of the Dragon Mountain Empire a few days later.
Lin Qi threw himself back into his busy work.
The construction of the new imperial capital required enormous quantities of gold coins, manpower, and material resources, while establishing the Empire's official institutions was also a tremendous headache. Lin Qi still did not have many capable people at hand. In the end, he could only summon a batch of Silver Iris Family members whose souls had been controlled, grant them all manner of minor and middling noble titles, and dispatch them to the various provinces as local administrative officials.
The Silver Iris Family was, after all, an ancient clan hidden from the world. It had many members, and none of them lacked ability; all had experience managing one of the family's local strongholds. Having them serve as local administrators was something they could take to with ease.
What delighted Lin Qi even more was that the Silver Iris Family had controlled quite a number of nobles, great and small, within the former Vias Commercial Federation. Once these noble lords were mobilized, departments desperately short on personnel finally had enough people to fill their positions.
Everything proceeded busily yet orderly, until several days later, when the founding ceremony