A New Power Bloc

After a notably sincere, conciliatory meeting, Nanyan City had largely settled down without much upheaval.

After all, most people were just trying to make a living.

Of course, because of the Sin Lord's attitude toward the former Prefecture Governor's confidants, the Ninglu Army was still secretly hunting down certain people. But those battles remained far removed from the lives of ordinary folk.

This made many people feel that not much had changed in Nanyan City. They had simply gotten a new ruler, that was all.

In the end, Jiang Yan never actually fled. Li Jiyang had stopped him.

The Jingyang Family had set an example. If even a family that had once been close to the Prefecture Governor's Mansion could become a favored guest of the new ruler, what did a small force like the White Crane Merchant Association have to worry about? What was there to fear?

So, with Li Jiyang's persuasion, the White Crane Merchant Association, whose members had been growing uneasy, quickly settled down.

Then they watched for a few days and saw that everything carried on as usual, with no particular changes. So they went back to doing what they had always done: completing missions and conducting business.

Everything returned to normal.

In fact, it wasn't true that nothing had changed. With the Ninglu Army's victory, quite a few forces from Ninglu Prefecture had moved to Nanyan City, whether voluntarily or under pressure. Backed by the new ruler, these newcomers had barely established a foothold before plunging into fierce competition with local forces of every size.

Because they had the new ruler's support, these forces were known as:

the new power bloc.

Hero Pavilion.

After saving up Yuan Crystals for several days, Jiang Yan's purse had grown quite full. His thoughts began to stir,