Liu Province, Crossriver Commandery.
The provincial governor's inspection party traveled all the way toward Crossriver Commandery City. Liang Zhaohuang sat in the pavilion atop the Flying Boat, yet a portion of his consciousness remained far behind in Jade Lake Commandery.
At this moment, in the northwestern reaches of Jade Lake Commandery, above the Yuan Family ancestral grounds, within the gale layer thousands of zhang high in the sky, wind and clouds gathered and swirled. The Kunpeng Dharma Aspect crouched within, using the Kunpeng True Eye to gaze down upon the Yuan Family's "secret realm."
He saw every detail of Yuan Qicheng, the Yuan Family head, entering and leaving the secret realm.
Though he could not see what the other party did within the secret realm, the man had hurried inside the moment his inspection party left Jade Lake Commandery's borders. This only further proved that something was amiss within.
"Looks like I'll have to keep a closer eye on the Yuan Family and this secret realm from now on."
Through the Kunpeng Dharma Aspect, Liang Zhaohuang watched Yuan Qicheng emerge from the secret realm below and return to his family, his thoughts turning.
After that, there was no further disturbance from the Yuan Family or the secret realm. With Crossriver Commandery City already before him, Liang Zhaohuang withdrew his consciousness, and the Kunpeng Dharma Aspect flew all the way back from the gale layer.
Crossriver Commandery derived its name from the Glass River, which made a great sideways bend here. Crossriver Commandery occupied the tens of thousands of li of land along both banks of this great bend.
The fourth-rank commandery clan, the Ge Family, had been supported and established here by the Yang Family of Dragon River. This was because a large-scale water-element resource mine lay within the commandery's