Soul Seizing Marvel

The war supplies transported from all corners of the Immortal Dynasty were, upon entering New Sea Commandery, all arranged by Liang Zhaohuang to be stored in the treasure vault of the Commandery Governor's Estate.

This treasure vault was located within the Commandery Governor's Estate, at the core of New Sea Commandery's city-protecting grand formation. Moreover, Liang Zhaohuang now personally held the estate every day, overseeing the formation's defenses. It could be called one of the safest places in New Sea Commandery City.

Yet even so, it could not ward off every covetous gaze.

Beginning a month ago, pirate ships had started appearing in the seas near New Sea Commandery.

Ever since the Governor of Ying Province had led the great clans of every commandery in a sweeping pirate extermination campaign, pirate traces had become rare in the East Sea over the past decade or so.

For more than a decade, the trade and merchant routes between the commanderies of Ying Province and the islands of the East Sea had never suffered a pirate attack.

Liang Zhaohuang had nearly come to believe that there were no more pirates in the East Sea.

Yet, as more and more supplies and spiritual materials were transferred to New Sea Commandery this time, pirates had unexpectedly appeared once again in the nearby waters.

But after giving it some thought, Liang Zhaohuang understood that the origins of these pirates might not be so simple.

As the saying went, "When they came in, they were civilians; when they went out, they were bandits." Vast quantities of war supplies were piled up in New Sea Commandery, containing enormous profits. Who knew what sort of origins these pirates lingering in the surrounding waters truly had?

Liang Zhaohuang had no choice but to order the Commandery Commandant's Office and the