The news that the Landon Family's viscount had successfully ignited and condensed a Life Seed began to spread through Black Earth Territory. Beyond that... it could not travel much farther.
The place was simply too isolated. News could only circulate within the territory; to spread beyond it, one had to rely either on an intelligence network or merchants.
Black Earth Territory had neither of those channels.
As for spies sent by other nobles... there simply were none.
Who would go out of their way to plant spies in some insignificant little viscountcy? They would have to be seriously out of their mind.
There were viscounts who received such treatment, but Lu Xingshi certainly did not.
Did they really think spies were so easy to insert? Other than traveling merchants, few commoners ever left. Wandering Knights, mercenaries, and the like would not come to a tiny backwater like his either.
Even if they did, they would be recognized at a glance.
Poor mobility meant that neighbors all knew one another. An outsider would be exposed the moment they appeared.
For Black Earth Territory to qualify for having spies planted in it, it would have to develop a great deal more.
Meanwhile, Lu Xingshi boarded a carriage bound for the royal capital.
The awkward part was that the carriage moved rather slowly. Mainly because he had brought the Earth King's Shield with him. With that thing's weight added on, how could the carriage possibly move quickly?
Before they had even left Black Earth Territory, the horses were already panting for breath from exhaustion.
"My lord, perhaps... you could temporarily leave the Earth King's Shield in the treasury. Otherwise..." The Guard Captain hesitated greatly as he spoke.
There were only three choices now. Either they did not go, which was impossible.
Or they