Not long after Yang Ying and her party emerged from the Glazed Jade Heavenly Palace, the man surnamed Wei received a dispatch at his residence.
He read it over twice, smiled faintly, and handed it to the man surnamed Shi, who had been waiting there. "Brother Shi, rest assured. Yang Ying and the others have already come out of the Glazed Jade Heavenly Palace. I told you—the Wei clan never leaves room for mishaps when handling matters."
The man surnamed Shi hurriedly took it and read it, his heart filling with joy as well.
The man surnamed Wei said with great ease, "With the Eastern Court Protectorate blocked outside, the Dragon Fang Protectorate has a smooth road ahead."
The man surnamed Shi nodded repeatedly.
There had recently been quite a few pieces of news circulating within the court administration. Through certain channels, they had learned at once that the Profound Court's expansion of continents and establishment of Protectorate Offices this time served many purposes. Yet one of the more important ones was defense and oversight, so at least one Protectorate Office in every direction would be supported in becoming a prefecture-continent.
Over the eastern outer seas, there were in fact quite a few Protectorate Offices left over from those bygone years. But the only two with any real hope of transforming from offices into continents were the Eastern Court Protectorate at the farthest edge, and the Dragon Fang Protectorate slightly to the southeast.
If the Eastern Court Protectorate were squeezed out this time, then the Dragon Fang Protectorate would have no more rivals on its road to becoming a continent.
After reading the report, the man surnamed Shi was about to put it down when he saw that Yang Ying and the others had not returned to the city after