Inside the main hall of Eastern Court Prefecture, Xiang Chun fell into thought after watching the recorded images of Yao Zhuang and his junior brother. Beside him, Xu Ying said, "Senior Brother, what did I say? I wasn't wrong, was I?"
Xiang Chun nodded. He could naturally see that exterminating aberrant creatures was merely a pretense; promoting Yue-Pacifying Prefecture was their true purpose.
After Yue Luo's presentation had come out, the other prefectures were no fools. Seeing how useful the recorded images of the Bright-Viewing Seal were, they would naturally put them to use as well.
It was only that the two Yao brothers had likely not expected to encounter a divine monster halfway through, leaving a slight flaw in the whole process.
Yet Xiang Chun believed that failing to make something perfectly seamless was not necessarily a bad thing. The two men's goal had merely been to expand Yue-Pacifying Prefecture's reputation and draw in more people. This sort of slip-up might instead achieve a better effect than originally intended.
He sighed inwardly. Everyone was putting forth effort; Eastern Court clearly could not afford to slacken.
He asked, "How is the grand drama's rehearsal coming along?"
Xu Ying replied, "It is underway. Shall I go urge them on?"
Xiang Chun waved a hand. "No need. This matter cannot be rushed. Let them polish it slowly."
He understood clearly that if this contest were compared to a battle, then the grand drama now being rehearsed was a ritual artifact still undergoing refinement. It might not necessarily be saved for the very end, but once it was brought out, it had to deliver the final hammer blow, leaving the other side no chance to turn things around.
Xu Ying said anxiously, "But in this junior brother's view, even if the grand drama