Cliff Ancient City.
The sky stretched blue and cloudless for miles, with only brilliant sunlight pouring down. The ancient city gleamed beneath its radiance, and the lofty towers and grand halls within shone all the more brightly. It was another clear and pleasant day, as though everything were as tranquil and ordinary as the weather.
Inside a luxurious grand hall.
Having finished handling official affairs, Yao Qianji was enjoying the leisurely daily life of one above others with a group of subordinates, drinking and chatting with a few traces of innate superiority on his face.
Even amid such leisure, reverence remained impossible to conceal in everyone's eyes. None of them dared to act overly unrestrained.
Until Yao Qianji asked a question in passing, and the hall instantly fell silent.
"How is the newly opened mine in the Northern Desert Barren Domain progressing? Have those newly arrived lowly outsiders submitted to discipline?"
Though it sounded like a casual question.
The powerful figures seated around him all wore solemn expressions. No one dared speak out of turn and disturb him, carrying the tension of serving a ruler like serving a tiger.
A middle-aged man in black armor rose and bowed, his eyes filled with respect.
"My lord is wise."
"Following your command, to prevent other factions from learning of the new mine, not a single piece of news from the Northern Desert Barren Domain's mining grounds has leaked. With Captain Hu guarding it, there should be absolutely no problem!"
"Captain Hu's cultivation is extraordinary, and he handles matters with utmost steadiness. Whether in bearing or insight, he surpasses ordinary men. Managing a group of lowly outsiders will certainly be no difficulty for him!"
"Although the Northern Desert Barren Domain has already been sealed off, and we do not know the exact situation