Three days later.
The first batch of Government Affairs Council officials arrived, easing Yang Wenqing's workload considerably. After parceling out some of his authority in a balanced fashion, he only needed to maintain stability.
The most important aspects of governing a region were allocating resources and balancing power. Yang Wenqing had worked his way up from the grassroots and had long since honed these skills to perfection.
Things were somewhat different on Jade Whale Island, however. The areas occupied by the other three provinces kept sending people over, yet on paper, those areas also fell under Yang Wenqing's jurisdiction. As a result, he had been discussing personnel matters with the Tianyi Gate and the Red Wind Sect throughout this period.
He remained busy until half a month later, when nearly all the wartime fortresses on Celestial Pivot Mountain had been cleared away. The banyan tree to the north, which had propped up heaven and earth, had also been completely cleared away. After all, nearly a hundred Third Realm cultivators had worked on it together.
It was at this point that his grand-uncle-master Qian Xin contacted him again.
"I personally inspected Zhu Sheng's Sealing Formation yesterday. His divine sense is embedded in it, so the chances of forcibly breaking it are practically zero unless someone reaches the Fourth Realm or Zhu Sheng dies. It's essentially impossible for anyone in this world to reach the Fourth Realm, and Zhu Sheng most likely won't die anytime soon."
"So without the proper method, this formation probably can't truly be undone. There's little benefit in getting involved right now. It'll most likely be placed in the national treasury, and the Cabinet will reward you with more practical materials."
Qian Xin paused here, then continued, "Once you have sufficient authority and enough strength to keep everyone