Time flew, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Over those six months, Yang Wenqing met people from every quarter each day and occasionally had to answer inquiries from the Second Seat Council. Precisely because of this, his name appeared frequently in newspapers throughout Wanxuan, until almost everyone in Wanxuan knew who Yang Wenqing was.
During those same six months, the Southern Frontier Theater was dissolved, and its million-strong army returned to their respective commands. The entire Dragon Palace Fleet withdrew as well. The steel fortresses on the islands were gradually cleared away, and the ecosystem slowly recovered.
Another noteworthy development was that Yang Wenqing obtained four more Yellow-Swan Creation Pills through Third Realm gatherings, making his cultivation progress even more smoothly.
Just before the first Spring Festival of Great Image Year One, the Jade Whale Province Preparatory Committee was officially established. Yang Wenqing naturally took up the post of committee chairman while concurrently serving as City Defense Bureau Chief. Xiu Yuan and Li Yan successfully transferred to the First and Second Patrol Directorates as their respective chiefs.
Yang Wenqing assigned Liu Qin to serve as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Celestial Jade City Defense Bureau, creating the conditions for her advancement to the Second Realm. The bureau chief of this city, the second largest on Jade Whale Island, was an Unorthodox Path disciple from the Chongyang Society named Wen Ye.
Yang Wenyuan was assigned to Celestial Mechanism City as Deputy Bureau Chief, likewise using the position to advance to the Second Realm. Yang Wenqing was still considering whom to appoint as bureau chief.
At present, Yang Wenqing was struggling to choose the heads of the Action Office and Public Security Division of the Third Patrol Directorate. Appointing more Yang Family members would be a little