The Star Luo Empire, Border Province.
Dai Weisi, leading the White Tiger Guards, and Ji Juechen, leading a unit of the Soul Tool Squad Army, traveled for four days and nights before finally reaching their destination.
South Sea City, a major Star Luo city on the frontier.
South Sea City lay along the Star Luo Empire's southern coast. It was a famous port city with a thriving fishing industry.
And precisely because of that,
the local Water Transport Gang flourished. It controlled large numbers of boatmen and dockworkers, making it a powerful force in the city, sometimes even able to stand on equal footing with the local city lord and nobles.
This was actually something they had little choice about,
because the nobility had long done no work while possessing vast fiefs, tax advantages, and dividends from the imperial family, which led them to keep annexing the surrounding land.
Almost all the farmland belonging to households around South Sea City had been taken by the nobles, turning the farmers into tenants.
Had they not been able to earn some extra money from fishing and the docks, an uprising would have broken out here long ago.
And this time,
the local nobles intended to abolish the Water Transport Gang altogether, so they reported a rebellion and requested the Star Luo Imperial Family's forces.
They hoped to use the imperial family's power to suppress it completely, allowing them to control the entire dock area and rake in greater profits.
By the time Ji Juechen and Dai Weisi arrived, evening was approaching.
South Sea City's nobles immediately came out to welcome them, with the city lord at their head, all smiles.
"Eldest Prince, Sword-Crazy Douluo, you've come a long way. Please come into the city with me first. I've arranged a banquet to