Faced with this flood of savage beasts, no one dared stand in its path. Everyone shut their doors and windows tight, determined not to bring the flames down on themselves.
From second-floor windows, they watched and hotly discussed the scene.
"Why has the entire city garrison mobilized? Hasn't the city been pretty peaceful lately?"
"I reckon it's probably because of those merchants from the Southern Region. I heard quite a few shops have joined forces to boycott them."
"Who doesn't know the royal family has always controlled our Tianqing Dynasty's gold veins? Those merchants have cut into the royal family's share of the cake. Naturally, the one in the palace won't just sit back and watch."
"Even the elite garrison troops have been deployed. Looking at the scale of this force, those outsiders will probably have to leave with their tails between their legs."
Chen Juexin had already known about all this.
After experiencing it for herself, she finally understood why everyone wanted to attain the rank of Great Emperor.
It really was convenient. With a single thought, her divine sense could envelop the entire Tianqing Dynasty.
Like the eye of God, it could easily detect the slightest rustle of wind through the grass.
In fact, if Chen Juexin wished, surveying the entire Profound Realm with a single thought would hardly be difficult.
She had long since familiarized herself with the Tianqing Dynasty's internal structure and knew the royal family would not simply watch her expand her sphere of influence.
She had originally devised a countermeasure.
But then Chen Juexin had discarded it herself.
The reason could not have been simpler.
No plan could match the brute, direct force of her status as a Great Emperor.
Over ten thousand cavalrymen?
Chen Juexin chuckled. She really did not think much