While Zhen and Cheng Yu were at odds over the new laws in the Demon Capital, outside Southern Capital City on the Southern Continent...
Kuang Cang nodded slightly as he surveyed the transformed army before him. Since he had surrounded the Owl Race's estate, Azure Owl seemed to have made no further moves. But Kuang Cang had no intention of waiting for the enemy to act. In this short span of time, he had first reorganized the armies in Southern Capital and the surrounding cities.
To that end, Kuang Cang had promoted quite a few officers of common birth or from minor clans, gradually replacing the useless fools who did no real work in the army.
His actions had also enraged some of the Southern Continent's local Great Clans. Yet after Kuang Cang visited the Great Clans in person, one by one, the outraged Southern Continent abruptly fell quiet.
But Kuang Cang knew full well that its current stability rested solely on his strength, which stood unrivaled across the Southern Continent.
While inspecting the new army, Kuang Cang suddenly received word.
Orders from the Demon Dynasty had arrived.
Back in his command tent, Kuang Cang slowly opened the scroll before him. After swiftly scanning its contents, he frowned slightly and murmured to himself,
"Could the Prince be..."
At the same time, the guards at the Southern Capital Prefect's Residence watched in bewilderment as intricate inscriptions appeared in the open ground of the front courtyard and tore open a spatial passage. Once the passage stabilized, a black boot stepped out.
Before the guards could announce the arrival, Azure Owl, who had been "devoting himself to his studies" inside the residence, appeared in the front courtyard within a single breath.
The sight of the Grand Governor seemed to reassure all the guards.