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For many of them, this was their first visit to the legendary northern superpower.

Legend had it that the cultivators here were ferocious, eager to fight, and given to bloody slaughter.

Thus, in the minds of many people from the Eternal Day Empire, Heavenly Strategy was a barbaric but powerful place, without the orderly rule of the Eternal Day Empire.

Hearing the driver announce that they had reached the border, Morris opened his tightly closed eyes.

He had rested with his eyes closed whenever those kings had stopped his carriage along the way.

The Green Jade Boundary Stele stood majestically, engraved with eight large characters: "Heavenly Strategy territory. Trespassers shall die." The strokes were sharp as blades, faintly exuding a chilling air of slaughter.

A group of Ministry of Rites officials in Black Official Robes had long been waiting at the roadside pavilion. At their head, Vice Minister of Rites Zhang Mingyuan stood with his hands behind his back, composed, neither fawning nor arrogant.

By then, the officials of the Eternal Day Empire had also prepared to receive them.

In their view, Heavenly Strategy had merely sent an official from the Ministry of Rites, and not even its highest-ranking one. The Eternal Day Empire only needed to send someone of equivalent rank.

Unexpectedly, Morris suddenly spoke. "Stop the carriage."

The Everlasting Day officials froze, all looking astonished. "Your Highness, he is merely a vice minister of rites. Why must you get out in person?"

But Morris had already pushed open the carriage door. As he stepped down, his boot deliberately avoided a newly sprouted wild orchid, clearly a gesture of respect.

"Lord Zhao, sorry for the wait." Morris smiled warmly and offered his hand.

He knew Zhang Mingyuan's name because this was an official visit.

Naturally, arrangements had to be