Behind the scenes, contact between Prince Ning's Residence and local government offices suddenly surged, while members of the White Lotus Cult poured into Jiangzhe in great numbers.
In public, enthusiasm for fighting the Japanese pirates in Jiangzhe also rose ever higher, drawing crowds of Martial World heroes who called on their friends and flocked to Jiangzhe to join the excitement.
These two torrents, one in the light and one in the shadows, flowed through the intelligence center Gu Tong had established in Jiangzhe and converged in Yang Ge's hands.
Once again, he felt crushing pressure come crashing toward him like roaring mountains and surging seas...
He was nervous, afraid the situation would spiral out of control and harm both Yang Tiansheng's people and the common folk of Jiangzhe.
But things had reached this point, and he could neither retreat nor find anywhere to retreat to. He could only grit his teeth and press on, consulting with Yang Tiansheng on approaching the various Martial World forces and gathering effective fighting forces, sending Gu Tong's Embroidered-Clad Strongmen to the Jiangzhe Regional Guards to put their officers on notice and stabilize the region, and keeping constant watch on the movements of the Japanese pirates, the White Lotus Cult, and Wang Zeng.
As he muddled through one task after another, he gradually grew accustomed to that pressure and stopped feeling nervous.
Little by little, he untangled the situation, as chaotic as a crowded market, into a clear spiderweb encompassing all of Jiangzhe.
Sitting at the center of this enormous web, whenever something stirred anywhere, he could combine it with the other clues along its threads and swiftly deduce whether the development was good or bad, friendly or hostile, an accident or the work of someone stirring up waves behind the scenes...
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