These days, the entire Fragrance-Hearing Kingdom had been shaken by tremendous upheaval.
The Left Chancellor's Residence had been destroyed, and the Imperial Family began rooting out every force associated with it, one by one.
Then Purple Bamboo City and Rakshasa Gate, two of the Fragrance-Hearing Kingdom's Three Great Powers, suddenly joined forces with the Imperial Family to destroy the Immortal-Gathering Palace. Despite its standing as one of the Three Great Powers, the Immortal-Gathering Palace vanished from the kingdom's map within a single day.
Next, the Reach the Summit Pill Shop and the Wonderful Elixir Workshop publicly announced their partnership, taking full control of the kingdom's pill market and preparing to expand into neighboring countries.
At last, the Imperial Family had finally met the requirement Tang Yan had first raised: pacify the interior before resisting external threats.
The Fragrance-Hearing Kingdom had now become more united than ever.
The key figure who had helped the Imperial Family through its crisis was none other than the legendary Lord Tang.
Every enemy who knew Tang Yan's identity had been eliminated, and the Imperial Family had completely suppressed all information about him, so even more people remained unaware of who Lord Tang actually was.
All manner of legends about Lord Tang began spreading through the Imperial City.
Just as everyone was making a tremendous stir over Lord Tang's exploits, a piece of news struck like thunder, shaking the entire Fragrance-Hearing Kingdom.
Purple Bamboo City suddenly issued a wanted notice:
Lord Tang abducted Zi Yun of Purple Bamboo City, and their whereabouts remain unknown. Spare no effort in hunting down Lord Tang. Anyone providing important leads will be rewarded with one billion taels of silver!
At the same time, the Reach the Summit Pill Shop also issued a proclamation:
Though Lord Tang rendered meritorious service to