The expressions of several provincial governors nearby immediately changed.
Yan Zhen had targeted old assets earned through military merit, but Shen Wenzhao had seized directly on the stripping of the provincial governors' authority.
This was what could truly unite the provincial governors of the fifteen provinces against a common enemy.
If this continued, provincial governors like them would truly become puppets for the Governor-General's Office to order around at will. Where would their independence as regional dignitaries be? All their lucrative pickings would be gone.
How would they retain the favor and support of those behind them?
"Lord Shen speaks truly." A third voice abruptly rang out.
Luo Chong, Provincial Governor of Suzhou, rose from his seat.
He looked only a little over forty, and as his eyes opened and closed, pitch-black vortices occasionally flashed through them.
Although Luo Chong was a principal third rank provincial governor of the Immortal Dynasty, he had cultivated in the Taotie Yuan-Devouring Sect in his early years and maintained extremely deep ties with the sect.
His senior brother was Xue Wuming, Deputy Sect Master of the Taotie Yuan-Devouring Sect, a powerhouse who held fifty-first place on the Heavenly Gang Ranking.
Luo Chong had come today bearing the Taotie Yuan-Devouring Sect's stance. He had intended to make trouble anyway, but had never expected Qing Chen to be so foolish and arrogant.
His gaze passed over Xu Jiuling and settled on the empty governor-general's throne, a hint of mockery rising at the corner of his mouth.
"Governor-General Qing certainly throws his weight around."
"But I would like to ask: is he the acting Northwestern Circuit-Surveying Governor, or the Northwestern King?"
Boom!
As the final word fell, the magic power of the Nascent Soul late stage surged within Luo Chong, drawing even the surrounding spiritual qi of