Ye Is Taking a Gamble

Within the highest council hall of the Nine Luminaries Division in Fuli City.

"Hehe, Lord Ye will arrive shortly. Please, everyone, do not be impatient."

Tang Xiao stood with his hands folded before him, smiling as he spoke to the scene ahead.

Before him, several figures who had come from various prefectures across the continent for this discussion had long been waiting here. Even the weakest among them radiated the aura of a Venerable.

Yet these people, who would have been considered first-rate powerhouses in any continent, were now sitting here obediently, without the slightest trace of impatience on their faces.

Upon hearing this, one of them hurriedly forced out a smile and cupped his hands.

"Governor Tang, you are too kind! Lord Ye is the Inspector-General and must handle countless affairs every day. Naturally, he needs time to deal with them."

"Exactly! We are not in a hurry at all!"

"Huagu Prefecture has been unusually idle lately. Even if we stayed here for a year or two, it would be no issue. I hope the Governor will relay our words exactly..."

With one person taking the lead, the rest immediately followed suit, practically wishing they could swear oaths to the Heavenly Dao on the spot to prove their loyalty.

They had no choice.

The representatives from their sects who had returned from Yongle City had all turned pale at the mention of that Southern Territory Inspector-General, every word dripping with fear from the depths of their bones.

When they heard that a letter from Inspector-General Ye had recently arrived, those representatives had rushed to find them, weeping bitter tears as they begged them not to act arrogantly, refuse his request, or put on airs and ignore it.

But in truth, they did not dare act that way either.

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