Just over half a year ago, the Dynasty had issued a proclamation to the towns under its jurisdiction.
It listed every person the Dynasty had found guilty, as well as all those deemed innocent. When Liu Zihao's name appeared on the list of innocents, the misgivings in the hearts of the various factions were dispelled.
Quite a few people immediately headed to the Formation Pavilion in the market district, hoping to invite this young and promising formation master to set up formations for their own families.
Yet upon arriving at the Formation Pavilion, they were shocked to learn that Liu Zihao had already terminated his contract with them!
Only after spending money to purchase intelligence from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion did they learn that Liu Zihao had become the resident formation master of the Songshan Yang Family.
The Songshan Yang Family was already a somewhat renowned name throughout the Moonwatch region.
Below the Condensed Origin Realm, few factions could compete with them.
Everyone believed Liu Zihao had recognized the Yang Family's potential and chosen to join them as a long-term investment.
Little did they know that the truth was precisely the opposite. It was the Yang Family that had recognized Liu Zihao's extraordinary talent and spent four thousand Spirit Crystals to bring him under their banner.
Moreover, those four thousand Spirit Crystals had already paid for themselves by the time the Yang Family's protective grand formation took shape.
As for those who came seeking him, Liu Zihao refused to see any of them unless they had old ties with the Yang Family, always using his studies of the Way of Formations as an excuse.
Among those visitors were quite a few from Condensed Origin factions.
To be turned away at the doorstep by a Qi Gathering family was something they