Over the following days, the Dynasty's secret order to apprehend Song Kaiyang was delivered through various channels to the hands of different factions and individuals.
As one of the two most celebrated prodigies in the Dynasty, Yang Lingrui naturally received this secret order as well.
However, unlike previous orders, this one was not so stringent. Even if they failed to complete the apprehension mission, anyone who participated would receive a generous amount of Dynasty merit.
Over the past year, the geniuses of every family had successively broken through into the Core Formation Realm. They had long been rubbing their fists and itching to test their skills, and this hunt for a traitorous criminal gave them the perfect chance to show what they could do.
After receiving the secret order, Yang Lingrui quickly recalled the information Chen Yang had sent through Thought Transmission to the Yang Family's main-line cultivators regarding the "Song Clan of Fenghuo Kingdom."
His instincts told him that this was no coincidence, so he immediately informed Yang Guanfeng.
After briefly piecing together the events before and after, the latter essentially confirmed that Song Kaiyang was a descendant of the Song Clan of Fenghuo Kingdom.
On the surface, the Dynasty was seeking to apprehend a fugitive. In truth, it intended to use the various families to drill their newly advanced Core Formation cultivators. Its real aim was to have everyone serve as hired muscle while it seized the hidden providential opportunity for itself.
The Dynasty's upper echelons kept a tight grip on this information, but the other factions within the Dynasty were not entirely unaware.
By examining Song Kaiyang's past, they quickly discovered that, given Tiger Chasing's usual thunderous methods, its handling of this town mayor who had colluded with the Lanyue Sect was far too lenient.
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