Chen Yang had naturally anticipated the thoughts of those Central Region forces.
It was not hard to imagine that after this great struggle, the Yang Family Sacred Land would once again see visitors crowding its gates, just as it had when it first rose to the summit of the Northwest.
However, Chen Yang was not worried about this.
If one had to name the person in the entire Northwest Yang Clan whose handling of affairs put him most at ease, it could be no one but Yang Lingqing.
As the Yang Clan's current patriarch, ever since she had formally taken over the Lineage, she had never made Chen Yang worry over the Yang Clan's internal development or its handling of various relationships.
Whether it had been in the early years, when they had been weaker than others and faced He Shenglai, who represented the Tiger Chasing Dynasty and the He Family, or after they had become independent and faced the Northwest True Intent cultivators whose cultivation far surpassed hers, Yang Lingqing had always handled everything with effortless ease. Nothing could be faulted in either her actions or her words.
Especially in the battle where the Demonic Dao launched a surprise assault on the Northwest, Yang Lingqing had served as the Northwest Allied Army's commander-in-chief, and her performance in that campaign had been nothing short of flawless.
Not only had she won the wholehearted conviction of the frontline cultivators after the battle, she had even earned endless praise from the high-level True Intent cultivators who had come from the Central Region as reinforcements.
Chen Yang had always greatly recognized Yang Lingqing's abilities, so he trusted that she could properly handle all the matters concerning the Central Region cultivators who would come calling afterward.
And as he brought the Dongfang Clan's two