Shennong Dao Master

"Yes!" Yao Yuanchun cupped his fists.

"Mr. Zhao," Wu Xuan Ying appeared very courteous, "since you came from outside, do you know the situation out there?"

"The Transportation Department is unharmed. The Prefecture Lord is conducting a grand ceremony with others. The City Defense Mechanism Department has yet to be controlled, but Inspector Li Gan has already taken the orders to proceed."

The devine temple was cut off from the outside world, so Wu Xuan Ying was unaware of what was happening outside.

However, Zhao Xing knew because he had a clone outside.

Hearing this, Wu Xuan Ying felt a bit relieved, as it meant that chaos had not erupted yet.

He vaguely felt that this young officer in front of him played a significant role, so he cupped his hands and said, "Could you kindly report to the Prefecture Lord and the various departmental officials that I, Wu Xuan Ying, will be able to clear the temple's internal rebellion within one day, restoring it to peace, after which I'll have the energy to assist, stabilizing the Prefecture City's situation."

"This is part of my duty, no trouble at all. It's rather hard on you, Lord Wu," Zhao Xing replied, cupping his hands, "Lord Wu, Mr. Yao, I shall go now; please take care."

"Take care."

Watching Zhao Xing and his clone leave quickly, Wu Xuan Ying suddenly remembered something: "This seems to be the Ten Thousand Skill Avatar? Yes, it should be his disciple, no wonder he could enlist the Tianyang True Monarch."

"Sir, what are you talking about?" Yao Yuanchun asked in confusion, "Who exactly is he?"

"He is a disciple of Liu Wanfa," Wu Xuan Ying said. "His teacher, Liu Tianning, is the first Deputy Dean of the Shangluo Academy, which means he will be the next leader of the Self Sect and possibly the next Grand Minister of Agriculture."

"I see," Yao Yuanchun realized. It made sense that Zhao Xing could enlist the Second Grade Golden Body of the Tianyang True Monarch.

...

Leaving the devine temple, Zhao Xing glanced back.

He found that the vortex above the devine temple was indeed starting to shrink, and the passage to the Yin Realm was closing.

"Once this passage closes, it means the devine temple has been pacified."

"Now in the city, only the Prefecture Lord's side remains," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The City Defense Mechanism Department relies on devices rather than people, so it should be easily solved.

Zhang Ping had coordinated with Ouyang Zhen and Zou Yong to work with Li Gan to take control there.

"We can't wait for results from his side; time is precious now."

"The eleven stationed forces in each commandery need to be dealt with as soon as possible."

The trip to the devine temple had taken three two-hour periods; by the time he came out, it was completely dark.

Zhang Ping had recovered quite a bit, and seeing Zhao Xing come out safely and the vortex in the devine temple shrinking, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Chen An, what's the status?"

"Lord Wu will resolve the temple issue within a day," Zhao Xing said, "Mr. Zhang, what about the situation in each commandery?"

Currently, Zhang Ping held the highest official position here, only one level below the Prefecture Lord.

Zhang Ping said, "Sixty percent of the commandery cities have responded, but forty percent of the commandery counties have not. Most of these non-responsive ones are where the stationed forces are located."

"Could they all have rebelled?" Li Gan exclaimed in surprise.

"Not necessarily a rebellion," Zhang Ping shook his head.

"But the Earth Mirror's effectiveness has greatly diminished, and even sending messages through the Yin God has lost its effect. Currently, we can only use relatively primitive methods of communication, which are relatively inefficient."

Zhao Xing nodded; Prince Liang's persuasion wasn't accepted by everyone.

The Qi Fortune that Prince Liang could mobilize was also limited, and as the rebellion had just begun, high-ranking officials at least of the fifth rank had to be on the Chenwei Shenluo persuasion list.

At that time, Prefecture Lord He Zhengchen's command sent through the Earth Mirror was to gather all fifth-rank officials into the city.

As long as the fifth-rank and above officials were controlled, the rebellion could be quelled.

The same logic applied to rebel generals; they also needed time to reorganize the army and establish their foothold.

But now Zhao Xing was also uncertain about the outside situation and had to wait for the Tianhe Prefecture devine temple to restore operations first.

February 3rd, start of You hour.

The vortex of the Yin Realm in the devine temple dissipated completely.

Wu Xuan Ying and Yao Yuanchun walked out of the devine temple.

At this time, the government office was still engaging in magical conflict, and He Zhengchen still had not come out.

Seeing him coming out, Zhao Xing immediately made a gesture of respect towards the Tianyang True Monarch's golden body, saying: "Please, Great Master, manifest."

"Disciple, what is it?" At this moment, the golden body opened its eyes.

"Disciple has two matters to request Great Master's assistance with."

"Speak."

"Please, Great Master, oversight the government office and see if He Zhengchen will achieve ultimate victory," Zhao Xing requested.

If He Zhengchen couldn't win, he wouldn't be able to focus on quelling the rebellion.

Losing the Prefecture City would be a significant crime.

"He Zhengchen is at an advantage; he will win sooner or later," said the Tianyang True Monarch.

This answer was similar to Zhao Xing's guess.

He then continued:

"Could you contact the county-level God of Agriculture Yin Gods in Tianhe Prefecture's various commanderies and investigate the situation of the eleven stationed forces, who has rebelled, and who has not?"

"Especially in the twelve commanderies in the eastern part of Tianhe Prefecture, the Tianxia King, who controls four stationed forces, has there been any movement."

The golden body flashed with light, seemingly in action.

Zhao Xing waited quietly.

The golden body of Tianyang True Monarch was not only a 'Great Master hitman,' it was also a source of intelligence.

Fu Tianyang could communicate with the various gods within the Yin Realm, and in terms of intelligence, information from the Yin Realm might be faster and more comprehensive than that from the mortal world.

Within the territory of Great Zhou, there might be places not covered by the Earth Mirror, but no place uncovered by the devine temple existed.

Even by the roadside or in mountain hollows, there were small temples half a meter high present.

"The Tianxia King did not accept Prince Liang's decree, but he raised a banner himself to rebel and is organizing the twelve commanderies and the four stationed forces, purging the court's Military Governors."

"The Marquis Xinyang is dead, and his army is now controlled by Deputy General Yuan Xin, who has accepted Prince Liang's decree."

"Of the other six military forces, three will definitely not rebel, namely the Yuan Yu Army, the Yuan Gui Army, and the Yuan River Army."