It truly is chaotic times, even in a peaceful place like Qianzhou, war is unavoidable. The further south you go, the more you see ironclad soldiers; travelers on the road all carry crossbows and harbor swords. Huangfu Yi couldn't help but succumb to his occupational habit, investigating the details of Qianzhou's troops along the way.
After all, Qianzhou rebelled against the Immortal Palace long ago, and no Immortal King or King could domineer over them. The Mystic Sect Mountain People were also uninterested in mortal affairs, so most state and county administrations were run by local Cultivation Families and rich family alliances electing their own governor to oversee military and political matters. As long as they regularly delivered tribute resources to the mountains, those Old Xuan Sects in seclusion for hundreds of years didn't mind who was elected, even if they served multiple terms.
