Time flew by in a hurry.
As for the changes taking place on the grasslands, within the whole of Kyushu, no one paid them the slightest heed.
Perhaps it was confidence in Kyushu's own strength, or perhaps it truly was the arrogance Ironwood Zhen spoke of—none of this drew any attention from others.
Except... the Gu Clan!
...
Set aside what they did not use—for a clan like the Gu Clan, which had accumulated for a full thousand years, once it truly began to exert all of its centralized power, its terrifying side was completely laid bare.
On the imperial court, undercurrents shifted course.
Gu Yan's scheme, its first step was not to deploy troops, but to "rectify names" and "fix positions."
The first move came from the seemingly inconspicuous "vacant posts" and "transfers."
