"It looks like you approve of my building a city," Zhang Lie replied to Xiao Zhengyang.

"I was never in opposition—I just hadn't made up my mind."

"And those hunters caused you to make up your mind?"

Xiao Zhengyang sighed. "As you know, the world federation has had a hand in founding and governing Qi, and my status as the governor doesn't give me complete authority over what goes on.

"This situation with the hunters seems rather unusual, and I can't neglect the possibility that someone from the world federation is trying to make a move against you. Now that the location of Qi is known to quite a few enemy races nearby,...