To have a new lord suddenly appear, and have everyone from top to bottom follow his command, he figured things just wouldn't go that smoothly.
Because, the human heart is the hardest to predict!
Especially after hearing about the situations mentioned by residents from other territories.
Zhengping listened to Xingteng, and immediately thought of Zhou Bai behind the scenes.
Indeed, if her identity had been exposed early on, the territory probably wouldn't have developed this quickly, even if those powerful NPCs listened to her.
There are still quite a few people in the territory with hidden agendas, but since they don't have a clear target, everything is orderly, and they haven't found a breakthrough at all.
Xingteng was also ambitious in the beginning, but later gave up simply because the territory stepped in, he couldn't get involved; those ambitions faded over time and the grind of reality.
