Chen Xudong could conceal his aptitude—who knew whether the other outsiders had concealed something as well?
"I don't want to hear that. What are you going to do next?"
Wang Changsheng's expression was solemn. He had long since formed a plan; he merely wanted to see how Wang Mengfen would handle the matter.
Wang Mengfen had not been in the South Sea long after relocating from the Eastern Wasteland. Conditions in the South Sea were vastly different from those in the Eastern Wasteland. The various factions were deeply intertwined, with you in me and me in you, making things exceedingly complicated.
Making a mistake was not a problem, so long as it was corrected. It was never too late to mend the pen after the sheep were gone.
Wang Mengfen had not served as Family Head for long and had little experience. In the Eastern Wasteland, he had only managed several hundred cultivators; now that he was in the South Sea, he managed several thousand, nearly half of them outsiders.
"Your grandson will review the backgrounds and origins of the outsiders once more. The clansmen responsible for examining Chen Xudong will be stripped of their posts and investigated, with half a year's salary confiscated. As for Chen Xudong, I will first have him refine talismans in the Talisman Hall and allow him to come and go freely. If he truly flees our family, he will be killed as a traitor. If he remains in the Talisman Hall and works diligently, then it will depend on his performance. Your grandson will not allow him access to any core departments. I'll have someone keep watch over him, and if he shows any abnormalities, he'll be seized at once."
Wang Changsheng waved a hand and said, "There's no need to have someone watch