Kou Shihai had barely left when a wave of visitors arrived.
They were Xi Manyun and seven other stewards!
The Xun District under the jurisdiction of the Upper Xun Celestial Master Pavilion was divided into Seven Districts and Thirty-Nine Streets, managed by twelve stewards.
Each month, they paid their offerings to the Protector Heavenly Master.
When Wang Chen took over the Upper Xun Celestial Master Pavilion, its power had basically been in the hands of Steward Wu Jingwei. Of the twelve stewards, eleven bowed and scraped before him.
The previous Celestial Master had been sidelined by this group, accomplishing nothing through his three-year term.
But the moment Wang Chen took office, he dealt Wu Jingwei a savage blow and swiftly seized the Pavilion's authority for himself.
For the sake of stability, Wang Chen had not touched any of the stewards besides Xiang Yingzhe.
These stewards had behaved themselves. Though they had not turned to Wang Chen because of this, they submitted their monthly offerings in full.
If they could avoid coming to the Heavenly Master Pavilion, they would never set foot inside its gates.
Wang Chen could not be bothered with them either. So long as they did not stir up trouble, he let them do as they pleased.
The situation within the Upper Xun Celestial Master Pavilion could be called exceedingly strange, yet it somehow maintained a delicate balance.
That was why Wang Chen was a little surprised.
It was perfectly normal for Xi Manyun to visit him. After all, the Xi Family now stood entirely on his side.
The Xi Family's patriarch, Xi Wanhai, was even currently acting as the Heavenly Master Pavilion's temporary Protector Heavenly Master for Wang Chen.
But these seven stewards were truly "rare guests."
"Congratulations, Heavenly Master, on defeating the barbarian shaman and raising