After Zhou You caused a great uproar, an official conclusion was reached several days later following a field assignment to Fuluo Mountain.
After Zhou Mou presented the Life-Reaping Flower, Consort Mei ground its juice and successfully concocted that particular fragrance, which she offered to the Sealed Lord.
The Sealed Lord was overjoyed, bestowing lavish rewards. Favor showered down through every rank, and Zhou You received his share as well, rising to become a Thousand Captain of the Imperial Guard.
"Thousand Captain" Zhou Daqian formally took office, becoming one of the upper ranks beneath the eighteen great generals within the forbidden palace, commanding hundreds upon thousands of subordinates.
At first, people always took him for a clansman of Zhonglang Zhou Clan. After all, they both bore the surname Zhou, didn't they?
Later, word spread that this Zhou was not that Zhou. He was the heir of the Zhou Clan Western Sect of the Left Manor, adopted son of Grandmaster Zhou Nanwang.
Having especially just rendered meritorious service, with both the Sealed Lord and Consort Mei knowing his name, he had become a blazing-hot rising star.
At that point, Zhou Mou, the Imperial Guard general, had no choice but to pinch his nose and accept Zhou You's promotion decree as a "Thousand Captain."
"You should still thank the Eight Lords for this matter. Their people put forth no small effort behind the scenes!"
When Ao Donglai spoke to Zhou You again, the balance in their relationship had shifted.
A few months ago, when Zhou You had first entered the Imperial Palace of Heaven Worship, he had merely been an ordinary titled guard. Ao Donglai had been a Hundred Guards, yet today, he remained a Hundred Guards while Zhou You had soared straight to Thousand Captain.
Such a shocking pace of promotion had