The first thing he did after returning to Cold Blood Peak was naturally to head to the Stone House Area. The capture missions for Spirit Slave assignments on each peak did not require going to the Central Halls District for handover; instead, they were handled by the Spirit Slave stewards of each peak.
Wang Yu came here with practiced ease. Compared with many years ago, when three stewards had checked and balanced one another, fighting over the profits brought by Spirit Slaves and currying favor with the Esteemed True Inheritor above them...
Now only one steward remained, and it was none other than Steward Liu, who had followed True Inheritor Yan Ling since very early on.
He was also Wang Yu's only acquaintance in the Stone House Area.
"Steward Liu."
This man had already stepped into his nineties, and he was also Yan Ling's old subordinate. Perhaps he would even be rewarded with a Foundation Establishment Pill, so Wang Yu was quite courteous.
Steward Liu rubbed his eyes and said in surprise, "Brother Wang, you came back alive?"
"That's right. This journey had a few twists and turns. Old Man Ning and the others all fell in the Great Lake Spirit Domain. Wang was lucky; I hid in Withered Leaf Swamp and wasn't discovered. I was delayed for several years and only just returned today."
"What great fortune, what great fortune. As long as you're unharmed. It was only a mere Spirit Slave capture mission. I'll issue your reward right away."
"..."
Steward Liu was helping him fleece resources in broad daylight, which was truly baffling, but Wang Yu would not refuse resources handed to him for free either.
"According to convention, the reward for a Slave Capture Mission is eight hundred Contribution Points each time. I'll make the call