Who Is This Girl?

Ye Tian saw that neither of the two women understood what he meant. With his hands clasped behind his back, he spoke leisurely.

"To break up the small cliques formed by Spirit Hall families in various regions, we naturally have to deal with them. Otherwise, we'll only be treating the symptoms, not the root cause."

"After rotating their positions, we can also summon some of the young core members from these regional Spirit Hall families to Spirit City in the name of centralized training. Once they hear that Spirit Hall itself will personally train soul masters, they'll surely rush to sign up without much promotion."

"That way, the strength of each soul master family will be further weakened."

At this, Hu Liena's eyes gleamed, and she was overjoyed.

Picking up on Ye Tian's words, she said, "Then during the training period, Spirit Hall can conduct investigations across the regions and deal with families involved in illegal activities!"

It had to be said, Ye Tian's plan was incredibly thorough!

Spirit Hall could completely isolate the soul masters undergoing training from the outside world.

Keeping them cut off from one another.

In a sense, weren't those trainees a kind of hostage?

Even if the regional families wanted to stir up trouble during the investigation, they would have to think twice!

Otherwise, their entire family would be implicated.

"Na Na, you're truly clever." Ye Tian smiled. "If position rotations become the norm and unlawful families are regularly purged, then once these measures are completed, the cancer within Spirit Hall will basically be eradicated.

"The families controlling Spirit Hall's authority in various regions will also be weakened."

Bibi Dong was deeply shaken after hearing Ye Tian's words.

She had never imagined that the Spirit Hall families in various regions could be dismantled through such methods!

If this great undertaking could be accomplished, Spirit Hall's strength would become even more consolidated!

Moreover, Pope Palace's control over the branch halls across the regions would undoubtedly be greatly strengthened.

That way, she could directly bypass the Hall of Elders and issue orders throughout the lands.

She would become a pope who truly held power in her hands!

Bibi Dong took a deep breath.

Being unable to truly control Spirit Hall had always weighed heavily on her mind.

She had never expected that one day, she would see hope of resolving it.

Bibi Dong's chest rose and fell slightly. To be honest, she was far too excited.

If Ye Tian had not been standing before her, she would have been unable to wait to put his ideas into practice!

Ye Tian chuckled. "I didn't expect you two to care so much about Spirit Hall. Of course, even after doing all this, we'll only have greatly weakened the various families. To completely dismantle them, we'll need to establish a system with reasonable mobility."

If fresh blood did not enter Spirit Hall, and the old did not step down from their positions,

then Spirit Hall would ultimately remain a stagnant pool.

Even if the filth in that stagnant water was cleaned away, more filth would naturally emerge after some time.

Therefore, reasonable mobility was necessary.

On this matter, the ancient Eastern dynasties had long ago created the Imperial Examination System.

It gave children from humble families room to rise.

Spirit Hall could, in fact, learn from this as well.

For example, the master of the branch hall in Eastsea City should no longer always be someone from the Zhou Family, serving until retirement before passing the position down to his son.

"Reasonable mobility?" Hu Liena blinked her Kazi Lan Big Eyes in confusion again. She leaned her little face close to Ye Tian and said with a giggle, "Gege, can you tell me about it?"

Ye Tian lightly tapped Hu Liena on the forehead and gave a soft exclamation. "Na Na, you're really curious."

"Hehe, I just want to know." Hu Liena placed her little hands by her ears, pouted, and looked utterly adorable.

"Do you really want to know?" Ye Tian asked.

"Mhm!" Hu Liena nodded solemnly, her face full of anticipation.

"I'm not telling you."

Ye Tian waved his hand and turned to leave.

He still needed to carry firewood back to make roast chicken. He had no time to explain such troublesome theoretical knowledge.

As for Spirit Hall's problems, he would leave them for Pope Bibi Dong to worry over.

It had nothing to do with them anyway.

Watching Ye Tian's retreating figure as he bluntly walked away, Hu Liena froze for a moment and looked helplessly at her teacher beside her.

Bibi Dong smiled faintly and pressed her hand down gently. "No rush. Simply rotating the masters of the various branch halls will be enough to keep us busy for several months. It can wait."

Hu Liena sighed. "Ye Tian Gege is so smart. Even though he isn't part of Spirit Hall's system, he understands Spirit Hall so thoroughly. A talent like him probably only appears once in a thousand years across the continent."

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes shone. Resting her jade-like hand on Hu Liena's shoulder, she looked into her eyes.

"Have you thought it over? Once this chance passes, you won't find a husband as outstanding as Ye Tian."

Hu Liena's pretty face instantly flushed red.

Her voice also became somewhat unnatural. Sticking out her tongue, she said, "W-we've only known each other for three days."

Seeing Hu Liena's reaction, Bibi Dong smiled serenely and did not argue.

Yet she understood clearly in her heart that although the little girl protested with her words, her heart had probably long since flown to Ye Tian.

She walked straight to the reclining chair in front of the small courtyard and sat down on her own. In a soft voice, she said, "Na Na, write down everything Ye Tian said today in a document. Find an opportunity to send it to Spirit City, and have Gui Mei Elder arrange for people to draft a rotation list within a week..."

Hu Liena abruptly raised her head. "We're going to carry it out now? Isn't that a little rushed?"

Implementing such a massive rotation plan would undoubtedly cause unrest in Spirit Hall's branch halls.

The forces hidden in the darkness across the continent might seize the chance to attack Spirit Hall.

And getting past the Hall of Elders would not be easy either.

Qian Daoliu, the Great Enshrinement, would very likely oppose this matter.

Bibi Dong's gaze was deep as she looked toward the distant sky.

"Time waits for no one. If problems arise, we'll solve them."

As the pope, she could sense that beneath the surface, storms were gathering across the continent, both in the soul master world and within the Two Great Empires.

If the great ship of Spirit Hall did not patch its leaks in time, it might sink before ever colliding with another ship.

"Alright." Hu Liena nodded solemnly.

As the two talked,

on the distant road,

Ye Tian walked over with a girl in a sapphire-blue dress, her hair a deep blue.

The girl's features were as lovely as a painting, and her beauty was breathtaking.

The farm workers passing by all turned to look.

Such a beautiful girl carrying a bundle of bamboo firewood on her back

was truly an incongruous sight.

A working woman at the farm saw the fragrant sweat covering the girl's forehead and proactively stepped forward to help, but the girl politely declined.

From afar, Hu Liena's pretty face showed a trace of jealousy.

When Ye Tian drew near, the jealousy in Hu Liena's voice was obvious.

"Gege is certainly in a good mood. You went to fetch a bundle of firewood and even brought back a pretty big sister."

After saying that, she pouted and silently walked to Bibi Dong's side, looking deeply aggrieved.

Bibi Dong watched the scene calmly without saying a word.

Ye Tian glanced at the girl beside him and helplessly shrugged. "I didn't want this either."

The deep-blue-haired girl set the bamboo firewood on the ground, wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, and walked over to Hu Liena with a smile. "Little sister, you've misunderstood. I was the one who asked him."

"You asked?" Hu Liena watched the deep-blue-haired girl warily.

Was that statement a challenge directed at her?

Then her heart trembled.

Perhaps Ye Tian had known this girl long ago?

Perhaps she was the third party instead...

At that thought, Hu Liena found it hard to breathe.

She did not dare think any further.

She even felt like crying.

Ye Tian Gege clearly...

She clearly liked him so much...

If they had been together before, did that mean she really had to hand Ye Tian Gege over to someone else?

Struggle, hesitation, loss, jealousy—countless emotions gradually surged into her heart...

Leaving her at a loss, and she shrank back slightly.

Seeing Na Na's distraught appearance, Ye Tian smiled in surprise. He walked to her side, placed a hand on her shoulder, lowered his head, and asked, "Little sister, what are you thinking? We only just met!"