Wen Huilan seemed hesitant, allowing Ronan to calmly add:
"What I call the 'Sanctuary' is a Tool Type collective visualization construct, similar to Xia City's 'Blood Intent Ring Fortress.' It'll be useful for my future experiments. No matter how much you knew before, you need to start practicing it during this period. If you don't have a way to obtain it, come to me... When there are experimental needs later on, you must be ready to step in at any time."
Ronan was truly treating Wen Huilan like a subordinate, and she raised no objections.
Their discussion of the "Sanctuary" and the "Soul Order" ended there. Ronan's tone became more relaxed.
"How have things been lately?"
The way he said it made it seem as though they had not been in touch for a long time.
In truth, he had assigned Wen Huilan a task just last week: the matter of Snake Tongue traveling between Inner and Outer Earth and requiring the Hun Dun Order's cooperation.
But Wen Huilan heard the deeper meaning and softly said, "Is this a convenient time for you? I'd like to report some matters to you."
"Sure." Ronan answered readily.
Without wasting words, Wen Huilan reported item by item on the progress of the tasks Ronan had assigned.
"The written materials you requested have been revised and completed. They were sent to your email last week..."
"Oh, I've read them. There's no problem."
The so-called "written materials" referred to the speech draft for the "Peak Conference," which was still uncertain as to when it could be convened. Its topic was "The Current Severe Shortage of Earth's life-sustaining resources and living space, and Proposed Solutions." In truth, it was a trench Ronan intended to establish at the entrance to the Deep Blue World, specifically targeting Li