Tai Yu's meeting with Priest Yuan Shu was brief. Once they had reached a basic agreement, the latter promptly left.
As for the matter Ming Fan had asked him to handle, Tai Yu did not discuss it with Yuan Shu. Leaving aside whether Yuan Shu would agree, Tai Yu felt that Yuan Shu was not the key to actually getting it done.
Several more hours passed before Tai Yu saw the official news: "Priest Yuan Shu of the Myriad Gods Hall Visits the Red Silicon Star System."
It caused quite a stir in public opinion.
People like Lieutenant Kule, who had plenty of free time, had caught wind of it, and could not quite make sense of it, began picking apart the details of the report. From the listed reception personnel, they tried to discern the direction of personnel changes within the Myriad Gods Hall, as well as new evidence that Great Lord Luande had been "forced" into Honorary Retirement.
This also showed that the Military Hospital was somewhat unsettled.
Tai Yu did not join in the excitement. He remained stationed at the Military Hospital, continuing his Deformation Correction Experiment. For the time being, no one came knocking to provoke or needle him again.
But public opinion was like running water. Its direction in a given time and place could certainly be guided, yet as it flowed onward, no one knew where it might pool, seep out, or become entangled with matters that had originally been unrelated.
While the Red Silicon Star System remained in constant turmoil over such prominent news as Great Lord Zhong Kai, Outer Domain Species, and Priest Yuan Shu, a small piece of news also broke within the closed Training Camp in the Boundary region of You Chong Star.
Compared to the above public commotion, it