Lu Xun once said,
"If you can't lead a team, you'll work yourself to death."
Whether Lu Xun had actually said it or not, it still made a lot of sense.
Fang Yi had never planned to shoulder every responsibility alone.
What kind of joke was that?
Time was tight, tasks were heavy, and there was barely enough time to cultivate. Naturally, whoever could handle something would handle it.
At present, he had only one reliable lieutenant under him.
Little Spirit Flower.
If another large-scale anomaly like the bats appeared, he could have Spirit Flower deal with it on its own—clear the whole area, saving both time and effort.
Besides.
Fang Yi could sense that this Little Spirit Flower obeyed him completely. Though it was a flower, that did not stop it from having a fledgling's attachment.
Once, it had merely been an ordinary wildflower in the countryside. Fang Yi had discovered it, nurtured it, and raised it into the evolved spirit plant it was today.
Now, Fang Yi was practically its father.
What Fang Yi could say with absolute certainty was that if he told it to go east, it would never go west. If loyalty had a numerical value, Spirit Flower's would already be a Black Blood Barcode.
Of course, it was not the only loyal one. There was also Xiaobai.
Why did Xiaobai not count as a second lieutenant?
Because its intelligence seemed a little lacking.
More precisely, it was just too dumb.
Back when Xiaobai had still been a stray puppy, its daily routine had been to dribble a few drops of urine beneath every utility pole before leaving in satisfaction.
Now that it had become an Emissary of Death, its favorite thing to do was sneak into Fang Yi's room while no one was paying