The Palace Master announced the order, then immediately continued:
"Goddess Li Guxian only needs to focus on leading the expedition at the front. As for supplies and resources from the rear, we naturally won't treat you unfairly."
"Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing will be the chief administrator in charge of distributing resources this time. Whatever resources Goddess Li Guxian needs, the Devil Palace will provide them first!"
Upon hearing this, Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing clasped his hands and said in unison with the others:
"I shall obey the Palace Master's decree!"
The Palace Master then looked at the dispirited Elder Shi Renshan and sighed softly.
"Alas."
"Elder Shi Renshan."
After the Palace Master suddenly called his name, Shi Renshan raised his eyes again and clasped his hands in response.
The Palace Master continued, "Although the Shi Family has committed some mistakes, they are ultimately meritorious servants of the Devil Palace!"
"Even after the Devil Palace Renaming Ceremony ends, there will still be many matters requiring Elder Shi Renshan's personal attention."
"The management of the various territories, the tributes from the various families and sects, and the offerings they are supposed to pay."
"I'll have to trouble you to make proper arrangements for all of these matters, Elder Shi Renshan!"
Elder Shi Renshan had originally thought that after this matter, he would be completely driven out of the Devil Palace's "center of power" and lose all his glory.
He had not expected that the Palace Master would ultimately entrust him with extremely important affairs: managing the various territories and collecting the tributes from the various families and sects.
This was no small matter.
According to the rules of the Devil Realm Eastern Region, the families and sects within each prefecture needed to provide regular tributes to the families and sects governing that