After taking Pei Xi and her younger brother home, Lin Shuguang turned around and went straight to the Special Management Bureau's Cultivation Room, making it his residence for the days that followed.
Si Qianjun also heard that Lin Shuguang had moved into the Special Management Bureau. Mistakenly thinking he simply did not want to sit idle at home, he summoned him at noon the next day.
"Jiangnan has organized an exchange conference in the provincial capital. Lead a team there and briefly share the bureau's recent achievements. Don't be too high-profile, but don't keep too low a profile either. Find the right balance yourself."
With a single document, Si Qianjun dispatched Lin Shuguang to the provincial capital.
Taking Bai Heng and some members of the Seventh Department with him, Lin Shuguang headed to the provincial capital without fanfare.
"The conference starts at three this afternoon. The Special Management Bureaus from several surrounding cities are all here... Beining City came this time too," Bai Heng explained quietly.
Lin Shuguang was approaching the venue when those words made him look up. "Does Beining City have a grudge against us?"
Bai Heng cautiously glanced around and lowered his voice. "Our feud with Beining City goes back to when Director Si took office. Last month, the First Section tracked some demonic cultivators into Beining City, but their people obstructed them. The two sides almost came to blows..."
Lin Shuguang understood. The group entered the venue, where the relevant officials from the organizing Special Affairs Office of the provincial capital welcomed them warmly.
"Director Lin, I've heard so much about you. My name is Wang Haibo." A middle-aged man with a crew cut politely offered his hand first.
After exchanging a few words and asking how Si Qianjun was doing, he led Lin Shuguang and