As soon as Xu Yi returned, Steward Fang and Zhao Wuliang came over to greet him. Xu Yi stopped them and said to the middle-aged man in black, "Brother Gu, please wait here at Cold Sun Peak with the others. I will certainly keep my promise."
The middle-aged man in black raised a hand in salute to Xu Yi, then left on his own.
Steward Fang and Zhao Wuliang had come over, but neither had anything urgent to report.
One reported on the arrangements for the nearly five hundred disciples at the Mid Soul Sensing Stage who had returned from the Gloomy Forbidden Area.
The other reported on the sect's operations, including tax revenue from the several cities under his jurisdiction.
Xu Yi patiently listened to them finish. Then Zhao Wuliang reported on Yan Zi's situation.
He said that Yan Zi was making excellent progress in condensing Killing Intent and had successfully formed Water Gang Sha. She was now consolidating her cultivation.
Only then did Xu Yi perk up. He instructed Zhao Wuliang to take care of the logistics for the Vice Sect Master's cultivation, then offered a few words of encouragement. Zhao Wuliang took his leave.
Next, Steward Fang returned a formation disc to Xu Yi. It was the Great Evolution Array of Rotation, which Xu Yi had given him earlier as a precaution, though in the end it had never been used.
Xu Yi took it back and told Steward Fang to see to the middle-aged man in black's arrangements over the next few days. After chatting for a while, he hurried off to Suihan Mountain, where the Discipline Department's main office was located. The offices of the three Deputy Directors were set among several beautiful peaks on Suihan Mountain.
Xu Yi first went to pay a visit