Xu Yi said, "Brother Bai, I'll have to trouble you with the Incense Beads. I'm not asking you to give them to me for free; count them as a loan. I'll repay you in full once I return from Immortal King City."
Without even turning his head, White Wolf replied, "Got it. I'll have them sent over shortly. The limit of my authority is ten thousand beads. Go and come back quickly. If you drag this out and something goes wrong, Niu Ganghuo will make a mountain out of a molehill again and give me no end of trouble."
White Wolf was a man of his word. As soon as Xu Yi asked to borrow Incense Beads, he had someone send them over. The delivery also included a manual on constructing an Incense Talisman Field.
After receiving the Incense Beads and the manual, Xu Yi still had no time to focus on either. He first had to finish the necessary formalities.
Xu Yi first went to collect his official seal, then summoned the Donghua Guards under Donghua Hall's jurisdiction and the chief official of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion so they could get acquainted.
In fact, he was the one who needed to get to know them. The several officials, however, knew him all too well.
The Golden Roc Demon King's Mansion had only recently been established. Back when he and Tu Wuming had contended against each other, they had made such a commotion that nearly everyone in the mansion had heard of it.
They not only knew that their new superior was difficult to get along with, but also that he had a tight bond with White Wolf, the Golden Roc Demon King's most trusted confidant. They treated him with the utmost respect.
Xu Yi's fundamental reason for rising to