"Just as you'd expect from a major guild—they handle things reliably." Lu Yang thought the guild's rules were perfectly reasonable. Big deals called for this kind of rigor.
As it happened, he had witnessed both the Sword Tower and the Moving Mountains and Filling Seas Sect incidents from start to finish. Both had been pure accidents, so it was only natural that the guild's risk assessment had been off.
Still, changing the rules might be for the best. Maybe the people at headquarters were more capable than those in the branch and could make a more accurate assessment.
Before long, Man Gu and his two senior fellow disciples left the guild.
If they handled this deal well, perhaps Zhongshan Commandery would buy insurance every year. It was an excellent business opportunity. The branch president didn't dare waste time; he wrote up a report and sent it straight to the Imperial City headquarters.
"Full insurance for Zhongshan Commandery?"
Man Gu was a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect, the top scorer in the Great Xia imperial examination, and a commandery governor promoted by special dispensation. With those three identities combined, he had connections in both officialdom and the underworld. The Imperial City headquarters took the matter very seriously.
"Seven seniors, there's a risk assessment here that requires all seven of you."
The head of risk assessment sought out seven cultivators who were no ordinary people. They had once been veteran members of the Jingzhou branch, but thanks to their outstanding performance and flawless record in risk assessments, they had been transferred to headquarters as valuable talent.
Although they had stumbled when assessing the risks involving the Moving Mountains and Filling Seas Sect before being transferred, an investigation had since made it clear that it had been a pure accident. Who could