After eating Purple Jade Sticky Rice, the satisfied Ning Rongrong returned with Ning Fengzhi to the living room of the Sect Master's Private Residence and began their once-daily lesson.
Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Rongrong several case files from years ago to review and asked her to propose ways of handling the matters involved.
At first, Ning Rongrong strongly resisted having her rest time taken up by this arrangement. Sulking, she offered all sorts of ridiculous suggestions. For example, if some of the sect's industries had their market share seized by powerful local clans or merchant associations, Ning Rongrong's proposed solution was, "Just send sect Soul Masters to kill a hundred or so of them and let them learn how formidable our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is."
These suggestions, which even she knew were complete nonsense, once left Ning Fengzhi utterly helpless.
However, as more and more time passed since she had separated from Zhang Yang, and her longing for him grew heavier, Ning Rongrong began taking this matter far more seriously. Perhaps she wanted to use it to reduce the time she spent letting her thoughts run wild.
Moreover, Ning Rongrong clearly understood that she could not avoid such matters. As the sect's future sect master, she naturally had to shoulder the responsibility. Starting now, she needed to try getting involved in family affairs and accumulate experience, so that when she truly took over, she would not be left flustered and overwhelmed.
Today's case file concerned a proposal on whether the sect should establish an outpost in Vast Sea City. It was also the first genuinely unresolved sect matter Ning Rongrong had handled.
The case files Ning Rongrong had dealt with in the past had all been sect records from months or even years ago. Ning Fengzhi had already