The three of them were mainly responsible for sorting through everyone's opinions and confirming how certain specific matters would be handled and what stance would be taken. Neither you nor Jin Wuya was good at such things. Jin Wuya himself was something of a hands-off shopkeeper—he either handed matters to Zhu Yu or let Bai Po manage them on his behalf. He only concerned himself with cultivation, meddling in even fewer affairs than the Snow Emperor.
Jin Wuya's way of handling things was quite good. Although it weakened his control over his faction to some extent, so long as the people helping manage affairs were trustworthy, no problems would arise. This manner of governance did not resemble that of a Sect Master; it was more like an Ancestor devoted wholeheartedly to cultivation. Perhaps the Cold Palace could undergo such reforms as well. Retreating behind the scenes could greatly increase cultivation speed...
Because neither you nor Jin Wuya spoke, the others became more uninhibited as well. However, neither you nor Jin Wuya could be absent from future meetings of this kind; you would still need to attend. Your main purpose was to serve as the final pillar, giving the others greater confidence in preserving the Ninth-grade Immortal Vein...
In the 3,028,697th year, the Immortal Vein embryo was completely born. Its heaven-piercing aura, along with the Immortal Essence produced in an instant, directly raised the concentration of Immortal Essence near the southeastern border by several degrees!
With such a tremendous disturbance, Qin Huang, the Co-lord of Heaven and Earth, finally noticed it. He immediately chose to interrupt his cultivation, leaving the still-under-construction "Yang City" alone and hurrying toward the source of that aura at the fastest speed possible.
Whether the aura had appeared within the southeast or the northwest was of little