Chen Yi naturally had no idea what Xiao Jinghong was doing.
But he knew that within two or three days, Xiao Jinghong would certainly return.
The reason was simple.
Liu Hong had gone white-haired overnight and stopped concerning himself with government affairs. He was a grasshopper after autumn—he would not be hopping for much longer.
Zhu Hao was in much the same predicament.
Besides, Capital Prefecture was closer to Guangyuan County.
If the Imperial Court sent people to Shuzhou, Guangyuan would certainly be their first stop.
Once the dust settled in Guangyuan, Xiao Jinghong would return to Shuzhou to hold down the Xiao Family and prevent Liu Hong from launching a counterattack.
The only thing Chen Yi was uncertain about was whose name the credit for bringing down Zhu Hao would fall under.
"Elder brother Chen Yunfan will probably have the greatest chance of claiming first merit."
"After all, my wife is already the commander of the Dingyuan Army. There is nowhere higher for her to advance, and at most she will receive some inconsequential rewards."
Chen Yi saw the situation clearly, so he set his mind at ease and went about his own affairs.
During the day, he played chess, strummed the qin, painted, fished, and read. At night, he cultivated the Four Symbols Technique and various Martial Path techniques.
He gained quite a lot.
Although the Four Symbols Technique he cultivated was only an Earth Rank cultivation technique, bolstered by his Perfection Realm Martial Dao Body, the growth of his Cultivation Base was still not slow.
However, after reaching the Fourth Rank Realm, it was no longer simply a matter of accumulating True Essence. There was also the growth of the "spirit"—the Four Symbols Divine Seats within the Yintang acupoint.
The time required for a breakthrough was longer