Liao Jia needed to prepare for his breakthrough to Perfection, so naturally he had to make every possible preparation. Luo Sha hadn't expected him to come looking for him. He felt an urge to stick his head out the window and see which way the sun was rising. He and Liao Jia had no real connection, at most they were acquaintances who nodded when they passed.
But he wasn't the fish who had just come ashore all those years ago anymore.
Though surprised inside, he still observed all the proper courtesies.
"Lord Liao, please come in."
Liao Jia glanced over the furnishings inside the residence.
Luo Sha was one of the most unusual members of the military faction. He wasn't well known, and his presence at the Imperial Court was hardly noticeable. He had few allies and relied on his cultivation to carve out a place for himself. Still, no one dared bully him. However poorly he fared, he was still a 20th Rank Che Hou.
"Why is your home so bare?"
The furnishings had all come with the residence when it was built. Luo Sha hadn't added a thing, so it looked out of keeping with his status.
Luo Sha smiled. "I don't live here for long."
He still had to look after the members of his clan who had immigrated from the island. So many mouths to feed; their housing, work, and livelihoods were all things Luo Sha had to worry about. None of the salary and rewards he'd received over the years as an official had been left over. Fortunately, the hardest days were long behind them. His clan members now lived in stability, and the soldiers who had followed him ashore had found their own places in life. Luo Sha simply hadn't had the chance to