The old woman snapped, "Liu Jing, don't tell me any of that. If Commander's Department is breached, I'll die too, but rules are rules. Aside from the Second Formation Base, there are four other formation bases. If every base makes an exception, the resources will be gone in no time."
"But the Original Treasure Formation has to be repaired as soon as possible. Nobody knows when the next attack will come, and the battlefield beneath the formation base has never been quiet. Those monsters will surely do everything they can to destroy the formation base, especially now that the Original Treasure Formation is damaged. Commander said that the giant Corpse King might have been brought in to deal with the Original Treasure Formation," Liu Jing said urgently.
The old woman was impatient. "Enough. I won't break the rules."
Lu Yin looked up. "Bai Chi, the Commander, reserved the Cloud Robe in advance. Wasn't that breaking the rules?"
The old woman's expression darkened, but she said nothing.
Liu Jing said gravely, "Fine. Since you won't listen to me, I'll ask the Commander to speak with you in person." He nodded to Lu Yin and turned to leave.
Lu Yin hurried after him. "Brother Liu, what happened?"
Liu Jing gave a helpless smile. "Master Zan and the others are demanding compensation for repairing the Original Treasure Formation. Over the years, many Original Treasure Formations in Commander's Department and beneath the formation bases have needed repairs. Most of the compensation has already been used up. Even the Commander's merit points were exchanged for goods and handed over to Master Zan and the others, batch by batch. Now, I can only redeem goods by advancing my merit points, but she won't allow it."
Lu Yin was surprised. "That senior won't even give the Commander