Wang Daoyuan and Zhou Luan took their seats of honor, and Blood Shadow's Great Elder, Zhang Yue, brought out several Animal Hide Books.
"Reporting to the Shadow Master, these are the records of how we handled various matters after you left headquarters.
They also contain records of resource usage and personnel transfers. Please review them."
Zhou Luan accepted the Animal Hide Books and examined their contents one by one.
During the years she had been away, no obvious irregularities had arisen in Blood Shadow's finances, personnel, or resource allocation.
It was clear that no one at headquarters had taken advantage of the Shadow Master's absence to stir up trouble everywhere.
Only after leafing through them for quite some time did Zhou Luan nod. "While I was away from headquarters, you elders all fulfilled your duties faithfully. I am greatly pleased.
Is there anything else to report?"
Next, the masters of the various halls began reporting the important matters they had handled.
The three elders also reported several major matters that they had not dared to deal with rashly in the Shadow Master's absence.
After more than half a day of fussing about, they finally finished handling everything.
The elders dispersed, and Wang Daoyuan and Zhou Luan returned to the Zhou Family Courtyard.
Before long, Wang Daojian came to pay them a visit.
Wang Daoyuan welcomed him inside. "Not bad. Your cultivation has reached Peak Golden Core.
You managed Blood Shadow Headquarters without a single slip-up while keeping your cultivation unaffected. That is quite commendable."
Wang Daojian smiled. "I am far behind Seventh Brother and Seventh Sister-in-law. The two of you have both broken through to the Deity Transformation Realm.
When I first heard that you had broken through to Deity Transformation, slaughtered all the great demon kings of the Demon