"Approved!"
"The required resources shall be drawn first from my personal allotment and the secret treasury's war reserves."
"Grand Elder Xuan Yezi of Heavenly Craft Hall and Grand Elder Xuan Ji Zi of Seven Stars Peak are hereby entrusted with full responsibility. The upgrade must be completed within three years."
After a moment's thought, Li Yunjing took up his brush and added his ruling: "Success shall earn generous rewards; delays shall incur severe punishment."
As his brush fell, a thunder-patterned seal formed of its own accord, completing the decree.
The second document was Conquest Hall's report on its first battle.
Led by a Nascent Soul Grand Elder, they had cleared a newly discovered demonic lair ten thousand li northwest of the sect's gates. Their gains had been considerable, but several Golden Core disciples had been gravely wounded, and one had fallen.
"The results have been noted. Reward those who earned merit, and provide generous compensation."
"However, casualties must not be treated as mere numbers."
"Conquest Hall shall review the successes and failures of this battle, refine its reconnaissance, coordinated attacks, and defensive procedures, and submit detailed regulations."
Li Yunjing's brows drew together slightly as he wrote: "On the next expedition, I expect greater results at a smaller cost."
The third document was urgent intelligence from Patrol Hall. Unusually dense fluctuations of demonic qi had been detected along the Southern Wilderness border, suggesting that a large Demonic Beast nest was forming, or that a spatial rift had become unstable.
Li Yunjing's expression turned thoroughly grave as he read it.
"This disturbance in the Southern Wilderness may be no small matter."
His fingertips tapped the desk. After a brief moment of deliberation, he used his divine sense to contact a certain being seated within the sect's forbidden grounds. "Sorry for the trouble,