Inspection

Lin Jianyi nodded slightly without commenting. Instead, he said, "Your Heart Image has now completely stabilized."

He paused, then continued, "As you are now, one foot has already crossed the threshold of Grandmaster. You only lack a little more accumulation. At most half a year, at least a few months, and it will come as naturally as water flowing into a channel—you'll advance to Grandmaster."

Xu Wuyi fell silent for a moment, then gave Lin Jianyi a deep bow.

"Thank you, Teacher Lin, for your guidance during this time."

Lin Jianyi waved a hand. "You realized it yourself. I merely watched."

After saying that, he turned and returned beneath the locust tree, sitting cross-legged once more and closing his eyes.

Zhao Qingwei looked at Xu Wuyi, her gaze complicated.

Half a year. At most half a year, and this man would become a Grandmaster.

Twenty-three... The Gregorian New Year had already passed. By then, he could barely be counted as a twenty-four-year-old Grandmaster.

The youngest Grandmaster in Federation history, without equal.

And she was still struggling at the threshold of mid-stage Xiantian, unable even to touch the floor of quasi-Grandmaster.

She shook her head helplessly, then spoke.

"What are you planning to do next? Enter seclusion and cultivate until you break through?"

"I won't enter seclusion. What I lack is only some Heart Image power; whether I cultivate in seclusion or not makes little difference," Xu Wuyi said. "During this time, I want to take up a post somewhere."

Zhao Qingwei was slightly stunned. "Where?"

Xu Wuyi looked at her, his gaze calm.

"The Inspection Department."

Zhao Qingwei froze.

The Inspection Department.

Within the Federation, this was the department responsible for investigating and handling internal corruption.

The Inspection Department's work was not complicated, but it offended people to an extreme