Fang Shu, surrounded by the crowd, flew to a palace suspended in midair.
This hall was named the "Imperial Direct Disciple Register Hall."
According to the accompanying strongmen and others, any disciple promoted to direct disciple within the prefecture had to make a visit here first, receive their investiture and rewards, and choose a residence for their direct disciple estate.
"Master, please enter the hall."
A jade maiden of about sixteen dipped gracefully in a curtsey and spoke to Fang Shu.
"We will wait outside the hall for you. Once you emerge, we will escort you to settle into your estate."
Unlike the several thousand Dao soldiers, these one hundred and eight strongmen, golden boys, and jade maidens were not merely ceremonial attendants meant to bolster Fang Shu's prestige. Once Fang Shu's residence had been decided, these one hundred and eight would also serve as the workforce to establish his estate.
Moreover, after entering the hall, the corresponding talismans binding them would fall into Fang Shu's hands, ensuring that their lives and deaths rested under his control. This was one of the Vast Sea Immortal Prefecture's generous benefits for direct disciples.
Even a disciple with no background or connections could use this group of hands to establish an estate worthy of their status.
Whether it was cultivation, making friends, holding banquets, assisting with cultivation, or any number of other matters, among these one hundred and eight there would naturally be capable people for him to command.
Of course, if Fang Shu found these people unsuitable, he could simply set them free.
Quite a few scions of great families in the city, upon becoming direct disciples, often dismissed most of the Dao Palace personnel and instead filled the posts with their own blood relatives or household-born servants.
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