Within the Eastern Court Profound Residence, Xiang Chun was reviewing documents in the palace hall. By now, the various branch residences throughout the Protectorate Office had been reestablished, and the Profound Residence's numbers had greatly increased. As the Profound Chief of a residence, he had countless mundane affairs to handle every day.
Most importantly, over the past two years, more and more natives had been arriving at the Protectorate Office from east of Peace Mountain. To deal with this anomaly, the Profound Residence had dispatched many cultivators to stand guard at Flood River Pass, including Dou Chang, Xu Ying, and others. The situation there changed three times a day; new reports came in almost every day.
Fortunately, he was a cultivator. With a single sweep of his gaze, he could grasp the circumstances of any matter and swiftly make the correct and appropriate judgment. Only thus could one person manage such a tangled mass of affairs.
A disciple entered from outside the main hall, clasped his hands in salute, and said, "Reporting to the Profound Chief, Profound Rectifier Zhang has arrived outside the Profound Residence."
Xiang Chun set down his brush, nostalgia and emotion surfacing in his eyes. "I will go receive him."
He rose from behind his desk and walked outside.
Zhang Yu had already reached the outer city wall of the Profound Residence. Yan Yuming and Zheng Yu were waiting there.
They had received news of Zhang Yu's return yesterday. Hearing that he would arrive at the Profound Residence today, they had come early to wait at the gate.
As they waited, they suddenly saw a figure appear in the distance. Before they could make him out clearly, a brilliant flash of light gleamed. In the brief instant of their distraction, Zhang Yu had already arrived not far