Kunlun.
Beside Pond Waters.
A woman clad in red held a translucent jade scroll, softly reading the words inscribed upon it.
"In the Bingshen month, a total of three hundred and twenty thousand gui of incense-fire merit was collected. One hundred thousand gui was disbursed as offerings to the various immortals, and two hundred and twenty thousand gui was deposited in the treasury."
"In the Dingyou month, one hundred and seventy thousand gui of merit was collected..."
Her clear voice slowly echoed across the empty poolside.
The jade scroll recorded the Peaceful Money House's income and operations over the past six months.
This money house, renowned among countless cultivators and demons, could be considered half the Golden Mother Empress's property.
Even though several others also had a stake in it.
According to the money house's rules, however.
Every six months, this jade account scroll would ordinarily be delivered to Kunlun for the Empress to review.
Yan Rong continued reading the words on the jade scroll.
When her gaze swept over a certain entry near the end, her voice involuntarily softened.
"For the first half of this year, the money house's total surplus amounted to one million seven hundred thousand gui..."
Upon reading this.
Yan Rong could not help growing worried.
She quietly held her breath and cautiously raised her eyes to look ahead.
At the center of Kunlun's pool sat a hazy figure.
Only when she saw that the figure showed no reaction did Yan Rong breathe a slight sigh of relief inwardly.
Thank goodness...
The Empress dwelled high above in Kunlun and ordinarily paid little attention to such trivial matters.
Presenting the accounts was usually little more than a formality. She would not question every last detail.
Although this particular mistake had nothing directly to do with Yan Rong