Internal Problems and the Response Plan

When Yang Wenqing returned to the flagship's office area, the people from the Communications Unit and Secretariat had already returned to their posts. He sat behind his desk, raised a hand to activate the encrypted communications terminal on the desktop, and directly connected to his grand-uncle Qian Xin's channel.

This time, there was no wait. Less than three breaths after the Communication Formation was activated, the connection went through, and Qian Xin's voice came from the terminal.

Yang Wenqing briefly reported the course of Deng You's interrogation. Qian Xin did not interrupt while listening. After Yang Wenqing finished, he smiled and instructed, "Confirming his information will take quite some time and trigger a series of disputes. Keep him alive for now. If he truly is a disciple of Azure Wave Manor who surrendered, we can give him an identity when the time comes. We can even arrange a position for him."

That was purely a twisted sense of humor.

Yang Wenqing could tell that his grand-uncle was indeed in a good mood, so he replied with a smile, "All right. I'll have someone arrange it later."

Qian Xin added, "Organize a complete copy of the information he gave up. I'll have Chongshan collect it from you. Don't get involved in what comes next for now. The matters involved are more complicated than you imagine. There's no need for you to wade into it."

Shen Chongshan had successfully advanced to the Second Realm ten years ago. After emerging from seclusion, he had been transferred to the War Pavilion in Central Capital City.

Yang Wenqing replied, "All right."

His grand-uncle's refusal to let him continue participating meant that the direction this matter would take had already exceeded what his current arrangements in the Eastern Sea required. Reaching any further might instead disrupt