Having calmed his excited emotions.
Su Xinghe turned and walked toward the spiral staircase on the left.
There were far fewer rooms along the third-floor corridor, only around a dozen. Reaching one open doorway, he poked his head inside.
"Found a place to stay?"
A familiar voice sounded from within, and Su Xinghe hurried inside.
"Just found one. I came over to take a look first."
As he spoke, he looked around.
The room was about the size of a classroom. A long table stood in the middle, surrounded by several chairs, with a stack of slips and writing brushes and ink laid upon it. Several bookshelves stood near the entrance, with a sparse scattering of books on them.
Behind the long table was a row of gleaming glass windows, through which he could see an open training ground behind the main hall. Quite a few gray-robed figures were practicing fist techniques there.
Gong Hao nodded.
He returned to his seat behind the long table.
Perhaps because he was in a good mood, he asked with a smile:
"The journey went well?"
"Senior Gong..."
Su Xinghe had only gotten halfway through before being interrupted.
"Here, you must call me Commander."
Gong Hao's expression carried a trace of seriousness.
Afraid that Su Xinghe still did not understand, he continued explaining:
"Our Qingzhou Demon Suppression Bureau is divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D. Grade A consists of Core Embrace Realm Commanders. The remaining three grades are all called Demon Extermination Guards, corresponding to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Ranks of martial cultivation."
"As for you... you're a Grade-B Demon Extermination Guard. There are fewer than fifty of them in our Qingzhou branch, so you count as minor upper management."
"Still, Yi Thirteen doesn't sound very good. You can give