The Longevity Sect's mountain gate had now been mostly restored under Lü Zheng's leadership, with the disciples working together on repairs. The hall where Su Che and the others were currently gathered had been built afterward, occupying the very platform where disciples from all factions had once fought one another in private duels.
It had now become the Privy Bureau's office. All correspondence passing through the Longevity Sect was sent here for processing.
Su Che, Ma Qianli, Zhao Mingyuan, and Zuo Siming worked here day to day. Every morning, the sect's Reverted Elixir cultivators also gathered here.
This arrangement had stirred up some discussion within the sect. People said the Longevity Sect was becoming less and less like a place of cultivation.
Though rumors abounded, what Su Che had learned from Sun Cheng was that the disciples below were supposedly quite satisfied.
The main reason was that the Reverted Elixir cultivators frequently came here. The longer they spent in the Privy Bureau, the less time they had to torment their disciples.
"Now the disciples are all hoping the Chief Seat will call the Reverted Elixir elders in for a meeting."
Only human nature.
Yet the atmosphere within the Privy Bureau was hardly harmonious at the moment.
Zuo Siming pressed the matter aggressively right in front of Su Che.
"How much of the shipment was detained this time?"
"Three thousand Jade Dew Pills."
Ma Qianli's voice was somewhat quiet.
"That many?!"
Zhao Mingyuan cried out, turning toward Zuo Siming.
"Since we reformed, haven't we only produced four thousand in total?"
"Four thousand seven hundred and fifty-two, not counting today."
Zuo Siming shook his head.
"Didn't they say someone in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains was going to take this shipment?"
Su Che sat at the head of the table. A round table with