Inside Chen Ling's office.
Several cups of hot tea sat on the coffee table before them, wisps of steam curling upward with a hint of leisurely ease.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei felt none of that ease, however. Both were exceedingly stiff.
Before them sat a powerhouse who had defeated the Great Enshrined. They could not afford the slightest carelessness or disrespect.
Liu Erlong stood to one side, brewing and pouring the tea. None of the others were particularly suited to the task. After all, even if those women really did serve the tea, would Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo dare drink it?
They would not dare at all.
"Your Eminence, this is the schedule for the investiture ceremony. Please have a look." Chrysanthemum Douluo respectfully presented the invitation and documents, and Chen Ling read through them at an unhurried pace.
Since this involved his own interests and his plans afterward, Chen Ling took it somewhat seriously and carefully studied the ceremony's proceedings.
Of course, he was not visiting Spirit Hall merely to attend some investiture ceremony. He was going there to wreck the party.
But even wrecking the party required restraint and finesse. He had to take it step by step.
He was now someone with backing and a faction of his own, after all. He had to show a little more care in how he handled things, and naturally, he needed a pretext for wrecking the party.
Of course, this was only Chen Ling showing Qian Renxue some consideration. Had it been any other faction, he would have barged straight in long ago.
Chen Ling wanted to wreck the party to see whether he could trigger a reward for his faction by blasting fish in a barrel. The Azure Nether Sect was already strong enough, and it had