"Her?"
Partridge Whistle took the smoking pipe from his mouth and tapped it three times against the rim of his bowl, unhurriedly.
Ash sifted into the dregs of wine at the bottom and went out with a hiss.
"She's settled the Shen Household's affairs. Now she's gone to the Martial God Continent to challenge the Martial God Tower."
"I reckon we'll hear the results before long."
Ji Yuan set down his wine bowl.
The Martial God Tower needed no explanation.
As for the Shen Household, he had heard Partridge Whistle and Bai Zhan discuss it briefly the last time he emerged from seclusion.
He knew the Shen Household's ancestor was nearing death, with no worthy successor among the younger generation, so they wanted Shen Xisheng to return and hold the fort.
But he had yet to ask exactly how Shen Xisheng had cleaned up that mess.
Before he could speak, Bai Zhan asked for him.
"How did Senior Sister settle it?"
Partridge Whistle held up two fingers. "Your senior sister gave the Shen Household one promise—as long as she lives, she'll act on their behalf twice. Beyond that, she'll have nothing to do with them."
He paused, lowered those two fingers, and put the pipe back in his mouth.
"Two interventions in exchange for the Shen Household leaving her alone from now on. They got a fair bargain, and your senior sister owes them nothing more."
Bai Zhan fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "Senior Sister has gone above and beyond already."
Ji Yuan said nothing. He merely weighed the words "act twice" in his mind.
Two interventions from a Void Realm body cultivator were a bargaining chip powerful enough to reshape the balance of forces on any continent.
By placing that chip before the Shen Household, Shen Xisheng