Li Zhouying smiled silently and, rather than teasing her further, came over to discuss business:
“Did you know that the Sect's Towering Mine Vein needs disciples to rotate in as guards soon? The Sect has ordered Dawn Rain Peak to provide some disciples.”
With business at hand, Shang Qingzheng quickly suppressed her fluttering emotions and set down her vermilion brush.
"I haven't heard yet. Has the Ancestral Court issued a Sovereign Edict?"
"Wasn't the rotation supposed to happen only once every ten years?"
Li Zhouying replied softly:
"Not yet, but it should be soon."
“The Ore Vein hasn't been very peaceful lately. Not only have cultivators been eyeing it, but monsters have also been attacking. The Sect intends to transfer some people there to reinforce its defenses.”
"I see."
Shang Qingzheng nodded, then asked:
"And what has the peak decided?"
With Xuan Xi in seclusion, no one else could conveniently disturb the True Person, so all news came through Li Zhouying. She replied:
"The True Person wants your second senior sister to lead a team of disciples there."
"I've already informed Miss Le Zhi. As for the Qi Refining disciples under her command, you'll select and arrange them."
Her eldest senior sister had entered seclusion a few years earlier to break through to the Purple Mansion stage, while her third senior sister had taken leave to visit her clan. The only direct disciples left on the peak were her second senior sister, Xie Lezhi, and Shang Qingzheng. Since she now handled affairs both great and small on the peak, it was only natural that she arrange this deployment.
Shang Qingzheng was not surprised. With so few people available, either her senior sister or she herself would have to go. She lowered her head, found the register, and began marking it