Outside the city, Eastern Mausoleum Deputy Steward Li Mu followed Li Wangchuan's gaze toward the city gate.
"Zeng Yi, Deputy Bureau Chief of the Cangzhou Demon-Suppressing Bureau?"
"After all these years, why not come down and meet your old friend face-to-face?"
Before the mockery had faded from Li Mu's face, his expression changed.
Zeng Yi's figure slowly dissipated atop the city gate. Five meters in front of the two men, a translucent figure began to coalesce.
Who else could it be but Zeng Yi?
"Seeing that gift of yours again really does make me a little envious."
Li Wangchuan looked at Zeng Yi as his body took shape before him, his voice full of feeling.
When Grandmasters stepped onto the Heaven-Ascending Steps, they entered a state of "Enlightenment," through which they acquired a new innate ability.
The ability Zeng Yi had gained through Enlightenment allowed him to shift from one position to another.
Li Wangchuan remembered that when he had left Cangzhou Prefecture for the Eastern Mausoleum, Zeng Yi had only recently acquired this ability. Not only could he move less than a hundred meters at a time, but a single use had nearly left him completely drained.
Now, after moving twice in succession, Zeng Yi looked entirely unaffected.
It made sense. Decades had passed. Without some improvement, how could he have risen to the position of Deputy Bureau Chief?
"Zeng Yi, how have you been?"
Li Wangchuan spoke with a smile, but Zeng Yi remained as cold as ever.
"What, nothing to say to an old friend?"
Those words finally made Zeng Yi speak.
"Why?"
"Haha, I knew you'd ask that. Why? You tell me. Why?"
Li Wangchuan's smile grew broader.
"Zeng Yi, are you comfortable in that position of yours? Do you have any idea how comfortable mine