Inside the Snowflight Sect's main hall.
Shi Yutong listened attentively as Ji Nianyuan reported from below on the harvest from the sect's Spirit Herb Garden.
A long while passed.
After hearing his full account, she nodded slightly.
She knew Ji Nianyuan was a newly advanced Foundation Establishment cultivator in the sect. He had married one of Mei Hao's descendants and shared close ties with him.
With the Mei household yet to produce another Foundation Establishment cultivator, Mei Hao intended to groom him to take over his position as steward of logistics.
Shi Yutong saw all of this as clearly as daylight.
But she had no intention of stopping it. To her, it made no difference who served as steward of logistics.
As long as Ji Nianyuan could do the job well, what harm was there in promoting him according to Mei Hao's wishes?
In fact, if Ji Nianyuan truly proved capable of shouldering great responsibilities, she would be delighted.
After all, she had long known about Li Ping's relationship with the Ji Lineage.
Ji Nianyuan had only become an inner sect disciple of the Snowflight Sect because Li Ping had put in a word for him.
With that connection allowing him to maintain close ties with a master alchemist, having Ji Nianyuan serve as steward of logistics could actually bring greater benefits to the Snowflight Sect.
"All right, I understand. Thank you for your efforts." Shi Yutong smiled and nodded, then took a bottle of pills suitable for improving the cultivation of Foundation Establishment early stage cultivators from her Storage Bag. "Please accept this bottle of Essence-Nourishing Pills, Junior Brother Ji. Consider it compensation for your hard work, given on the sect's behalf by your senior sister."
Ji Nianyuan already knew this senior sister was renowned for her generosity. Working