Li Yu followed Cao Yi upstairs, listening as the latter introduced everything one by one.
The second floor housed the offices of the Zhao Kingdom Branch's various departments. Li Yu had been assigned one as well. After receiving the news last night, Cao Yi had ordered people to clear it out overnight.
The third floor was used for meetings and had plenty of space. Zhao Qian had currently gathered the heads of the Branch's departments there to examine every account and document from Yuan Hao's tenure as steward.
The fourth and fifth floors were the domains of the Branch's two Golden Core cultivators.
At this point, Li Yu had a question. "If I need to see Steward Zhao, how do I get past the fourth floor to reach the fifth?"
As the head of the Zhao Kingdom Branch, Zhao Qian occupied the fifth floor.
"We all fly up." After saying this, Cao Yi remembered that Li Yu had yet to reach Foundation Establishment and could not fly, so he hurriedly added, "Steward Ding spends long periods in secluded cultivation and might not visit the Branch even once in several years. If you have something important to discuss, just take the stairs."
By then, the two of them had reached the third floor.
"You're here."
Zhao Qian's voice rang out. His short, plump figure occupied the chair by the window with the best light. A dozen or so cultivators sat on either side of him, and at his words, they all turned to look at Li Yu.
Li Yu knew none of them, so Cao Yi introduced them one by one.
They were the people who handled the actual work in the Zhao Kingdom Branch's departments. More than half were Qi Refinement cultivators, and there were currently only five Foundation Establishment