Jing Yuan glanced at the cat being fed by an attendant, took a sip of soup, then swallowed and said to the others:
"Oh, that. I read about it in the files. Although the Former Marshal was still in office at the time, he had actually already handed a lot of his duties over to the current Marshal."
Xianyu picked up a crab leg two fingers wide with his chopsticks and took a bite.
Chewing the crabmeat, he sank into thought.
Hmm, giving his successor some practice in advance so she could take over his work... perfectly reasonable.
Then Jing Yuan continued:
"They say the Reignbow Arbiter also appeared on the Cangcheng at the time, but for some reason, he never showed himself to anyone-"
Xianyu followed Jing Yuan's words and continued thinking.
When the Cangcheng ran into trouble, he had left his successor to handle it herself, using the opportunity to assess her.
Once his successor had successfully resolved the Cangcheng's crisis, he could leave the Xianzhou Alliance in Hua's hands with peace of mind, then follow Akivili to look for the tree.
After all, back then, he had been utterly intent on going home.
He couldn't leave a mountain of problems for the next Marshal before departing, could he?
Before leaving, Xianyu would max out his prestige, bring resident satisfaction to its peak, and finally leave behind enough firepower.
At the very least, he had to leave enough firepower to kill the other two great calamities.
That would save them from the Aeon of Propagation making a comeback and unleashing another Swarm Disaster...
Hua's reaction told him he had left behind the Aether-Phase Engine.
The Xianyu of his previous life must have left with complete peace of mind.
As for Lan...
Even an ordinary employee had to finish