The overhaul of the Steward Hall was in full swing.
Yun Li personally led the teams as they checked accounts, inventoried supplies, and reviewed mission records one batch after another. His bearing was cold and severe, his methods swift as thunder. Before this mad dog, even the stewards who had intended to muddle through or wait and see reined in their little schemes.
That day, Yun Li personally inspected the Outer Treasury's supply transfer records. When he reached the receipt for a batch of "Essence-Consolidating Immortal Grass" from three years ago, his finger suddenly stopped.
The verifier's signature at the bottom was a name he knew down to his bones-Zhao Kang.
The crimson in Yun Li's eyes darkened slightly, and the killing intent around him surged beyond his control for an instant.
Zhao Kang. Back when Yun Li's dantian had been damaged and everyone in the clan had looked down on him, this man had been a third-rank steward of the Outer Treasury. Claiming that the "Essence-Consolidating Meridian-Fixing Pill" was difficult to refine and its ingredients hard to find, he had repeatedly made things difficult, squeezing considerable resources out of Yun Li and Yun Yao, only to insist that it was never enough, that they were still a little short.
Back then, they had gritted their teeth and endured it, their nails digging into their palms until blood seeped out, yet they had not even had the strength to argue.
If they had been able to exchange their resources for the pill then, Yun Yao would never have ended up...!
Crimson flashed before Yun Li's eyes. For a moment, he could barely distinguish the past from the future.
And now, that name had appeared before him again!
"Investigate this man." His voice was cold and harsh as he handed the