After seeing Nangong Zhen off, Xu Qingtong returned to the main hall and summoned Guo Tianyu and the others.
"Elder Guo, from now on, you will be Wei City's Vice City Lord. While I am away, you will have full authority over the city's affairs. Junior Brother Zhuang will serve as Wei City's commander, responsible for security within the city. Jia Yue, you will be the City Lord's Manor's Deputy Chief Steward, responsible for Wei City's income and expenditure. Work with Cui Yan to manage the manor."
"What about me?" After listening for so long without hearing her name, Du Siwen frowned and asked.
"You? You will return to the academy with me shortly and begin preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!"
Hearing this, Duoduo could not help growing anxious. She had only just come out with her master, and now he was leaving her here again while he returned to the academy!
"Master, what about me? How about I go back with you too?"
The young girl now felt an indescribable attachment to Xu Qingtong. She had followed her master since childhood, and apart from her grandfather, Xu Qingtong was the person closest to her. Her grandfather had peacefully left her a few years earlier, at the advanced age of a hundred!
"What would you go back for? Your master's wife and I are returning to prepare for a breakthrough!" Xu Qingtong said, shooting her a glare.
"But I don't have anything to do here either!"
Xu Qingtong thought it over. Letting this little girl idle away her days was indeed no solution. He pondered for a moment, then said, "Go attend to your duties, everyone. Duoduo, come with me!"
Duoduo followed Xu Qingtong into an empty room nearby. With a wave of his hand, he