In the blink of an eye, five or six years slipped quietly through his fingers.
Lin Yi, stationed in Heavenly Palace Small City as the Law Enforcement Meta-Supervisor, was no longer the "newcomer" who had just arrived.
Over the past few years, leveraging the prestige he had gained from wiping out the three factions, along with the assistance of Azure Dragon Lord and the personnel under Vermilion Bird Envoy dispatched by the Glazed Empress, he steadily encroached upon the law enforcement authority of every faction. He seized control of core matters such as patrols, interrogations, and prohibitions.
The White Tiger Captain's force was now more than three times its original size, every member an elite. Lin Yi had also become the true, unquestioned Law Enforcement Meta-Supervisor of Heavenly Palace Small City. No one dared to underestimate him any longer.
As his foundation stabilized, the resources at his disposal rose accordingly, increasing severalfold.
The most common among them were all kinds of Emperor-grade spirit minerals flowing out from the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, such as Xuanhuang Mother Ore for forging Emperor Artifacts and Star Sand for nourishing one's origin. The quantities piled in the White Tiger Captain's treasury were astonishing.
Even more precious were the Six Source Stones from the Six Source Ancestral Land—namely, Spirit Source Stones.
These Spirit Source Stones were tremendously helpful to Emperor Cultivators. They could nurture one's origin and accelerate comprehension of one's realm, yet their output was exceedingly scarce. Whenever a few appeared, the major factions would fight madly to divide them up.
Fortunately, as the Law Enforcement Meta-Supervisor with authority over investigations and prohibitions, Lin Yi could always intercept a batch from the transactions between various factions. One portion was used for the cultivation of those under him, while the rest was invested in the