The Anhe Daoist Sect's rectification campaign got underway with great fanfare and produced fairly good results, but the measure of such things was their lasting effect. If it was only a matter of putting on an act, who couldn't keep that up for a while?
The key was to engrave the rules into their bones until they finally became tradition. That was rather harder.
Relatively speaking, his role as the Wind Inspector in overall charge was fairly easy. He did not have to spend all day out conducting inspections, nor was that his job. Other Discipline Officers handled that for him. He only stepped in on the rare occasions when someone refused to accept punishment or defied supervision.
When he appeared, it generally meant the end of the matter. However kindly he smiled, however tactful and easygoing his tone, his reputation had already spread, and there was no reversing it.
He no longer cared. In the cultivation world, a wicked reputation often worked better than a saintly one.
That day, Hou Guan Feng learned several intricacies of the Five Elements Passages from the two True Persons and was very pleased. His metal and fire elements were growing ever more refined, bringing him another step closer to perfecting the Five Elements Mystic Light. Since the two True Persons still had to meet with three True Persons from Southern Anhe to discuss matters, he left Xiao True Person's Small Temple early.
The weather was clear, the blue sky washed clean. A breeze brushed past amid birdsong and fragrant flowers. It was spring, the season when all things revived, and he felt as though his own spirits were beginning to stir as well.
Following his whim, he flew slowly through Anhe Palace. The Anhe Daoist Sect's rectification had been underway for several months.