Wang Lu's injury was decisively healed after three days.
However, when he got out of bed, he felt that the whole world had been turned upside down.
The first was the work.
During the three days of recuperation, Wang Lu boldly used Hai Yunfan to temporarily replace him. This pushed the relatively low-key disciple of Ten Thousand Arts Sect to the forefront of the struggle, which made him flustered for a while.
Because of Wang Lu's excellent performance as the chief planner, more and more work had been confidently and boldly handed over to Wang Lu by Supreme Hetu. That kind of workload, if it were any other Executive Elder of Heavenly Sage Hall, would have long complained. However, Wang Lu handled it easily — mainly because he was too bold and daring, and could frequently use the tactic of cutting the Gordian knot. Unfortunately, there was only one Wang Lu in Nine Regions. Now that he was injured, the staff gap was immediately exposed.
Hai Yunfan was undoubtedly a qualified bureaucrat. Unfortunately, compared with Wang Lu, there was still a big gap.
This gap was not necessarily a gap in intelligence — dealing with daily affairs did not require a genius or original idea, but more of the accumulation of experience. Hai Yunfan had been Wang Lu's secretary for a long time, so his intelligence and experience were enough to deal with it. What was difficult to deal with was his boldness.
Wang Lu's boldness was too strong. In many cases, even the high-level Elders of Heavenly Sage Hall, he dared to directly refute the other party's face — in any case, Hetu Daoren, the biggest person in Heavenly Sage Hall, gave him face, so he didn't have to give anyone face.
However, if it were Hai Yunfan, even if he had a hundred guts, he would not dare to do what Wang Lu did. He Tu favored Wang Lu, but he never favored Hai Yunfan. Those Elders might not dare to do anything to Wang Lu, but they could easily vent their anger on a mere Hai Yunfan.
Therefore, when Hai Yunfan dealt with official business, he felt that his hands and feet were tied. There were many things that he couldn't make a decision on, so he could only push them all to Wang Lu, who would recover in a few days. Even so, there were still many things that he couldn't push away, which made Hai Yunfan complain incessantly, and he couldn't avoid making mistakes during the process.
With Hai Yunfan's identity and status, if he was in Wang Lu's position, any mistake could lead to disastrous consequences. Fortunately, he had the right timing, and in the end, he managed to get through the crisis without any mishaps.
The so-called timing referred to the excellent record of the Wanxian League in the Grand Competition in the past three days.
After the end of the King Pill Level Challenge, seven more matches were held in the next three days. There were both civil and military matches, and the Wanxian League had won six of them. One of them was a Yuanying Stage Level Challenge. The Fourth Elder of the Lingjian School, Zhou Ming, appeared and severely injured Xuerou Tu, who was in Yuanying Stage, with one sword strike, splitting his already incomplete human skin apron in half.
This battle simply made the people of the Wanxian League burn. The previous victory in the King Pill Level Challenge was due to Wang Lu's frequent tricks, but this Yuanying Stage Level Challenge was clearly won by Zhou Ming's strength! The dazzling sword light easily tore through Xuerou Tu's defense. Even if he brought out a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, he couldn't prevent the arrival of failure.
Although Zhou Ming showed very obvious symptoms of exhaustion after the battle, in the whole process of the battle that lasted for a whole incense stick of time, Zhou Ming crushed his opponent all the way, which made people intoxicated.
There was actually a person in the Wanxian League who could rely on his strength to defeat Dixian in a martial arts fight! This was simply too incredible!
Of course, at this time, people seemed to have unanimously excluded the Nine Regions' Number One King Pill Level Challenge from the human category.
The celebration caused by this victory was enough to cover up Hai Yunfan's slight mistakes in his work. Therefore, when Wang Lu returned from his illness, Hai Yunfan was finally able to wipe his cold sweat and hand over the seal that symbolized his full strength.
After receiving the seal, Wang Lu saw a lot of urgent and overdue official business, as well as a lot of trouble caused by Hai Yunfan's improper handling.
For this, Hai Yunfan was naturally quite sorry — although he was also somewhat dissatisfied with the forced arrangement of work by Wang Lu. But after all, the mistake was accumulated under his hands, so he didn't want to shirk it.
However, Wang Lu had already expected this. He just patted Hai Yunfan's shoulder and comforted him, "It's good that you're alive."
Hai Yunfan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. So you were expecting me to make a terrible mistake in these three days and then sacrifice myself heroically? Forget it, if something really happened, I would just push all the responsibility to you and then pack up and leave. You're a lonely man without any worries, but I still have a wife here.
But on the other hand, it's good that you're alive. Although he only had the authority for three days, Hai Yunfan still left a deep impression on many Elders. There were good and bad impressions, but after all, he was truly remembered. To Hai Yunfan who was gradually getting bored in the aspect of cultivation, this was undoubtedly the opening of a new door.
After taking back the authority, Wang Lu quickly began to clean up the accumulated problems left by Hai Yunfan. But when he really began to take over the files of the past three days, he couldn't help but frown.
"Little Hai, what's going on?"
Hai Yunfan, who had resumed his secretary position, looked at the files pointed out by Wang Lu and said, "As you can see, the Wanxian League has won in a row in the three days that you were away."
Seeing that Wang Lu's eyes gradually turned sharp, Hai Yunfan knew that this question was vague. He paused and then said, "Two of them were brilliant performances by Luo Xiao."
Wang Lu and Luo Xiao didn't get along. This was known to many people in the Wanxian League. Of course, Hai Yunfan, as his secretary, was clear about this. According to Wang Lu's opinion, it was best to block this little baldy of Hua Yan School from the beginning to the end, never giving him a chance to show his face, so that his hard work in the special training of Royal Soldier Sect would be completely wasted.
Many people were curious as to why Wang Lu would target Luo Xiao like this. Although Wang Lu was not a magnanimous saint, with his current prestige and status, targeting Luo Xiao, who was obviously not on the same level as him, was somewhat beneath his status. Of course, as the disciple of Wang Wu, the master of Non-Phase Peak, losing his status was also a bit of a fluke.
Hai Yunfan once seriously asked, and Wang Lu, after thinking about it carefully, told him, "Because he is too ugly."
This answer simply made Hai Yunfan sad, but later Wang Lu also seriously said, "There is no clear reason. His performance in all aspects is good, but I just don't want to see him. To be honest, I can only say that he is not pleasing to the eye. And with my excellent aesthetic ability, if I am not pleasing to the eye, it can only mean that he is too ugly. That's all. "
Although Wang Lu's explanation was not very convincing, his meaning was very clear, and later on, it was indeed implemented. As long as Luo Xiao was not allowed to appear, Wang Lu would stop him no matter what. Therefore, when he saw that Luo Xiao won two games in a row, he had to question Hai Yunfan on what exactly he did.
In the Grand Competition, the important ones were usually personally arranged by Wang Lu, while the others needed to be reported to Wang Lu for approval. In the absence of Wang Lu, Hai Yunfan was, of course, responsible for the approval and review. Then, Hai Yunfan let Luo Xiao appear twice and win both times.
Wang Lu didn't think that this was negligence. Hai Yunfan was very careful and thoughtful. That was why Wang Lu chose him as his secretary. However, when Hai Yunfan made an unexpected move, Wang Lu certainly needed an explanation.
"I can't stand the pressure. His reason for fighting is too good, so I can't refute it." Hai Yunfan said, "The person who recommended him is the Elder of Heavenly Sage Hall. I pushed him on the grounds that there are more suitable players in the competition. However, the first choice of the two matches coincidentally withdrew for various reasons. Thus, the second choice, Luo Xiao, can naturally come in as a substitute."
Wang Lu immediately interrupted, "Immediately set up a task force to investigate the reason for the withdrawal of the two first choices, and then insist that there must be a great grievance. If the truth is not found out, we will have no face to face with the thousands of cultivators who participated in the Grand Competition. Then, the direct beneficiary, Luo Xiao, will be listed as the primary suspect for detention and interrogation, and then take this opportunity to let the third choice come out … Do you still need me to teach you this procedure?"
Hai Yunfan sighed and said, "Only you can use this procedure, so don't embarrass me. What's more, Luo Xiao's backing is very strong. When I was forced to do nothing, I threw the burden completely on you, claiming that you have made it clear that Luo Xiao has other uses, so I don't want him to appear so early … "
Wang Lu interrupted again, "When you relay my words, your attitude should be a bit tougher. Just say that I once said that Luo Xiao is a spy from Dixian's side who infiltrated our camp. He should be immediately put into the dark prison and severely tortured. We must not let him ruin our good deeds in the competition!"
Hai Yunfan was silent for a while and then decided not to entangle with Wang Lu on this topic. "In short, that's the situation. After Luo Xiao won twice, his prestige grew. Coupled with some people deliberately adding fuel to the fire, he has been hailed as the glory of the King Pill by many people. Although it's far less exaggerated than yours, he is about to catch up with Liu Li and Zhu Shiyao. I suggest you don't force him in the future."
Wang Lu also sighed and said, "That's why I reminded you to crush him to death before he makes a conclusive achievement."
In the final analysis, the Grand Competition was, after all, not Wang Lu's word alone. Even Hetu Daoren could not act recklessly. If the other party had already occupied the reason, even if it was Wang Lu, his hands and feet would inevitably be tied.
"Now, I can only ask Miss A Wu to secretly put a bug on him … The Desolate Age of Insect Technique has endless changes. When the time comes, I'll fake the scene and push it to the Dixian camp. Wait for me to think about how to arrange the scene of the murder. "With that, Wang Lu fell into deep thought.
Hai Yunfan was shocked. How much hatred did Wang Lu have for Luo Xiao? He had never heard of that baldy from Hua Yan School being disrespectful to Wang Lu!
"It's not just against Luo Xiao … Although I don't like that baldy, since he can bring victory to the Wanxian League, of course, I won't embarrass him. The problem is that the backer behind him is really an eyesore. After the matter of the master of Heavenly Book Building, there are still people who want to jump out and show their existence. I absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of thing. "
Such an explanation was easy for Hai Yunfan to accept. Wang Lu's point of view had always been like this: In the Grand Competition, the Wanxian League was the weak side. If they wanted to fight against the strong, they must exert their limited strength to the limit. In this process, the waste caused by the disagreement of opinions and voices must not be allowed.
Therefore, even if the means were a bit disgraceful, Wang Lu still pursued the pattern of one word alone.
Hai Yunfan understood Wang Lu's idea very well and supported his approach. The only problem was …
Could one man's word really do it?
In these three days, undercurrents were surging.
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