However, Sima Wentian was a little angry that the Left Overseer Division couldn't even break into a small Citadel Palace. He really wanted to try using brute force, but unfortunately, planting an undercover agent wasn't like using brute force. It didn't matter if anything went wrong, as long as he was exposed, he would lose. Besides, the people of the Left Overseer Division couldn't be seen in public. Their true identities were always shrouded in darkness. Once they were exposed, there was a high chance they would be targeted by others.
Until now, there were only two people in the entire Celestial Court who knew how many people the Left Overseer Division had and who they were — Lord Qing and Sima Wentian.
Of course, this was a disgrace!
The Left Overseer Division naturally wouldn't accept such a loss. If they couldn't even break into a small Citadel Palace, how were they supposed to answer to Lord Qing? Later on, Sima Wentian personally set up the trap. He had too many resources at his disposal, and he searched for all possible weaknesses of the Citadel Palace.
However, what scared Sima Wentian the most was that Miao Yi's Citadel Palace seemed to have noticed his weakness as well. However, not only did he not make up for it, but he even set up another trap for his own weakness, almost killing his men. Fortunately, the Left Overseer Division was very experienced. As soon as they came into contact with the trap, they realized something was wrong and quickly retreated.
This invisible confrontation made Sima Wentian realize that his previous probing might have aroused Miao Yi's suspicions. That was why they set up a trap for him.
Since the other party was already so cautious, what else could he do?! The most frustrating thing was that Miao Yi's control over the Celestial Street was too tight, unlike the other Celestial Street Chamber of Commerce, where the nobles' shops had the final say. After the Tian Yuan couple's match, Miao Yi's Citadel Palace came up with a new trick. He actually incited the shops with no background to fight against the nobles' shops. There had been a rumor going around that the nobles' shops wanted to retaliate and monopolize some profitable businesses again.
Sima Wentian had already investigated and found out that the rumor was spread by the Citadel Palace. The Citadel Palace then used the opportunity to create a secret reporting channel, making it a habit for the nobles' shops to snitch on them. In order to protect their own interests, the shops kept their eyes wide open. The moment they noticed anything out of the ordinary on the Celestial Street, they would suspect that the nobles' shops were up to something and quickly report it.
In a situation where there were eyes everywhere on Tianjie, not to mention those rich and powerful shops, even the people in the Fourth District did not dare to make a move. With just this one move, Miao Yi had the entire Sky Street under his control. No one would be able to play any tricks. The more he interacted with Commander Niu, the more he understood. Sima Wentian was truly impressed by Commander Niu.
This created a huge problem for the Heavenly Court's Overseer Division, and Sima Wentian had no choice but to stop the operation. The Overseer Division would not do anything to fight against their targets, or else they would be exposed.
As such, the Overseer of the Left Division could only wait patiently for a golden opportunity to strike. That was why Sima Wentian was now in an awkward situation. Unfortunately, Sima Wentian couldn't tell Master Qing that he couldn't even handle the situation himself. Otherwise, it would make him seem too incompetent. He could only attribute the reason to Miao Yi offending too many people and being especially vigilant after the assassination attempt.
Qing Zhu didn't say anything and just stared at him.
Sima Wentian felt uncomfortable being stared at. In the end, it was Master Qing who spoke up, "I intend to drag him out for a walk. What do you think?"
This was forcing him to make a stand. It was only a matter of a few words. Sima Wentian immediately cupped his fists and promised, "Your Majesty, please give me three more years. I will definitely put someone by Niu Youde's side within three years."
"Three years? Even the Overseer of the Left has to ask for three years to put someone by the side of a mere Sky Street Great Commander. It seems like the Overseer of the Left Division has really run into a tough nut to crack. "
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because Niu Youde's position is too low and he doesn't have many people by his side. Even the slightest movement would be too conspicuous. On top of that, he doesn't want to interact with the outside world.
Sima Wentian naturally had a reason to deal with it. Otherwise, how could he have secured his position?
Master Qing nodded. "Even you guys can't take him down. I'm getting more and more interested in this Niu Youde. I will remember your three years!"
Sima Wentian cupped his fists. "I will not disappoint Your Majesty!"
Although he was respectful on the surface, he was cursing in his heart. For the sake of a mere Sky Street Great Commander, he was really going to pay any price this time …
As Miao Yi sat cross-legged in his silent quarters, his forehead glowed with vibrant colors. The Transcendence Art between his brows slowly unfurled its ninth golden petal.
Miao Yi slowly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh. After three thousand years, his cultivation had finally broken through to the Golden Lotus Ninth Grade.
After the competition between the upper echelons all those years ago, he forced all the other forces to keep a low profile. In exchange for this rare three thousand years of peace, he had practically given up on all social interactions and focused on his cultivation. Deep down, he knew very well that he couldn't keep his peace forever. His cultivation was his fatal shortcoming. Two thousand years ago, when he sent Xiahou Longcheng off, he had already noticed that Zhan Ruyi's cultivation had already broken through to the Colorful Lotus realm.
It wasn't just Zhan Ruyi. Currently, there were already three Great Commanders in the East Flower Manor who had broken through to the Colorful Lotus realm. There was news that Yan Su and Gao You were already at the Colorful Lotus First Grade. He reckoned that if it weren't for his achievement of killing a Colorful Lotus cultivator with one arrow and Bi Yue suppressing him, those people would have long since started looking for trouble with him.
He knew very well that if nothing happened, those people would definitely come looking for trouble with him. Hence, he had to seize the time to improve his cultivation in case something unexpected happened.
For this reason, he had been in closed-door cultivation all this time. Bi Yue was in charge of the East Flower Manor, so he was fine even if he didn't go there often. The Sky Street below was under good control, so nothing bad would happen. Everything was stable. Other than the occasional time he spent with his wives and concubines at home through the underground tunnels, even his subordinates rarely saw him.
At this moment, he waved his hand and summoned a bunch of Basic Immortal Pills. Invoking his arts, he released a milky white spiritual energy.
After absorbing all of them, he calculated with his fingers. He had already refined 360 Basic Immortal Pills a day. However, if he wanted to break through to the Colorful Lotus realm, he would need at least 400 million pills. Just this one level would take him more than 3,300 years.
Now that he had to take thousands of years to cross a level, Miao Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. The few thousand years he spent in closed-door cultivation this time was probably not as fulfilling as a few days for a commoner. The time of a cultivator was truly fleeting. Most of their time was spent silently in order to improve their cultivation.
He put his feet down from the bed and walked out of the silent quarters. It wasn't a good idea to continue his closed-door cultivation any longer. He had received news that Fu Qing and Invincible Eagle would be returning soon after their assessment. They had to make arrangements for them.
Hai Pingxin was meditating in the main hall outside. When she heard the sound of the stone door opening, she stopped her cultivation and stood up. She didn't know what Miao Yi wanted her to do, but she never asked. It was fine if Miao Yi asked, but if he didn't, she would just pretend nothing happened.
Looking at the Fifth Grade Golden Lotus between her brows, Miao Yi smiled. 'Even this girl has broken through to the Golden Lotus Fifth Grade.'
In fact, as long as he brought his subordinates from the Small Worlds, even the weakest of them had broken through to the Golden Lotus Third Grade, no matter how bad their cultivation arts were. Time really did not wait for anyone.
As soon as he walked out of the main hall, Hai Pingxin subconsciously turned around to look. As she expected, Yan Xiu had appeared out of nowhere and was silently following behind Miao Yi.
Miao Yi also turned around to look. Yan Xiu was probably the person with the highest cultivation in the entire City-Guarding Palace.
Yan Xiu had used the Soul Concealing Paste to conceal his cultivation. So far, no one knew what his cultivation was like except for Miao Yi. Ever since Yan Xiu started cultivating the Yin Soul Yang Art, his cultivation speed had improved by leaps and bounds. Not to mention Yu Nujiao, who also cultivated the Yin Soul Yang Art, even Miao Yi's cultivation speed couldn't compare to Yan Xiu's. Yan Xiu's cultivation had already surpassed him, breaking through to the Colored Lotus First Grade a hundred years ago.
According to the news from the Purgatory Realm, Ghost Sage Situ Xiao, who provided resources for the Ghost Dao, only had a cultivation at the Golden Lotus Eighth Grade. He was also behind Yan Xiu, who had started cultivating the Yin Soul Yang Art halfway through.
Among all the people cultivating the Yin Soul Yang Art, Yan Xiu was the only one who cultivated the Earth section. Miao Yi didn't even give his concubine Yu Nujiao the Earth section of the Yin Soul Yang Art. Naturally, Situ Xiao didn't have it either. He only gave it to Yan Xiu. If Yan Xiu needed any cultivation resources, Miao Yi would give it to him. He didn't ask Yan Xiu to go out and do anything, allowing him to cultivate in peace.
Strolling in the garden under the night sky, Yang Qing and Yang Zhaoqing came over together to greet him.
Miao Yi turned to Hai Pingxin and said, "Little girl, there's nothing much to do here. Go back and cultivate."
Hai Pingxin pouted and turned away, looking as though she didn't want to accompany him. However, she was grumbling in her heart, 'What kind of shameful things are you saying to avoid me again? Hmph!'
Yang Qing walked beside him and smiled, "Milord went into closed-door cultivation for more than ten years in one go and didn't come out."
Miao Yi sighed, "I have no choice. Zhan Ruyi, Yan Su and Gao You's cultivation have all broken through to the Colorful Lotus realm. They'll come looking for trouble with me sooner or later. I have to hurry."
Yang Qing nodded slightly and said, "Things are different now. In the past, the Celestial Street was managed by the local forces. Most of the Celestial Street's Great Commanders would be transferred back to the local forces once their cultivation reaches the Colorful Lotus realm. The position would be vacated and replaced by another Golden Lotus cultivator. They can't just take all the benefits. People from the local forces would take turns taking up the position. Now that the Celestial Street is separated from the local forces, a whole system of promotion has been established. Even when their cultivation reaches the Colorful Lotus realm, they won't be transferred away. In the future, there will indeed be more opportunities to interact with Milord. "
Miao Yi waved his hand and didn't want to talk about this anymore. He changed the topic, "Is Weiwei doing well? I haven't gone back to see her for many years."
Yang Qing said, "Very well! I just miss Milord. Before I came here, Weiwei specifically told me to be careful by Milord's side. "
Miao Yi didn't believe that Qin Weiwei would say something like that. He asked, "Weren't you going back to stay for a few years? Why are you back so soon? "
Yang Qing said, "Zhaoqing sent a message to me, so I asked for Madam's permission. Madam sent Little Auntie to fetch me here."
"Oh!" Miao Yi turned to look at Yang Zhaoqing. "Is something the matter?"
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