Xu Jinsong slowly nodded. "May I know if Manager Su's suggestion is still valid?"
He didn't want to get involved with the Chamber of Commerce at first, but the humiliation he suffered last night was too much for him to swallow. Alas, he didn't dare to go against Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei. He wasn't confident that he could defeat them, but how could he not take revenge for his arm?
Su Yanran said, "As far as I know, Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei have become the Hall Masters of Suppressing Second Hall and Suppressing Third Hall respectively. Forgive me, but it's no longer something you can control, Advisor Xu. "
"But Miao Yi is still around!" Xu Jinsong said decisively.
"This …" Su Yanran was a little hesitant. It had been thirty years since the incident, and the person who gave the order had long since passed away. She wasn't sure if his descendants would still want to do it. After some thought, she replied, "How about giving me some time to think about it? I'll give you an answer in a few days! "
"Then I'll wait for Manager Su's news!" Xu Jinsong stood up and took his leave. With a guilty conscience, he didn't dare to stay for too long …
Another year's annual tribute was approaching. Wen Fang once again brought gifts to Raincloud Manor. At the same time, she told Miao Yi a piece of good news. "Big Brother! I'm about to be promoted again. The Chamber of Commerce is preparing to transfer me to a large city with a population of five million. They're asking for my opinion. Where do you think I should go? "
"Oh!" With his hands behind his back, Miao Yi smiled and said, "Then I must congratulate you." He pondered for a moment before saying, "Go to Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei's place. At least they'll be able to look after each other. Of course, I'm just giving you a suggestion. Only you know if it's suitable or not. You don't have to ask me for my opinion. "
"It's only right for Little Sister to listen to Big Brother's opinion." Beside him, Wen Fang giggled. "Since Big Brother has spoken, then I'll listen to him. Let's go to Hall Master Zhao's Suppressing Second City! Big Brother, take your time. I'll go look for Qian 'Er and Xue' Er. "
Truth be told, there was no need to ask for Miao Yi's opinion on such matters. The local powers couldn't interfere with the Chamber of Commerce's affairs anyway. On the other hand, Wen Fang had already decided to go over to Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei's side and continue to follow the big client. However, she was worried that Miao Yi would overthink things. After all, two of the three that came with them had become Hall Masters. Only Miao Yi was still pacing back and forth in his original spot. She didn't know what Miao Yi was feeling right now. It would be very easy to hurt someone if she suddenly left at this time. However, she, Wen Fang, had worked so hard to climb up the ranks.
This matter really made her very conflicted. She really didn't want to miss out on this opportunity. In the end, she decided to come here and talk things out in order to save Miao Yi's face.
As he slowly walked, Miao Yi turned around to look at Wen Fang's back. He shook his head and smiled bitterly. He wasn't sure if he was overthinking things. Why did he feel that recently, everyone was being so careful when they spoke to him, afraid that he would overthink it. Was he so narrow-minded that he couldn't bear to see others get promoted? It wasn't as if he didn't know what he was capable of. With his cultivation, how could he possibly become a Hall Master? Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei were lucky enough to become Hall Masters with their Red Lotus First Grade cultivations. He had never heard of anyone below the Red Lotus realm becoming a Hall Master …
After handing over the tributes from the various Mountains, Miao Yi led his two subordinates on their way. Without stopping, he headed straight for Suppressing Tenth Hall. This time, he didn't have anyone to accompany him.
He paid his respects to the Hall Master alone. After handing over the tributes, Miao Yi waited for the various Manor Heads to arrive before gathering in the conference hall. Miao Yi hid at the very back.
Even though Miao Yi, Zhao Fei, and Sikong Wuwei had been keeping a low profile and were clearly doing the same thing this time, in the eyes of the others, Miao Yi seemed like a coward who didn't dare to cause any more trouble. After all, the other two had already been promoted. They didn't have the right to interfere in Suppressing Tenth Hall's affairs anymore.
However, the commotion that everyone was anticipating never happened. The three Advisors didn't do anything to make things difficult for Miao Yi either. In fact, they didn't even talk about Raincloud Manor at all. The various Manor Heads were secretly surprised. The three Advisors weren't exactly magnanimous people.
However, Miao Yi knew what was going on. Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei had already sent him a message. Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei had already sent him a message, saying that they had already warned the three Manor Heads to notify them immediately if anything were to happen.
After the tributes were over, the various Manor Heads returned to their respective places. Shen Huaixin then set off for Traversing Water Palace to hand over the tributes to Suppressing Tenth Hall.
In Traversing Water Palace, he ran into Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei. He couldn't help but greet each other. When he met with the Palace Lord, Shen Huaixin felt a little uneasy. He heard that the Hall Masters of Suppressing Second Hall and Suppressing Third Hall had been transferred away. Apparently, they had been shoved to the Overlord to make room for Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei.
All these years, Traversing Water Palace's disciples with cultivations higher than Tao Qingli's had all been transferred away by Granny Tao. It couldn't be helped. Granny Tao had a lot of influence! She could rely on her seniority to shove people into the Overlord's hands. First, it was the two Purple Lotus Advisors of Traversing Water Palace. Then, one after another, it was now the two Hall Masters of Hall Master B and Hall Master C.
Shen Huaixin's cultivation was also higher than Tao Qingli's. He didn't know when it would be his turn. However, there was still that person from Suppressing First Hall who was even stronger than him. As long as he was careful, it wouldn't be his turn for the time being.
No one would be willing to be transferred to an unfamiliar place. That was because once they were transferred to another place, they would no longer be given the authority they currently had. They would only be given a position that would be relegated to the sidelines.
After the tributes were over, the Hall Masters once again escorted Granny Tao and her party to the capital city like stars surrounding the moon.
In the capital city, the two newly promoted Hall Masters, Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei, naturally had to familiarize themselves with the other Hall Masters. Along the way, they ran into Gu Sanzheng, Tan Lao, and Ye Xin.
The three of them possessed exceptional aptitudes among the three major sects to begin with. On top of that, they had also obtained a large amount of cultivation resources. Even though they had to hand over most of them to the sect, it was still enough for them to advance to the next level. Not only that, they had broken through to the Red Lotus realm before the other two, and were also promoted to Hall Master before the other two.
The three of them couldn't help but secretly ask about Miao Yi's recent situation. Afterwards, they felt rather emotional. Out of the six people from the Fifth Earthly Branch who returned from the Sea of Constellations Subjugation Crusade, Miao Yi was the only one who was still crawling on the ground. In fact, Miao Yi was the one who contributed the most during the Sea of Constellations Subjugation Crusade.
They couldn't understand why Miao Yi would say that he was Yan Beihong back in the Sea of Constellations. Gu Sanzheng and the others had already heard through the channels of the three major sects that the Realm Beyond Heaven greatly praised Yan Beihong after the Subjugation Crusade. It seemed that Fairy Yue Yao had put in a good word for him in front of the Celestial Sage. Apparently, the Celestial Sage had even commented on Yan Beihong's future in the Realm Beyond Heaven — a promising future!
After hearing this, Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei didn't know what else to say. Otherwise, with the Celestial Sage's reputation and those words, Miao Yi might have been able to make an exception and promote him. After all, he had contributed so much to the Realm Beyond Heaven in the Sea of Constellations, surpassing the other five Sages by a notch. No amount of reward would be too much. At the very least, if anyone wanted to target Miao Yi in the future, they would have to think twice about the Realm Beyond Heaven.
If he missed out on this opportunity, not to mention when Miao Yi would be able to break through to the Red Lotus realm, he might not even get a chance to hold any real authority in the future. His future might even be ruined. The five of them felt sorry for Miao Yi. Why bother?!
After the handover of the annual tribute in the capital city, Granny Tao didn't return to Traversing Water Palace with the other Hall Masters. Instead, she had the other Hall Masters return first, while she brought Tao Qingli to the Realm Beyond Heaven to pay a visit to the Celestial Sage, Mu Fanjun.
After Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei returned, they immediately made a trip to Raincloud Manor to inform Miao Yi of their meeting with Gu Sanzheng and the others in the capital city.
When Miao Yi found out that the three of them had broken through to the Red Lotus realm as well and became Hall Masters, he stood at the window of Raincloud Pavilion with his hands behind his back and gazed at the vast blue waters. He smiled and said, "It's a pity that I can't congratulate them because of my relationship with the three major sects."
"They don't need you to congratulate them. You should worry more about yourself," Sikong Wuwei said in annoyance.
"With you two Hall Masters protecting me, what do I have to worry about?" Miao Yi smiled and retorted.
However, things were unpredictable. Even these two Hall Masters wouldn't be able to protect him at all times. After the two of them left, Tao Qingli sent a decree to Miao Yi, ordering him to make a secret trip to Traversing Water Palace and not to mention this to anyone else.
Miao Yi was a little baffled. However, he still made his way to Traversing Water Palace on his own after making the necessary arrangements.
Traversing Water Palace was situated high up on a mountain peak. There was no path leading to it, so Miao Yi had to scale it as quickly as he could.
When he saw Tao Qingli, he realized that he wasn't alone. Each of the Traversing Water Palace's Halls had gathered a representative from each of them, and they were all the more capable Manor Heads of their respective Halls.
Once all ten Manor Heads had arrived, the ten of them were led to the rear palace to meet the Palace Lord, Granny Tao.
"We respectfully greet the Palace Lord!" The ten of them lined up and greeted her.
"Dispense with the formalities!" Granny Tao raised her hands and said to Tao Qingli, "Go ahead and tell them!"
Tao Qingli nodded, then turned to the ten of them and said, "The ten of you are the most capable candidates from your respective Halls. I've summoned you all this time to make a trip to Flowing Clouds Dune Sea to carry out a secret mission. This mission comes from the Realm Beyond Heaven, and was personally issued by the Celestial Sage herself. If you can successfully complete the mission, you will be handsomely rewarded!"
"Flowing Clouds Dune Sea?" Everyone was shocked. 'They're actually going to Flowing Clouds Dune Sea?' That damned place was a chaotic place with no rules to speak of. It was a lawless zone, and one could even say that it was a place of exile for the cultivation realm. The Sea of Constellations was dangerous only to the cultivators of the other five nations. At the very least, it was still a paradise for Yao cultivators. However, Flowing Clouds Dune Sea was dangerous to all cultivators of the six nations.
Someone immediately cupped his fists and asked, "May I ask, Advisor? What kind of mission is it that requires us to go to Flowing Clouds Dune Sea?"
Tao Qingli asked, "Flowing Clouds Dune Sea used to be a desolate and uninhabited place. Do you know why it became a chaotic place in the future?"
Someone replied, "Legend has it that many years ago, a large ship filled with treasures suddenly appeared and sailed through the Tranquil Sea. Rumor has it that it came from the higher realms, and it was filled with treasures from the higher realms. Every time it appeared, it would cause a huge commotion in the cultivation realm. However, this ship never left a trace, and would only appear and disappear at random times. That's why people called it the 'Netherdragon Ship'. Since then, countless people have gone there in search of treasures, and gradually, Flowing Clouds Dune Sea has become a chaotic place."
At this point, someone else suddenly asked, "Advisor, could it be that the mission we're carrying out is related to the 'Netherdragon Ship'?"
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