After Lu Qing'er's birthday party, the next two days were calm and peaceful. Li Luo had just made a breakthrough and entered the second segment of the Xiang Shi realm, the Shengwen segment. During these two days, he gradually became familiar with his increased Xiang force.

  Apart from this, there was a second assessment about the Xiyang House, and this time the assessment was to refine the Second-Rank Spiritual Water of Strange Light. Tang Yun and Lu Xiao Feng, two Fourth-Rank Refining Masters, still relied on their status and did not take action, so the result was obvious. Li Luo once again slaughtered the department's refining masters.

  Then in the second assessment, the department's refining division, continued to be crushed by Li Luo.

  But it has to be said that this crushing result also gradually achieved the effect Li Luo wanted. After Zheng Ping's report, those branch Shuixiang masters would often talk about Li Luo with some genuine admiration when they were chatting in their daily lives. After all, as Shuixiang masters, they didn't acknowledge anything else, only who had a higher level of Shuixiang skills.

  Li Luo, although currently only a second-grade Quenching Master, has an extraordinary talent. The first and second grade spiritual waters and essence he refines are so remarkable that even Tang Yun and Lu Xiao Feng, both fourth-grade Quenching Masters, can't help but admire them. How could others not be in awe?

  If it can be said that in the first two days, these branch division cultivators still had some guard against Li Luo and this side of the headquarters, then over this period of time, that guard has greatly weakened. Li Luo's actions have told them how broad his mind is...

  According to Zheng Ping's secret investigation, some branch division cultivators have already begun to waver and are preparing to really stay at the headquarters in the future.

  So, the current situation is developing in line with Li Luo's expectations.

  ...

  "Today is the third assessment."

  Luo Lan Fu headquarters, a living room, Cai Wei looked at Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e sitting on the upper seat, with some worried meaning on her charming goose egg face.

  "Minister of Works, everything has been going too smoothly lately." Her words carried a hint of warning.

  Li Luo nodded slightly, he naturally understood Cai Wei's meaning. Those branch tempering masters, nowadays people's hearts were indeed won over by him, but... Pei Hao's tactics had not yet been exposed.

  Is he really here to give us a big gift?

  Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e exchanged a glance, both seeing the vigilance and guard in each other's eyes. Pei Hao was quite cunning and ruthless in his actions, so it would be too naive to expect him to come with good intentions bearing gifts.

  "If Bae Hoang really has any secret tricks, it's probably within these two days." Jiang Qing'e said slowly.

  Today is the third assessment, if these branch tempering masters still can't pass, then they will almost have to return empty-handed. However, the result obviously won't be like that. After getting used to the good treatment at headquarters, you let them go back to the Xiling County branch under those conditions, I'm afraid many people won't be willing.

  So once the third assessment is over, Li Luo will make his recruitment public as he wishes, and it's likely that nearly half of the department's instructors will choose to join him.

  To him.

  If Bae Hwang really doesn't have any moves, then these department heads are truly a big gift.

  "On the side of the Xiyangwu headquarters, I have increased the guard force and also made many secret preparations." Li Luo nodded and said.

  "Anyway, let's proceed according to our plan," said Jiang Qing'e.

  "As long as you can really subdue these branch divisions, the scale of Xi Yang House headquarters will also usher in an expansion. At that time, with the help of your secret method of Yuan Shui, Xi Yang House headquarters will also stand out in Da Xia City."

  Li Luo stood up and let out a long sigh towards the sunlight.

  That was his initial idea, as it was the first step to expand Creek Yang House, and once Creek Yang House became powerful, it would be able to provide a large amount of funds for Luo Lan Fu.

  With these funds, Luolan Prefecture was able to maintain stability and gradually expand, while also providing him with a constant supply of high-quality spiritual water and strange light.

  Of course, most importantly, the "mysterious formation" that protects the Luo Lan Fu, as mentioned by Biao Shu, will also recover from this, right?

  "Let's go."

  Li Luochong said to Jiang Qing'e, Cai Wei and Yan Lingqing, then led the way outside the Luolan Prefecture headquarters. He had spent a lot of effort nurturing those branch division cultivators for so long, it was time to reap the rewards.

  Besides, if Pei Hang wants to make a move, he should have done so by now.

  As he thought of this, Li Luo's face showed a faint smile as he walked out of the living room. Perhaps several months ago, Pei Huan could not have imagined that this useless and idle young master of the Xiao family would come to Dashacheng and start a direct game with him.

  ...

  Xiyang House Headquarters.

  The atmosphere here today is somewhat peculiar, with many tempered masters gathering together, their faces all bearing a complex emotion.

  On the side, there were some headquarters' instructors, but after a period of interaction, these headquarters' instructors no longer had the initial resistance and disdain.

  Some of them even established a relationship with the department's Qu Xiangshi, and when they gathered together from time to time, they would say something, and every time this happened, the department's Qu Xiangshi would be entangled and struggling.

  Among many cultivators in front of them, Zheng Ping and Tang Yun stood together with Lu Xiao Feng.

  He glanced at the two of them and said lightly: "Today is indeed the third assessment, after the assessment ends, your time in the headquarters will be almost over."

  Tang Yun fell silent, and Lu Xiao Feng also kept quiet.

  Zheng Ping's elder face turned red with anger, and he said: "I'm saying, after all this time, you should understand the sincerity of the Young Master of the Manor, right? What are you still pretending to be stupid for?"

  Tang Yun let out a bitter laugh and said, "Indeed, our bodies do bear the mark of Pei Huan. The Xiling Prefecture branch has been providing him with funding for quite some time now."

  "They just use you as labor."

  Zheng Ping sneered, saying: "Moreover, do you think that in the past, Pei Huan didn't interfere with the headquarters? Some of the Shu Xiang masters on this side of the headquarters can be said to have been won over by Pei Huan, but did the Young Master of the Zuo Fu care?"

  "Don't use your narrow-mindedness to speculate about the young master of Shaofu, although he is young, his wrist and heart are far beyond what Pei Huan can compare."

  Tang Yun and Lu Xiao Feng exchanged a glance, both of them struggling with their emotions, but in the end they remained silent.

  The broad-mindedness displayed by Shaofu is indeed admirable, but over the years, Pei Huan has also provided them with a lot of support. Although his purpose was to obtain funding from the department, if they were to completely betray Pei Huan, it would be difficult for them to make a decision at this time.

  "Let's wait for today's assessment results first."

  Tang Yun let out a sigh, he didn't know what to do now either. Anyway, everything would just have to wait and see for now. They would see how this last assessment turned out, if they could win, then they could see if the young master of the Ministry of Works would keep his promise or not. If he went back on his word, they would also be able to see if his attitude over this period of time was insincere or not.

  If the Shao Fu master is really as he said, they will provide the secret method of Yuan Shui to the Xiling County branch after passing the assessment. In that case, their purpose for this trip would be achieved, and at that time, these branch cultivators should still be willing to follow them back.

  "Hum, obstinately ignorant."

  Zheng Ping scolded angrily.

  At this time, a commotion came from the front, and many eyes turned to look. Then they saw Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e and others walking over.

  Many masters of Quanxiang came out to welcome him with folded hands.

  Li Luo's expression was calm as he waved his hand gently, his eyes directly looking at Tang Yun and Lu Xiao Feng, smiling: "This time, the two of you must take action, right?"

  Tang Yun, Lu Xiao Feng exchanged a glance, and finally the former walked out. Among the division's Refining Masters, Tang Yun's refining technique was the most exquisite, only one step away from becoming a fifth-grade Refining Master.

  When he came out, some of the masters at headquarters were whispering to each other, frowning, seemingly dissatisfied.

  In their view, the Lord of the Minor Treasury had given Zuo Xiangshi so many privileges, and this time, Tang Yun was even going to take action personally, which was really somewhat ungrateful.

  However, towards those dissatisfied glances, Tang Yun was as if he hadn't heard them. His eyes were fixed on Li Luo, and he slowly said: "Young Master of the Ministry of Works, this time let me learn from your Tempering Technique..."

  "But this time's assessment is Three-Treasured Spiritual Water and Strange Light, whereas the Young Master of Shaofu seems to be only a Second-Ranked Cultivation Master?"

  Facing those numerous gazes, Li Luo also revealed a brilliant smile.

  "Oh, yesterday's mood was pretty good, and suddenly I had an epiphany, and finally managed to refine the Three Treasures of Spiritual Water..."

  "So now I'm also considered a third-grade Quanzhen Master."