Three days after receiving Wang Ping's assignment, Liu Shuang left the mountain. Her two disciples and Su Dun's youngest son, Su Hai, could only be sent to the Mountain Peak Dojo.
「Mid-May of the following year.」
The Daoist Scripture Hall's assembly convened on schedule on Keming Island in the Southeast Islands. It was a very low-key affair, with fewer than a hundred Cultivators in attendance. Lishui Prefecture sent a Third Realm Cultivator to preside.
The assembly lasted for no more than two days. Wang Ping received the news of his promotion to the fifth seat half a month later.
Clearly, this assembly was just a formality, one that the upper echelons of the Daoist Scripture Hall had forced through. Some of the votes for the fifth-seat promotion were even cast by mail, making this particular round of promotions, including Wang Ping's, rather awkward. This awkwardness was also a concession from the leadership to those who had opposed it.
'So much for favors and face!'
