Chapter 411
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The entire Qingyun Empire’s capital, Qingtian City, is divided into five major districts.
To the north lies the Imperial Palace.
To the east is the Qingyun Academy.
The west and south are the domains of the Five Great Families.
And at the heart of the city stands the central urban area, home to powerful factions such as the Shengdan Pavilion, Qingyun Pavilion, and the Dark Soul Hall.
The headquarters of the Dark Soul Hall, like the Qingyun Pavilion and Shengdan Pavilion, occupies an entire street of shops. While the Qingyun and Shengdan Pavilions are trading houses, primarily dealing in medicinal pills, the Dark Soul Hall is involved in a wide range of activities, with very few pill transactions. Its main business consists of numerous gray-market dealings.
At this moment, within a spacious room of the Dark Soul Hall, three figures sat in a circle. They were Wang Pengyuan, Xu Wenyuan, and Lei Chengtian.
Though their injuries had healed and their appearances restored, they still wore the same attire as before. Xu Wenyuan spoke in a deep voice, “Big brother, since Third Uncle is coming to work at our Dark Soul Hall, what position should we assign him?”
Wang Pengyuan and Xu Wenyuan were both among the eighteen Ask-the-Heaven Guards of the past, though Xu Wenyuan had primarily received teachings in array techniques from Ye Wentian. Over the years, the Dark Soul Hall had grown and prospered under their leadership, with Wang Pengyuan being the most instrumental in its success.
Wang Pengyuan pondered and said, “Our Dark Soul Hall has three hall masters—you, me, and Chengtian. How about we create a position for a fourth hall master and let Third Uncle take that role?”
“No, no,” Lei Chengtian immediately shook his head upon hearing this. “The master said we need to keep a low profile for now. He plans to gradually torment the Five Great Families. If we make Third Uncle the fourth hall master, won’t that arouse suspicion from the Qingyun Pavilion and the Qin clan? They’ll start investigating immediately. If they find out about our connection to the master, won’t that ruin everything?”
“You’re right. Chengtian’s consideration is indeed thorough,” Wang Pengyuan acknowledged. “So, what do you suggest we do?”
Lei Chengtian thought for a moment and said, “How about we assign him the position of an elder or a hall chief?”
Within the Dark Soul Hall, the three hall masters were the highest decision-makers. Below them were thirty-six elders, all of whom were powerful cultivators at the Heavenly Gang level. In addition, there were one hundred and twelve hall chiefs, all at the Yuanfu level. These hall chiefs were only from the capital and did not include the numerous sub-chiefs from the various cities and branches of the Dark Soul Hall throughout the Qingyun Empire.
“An elder is a good choice,” Wang Pengyuan immediately agreed. “A hall chief is too low-ranking. The master would definitely scold us if he knew.”
However, Xu Wenyuan whispered, “But isn’t the position of an elder also quite conspicuous?”
The three men looked at each other, suddenly finding themselves in a dilemma. It was a tricky situation: they couldn’t assign a position that was too low, but they also couldn’t assign one that was too high for the master’s uncle.
They had originally planned to personally welcome him, but then thought better of it, realizing it might be too ostentatious. That was why they were anxiously waiting here.
As they were discussing, Uncle He arrived with Ye Qingfeng. Today, Ye Qingfeng had specially changed into a silk robe, his tall and slender figure looking even more upright.
“Uncle He…”
“Hmm?”
Ye Qingfeng, looking at the scale and architecture of the Dark Soul Hall, which was no less impressive than that of the Qingyun Pavilion, felt a bit nervous and said with a wry smile, “Maybe we should just forget about it?”
“Now that Wushuang is not short of money, I could buy a shop and do some business, gradually expanding.”
Uncle He chuckled and said, “Third Uncle, it’s fine.”
“The young master now has many friends. He is friends with Young Master Xu Qiuyuan, and it would be easy for him to arrange a position for you here at the Dark Soul Hall.”
As Uncle He was speaking, a voice rang out.
“Third Uncle, Uncle He.”
Not far away, Xu Qiuyuan ran over, panting and said, “Why didn’t you wait for me?”
“Qiuyuan, why did you come too?” Ye Qingfeng asked.
Xu Qiuyuan laughed and said, “Since Third Uncle is coming to work at our Dark Soul Hall, I, as the young master, of course have to be here to support him and make sure no one bullies him!”
Ye Qingfeng smiled. Over these past days, Xu Qiuyuan had often visited the Ye Mansion, learning array techniques from Ye Wushuang and making great progress.
Thinking of this, Ye Qingfeng couldn’t help but sigh. Heaven had not forsaken the Ye clan. At this critical moment of survival and extinction, Ye Wushuang had defied fate, and now the Ye family was gradually getting back on track!
“Let’s go in,” Ye Qingfeng said.
The three of them entered the Dark Soul Hall together. The vast hall was bustling with people. Upon seeing Xu Qiuyuan, everyone greeted him respectfully.
“Master Xu!”
Before long, a plump middle-aged man approached and asked respectfully, “Why have you come today, young master?”
“Uncle Qu, this is Ye Qingfeng, who is now…” Xu Qiuyuan began.
“Condensation Meridian Realm, third level,” Ye Qingfeng quickly interjected.
Xu Qiuyuan smiled and said, “He’s at the third level of the Condensation Meridian Realm. Today, he’s come to our Dark Soul Hall to take up a good position…”
