125 Side Story: Promotion (2/2)
Chen Wentian didn't hesitate and read the oath, ”I, He Xingping, swear to loyalty to He Zicheng and shall not reveal any secrets to outsiders and anyone below the rank of executive elder.”
A soft glow of golden spiritual energy surrounded him as the spiritual oath took effect. He Zicheng nodded in satisfaction and waved him away. Chen Wentian returned to stand next to the other three newly promoted executive elders. What nobody in the room realized was that such oaths were simply useless in the face of his divine soul art!
Within He Xingping's body, the strand of spiritual energy belonging to the oath entered his spiritual sea, seeking to anchor itself there forever. But as it floated, the entire spiritual sea disappeared as if everything was an illusion. Everything was replaced by an endless black void that was filled with multi colored stars. The spiritual oath floated about in confusion before becoming attracted towards a dim yellow star that was emitting a familiar spiritual energy. It glided towards it; it flew and flew, but the yellow star seemingly remained an infinite distance away. The spiritual oath seemed to realize something and turned around, trying to escape, to return from where it came.
But how could Chen Wentian let it escape? A blue star suddenly shined bright and beam of pure energy suddenly shot forth. The spiritual energy of the oath was incinerated by the divine flames of the Blue Dragon and not a single bit of it was left… The whole ordeal only took a few seconds and Chen Wentian opened his eyes again with the slightest smiles on the face. Nobody sensed anything was amiss, they only assumed he was happy about his promotion.
He Zicheng went over some secrets with the new executive elders, explaining why the city was attacked. He described Mei Qiaofeng, the strange old man, and a mysterious prisoner that had escaped. He did not mention Jasmine by name or that she was a nine tailed fox, only referring to her human form. He also did not say anything about the betrayal and death of the Snake lord, only that the Snake faction had betrayed the sect and sided with their enemies. Chen Wentian listened intently, acting angry, surprised, and indignant at all the right times. His performance was totally on point and convincing.
The meeting eventually ended with each of the new executive elders being given a mountain of work. He Zicheng left by himself while the four chatted with the three remaining immortals. Chen Wentian took the opportunity to approach Qiu Chuyi who he had only spoken to a few times before.
”Xingping, happy with the promotion?” Qiu Chuyi asked.
”Of course, absolutely! It is a huge honor from the lord to be given such responsibility.” Chen Wentian said. He then lowered his voice, ”Although, I've noticed that Ji Tiangu seems to be overly hostile towards me.”
”Haha, don't worry. Ignore him. He is just angry his son was killed. He tried to get another one of his sons into your position but you were the most qualified. You are related to the lord and your wife is also related to me. There won't be any problems, just do your job well.”
”Yes.”
”Oh, by the way, I heard about your wife, congratulations.” Qiu Chuyi said and handed him a small bag.
Chen Wentian was surprised and bowed. ”Thank you, sir.”
He opened the bag to see some herbs and medicine that he recognized as being beneficial for pregnancy. He felt slightly conflicted as he watched Qiu Chuyi walk away. His wife's clan head wasn't that bad, he seemed like a reasonable man. He shook his head; in the end it didn't matter. His revenge against the Beast God Sanctum still wasn't finished and he would destroy anyone that stood in his way.