Chapter 99

In the open space of the fountain.

After Li Luo finished his three bold moves as the new official, everyone looked at him with complex expressions. The previous disdain in their eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by a sense of respect.

Elder Zheng Ping also heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He had been truly afraid that Li Luo would act rashly due to his youth and directly cut off those wavering phase-masters from Xiyang House with a single stroke. While that would have been satisfying, it would also have severely weakened Xiyang House.

More importantly, it would have caused a bad reputation. After those phase-masters were expelled, Xiyang House would become notorious in the phase-master circle of Daxia City. It would be unknown how much effort would be needed to restore its reputation.

Fortunately, Li Luo did not choose the most direct method. Instead, his three bold moves eliminated the concerns of the phase-masters at Xiyang House and showed them the potential of Xiyang House's future.

Although this would not immediately eliminate Pang Qianchi's influence and control in Xiyang House, it was a good start. He believed that with Li Luo's methods and the allure of the secret source water, Xiyang House would gradually end its chaos and become better in the future.

Pang Qianchi looked at Li Luo with a solemn expression, then without saying any more nonsense, he turned and left.

The current situation was that Li Luo had quickly gained the support of some people in Xiyang House. His incitement had completely failed, and now he could only temporarily lie low and wait for future opportunities.

As Pang Qianchi left, the phase-masters present exchanged glances for a moment, and finally all bowed to Li Luo: "Greetings, President."

Li Luo smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Go about your business. Rest assured, Xiyang House will soon be back on track. The future Xiyang House will definitely be stronger than before."

Hearing this, the phase-masters gradually dispersed.

As everyone left, Li Luo took a deep breath and turned to look at the three women who had been watching him the whole time but had not said a word.

"How was it?" he asked with a smile.

Among the three women, even Jiang Qing'e stared at Li Luo's face for a while. They did not speak, but the expressions in their eyes clearly showed a hint of amazement.

"Good."

Jiang Qing'e smiled lightly, her eyes filled with admiration: "You did better than I expected."

She could not help but admire him, as she had always wanted to handle the issues at Xiyang House but had no way to intervene, maintaining a stalemate.

After all, she was not a phase-master and did not understand these matters well. Most importantly, the Luo Lan Mansion had too many problems, and she could not devote much attention to Xiyang House.

She had seen Li Luo's three bold moves, and even she could not find any flaws. Especially the burning of the roster, whether it was real or fake was not important; what mattered was Li Luo's stance, which would cut off Pang Qianchi's control over the phase-masters at Xiyang House to the greatest extent.

Although it would not be possible to clean everything up immediately, it was a good trend.

Of course, the most important point was the high-purity secret source water that Li Luo provided, which was highly tempting to phase-masters.

With the secret source water as a prerequisite, the subsequent measures could achieve such good results.

Yan Lingqing adjusted her silver-rimmed glasses and stared at Li Luo with a mysterious smile on her red lips: "It seems that the secret source water is really quite useful. I wonder if the young lord has enough?"

Regarding Li Luo's secret source water, among the three women present, only Yan Lingqing had a vague idea of its origin. This was due to some clues she had noticed when Li Luo assisted her during the Ling Water Odd Light Festival in Tianshu County.

Li Luo sighed, as what Yan Lingqing said was indeed a problem. He was currently at the tenth imprint realm, and the amount of secret source water he could condense each day was limited. He had already promised to provide a certain amount of secret source water to the Tianshu County Xiyang House every month, which was already a significant burden. If he had to provide for the headquarters of Xiyang House as well, it would really drain him dry.

However, he was not far from breaking through to the phase-master realm. Once he completed the breakthrough and condensed a phase seed in his phase palace, his phase power would have a significant increase.

At that time, he should be able to barely keep up with the demand.

Cai Wei stared at Li Luo with a somewhat resentful look and said, "You just opened your mouth and promised to give Xiyang House 20% of its annual income. Do you even know how much trouble I go through to procure the Ling Water Odd Light for you?"

Li Luo felt a bit awkward and said, "Sister Cai Wei, we need to look forward. Xiyang House is in a terrible situation now, with a large number of phase-masters leaving. We must stabilize the situation and attract more phase-masters to join Xiyang House to make it better."

"Ah, I'm actually being lectured by the young lord," Cai Wei said with a smile, her eyes coquettish.

Jiang Qing'e laughed and said, "Sister Cai Wei is just joking with you. We believe in your ability. Xiyang House will definitely become one of the top ten Ling Water Odd Light Houses in Daxia under your leadership."

"Ah, I hope so," Li Luo sighed helplessly. He had just arrived in Daxia City and was already burdened with such a heavy responsibility. Making Xiyang House one of the top ten Ling Water Odd Light Houses in Daxia was not an easy task, even though he could produce high-purity secret source water. However, this alone might not be enough.

The other top ten Ling Water Odd Light Houses all had more than one type of secret source water and source light. Therefore, to truly make Xiyang House strong and large, they would need to find some other secret source water and source light, not relying solely on him.

Li Luo chatted with the three women for a while, then went to the meeting hall with Elder Zheng Ping, who had been waiting on the side. Since he had become the president of Xiyang House, it was necessary for him to understand all the affairs of the house.

This understanding took a whole day.

When night fell over Daxia City, Li Luo lay on the chair in the meeting hall, exhausted, and looked at Jiang Qing'e, who had accompanied him all day, with some sympathy: "Sister Qing'e, you've really worked hard these past few years."

He was already this tired just by taking over Xiyang House. He could only imagine how much harder it must have been for Jiang Qing'e to take over the chaotic Luo Lan Mansion.

Jiang Qing'e stretched her arms, revealing a well-proportioned figure. Although some curves were smaller compared to Cai Wei, the overall proportions were nearly perfect.

"If you really care about me, then manage Xiyang House well. I don't want to be distracted by this anymore," Jiang Qing'e said.

Hearing this, Li Luo felt a headache. After reviewing Xiyang House's records for a day, he had a clearer understanding of the house, but this understanding only made him feel helpless.

Because, the problems with Xiyang House were really too numerous.

If he had known this earlier, he would not have been so bold as to promise to make Xiyang House one of the top ten Ling Water Odd Light Houses in Daxia.

If it weren't for the fear of Jiang Qing'e dragging him to the training room for a sparring session, he would really want to ask, "Is it too late to resign now?"

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