Chapter 1478: Chapter 771: Arrival of the Nascent Soul

Cultivating “The Union of Differences” in seclusion took up one and a half months.

Time flew by, and it’s almost the end of the year again.

After emerging from his retreat, the first thing Chen Mobai did was to approve Lin Yin’s long leave. According to her plan, she intended to wait until the end of this year’s business and then take next year’s leave to prepare for Core Formation.

However, Chen Mobai understood her state of mind very well, probably preoccupied with thoughts of Core Formation.

Even if she was still part of the Sky-Mending Group, her heart was surely no longer in it.

Thus, he readily granted Lin Yin a long leave. Her deputy position in the Sky-Mending Group would be reserved for her, but her duties would temporarily be handed over to Hua Zijing and Zhuang Jialan to manage.

To outsiders, Chen Mobai seemed to be setting up his allies for promotion.

If it were not for the fact that Hua Zijing and Zhuang Jialan had joined the Sky-Mending Group just over a year ago and were relatively junior, Chen Mobai might have taken advantage of this opportunity to transfer Lin Yin’s deputy leadership to one of them.

And indeed, this was Chen Mobai’s very intention!

Yet this was also in part Lan Haitian’s wish.

He had secured his footing in the Xianwu Hall, but lacked trustworthy personnel, thus was keen to transfer Lin Yin, one of his own, over.

For this very reason, Lan Haitian had allowed Chen Mobai to secure a Golden Liquid Jade Pill for Lin Yin, an act of utilizing his own connections to aid his competent subordinate.

But it was a win-win situation. After all, Lin Yin had followed Lan Haitian for decades. Even though her collaboration with Chen Mobai had been very pleasant, she was not truly one of his own. Chen Mobai would certainly wonder, when the crunch comes, how Lin Yin would choose between himself and Lan Haitian, her former leader!

Rather than face such uncertainty, it was better to address this issue at its root.

Just as well, Chen Mobai had recently transferred Hua Zijing and Zhuang Jialan, the direct disciples of the Weapon Dancing Sect, into the Sky-Mending Group, and Lin Yin had done her utmost to transfer all responsibilities and authority she could to them.

Once Lin Yin received the Golden Liquid Jade Pill through the Sky-Mending Group, regardless of whether her Core Formation was successful or not, Lan Haitian would arrange for her to be moved to the Xianwu Hall.

Following her departure, the vacant position left behind had Chen Mobai contemplating whether Hua Zijing or Zhuang Jialan would be a better fit for the role.

However, Chen Mobai was quite thankful to Lan Haitian for this arrangement. If Lan Haitian hadn’t kept Lin Yin behind, Chen Mobai wouldn’t have been able to take over the Sky-Mending Group so smoothly.

One could only say that the two individuals, belonging to different factions, worked together with great understanding.

Sometimes, Lan Haitian felt this to be incredible, as he had joined the Sky-Mending Group straight after graduation. Under the arrangement of the Righteous Law Hall Master, he integrated with various departments, spending a hundred years to hone his political acumen and abilities.

Yet Chen Mobai, without official experience, had managed affairs smoothly after assuming leadership of the Weapon Lineage, dealing with various powers confidently and methodically.

After Wang Shuye, the former head, departed from the highest echelons, the Weapon Lineage did not fall into disarray. Instead, under Chen Mobai’s leadership, it continued to prosper.

This man was not only a cultivation prodigy but also a natural-born sage in emotional intelligence and worldly affairs!

Three years after Chen Mobai took over the Weapon Lineage, the other three lineages of the Immortal Gate gave him such an assessment.

After obtaining the leave permit, Lin Yin, delighted, handed over her work to Hua Zijing and Zhuang Jialan, then hurriedly packed her bags to return to her hometown.

Many in Immortal Gate hold the belief of returning to one’s roots, thinking that a part of their body and soul belongs to their native land, where the chances of breakthrough success are higher.

After seeing off Lin Yin, Chen Mobai called Hua Zijing and Zhuang Jialan into his office, where the three of them held a small internal meeting.

“Lin Yin’s Core Formation retreat may take several years. By the time results emerge, both of your qualifications will be more or less sufficient. She will then be transferred to the Xianwu Hall by Lan Haitian, and her deputy leader position will be up for grabs–who among you two wants it?”

Chen Mobai got straight to the point.

“Senior sister is more capable and has a better temperament than me; let her take the position.”

Just as Hua Zijing hesitated, Zhuang Jialan had already declined with a smile.

“Alright, then that’s settled. Zijing will take over as deputy leader, and Jialan, you will continue as my secretary.”

Upon hearing this, Hua Zijing felt as though she had gotten the short end of the stick, but at that moment, all she could do was nod and express her gratitude to Zhuang Jialan.

“From now on, Zijing, start taking over the work Lin Yin left behind. I trust your abilities; be bold in your actions, knowing that I have your back!”

This declaration from Chen Mobai made Hua Zijing’s expression turn solemn.

Compared to being a secretary, the position of deputy leader was undeniably more challenging, yet it also meant that the next Golden Liquid Jade Pill from the Sky-Mending Group would be hers.

For that reason, she wouldn’t decline the opportunity.

Having taken care of this matter, Chen Mobai made a phone call to Lan Haitian to update him, and the latter expressed his gratitude.

Sky-Mending Group Rank-2.

Within the highest-level workshop, Chen Mobai placed a thumb-sized piece of Rank-3 Purple Gold atop the surface of the Haotian Mirror, employing the ascension technique from “The Union of Differences” to replace the existing Rank-2 Red Copper within the mirror body.

As time passed, a drop of red copper liquid seeped out from the back of the mirror.