Transmigration: Children of The Plane

Promotions, Commander Huo

It didn't take long for Xiao'er to arrive with Big Wang. After he saw Xue Bai still struggling with Yggradrasil, he went and lifted it up with ease. Big Wang was in the Law Engraving Realm, so the tree weighed almost nothing to him, no matter how overpowered it was.

The three then started to make their way to LI Rou's courtyard, but since Big Wang didn't know the way, Xue Bai was in the lead. Finally, after some walking, they arrived at Li Rou's courtyard.

Since Li Rou had left it unattended, she had locked it using an array, but Xue Bai had his mother's token, so he undid the array easily, allowing the three of them inside.

Inside the herb garden, Xue Bai quickly noticed the markers, but since he was with Big Wang, he asked him to find the densest places instead.

"Young Duke, the densest is around that tree in the center." With his perception, it wasn't hard for Big Wang to find it, and he quickly pointed it out.

"Big Wang, dig out a space for Yggdrasil near the tree in the center but make sure it's far away. I don't want the two to kill each other." Xue Bai ordered.

Finding a spot with dense Spiritual Qi and still far away from the tree in the center wasn't easy, but Big Wang eventually found one and planted Yggdrasil in a hole he dug.

"Young Duke, do you have any other orders." Big Wang wanted to go back and cultivate. He and his brother were getting closer and closer to the Law Manifestation Realm by each day, and he didn't want to waste a second.

"Yes, go call your brother and meet us in the main hall. Father and Mother will be giving you a surprise." Xue Bai replied vaguely.

But Big Wang could read through the lines and looked ecstatic. He only quickly bowed before running off to go and find his little brother.

"Young Master, are we going to the main hall now?" Xiao'er asked.

Nodding at her, the two leave Li Rou's courtyard and start to head to the main hall. The Main Hall was a part of the same building as Xue Feng's office. However, the office was only a side room, while the Main Hall took up the majority of the space in the building.

The Main Hall looked very simple. It was a vast hall with ten seats for every commander under Xue Feng and two at the front. They stood on an elevated platform that signified a higher position. These seats were for Xue Feng and Li Rou, and though it was a very patriarchal society, Li Rou had a very powerful voice in the Dukedom's affairs.

As Xue Bai entered the Main Hall with Xiao'er, he saw the shopkeeper and Blacksmith Guo kneeling in the center with his parents and Li Huo looking at them from above.

Hearing footsteps, everyone in the Main Hall turned and looked at the entrance, with each pair of eyes having a different reaction.

His parents looked happy at his arrival and called him over to stand with them. Nodding, he walked up the small set of stairs and went to stand with them. But Xue Bai decided to stand behind them since while he was the heir, he had yet to succeed his Father yet.

As he stood behind his parents, he felt a gaze and turned to look at his Uncle, who was looking at him unkindly. It was apparent he was still annoyed from being left to clean up his mess. But Xue Bai just gave his Uncle a cheeky smile which caused Li Huo to laugh.

He was going to start a conversation with his Uncle, but before he could, the Wang Twins also entered the Main Hall. They saw the workers from earlier and were quick on the uptake and knelt in the center of the hall next to them.

Seeing everyone he called for in the Main Hall, Xue Feng started to speak, "Blacksmith Guo, while I know of your name before I begin shopkeeper, can you tell me yours?"

"Yes, Duke Xue, this servant's name is Li Qi." The shopkeeper answered.

"Then Blacksmith Guo and Li Qi, since I assume you both know why you're here. I'll explain to you your new positions in my Dukedom. Since the main reason my son recruited you was because you saw something you shouldn't have, you both have a choice." Xue Feng paused before he looked at them with cold eyes and continued, "Like those hunters, you both will swear a Dao Oath never to reveal what Bai'er opened. Or die where you stand."

Hearing Xue Feng speak so indifferently and cold, Blacksmith Guo and Li Qi were terrified.

'Sure enough, his title isn't for nothing. He's a block of ice with no emotions!'

However, they both quickly swore a Dao oath. If they would rather die than bend, they would've died in the Stone Gambling Pavilion.

"Now that the two of you are a part of my Dukedom and have decent cultivation and experience, I will give you both a space to excel in," Xue Feng finally looked at them and said. "Blacksmith Guo, you go and find Commander Huo in the inner region. He is the lead of my side professionals where you specialize in. And Li Qi, you can go back to Snowy Wind City and go to Herb Mountain Pavilion. You can take my wife's token and find Zhou Beizhan and tell him to make you lead of all salesmen there,"

Hearing such a generous offer, the two men kneeling were happy. They had thought Xue Feng would suppress them with terrible positions and be constantly supervised. However, it was the opposite. Not daring to deny such a comfortable position, the men kowtowed as hard as they could and responded, "Yes, Duke Xue!"

Not bothering to respond, Xue Feng waved his hand a toke appeared in Li Qi's hand. "Go to your new positions now. I have already informed Commander Huo and Zhou Beizhan, and they are waiting for you."

Kowtowing once more, the men quickly run to their new jobs. Leaving the Wang Twins knelt on the grounds.

"Wang Ye and Wang Shu, you two have seen a core secret like them. However, you two have already sworn a Dao oath and work for my son. So the only thing I will give you two is a courtyard in the Core region near my son's. While the Spiritual Qi in it isn't comparable to my own, it is far better than your previous courtyard." Xue Feng spoke.

Wang Ye was the younger twin, while Wang Shu was the older twin. And after hearing Xue Feng's words, they were even more excited than the two men from before. Because while Li Qi and Blacksmith Guo had been given new jobs, it was only a lucky opportunity in their minds. But the Twins have wanted to rise in the Dukedom ever since they were children. And entering the core region was something they could've even dreamt of before, and now it was happening to them.

So even harder than the men before, the twins kowtowed to Xue Feng, thanking him. But Xue Feng waved them off, saying to prepare to move courtyards. And after kowtowing once more, they left.

After the outsiders left, Xue Bai turned to his Father and asked, "Father, I understand Big and Little Wang, but why did you give those two such good jobs. While they are in the Middle of the Houtian Great Realm, it's because of the resources they wasted. They have wasted all their potential and probably peaked right now."

Xue Feng looked at his son with surprise. He didn't think his son would comment on his actions and would only nod mindlessly. But he looked calm on the outside and replied, "I had first thought to give them low-ranking jobs and make them work to their deaths. But people had already seen them in their high positions, so their falling from grace after joining our Dukedom would look bad on our part. So I gave them these high-ranking jobs but also kept them under two of our most trusted men just in case they decided to betray us. Zhou Beizhan and Commander Huo are both in The Xiantian Great Realm and should have no problem stopping them from leaking any key information."

"Uncle Li told me about Zhou Beizhan, but who is Commander Huo?" Xue Bai asked.

"Commander Huo is a prodigy from a declining Marquis Family under me. He has been the only capable cultivator from their family in this generation, so after offering the Huo Clan to take them as subordinates, I took him away from them. So it was a win-win deal for us both." Xue Feng replied.

Xue Bai, after hearing this, remembered him from the game. This Commander Huo would die soon. He had made a trip back home after hearing that Huo Long had been crippled but had died of a sneak attack on the way home.

However, Xue Bai didn't show anything on his face. And after talking to his Uncle a little longer, he went to his room for the night.