"Don't worry, it's completely sealed here. No one outside can hear even if you shout, so there's no need to be overly restrained."
Susan took the cup next to her and poured hot water for Jiang Si, "However, I'm a bit surprised that Lord Bingtang is recruiting men. I thought the Cyan Cloud Sect only had magical girls."
Actually, that's not entirely wrong.
But there was no way he could explain anything, so Jiang Si just picked up the cup and took a sip.
The Cyan Cloud Sect itself wasn't managed by him; most of the time it was Bingtang managing the whole organization.
Although most people in the sect knew that Zi Yuan was the actual Sect Leader of Cyan Cloud Sect, and many had even seen him, very few knew he was Zi Yuan in disguise.
Similarly, Jiang Si also didn't know most of the lower-ranked members of the organization.
For example, this spy from the Disaster Strategy Bureau, whose status in the Cyan Cloud Sect wasn't high, so it was possible they hadn't met.
Jiang Si scrutinized Susan again, "Miss Yin Luo said you can no longer transform into a magical girl."
"That's true in the Disaster Strategy Bureau." Susan's originally cold face softened a little, "But Zi Yuan and Lord Bingtang have already helped me solve this problem. Zi Yuan and Lord Bingtang are the true haven for magical girls."
As the Sect Leader of Cyan Cloud Sect, most of the time Jiang Si—or rather Zi Yuan—would not appear in person, but many knew that the Sect Leader was Zi Yuan. Bingtang had also been promoting the true Sect Leader of Cyan Cloud Sect well.
And educating them to maintain loyalty and reverence toward the Sect Leader.
For Jiang Si, the establishment of the sect itself was to make it easier for him to gain the unrivaled power of all ages.
The so-called cultivation sect was meant to serve him alone, monopolizing most resources of the cultivation realm. The value of disciples in the low realm was to collect resources and deliver them to the high realm, and then he would allocate a bit of excess resources to reward them for promotion.
In other words, the so-called advance leads to further advancement.
"Did you steal the Miracle Seed?"
Jiang Si didn't intend to discuss internal affairs of Cyan Cloud Sect with her and wasn't interested in how Bingtang helped her regain her magical girl powers, "Zi Yuan and Bingtang gave you a mission to steal the seed, right? Did you succeed?"
"Watch the tone of your speech," Susan frowned slightly, "Lord Bingtang doesn't mind these trivial matters, but show some respect to Lord Zi Yuan; you are not someone who can casually call her by name."
"…Have you ever met Zi Yuan?"
"The Sect Master is extremely busy with numerous responsibilities, certainly not someone insignificant like me can meet. Such trivial matters shouldn't bother the Sect Master; Lord Zi Yuan is concerned with major issues that affect all magical girls and world safety! What she considers and handles is far beyond what us outer disciples can imagine. You're not a magical girl, so you don't understand the greatness of Lord Zi Yuan. I will forgive you this once, but not again."
Watching the deadly serious expression on Susan's face, Jiang Si shrugged, "Have you managed to get the Miracle Seed? Lord Zi Yuan and Lord Bingtang have instructed me to take the seed from you."
Names were trivial to him, and Jiang Si didn't want to waste time on such insignificant matters.
Seeing Jiang Si change his way of addressing, Susan's expression softened a bit, "I did receive the order to retrieve the Miracle Seed and had prepared thoroughly. If everything went according to plan, I would have been able to send out the Miracle Seed this morning."
"From your tone, it sounds like something unexpected happened."
Susan subtly paused and took a breath, "I knew the Disaster Strategy Bureau leaked like a sieve, but I didn't expect it to be this severe! I discovered traces of the Witch Association; they infiltrated the Disaster Strategy Bureau and stole the Miracle Seed before I could."
"Is the Disaster Strategy Bureau a public toilet?"
Jiang Si couldn't help but hold his forehead, "Were all the Miracle Seeds taken?"
"There were three Miracle Seeds in the Disaster Strategy Bureau, all distributed by the main bureau, to prevent a shortage for magical girl's birth, allowing Disaster Beasts to rampage. These three Miracle Seeds are a last resort, and each contains immense power. Normally, they aren't used as they could cause irreversible harm to a girl's body."
"The Witch Association took them all, not leaving a single one!" The icy composure on Susan's face revealed a murderous intent, "They will not be forgiven!"
"Then you'll be responsible for writing the mission failure report for this operation."
The Cyan Cloud Sect follows a points system, and each failed mission requires a special failure review report, along with the deduction of a certain amount of points, which are tied to wages. Yes, the Cyan Cloud Sect has salaries, all paid by Bingtang. Although Jiang Si wanted to call it sect allowances and changing points to contribution value made more sense, Bingtang insisted it couldn't be changed.
Bingtang said it was copied from her company's regulations, and the ancestral laws cannot be changed. Since she was the funder, Jiang Si had to relent.
And as the Sect Master, Jiang Si is not like other disciples; he doesn't receive a salary.
According to Bingtang, the entire venture is his, so he can directly take what he wants from the sect, or if necessary, he could ask Bingtang for whatever he needs. She isn't short on money.
But Jiang Si didn't want to do that; the sect's funds were meant for better constructing ways to search for the path to transcendence, and undermining that was never an option.
Asking Bingtang was even more out of the question, except for when Keke needed urgent tuition fees last year, he generally avoided borrowing money from Bingtang to avoid indebting favor.
The Cyan Cloud Sect was founded to find the magical girls their path of cultivation, which inherently benefited Bingtang. Whether it's growth in strength or promotion direction, the Cyan Cloud Sect provided significant assistance to Bingtang. Her financial contributions to the Cyan Cloud Sect were mutually beneficial.