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Zhao Qihuan quickly discovered that having connections in the Xuan Palace made a world of difference.

He had barely stepped off the Xuan Boat when he saw a team of Crimson Armor warriors rushing towards the docking bay, led by a captain who shouted:

"Are you the Xuan Scholar from the Tai'an Xuan Pavilion?"

Zhao Qihuan immediately replied, "Indeed!"

The captain ran closer and respectfully saluted, "The Heavenly Enlightenment Hall has learned that a new Xuan Scholar has emerged from the Tai'an Small Spirit Realm, and has ordered us to come and lead the way."

According to the Xuan Palace's rules, every new Xuan Scholar must first register at the Heavenly Enlightenment Hall before choosing the Xuan Imprints they wish to study.

Gong Zhenghuan, the former vanguard commander of the Tai'an Black Armor Army, immediately stepped forward, "That would be me."

The captain saluted again, "Xuan Scholar Gong, please follow me."

Gong Zhenghuan greeted his two colleagues and left with the Crimson Armor warriors.

Zhao Qihuan watched them depart, his heart filled with emotion.

For many years, whenever new Xuan Scholars from the Tai'an Xuan Pavilion entered the Xuan Palace, they had to make their own way, but the Heavenly Enlightenment Hall had never taken the initiative to send someone to guide them.

Li Xu's eyes were deep as he whispered, "It seems that Special Envoy Cheng's influence in the Xuan Palace is even greater than I anticipated."

Zhao Qihuan nodded, "Indeed!"

Although they had heard a series of stories before, they didn't have a direct understanding, but now, witnessing the change in the Heavenly Enlightenment Hall's attitude firsthand, they had a personal experience.

Li Xu waved his sleeve and said, "Let's go, we'll go to the Heavenly Banyan Hall..."

Before he could finish speaking,

A dense sound of footsteps came from the distance.

Zhao Qihuan couldn't help but chuckle, "I was just wondering why the Heavenly Banyan Hall hadn't sent anyone, considering Special Envoy Cheng is the Deputy Hall Master there, but now they're finally here!"

Li Xu's expression was subtle.

Although it was just a trivial matter, the intermediate-level Xuan Scholar had to admit that it felt quite pleasant.

Having grown accustomed to being treated with utmost respect in the Xuan Pavilion, who would want to see cold shoulders everywhere in the Xuan Palace?

A second later.

Another voice came over, "Are you the Xuan Scholars from the Tai'an Xuan Pavilion?"

Zhao Qihuan replied again, "Indeed!"

*

In the following days.

The two Xuan Scholars experienced a series of events and deeply realized why Special Envoy Cheng's influence within the Xuan Palace was so great.

It wasn't just because his talent and strength far surpassed ordinary people.

But also because of some things that left a deep impression.

*

Spirit Oak Treant Factory.

As the name suggests, this was a special factory composed of treants.

The factory's main product was the recently finalized Arcane-Tech Internal Combustion Engine.

A month ago, the Heavenly Banyan Hall built a giant greenhouse covering ten hectares, which became the famous Spirit Oak Treant Factory throughout the Xuan Palace.

This morning.

The factory welcomed a large group of visitors, namely—two hundred and thirty-two Xuan Scholars from various large and small Spirit Realms under the Xuan Palace.

From the moment they entered the factory, the Xuan Scholars felt overwhelmed and their horizons broadened.

The steward Xuan Scholar in charge of the reception, Wen Xueqing, loudly introduced the factory's origins:

"To ensure the quality of the Arcane-Tech Internal Combustion Engine, the production process cannot be carried out in the open air, and the Spirit Oak Treants are accustomed to a well-lit environment, unwilling to live in dark caves.

"Special Envoy Cheng communicated with them and decided on a plan to build a greenhouse factory, which the Spirit Oak Treants enjoy working in."

The Xuan Scholars clicked their tongues in amazement.

Wen Xueqing took the lead and led everyone to the nearest group of Spirit Oak Treants.

The treants were waving their branches, diligently processing the delivered raw parts.

Most remarkably, each treant had a resin-made tag hanging on its trunk, with the large characters 'B-1' written on it.

Below were strange words such as "Steamed Cake", "Baked Cake", and "Soybean Cake", which looked amusing.

Wen Xueqing said at the right time, "The factory adopts an assembly line model, with two production lines, Line A is the assembly line, and Line B is responsible for the precision processing of parts."

The steward Xuan Scholar pointed to the tag and continued, "'B-1' means the first workstation on Line B."

Just then.

"Ding! Ding!"

"Bang! Bang!"

"Buzz! Buzz!"

The sounds of hammering and grinding suddenly increased a lot.

A Spirit Oak Treant's branch-waving movements were much faster than before.

Wen Xueqing said with a slightly embarrassed smile, "Mr. 'Roasted Chicken Wings' doesn't like being watched, it will affect the factory's efficiency, let's go to the next workstation."

A Xuan Scholar couldn't help but ask, "Is Roasted Chicken Wings the name of the Spirit Oak Treant?"

Wen Xueqing said with a smile, "That's right! To make it easier for everyone to distinguish, Special Envoy Cheng specially gave each treant worker a name."

The steward Xuan Scholar paused and lowered his voice, "All of them are the names of food, but the Spirit Oak Treants are very happy with them."

Many Xuan Scholars couldn't help but smile.

At the third workstation on Line B.

The Xuan Scholars witnessed a very interesting thing.

A craftsman apprentice said dissatisfied, "This cylinder head blank has only a few appearance defects, which does not affect the use at all, why can't it be accepted?"

A Spirit Oak Treant with a "Fried Egg" tag waved its branches to form a line of words: We must be responsible for the quality of the Arcane-Tech Internal Combustion Engine.

The craftsman apprentice glanced at the text, his tone even more dissatisfied: "I specifically asked Artisan Yi, and he clearly said that this will not affect the quality."

Fried Egg refused again sternly: We do not produce defective products, and we will never accept any defective parts!

The craftsman apprentice angrily "hmph"ed, but there was nothing he could do with the treant, so he pulled the parts away with a trolley.

This scene made the Xuan Scholars feel very novel.

Wen Xueqing explained, "Special Envoy Cheng once told the Spirit Oak Treants that he hopes this factory will become a boutique factory, so the treants have very strict requirements for quality."

He pointed to the apprentice who left dejectedly and said with a smile, "Such arguments happen here every day."

Zhao Qihuan and Li Xu exchanged glances, finally understanding why Special Envoy Cheng's reputation in the Xuan Palace was so loud.

Spirit Oak Treants are notoriously irritable extraordinary plants, but Special Envoy Cheng trained them to be docile and also established an unprecedented factory, who wouldn't be surprised to see it?

And as long as the factory is there for a day, Special Envoy Cheng's influence in the Xuan Palace will increase by one point.

Next.

The Xuan Scholars visited every corner of the factory.

Everyone witnessed the way the treants hoisted parts, they used branches to form a net on the roof, thereby transferring parts.

This was obviously better than operating on the ground.

Because it freed up a lot of ground space, making the factory more tidy and orderly.

Everyone also witnessed the Spirit Oak Treants' speed that broke through the sky, from the parts entering the first workstation on Line A to the final assembly into an internal combustion engine, it took no more than three minutes.

If it were a craftsman doing the work, hundreds of large and small parts would take at least half an hour to complete.

Two hours later.

The perfunctory visit finally came to an end.

The two Xuan Scholars from the Tai'an Small Spirit Realm walked out of the factory, sincerely feeling that this was a rare experience in their lives.

Zhao Qihuan suddenly asked, "Xuan Scholar Li, what do you think is the purpose of the Heavenly Banyan Hall?"

Everyone knew that the visit was actually dispensable, and the reason why the other party sent a steward Xuan Scholar to take everyone to visit was obviously for another purpose.

Li Xu pondered for a moment, "The Heavenly Banyan Hall is a newly established organization, they should want to use this method to expand the influence of this hall."

He paused and commented, "This is a very clever method!"

Zhao Qihuan thought for a while and nodded, "Indeed."

Anyone with knowledge can understand that the greater the influence, the smoother things will be.

The garrison Xuan Scholar felt that after his visit today, he would probably never forget the scene of the treants working in his life.

And in the future, when the Heavenly Banyan Hall issued a task, he would be happy to cooperate.

Isn't that how so-called influence comes about?

Zhao Qihuan asked another question, "Xuan Scholar Li, do you think this is the idea of the Hall Master Xuan Master, or Special Envoy Cheng's method?"

Li Xu said without hesitation, "The Hall Master Xuan Master's previous style of doing things only pursued stability, this doesn't seem like her method."

Zhao Qihuan nodded lightly, "I think so too."