70: Chapter 70 Old Debts Uncovered, Logistics Deputy Envoy

There was no moldy smell of an ordinary warehouse inside the Zhenhai Military Warehouse.

Only cold.

The chill surging from the underground formation veins pinned the rows of supply racks, Seal boxes, military supply ledgers, and floating sand tables perfectly still.

Over a dozen military supply Cultivators hurried through the hall.

Everyone's footsteps were swift, yet no one dared to speak loudly.

In the deepest part of the hall, a woman sat amidst three walls of ledgers.

She did not look old; her hair was tied up with a black jade hairpin, and she wore no armor, only a deep cyan robe.

The hem of her robe was embroidered with the dark patterns of the Zhenhai Military Warehouse.

Seven ledgers floated before her.

Each one was turning its own pages.

With every page turned, a tiny beam of red light flew out from the ledger and landed on the sand table nearby.

The more red light there was, the more glaring the front line on the sand table became.

Lu Qingyao did not beat around the bush after entering the hall.

"Superintendent Mu, I have brought the person."

The woman did not look up.

"Lu Changyuan?"

"Yes."

"Lord of Blue Moon Island, fifth son of Lu Clan Patriarch Lu Yunshen, Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, captured Blue Moon Island within three months, took in three thousand one hundred and seventy-two people from Black Reef Island, purchased a batch of anti-demonic supplies from Xingyan Grand Market in advance, and has fifty Sword Ray Cavalry under his command."

Every time she spoke a sentence, the expression of a military supply Cultivator nearby changed a shade.

These things were not secrets.

But being recited in one breath by the Logistics Superintendent at a time like this carried a different significance.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang finally looked up.

Her eyes were very clear; she looked neither like a merchant nor a military general.

She looked more like a ruler that only recognized markings.

"And the Star Radiance Cross Badge."

Lu Changyuan felt a slight stir in his heart.

He had not worn this badge on the outside.

Yet Superintendent Mu Yunshang mentioned it as if it were just an offhand remark.

"The people from Witch Star Pavilion left you a path, which means you are at least not a fool who only knows how to rely on luck."

Lu Qingyao raised an eyebrow nearby.

"Your information is quite fast."

Superintendent Mu Yunshang said indifferently, "If the military warehouse were slower than the merchant houses, the Zhenhai Fortress would have sunk long ago."

She looked at Lu Changyuan.

"I have a position here."

She raised her hand and tapped, and a line lit up on the sand table.

Qingyuan Outer Sea.

Xingyan Grand Market.

Black Reef Island.

Zhenhai Fortress.

Several points of light were connected by a broken blue line.

"Deputy Envoy for Outer Sea Anti-Demonic Supply Transportation."

"Manage the transport of purification powder, warding-evil, suppression-evil, injury medicine, and formation base consumables between Qingyuan, Xingyan, and Zhenhai."

"Do not manage the main warehouse, do not touch the main military food supplies, and do not interfere with Golden Core-level war materials."

"You can mobilize fewer than thirty civilian ships, requisition wartime trade routes, temporarily Seal suspicious supplies, and calculate transportation quotas for each Family based on military merit."

"It sounds like a good position."

She paused for a moment.

"In reality, it is a mud pit."

Lu Changyuan did not respond.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang continued, "The three merchant houses are biting at each other, one of the two Quartermasters is bedridden, the other is locked up, the prices at Xingyan change three times a day, the front line is urging every day, and the Zhenhai Army cannot send all its ships to escort cargo."

"If you take it, you can gain merit."

"But you will also be blocking blades for many people."

Lu Qingyao did not speak for him.

This was the opportunity she gave.

But whether to accept it or not was for Lu Changyuan to bear himself.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang threw out a blank military token.

"Give me a reason why you can take it."

Lu Changyuan caught the military token.

He did not talk about the Lu Clan first, nor did he mention Blue Moon Island.

"First, I have a Sword Ray Cavalry unit in my hands that can quickly enter and exit shallow seas, cut off small groups of beasts, and escort ships to evacuate the wounded."

"Second, Blue Moon Island has completed the trial distribution of anti-demonic supplies; I know which items can go to the front line, which items can only be used for guarding formations, and which items cannot be used indiscriminately."

"Third, I have purchased goods at the Xingyan Grand Market and have seen the true colors of the merchant houses hoarding supplies there. I can investigate who actually has goods and who is raising prices by taking advantage of the demonic tide."

"Fourth, I do not seek to suppress the three merchant houses, only to let them know that if the goods do not reach the front line, they will not be able to stomach the subsequent accounts."

Superintendent Mu Yunshang looked at him.

"And the fifth?"

Lu Changyuan was silent for half a breath.

Then he took out a secondary imprint of the Lu Clan Patriarch's Seal.

It was not the Lord's Seal.

It was the Family credential that Patriarch Lu Yunshen left him when he left home to pioneer.

He rarely used this item.

Because using it once was equivalent to telling others that the Lu Clan's main line was still behind him.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang's gaze changed for the first time.

She did not look at the Lu Clan patterns on the Seal.

Instead, she looked at a very shallow old mark on the corner of the Seal.

"Patriarch Lu Yunshen still keeps this Seal?"

Lu Qingyao looked sideways.

Apparently, she did not know about this layer either.

Lu Changyuan said, "When Father gave it to me, he did not say this Seal was related to Superintendent Mu."

Superintendent Mu Yunshang smiled slightly.

The smile was very faint.

"Of course he wouldn't."

She reached out and tapped the mark in the air.

"Back then, a batch of Seal bid formation materials of the Zhenhai Army was sent on the wrong route, and it was your father who led people to drag them back from the polluted tide. On the books, it was only recorded as a routine mutual defense."

"But here in the military warehouse, it is recorded as a life-saving account."

A stone slowly settled in Lu Changyuan's heart.

It was not a disappearance.

It was not a legend.

It was an old account.

An old account of a living person.

This was more grounded than any ethereal legend of the previous generation.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang raised her hand, and a line of text appeared on the blank military token.

Deputy Envoy for Outer Sea Anti-Demonic Supply Transportation, Lu Changyuan.

After the text was formed, the military token suddenly became heavy.

When Lu Changyuan caught it, his wrist pressed down.

This was not an ordinary waist token.

It contained a wisp of the mobilization formation authority of the Zhenhai Military Warehouse.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang said, "Do not misunderstand."

"I am giving you this position not to repay Patriarch Lu Yunshen's favor."

"The favor was only enough to let you stand before me."

"Whether you can sit firmly depends on your accounts."

She threw over three more ledgers.

"The first one, the current price quotes and warehouse numbers for anti-demonic supplies in Xingyan."

"The second one, the estimated consumption of the Zhenhai Fortress for the previous three days."

"The third one, the bad accounts of the three merchant houses, two Quartermasters, and each Family's escort fleet."

The three ledgers landed in Shi Jian's arms.

Shi Jian almost didn't hold them steadily.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang looked at him.

"Are you a ledger soldier?"

Shi Jian immediately straightened up.

"Blue Moon Island accompanying ledger soldier, Shi Jian."

"Can you read?"

"Yes."

"Will you be afraid?"

Shi Jian was stunned by the question.

Lu Changyuan did not answer for him.

Shi Jian gritted his teeth.

"I am afraid, but I can record."

Superintendent Mu Yunshang nodded.

"Then record it clearly. What logistics accounts fear is not that people are afraid, but that they write indiscriminately after being afraid."

She waved her hand.

A small sand table landed in front of Lu Changyuan.

"Your first task."

"Within two hours, transfer a batch of purification powder and suppression-evil sand from Xingyan to the Zhenhai Fortress. I do not require the quantity to be the largest, but it must actually arrive at the port."

"Whichever of the three merchant houses dares to withhold goods, Seal their warehouse."

"Whoever dares to report false accounts, deduct their wartime quota."

"Whoever can deliver on time, give double the transportation military merit."

Lu Changyuan looked at that sand table.

This was indeed a lucrative position.

Because whoever's hands every box of cargo passes through will remember his name.

This was indeed a mud pit.

Because if every box of cargo is missing, slow, or sunk, someone will hand a blade behind his back.

Lu Qingyao said, "I can give you a Zhenhai Army squad to serve as witness for the command flag."

Superintendent Mu Yunshang shook her head.

"No need."

She looked at Lu Changyuan.

"If he still needs your people to hold the scene on his first trip, this token can be returned to me now."

Lu Qingyao was not angry, just looking at Lu Changyuan.

Lu Changyuan put away the military token.

"No need for a Zhenhai Army squad."

"I will take Lu Hu and the Sword Ray Cavalry to Xingyan Outer Port."

"Shi Jian will stay at the military warehouse and first dismantle the truth and falsehood of the three merchant houses according to Superintendent Mu Yunshang's ledgers."

Shi Jian's heart tightened.

Lu Changyuan looked at him.

"Even if afraid, record it."

Shi Jian held the three ledgers tightly.

"Yes."

A hint of imperceptible satisfaction appeared in Superintendent Mu Yunshang's eyes.

"One more thing."

Lu Changyuan looked up.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang's fingertips flicked lightly on the sand table.

The sea area where Blue Moon Island was located lit up for a moment.

Very short.

So short that it would almost make people mistakenly think it was just a flash of formation light.

"After this battle is over, bring me to take a look at the old sea chart of Blue Moon Island."

Lu Changyuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Superintendent Mu Yunshang's tone remained steady.

"What your father took from the Zhenhai Army's accounts back then was not just the qualification for Family pioneering."

"That sea area of Blue Moon Island is related to an Old Seal Bid Case."

She did not continue.

Outside the hall, the new emergency bell rang another round.

This time it was closer than last night.

Lu Changyuan tied the military token to his waist and turned to leave the hall.

Outside the military warehouse, the sea breeze of the Zhenhai Fortress came rushing in with the smell of blood.

Lu Hu was already waiting at the bottom of the steps, leading the Purple Lightning Seahorse.

"Young Master, how did it go?"

Lu Changyuan vaulted onto his mount.

"Not going to the Vanguard Battalion first."

"Going to Xingyan Outer Port."

Lu Hu was stunned, then grinned.

"Seizing goods?"

Lu Changyuan looked at the dark red churning sea line in the distance.

"Transferring goods."

The fifty Sword Ray Cavalry entered the sea again.

This time, what hung behind them was not the Blue Moon Island camp flag.

But a command flag of the Deputy Envoy of the Zhenhai Military Warehouse that had just been branded.

The flag surface was pressing with cold light.

Wherever they passed, the merchant ships, guards, Loose Cultivators, and military supply Cultivators at the port turned to look.

Lu Changyuan knew that from this moment on, he was no longer just an Outer Sea lord coming to fill the lines at the Zhenhai Fortress.

He had reached his hand into the largest account of the war.

There were Spirit Stones in the account.

There was military merit.

And there were also blades.