"It really is them."
When Ian saw Radiant Nun, Glorious Sword, and Redemption Light arrive at his Lord's Mansion, he thought to himself, 'As expected.' Indeed, it was the three old acquaintances.
To be honest, Ian thought these three would stay in Xiawei Territory from the beginning, serving as the eyes of Huai Guang to monitor him. He was even prepared, having reserved observer positions within the Supreme Spirit Sect for them. But as it turned out, the three went to the Holy Mountain Headquarters for further training and only returned two years later.
In fact, this was a rather normal pace. Generally, if an ordinary person took over a territory, it would take one or two years to establish authority before they could proceed with maintaining stability, management, and related expansion and development work... In other words, during this time, clerics are of no use and could even foster mutual dissatisfaction due to conflicts between ecclesiastical and lordly power.
