Chapter 191: Another Impossibility Made Expected
As soon as Benton returned to the sect grounds, he decided to send a message to Yang Xiu. First, though, he dithered a bit about using a message instead of just Quickstepping to her. Two thoughts convinced him that sending an origami construct was the correct call.
One, his time was valuable. In the ten or fifteen minutes it would take him to find her, exchange pleasantries, give her his instructions, and return to the sect grounds, he could complete diagnosing another array or two. Sure, the savings seemed trivial, but small expenditures added up.
Two, his disciples needed experience receiving messages. If something more urgent were happening, it would be bad if time were wasted by his sect members not understanding what the paper dragon was. The more his people saw them in use, the better.
Decision made, he composed the note.
Yang Xiu,
When your brother and his party return, please bring him, Jin LiJuan, and Zou Tian to me at the sect grounds. As the core of my sect leadership, it’s important that you all understand what happened to Li’er and what my plan for her is going forward.
Gratitude,
Master
P.S. If Kang Lin wants to join us, I have no objection. It’s sect business, of course, but nothing about it is top secret. Purely her call.
There. The note had only taken a few seconds and sending the message consumed a trivial amount of qi. Much more efficient than tracking someone down.
Benton was sure that he would come to be very glad he’d created that technique. It was the next best thing to email. No more rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off when he needed something from someone. Instead, just pause a second to compose a message, fire it off, and wait for the person to come to him.
Awesome. That system was much more like how he’d operated on Earth. There was value in occasionally showing up unannounced in a subordinate’s office, of course, but it was much more efficient to have them come to him.