Chapter 56
Even as Master Hyang glared at him with eyes blazing, Kwak Yeon continued speaking calmly.
"Also, I request that Steward Myeong be replaced with another. I have repeatedly reported discrepancies in the supply and rations, requesting improvement, but the situation remains unresolved. I am certain that you, Senior Brother Hyang, were unaware of this, so I bring it to your attention now."
"...Such a thing occurred?"
"If necessary, I can provide a separate inventory of all the goods we've received so far."
"There's no need to go that far."
"Thank you. Then, I hope you descend the mountain carefully—the path is slippery."
Master Hyang was seething with rage.
He had been thoroughly humiliated.
Kwak Yeon's words had subtly embedded a thorn — implying that Master Hyang could be held responsible for the discrepancies in supplies.
'What a sly little fox!'
When he had first brought the boy here as a mere Daoist Attendant a year ago, Kwak Yeon had seemed so pitiable. A nobody. A nothing.
And now... the same boy was a First Disciple?