Cultivation had the possible goal of reaching immortality, maybe someday he would be truly immortal and have all the time in the world to see every part of it.
It didn't take long for two young people to approach him. They were dressed humbly for a noble, so their clothing was still more luxurious than a stewards, but people around simply assumed they were two youngsters of the clan, it wasn't rare for them to visit the steward palace for various reasons, after all, it was second only to the main hall in importance.
Ludwig smiled at them "Little Ye and little Wei came to visit me together, it has only been a short three years and both of you look so mature, and look at you, both of you are already in the middle of foundation establishment, nearly as high as I am!"
When Ye and Wei heard this, they were surprised, but instantly they came back to their senses and just smiled. In theory, Ludwig's position was actually above the third young masters', since there is only him who is promising in the steward palace, while Ye has two brothers. But, that is only if you look at the very young generation.
If one looked at the steward palace as a whole, then the accumulation of numerous years is clearly visible, because talents are everywhere and can't be hidden. Ludwig could be called a little side project of the high cultivators, but in the end, they didn't really pay him any heed.
Ludwig smiled and stood up "Alright, let's not wait here and go into play." He went forward and entered the general affairs hall. Instead of walking up to a counter, he went to a side wall and put spiritual power into his identity token, which made it light up.
The wall seemed transparent, and it was, at least Ludwig knew that from his ethereal perspective which he was able to freely switch to. In the physical world, it still seemed as if the wall was there, but he didn't care and simply stepped into the wall.
This time, Ye and Wei didn't seem surprised at all. After all, this was just simple formation work, not worth mentioning in front of two young masters who have a background much too high to be astounded with simple things.
Ludwig, who was ahead, simply went forward till he crossed the wall that was thicker than it looked like. When he arrived at the other side, it was the same room like before, but the receptionists were foundation establishment cultivators as well. Ludwig didn't wish to waste time, so he simply went ahead to a counter, showed his token and asked for a private room.
His token gave him certain rights, and a private room that would protect him from being spied on is a basic thing. Naturally the highest ranks of the steward palace are able to see the recordings, but anyone below or anyone from another faction, regardless of rank, isn't able to see.
As for his residence… Ludwig thought that it was utterly useless to take the risk of something leaking just to feel more comfortable. He was very sure there were people spying on him, it was as if he felt it really, but none of his bodily or soul senses seemed to give a clear indication.
The three were inside and Ludwig sat down. "Firstly, congratulations to both of you, but we will have to talk about these things at another time. I know you must have experience d a lot of things, but after all, the future will always be more important than the past. If you ever hear someone say it's not like this, then hit them and ask them whether they can go back in time and prevent being hit, or whether they should go and treat the injury."
Everyone let out a comfortable laugh, while Ye was even somewhat relieved. Ludwig had shown himself to have talent, so it would be truly too bad to not be able to keep him by his side. As for the relation of master-servant… he understood that this wasn't the case at all, and the furthest he could go was to call Ludwig his advisor.
After the laugh, Ludwig truly became serious and said "I have some ideas regarding the branch, but please, little Ye, why don't you start, then it's little Wei's turn, and lastly I will say. During this time, everyone is allowed to make remarks and discuss or deny someone's idea."
Ye nodded, this was also his thought, he wasn't surprised that Ludwig thought the same, it was Wei who was surprised, but she just ended up being happy inside only. She knew this wasn't the time to act shy and cute. After all, if Ludwig wanted to give her the chance to do so, then he wouldn't have said these things prior. Jokes can be made at the start of each discussion to make it less awkward, but seriousness should be kept till the end from then on.
Ye started "My Idea is to open a branch on the righteous si…" he had barely spoken this when Ludwig shook his hand "Not feasible, next idea."
Once again, the surprised ones were the two children while Ludwig looked like the adult having to listen to his children's homework. Ye thought about it, but decided to give up, he also wasn't sure about the idea, so instead of wasting time, he went ahead and said his most possible idea.
"Making a branch where there is a connection to the ocean. The ocean houses sea beasts and is dangerous all year round, but it also has a great amount of resources. Even though there are different branches of organisations all around, and many singular strong forces are also there, it still has a lot of openings that make a branch possible."
Wei looked at Ludwig, then at Ye, and said her own piece of opinion "It might be true that there are many openings, but I believe neither the Stardust Clan nor Ye'er personally has the necessary experience of opening a branch there. After all, our world is still one with countless mountains, the ocean is so few and still the territory of the beasts, just like the southern wilderness is controlled by the big monster faction, this is also an unfeasible option."