Jiushan Sect, the docks.
Zheng Fa was seeing off Han Qi and two others.
Sister Zhang seems to be the kind of leader who acts swiftly and decisively; the guiding ship was ready in just a few days.
Because it was their first attempt, both Zheng Fa and Sister Zhang preferred a cautious approach—they only dispatched one ship, and it was only going to travel to a few nearby sects and workshops, about a half-month round trip.
Accompanying the ship, aside from Sister Zhang's people and a few brothers from the workshop, were the three people specially arranged by Zheng Fa: Han Qi and his companions.
Han Qi and company weren't stuffed in by Zheng Fa to vie for power or profit, but after negotiating with Sister Zhang for two days, they refined his previous idea—the now empty guest rooms were filled with symbolic seals collected from the workshops.