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Seeing Steward Zhang suddenly arrive, Alaric Ye and the other two were slightly taken aback, then quickly stood up and respectfully greeted her, "Greetings, Steward Zhang."

Steward Zhang smiled and nodded.

"No need for formalities. Alaric Ye, your mission this time has been thoroughly investigated. Zhou Yuan's betrayal of the sect and fall into the Demonic Path is irrefutable. You killed Zhou Yuan and the demonic cultivators from the Abstruse Dark Sect, saving more than a dozen fellow disciples and many mortals. For this, you have earned a Class D merit."