Seven days passed quickly.
After the palace examination, the remaining selection process was just a formality.
During this time, both within the Great Shrine of Harmony Island and throughout Island City, rumors about the new Shrine Maiden were flying high.
The day after the palace examination, the Sanada Family sent someone to seek out Lu Ban, hoping to establish good relations. They even brought Sanada Makoto to stage a mock conflict in front of Lu Ban, much like the ruse of Zhou Yu against Huang Gai.
It must be said that families who have held power for a long time, though there may be one or two members who fail to understand the way things work, can on the whole discern what is to their advantage and will swiftly change course to form connections when they see their priestess has little chance of becoming the successor.
As for Lu Ban, he didn't really mind.