But did Xu Chaoxian not choose? Doesn't he deserve it?

Maybe there's a reason for giving up, but giving up is one thing, making money is another, occupying a position without doing anything yet another, and letting the situation deteriorate to this extent is yet another thing.

Ultimately, this was his choice.

Why shouldn't people hate him for it?

Besides, Ji Jue didn't pull out Pan Ying and Chun Jun to chop off his dog head, right?

Tong Shan shook his head: "Even if Xu Chaoxian dies, it won't get better. Who knows what kind of thing will come next? Something like Tide City? The taxes have been collected fifty years into the future…"

This batch of governors sent from Central City, not a single one of them is worth anything. When they're close to Central City, they still manage to maintain some face, but the further away they are, the more their ugly sides show.

They resort to any means necessary for political achievements.

In comparison, Xu Chaoxian is just a mere decoration,

at the very least, life in Cliff City and Hai Province can be relatively better. That's the only benefit apart from being obedient.

Back when the Federation was founded, the Heavenly Governor set the tax burdens for each city, with the most important being the spiritual tax, used to maintain the operation of the Heavenly Governor's Law.

But over the four hundred years, with changes in conditions and various messy situations, the original one-in-twenty spiritual tax has nearly become one-in-ten.

Yet each local governor, to showcase their abilities, only raises it higher, never lower, only makes it more, never less.

Xu Chaoxian, amidst the chaos, gave up political achievements to maintain the spiritual tax at thirteen-to-one, loosening the reins on Cliff City's neck by a little, and people were already grateful.

As for more…

It's really hard to expect.

Just be a good decoration and don't mess it up.

"Another drink!" Ji Jue raised his glass.

Tong Shan laughed: "What's the occasion for this toast? Wishing me a smooth journey, wishing me great success, wishing me to advance step by step… Surely these have all been wished?"

"Hmm, then let's wish for the disease to defeat Xu Chaoxian soon."

Ji Jue laughed too: "Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Clink!

Drained in one go.

"When are you leaving?"

"The day after tomorrow, early morning, no need to send me off, it's inconvenient."

From being a minister in the Cliff City Security Bureau transferred to a director in the Central Earth Operations, it seems like a lateral move, with no change in rank, but in reality, there's been a qualitative leap.

One must know that the Cliff City Security Bureau is merely a local organization, but Central Earth's Operations is a direct department of the Federation Security Bureau's Central City headquarters, and the material and resources it can mobilize are incomparable to the current position.

On the surface, it's just Operations, but in reality, it's the Central Earth branch of the Security Bureau, and secretly who knows what identity and responsibilities there might be. From now on, Plant Brother is like the commander of a special agent department in a movie, able to sit in a tent and remotely direct the agents' various actions.

Any achievements made can easily reach Heavenly Listening, and promotions come swiftly.

If everything goes smoothly...

One doesn't even need to think deeply to know that the water behind this is not ordinary; it involves such massive power and resources. With Tian Yuan's tendencies, it's likely an internal conflict will break out first.

Besides, that ghostly place of Central Earth, all kinds of monsters and demons keep popping up like batches of chives.

White Country has been destroyed for so many years, yet one White King after another can't be killed off, and now they're even talking about restoring the country, resisting Chi Country again.

On the Empire's side, after the hawkish Regent King took over, the foreign policy has once again become aggressive. It's likely to become another proxy war...

"Be safe."

Ji Jue patted his shoulder, hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Want me to get you some powerful stuff?"

"Sure."

Tong Shan nodded decisively without hesitation: "However, you don't need to worry about safety."

He paused for a moment, as spiritual flow between them made its presence known for an instant, then it quickly dissipated again, sealing shut.

Only the smile at the corner of his mouth grew more pleasant.

Ji Jue froze in place.

Feeling the surging energy of that moment, he was dumbfounded.

Damn, I haven't even flaunted you yet, and you're already flaunting back?

Which one of us is the dog here!

More crucially, just now Tong Zhiwu's aura undoubtedly already touched the essence of transcendence and even bore the characteristics of the Circle Realm, capable of transforming everything around into its own domain at any time...

"When did you transcend?!"

Ji Jue was shocked: "When?"

Hearing this, Tong Shan sighed with a drink: "I got a bit of inspiration last time you made a mess, broke through some days ago while working overtime on the high seas."

"What do you mean last time?" Ji Jue was confused, "Which time?"

"..."

For a moment, the whole box fell into silence again.

Now, it was Tong Shan's turn to be dumbfounded, looking over, shocked and speechless:

"What else did you mess with?"

"..."

Ji Jue awkwardly bowed his head, coughed a couple of times: "Uh, nothing much, just a little here and there."

Tong Shan didn't want to speak anymore.

Just listening to the dog bark, he rolled his eyes.

Drink!

I broke through transcend and transferred to Central Earth, you fiddled with Heavenly Artisan and then something new, we all have bright futures, right?

"Oh, right, here this is for you."

After drinking till dawn, when wrapping up, Ji Jue took something out of his pocket and tossed it into Tong Shan's hand.

"Badge?"

Tong Shan froze for a moment, squinted his eyes as he approached, then chuckled: "Coast Industrial Central Earth Branch Proxy… Supervisor? What the hell is this? Sent to help you work, expand the business?"

"Don't worry, no need for you, you're the only one in this branch apart from you, it's just an empty shell. If you have spare time, you can help me with some deliveries."

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