"Huh? What is it?" The fairy maiden came to her senses and asked in surprise.
“I plan to see Dean Li. If Hui Shuo is able to walk, I’ll take him up to the tenth floor. Do you have any other plans?” Wang Yao asked.
“Arrangements…?” The fairy was taken aback for a moment, then her expression hardened. “Okay, I’ll take you to see him right away…” Before she could finish speaking, the phone rang.
"Hello? Lord Star!" The fairy answered the phone, her expression immediately changing. "...Yes, I just entered the Western Fifth Underworld Region with King Qin Guang, King Song Di, and King Yama. The signal there is bad..."
"We have located the terrorists' stronghold in the underworld and eliminated some of the corpse puppets and spirits, but the main force of the terrorists should have escaped from the underworld."
"...I know, yes, I just heard it from Immortal General Wuji. Yes, I know, my duties have changed. The reason...? Well, Lord Star Lord, I've been leading the advance team to face the tribulation for quite some time now, and I plan to return to the Immortal Realm soon..."
Wang Yao listened to the fairy's words and realized that she still wanted to leave the underworld. However, it seemed that the star lord on the phone did not agree, and the fairy's expression was somewhat unpleasant.
"...Lord Star Lord, as you know, I am just a family fairy with limited enlightenment and abilities. The Heavenly Emperor has been too kind to me. I think this job is more suitable for the patrolling celestial generals..."
"...I know...but...it's true...the underworld really has big problems. I've already talked to them about it. They should be summarizing their lessons learned...I understand...but...but...okay...then...am I the only immortal?"
“Organize your own team…? How many positions are there? Who will I hand over my work to now? No… I was originally assigned to be Director Li’s deputy. Once he goes to the Underworld, I can step down. The Heavenly Emperor promised me that I could return to the Celestial Realm whenever I wanted…”
“I know Director Li has other arrangements, but…but…okay…oh…I understand…” Fairy hung up the phone with a grim expression, turning to look at Wang Yao with a fluctuating expression.
Looking at her expression, Wang Yao secretly sensed that something was wrong.
"Little Wang, did you hear what Immortal General Wuji said just now?" The fairy maiden's face was gloomy for a while, but then a slightly exaggerated smile appeared on her face as she asked Wang Yao gently.
Since the fairy had been dealing with Wang Yao, she had only ever complained, made sarcastic remarks, or spouted official jargon. She had only shown this kind of expression when she asked Wang Yao to help her husband, Lü Xian, sever his marriage. Wang Yao's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that the fairy was probably going to cause him trouble again.
"No... that handsome immortal general is called Wuji? The name is not bad. What did he say? I didn't hear it." Wang Yao instinctively shook his head repeatedly.
"Immortal Wuji said that the Heavenly Court has raised the level of the Tribulation Leadership Group, with the Heavenly Emperor personally serving as the group leader, and Venus and Lord Zhenxing serving as deputy group leaders. My work has also been reassigned. I am now the captain of the investigation team under the leadership group, under the supervision of Lord Zhenxing."
"In charge of investigating the causes of terrorist attacks, hunting down terrorists, and reviewing violations by all sectors of society when the great calamity arrives, let me tell you, this job has a lot of power. Just think, the Heavenly Emperor is the group leader, the Seven Saints are the deputy group leaders, and my position is even lower than a ministerial level."
"Just by joining this group, even if you're just a clerk, you're guaranteed to be at the bureau-level. Think about it, if you join, you're not even at the section-level now, wouldn't you be like a rocket launching from your butt and soaring to the sky?"
"I don't want to! You have to take things one step at a time, and eat one bite at a time. I'm still young, not very enlightened, and not capable enough. It's better for me to go back to the Human Realm Office and be my junior clerk." Wang Yao's face changed as soon as he heard this.
Investigating the cause of the terrorist attack, apprehending the terrorists, and reviewing violations during the great calamity—the first two are manageable, but what gives him the right? This kind of thing sounds incredibly troublesome. Should he still complete his four major crippling tasks? Should he still try to level up?
I haven't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet. My job is to help people find partners. If you say that doing this will earn me tens or hundreds of thousands of merits, then I have nothing to say. Even if you only give me ten or twenty thousand merits, I can barely accept it.
But judging from the way the fairy was trying to please him, he knew it was hopeless.
You haven't even done anything yet, and you want a reward? That's impossible! I can't even teleport, and I need a fairy to carry me around. Besides arranging marriages, I can't do anything else when I fight people. And yet I'm going to investigate the cause of this great calamity and hunt down terrorists. Am I just wasting my time?
Most importantly, reviewing violations during the great calamities of each realm sounds impressive and powerful, but having lived in the underworld for so long, he surely understands that the six realms are not simply subordinate to each other, but rather more like the relationship between vassal states and suzerain states, as Cao Xian described.
Although Wang Yao wasn't good at history before he transmigrated, he had heard that when the suzerain state tried to investigate the vassal states, many of the guys they sent were killed. To put it politely, it was an accident; to put it bluntly, what if I rebelled?
Damn it, what's so impressive about doing this? It's practically giving everyone a tool to vent their anger! Even though I have "good people" around me who might not actually die, for a nobody like me to do something that offends all these big shots, isn't that just plain stupid?
He was still trying to restore the Old Man of the Moon's authority in other realms, and now he's offended everyone. Does he think there's some kind of monster or spirit that can make the big shots in other realms bow down to him? That's ridiculous.
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