Sheng Lingxiao has taken office.
Looking at the large group of people who had come to see him off, Sheng Lingxiao smiled.
He now truly admires that Lord Bo Jiudao, who instantly broke through the impeachment petition jointly put together by all the officials, and eliminated a large number of people with a single jade slip.
One person defeated the entire civil and military officials of the Celestial Empire—amazing!
High-ranking officials and nobles are masters of fence-sitting; they are naturally inclined to side with whichever side is more favorable.
They had long wanted to befriend Bo Jiudao, but they had never had the opportunity.
Befriending Bo Jiudao, the head of the Household Affairs Department, will make things easier in the future. Most importantly, befriending Bo Jiudao is equivalent to expressing one's loyalty to the Heavenly Emperor.
Everyone in the entire Heavenly Emperor City knew about this, but Bo Jiudao simply wouldn't give them that opportunity.
They ignored not only civil and military officials, but also princes and princesses.
There were princes who wanted to show off their respect for scholars and officials, and they would stand at the gate of Bo Jiudao's mansion for a whole day and night.
But standing there was pointless; Bo Jiudao still ignored him completely.
There are no secrets in the imperial court. The news that Bo Jiudao recommended a young man named Sheng Lingxiao as an inspector spread throughout the entire Heavenly Emperor City in an instant.
The ensuing speculation was overwhelming. Some said that Sheng Lingxiao was a truly talented person, and that Bo Jiudao recommended him purely because he admired talent.
Some people say that's nonsense. How could the head of the Household Affairs Department love so much that he could also love the Imperial Observatory? This is clearly Bo Jiudao's illegitimate son.
Bo Jiudao never married and had no children, because he was afraid of offending too many people and getting too many entanglements. So he secretly had a son outside and brought him back when he grew up.
That must be the case, otherwise how could a lowly astrologer from the Imperial Observatory have caught Bo Jiudao's eye?
There are all sorts of theories, but none of them can be verified.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that this young man named Sheng Lingxiao has a close relationship with Bo Jiudao.
That's why those who couldn't directly befriend Bo Jiudao chose to show goodwill indirectly, and their attitude towards Sheng Lingxiao was almost excessively friendly.
The departure of an unknown nobody from the Heavenly Emperor City to take up a new post actually attracted a large number of high-ranking officials and nobles to see him off, which made Sheng Lingxiao extremely happy.
Because none of those who came to see him off came empty-handed, storage rings were stuffed into his pockets one by one, making Sheng Lingxiao's smile even more sincere.
As he stepped out of the Heavenly Emperor City gates, Sheng Lingxiao accepted the storage ring handed to him by the last person and solemnly bowed to those who had come to see him off.
"Is there any more?"
This statement caused the auspicious words that the people who came to see them off were about to utter to get stuck in their throats, because they suddenly realized something.
Bo Jiudao was honest and upright throughout his life, but Sheng Lingxiao was clearly greedy and insatiable.
Appointing such a guy as the mining inspector of the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty would likely result in the lowest level of corruption cases in the history of the Heavenly Dynasty.
But this discovery excited everyone.
As long as he is greedy, he will have leverage over Bo Jiudao, whether to befriend him or bring him down.
Go ahead and be greedy, use all your strength to be greedy.
I refuse to believe that you alone could embezzle all the mineral veins in the entire Celestial Empire.
Therefore, at this moment, all the high-ranking officials and nobles made a decision at the same time: to use their power to give Sheng Lingxiao the green light all the way.
If he wants to be greedy, cooperate with him fully; even if he doesn't want to be greedy, create conditions for him to be greedy.
As I said before, no matter how greedy he is, how much can he really embezzle? Can he possibly embezzle all the mineral veins in the entire Celestial Empire?
The entire court, both civil and military officials, secretly supported one person in committing corruption—this has never happened before in the entire history of the continent.
It must be said that this is a miracle worthy of being recorded in history.
Sheng Lingxiao, carrying a fortune, set off and began opening blind boxes aboard a flying boat.
He didn't bother to remember which ring was given by which official; all he needed to do was gather all his money and treasures into a single storage ring.
Then put the other empty storage rings aside; after all, you need enough space to embezzle.
Right?
The inspector was given to him by Bo Jiudao, and the jade slip that recorded the map of the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty's mines and military formations was also given to him by Bo Jiudao.
Bo Jiudao told him to go and make a name for himself, but he wasn't quite sure how to do so yet, so he decided to line his own pocket first.
Since Bo Jiudao dared to place himself in this position, he was naturally not afraid of the trouble that would result from his embezzlement.
Perhaps this is yet another treacherous scheme by that friend who is much older than him.
The territory of the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty is vast, and the number of mineral veins within it is staggering.
Mineral veins, especially spirit crystal veins and rare spirit iron veins, are the foundation of the Celestial Empire.
Mining enough spirit crystals is necessary to sustain the Celestial Empire's operations, and sufficient spirit iron ore is needed for a continuous supply of weapons.
As a descendant of an ancient great shaman, Sheng Lingxiao's purpose in coming to Yunqin was to destroy the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty and kill the wicked servant who devoured his master to avenge himself.
Therefore, his first target was the largest spirit crystal mine.
If the source of spirit crystals is cut off, and then the source of spirit iron is also cut off, the fortune of the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty will be lost even faster.
Most importantly, he felt that although he was already a member of the Daqi Dan Palace, he would feel very embarrassed to go empty-handed.
If the source of the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty's mineral veins were given as a gift, that would certainly be a matter of prestige, and a very significant one at that.
The inspector had great power but a low official rank, which put him in a rather awkward position.
If you try to put on airs and intimidate others, you will face a strong backlash.
Those generals guarding the mines weren't rootless duckweed either; if everyone just kept quiet and laughed it off, nothing would happen.
But if someone wants to cause trouble, it's not uncommon for patrol officers to die unexpectedly on the way.
Because this place is called a mining area, but in reality it is a place where the Celestial Empire produces money, you can imagine how complicated the entanglements of interests are.
But before Sheng Lingxiao could figure out how to cause trouble, the general of the largest mine came from afar to greet him.
His enthusiasm was as if Sheng Lingxiao were his father. After a good meal and wine, he led him directly to the huge secret vault where spirit crystals were stored.
"Lord Sheng, please continue with your investigation. I need to relieve myself."
That's quite clear: the secret vault is right here, and you're the only one here.
Take as much as you want, I need to pee anyway.
I'll say it again: even if you bring your storage ring here in a sack, how many spirit crystals can you actually take?
Even if a whole sack of storage rings were filled, it wouldn't amount to even one-thousandth of the amount of spirit crystals in this secret vault.
Moreover, where did Sheng Lingxiao get a sack full of storage rings?
Even within Daqi, very few people use the kind of array that allows storage rings to store other storage rings.
So take it, take as much as you want.
Anyway, you won't get much, right?
Sheng Lingxiao looked at the mountain of spirit crystals and sighed softly.
"Since you're being so polite."
"Then I... won't be polite."
As soon as the sound faded, a spatial rift suddenly appeared above Sheng Lingxiao's head, revealing a vast and boundless land beyond.
The ancient witch clan, in the abyss of space.
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