Chapter 536: Assigning the Mission! The National Council!

"Rise." Xu Jingming said in a low voice from the sofa.

Sakuragi Rin also breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from the ground.

"How is the matter I assigned you last time coming along?" Xu Jingming asked.

Sakuragi Rin was merely a chess piece he had casually placed; he had not paid her much attention in ordinary times.

Having run into her now, he naturally had to inquire about the progress.

"Reporting to Master, I am now the branch director of the Tianyu Dojo.

The entire branch is almost entirely filled with my trusted confidants.

Among them are two seventh-tier ability users, as well as several dozen sixth-tier ability users."

Sakuragi Rin replied softly.

The importance of an S-class ability to Sakura Country and to the Tianyu Dojo is beyond doubt.

It was precisely by virtue of this that she was able to subdue those two seventh-tier Grandmaster-class ability users.

Although there is still a great gap between this and killing the Tianyu Dojo's Grand Director, it is at least a decent beginning.

"You subdued two seventh-tier ability users?"

Xu Jingming was somewhat surprised; he had not expected Sakuragi Rin to apparently have quite a few tricks up her sleeve.

"Continue to keep control of the Tianyu Dojo. In addition, I have another mission to assign you."

After a moment's thought, Xu Jingming continued:

"I need you to use the authority in your hands to carve out an area of extremely high beast density within Sakura Country.

The total number of beasts must exceed 50,000, and their tiers must all be at least first-tier or above."

The beasts in the wilderness zones are all mobile; even if they gather in one spot, the number will not exceed five or six hundred.

This also meant that when he was in the wilderness zones, after killing the beasts in one place, he had to immediately head to the next place to look for beasts.

In the wilderness zones, nearly half of his time was spent on the road searching for beasts.

If an area could be carved out and beasts continuously captured into it,

then once he arrived, he could use his lightning-type ability to kill them all in one go.

That would instantly yield a massive amount of ability points!

In Great Xia, he was, after all, still merely a student of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall.

He held no power in his hands, nor could he accomplish such a thing.

But for Sakuragi Rin, it was a different story.

As the branch director of the Tianyu Dojo, she had the ability to do so.

It was also convenient that Sakura Country had an enormous number of beasts.

As for how many of Sakura Country's ability users would have to die to capture these beasts, that was not his concern.

"50,000 beasts, and they have to be confined within a certain area?" Sakuragi Rin's expression froze.

This demand could not be called anything but harsh.

More crucially, Xu Jingming was an ability user who possessed seventh-tier combat power.

If he wanted any beast materials, he could simply go hunt in the wilderness zones—why go about it this way?

Although puzzled in her heart, Sakuragi Rin naturally would not open her mouth to ask.

She merely nodded slightly and said softly, "Understood."

"In half a year, I will make a trip to Sakura Country.

If I do not see the number of beasts I want, you should know the consequences."

Xu Jingming's intensely oppressive gaze fixed on Sakuragi Rin.

If things went smoothly,

in half a year, this single wave of beasts alone could bring him a gain of a full several hundred thousand ability points.

Sakuragi Rin, who stood prettily opposite him,

could not help but shudder at the memory of the agony brought on when Xu Jingming triggered the reverse contract imprint in Civilization Ruin No. 9 last time.

She hurriedly said, "Yes, Master."

"Alright, you may withdraw."

With a wave of his hand, Xu Jingming directly kicked Sakuragi Rin out of the room.

At this moment, Teacher Su Qingli also sent back a reply:

"Once the National Council session is over, we'll set off for Senbai Canyon."

"Understood."

Xu Jingming sent back a message and glanced at the clock on the wall.

It was now 8 p. m.; the National Council session should officially begin in another hour.

The day after the session ended, the results of the deliberations on various matters would also be announced publicly.

"The matter of my killing Wang Mang could be big or small.

I am powerless to influence it; I can only wait for the National Council session to end and for Teacher Su to notify me of the final handling result.

Hopefully, there won't be too severe a punishment..."

Accompanyed by a low murmur, Xu Jingming's tall figure slowly vanished from the virtual world.

Great Xia Calendar, November 20th, 8:58 p. m.

In the virtual world, beneath a resplendent starry sky, upon the vast, boundless earth, there stood only a single gigantic silver-white round table.

Surrounding the round table, there were a total of 41 seats.

Each seat was pitch-black throughout, brimming with mystery and solemnity.

The seat at the very front of the round table was like a throne, much larger than the ordinary seats.

The 40 seats represent the fact that the Great Xia Kingdom has a total of 40 Rank Nine ability users!

As for the remaining seat, it represents the sole supreme powerhouse, Chief Councillor Zhou Yuanwu, my lord.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!......

When the time reached exactly nine o'clock, figures suddenly appeared at their seats one after another.

Each of these figures radiated an overwhelmingly oppressive, powerful aura.

When their gazes flickered, they seemed to contain terrifying might.

Su Qingli, the owner of Lei Ting Wu Guan and also a Rank Nine ability user, was conspicuously among them.

The entire silver round table, apart from the seat at the very top being empty, had all 40 other seats filled.

And centered on the topmost seat, the left and right sides were both occupied by peak Rank Nine ability users!

Arranged in order of strength, they were upper Rank Nine, middle Rank Nine, and lower Rank Nine.

Su Qingli's seat was in the middle-to-lower position of the entire silver round table.

"Chief Councillor Zhou is not here; this session of the National Council is convened and presided over by me."

Cao Jun, the peak Rank Nine ability user to the left of the empty seat, said in a deep voice.

The other many Rank Nine powerhouses were not at all surprised by this outcome.

Unless something major happened in the Great Xia Kingdom, Zhou Yuanwu, as Chief Councillor, would not participate in the National Council.

"First agenda item."

"The beast tide at the northern border has subsided. Should we redeploy some troops to the Senbai Canyon?"

Cao Jun's voice echoed throughout this stretch of heaven and earth.

"The northern border has only temporarily subsided; who knows when it might launch another surprise attack.

Once the beast tide breaks through the defensive line, it will bring us incalculable losses. I disagree with redeploying troops!"

The moment Cao Jun finished speaking, a powerhouse immediately responded.

"The southern border has fierce beasts pressing against the city, and the troops at Senbai Canyon are stretched thin. I agree to redeploy troops there!"

Another powerhouse responded.

"I agree!"

"I disagree!"

"......"

One powerhouse after another spoke in turn, expressing their opinions.

"17 in favor, 23 opposed. The result of this agenda item: no redeployment of troops from the northern border."

After all the powerhouses had expressed their opinions, Cao Jun spoke with final, decisive authority.

"Next, the second agenda item......"

Under Cao Jun's presiding, agenda items capable of affecting the situation of Great Xia, and even the situation of Blue Star, one after another—

Were rapidly discussed, and solutions determined.

Just like that, four hours quickly passed.

The National Council also reached its final stage, entering the discussion of the last agenda item.

"The final agenda item."

"Xu Jingming unilaterally killed Wang Mang, son of Rank Nine Councillor Wang Zhen. What punishment should be imposed?"