Chapter 847: The Thornsword Grass on the Verge of Breaking Through Ninth Rank!

There are many eighth-rank warriors in Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym, but top-tier eighth-rank ones are not numerous.

Liu Shan and Hearing Ling Shuang are among the strongest few eighth-rank warriors in Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym.

Hu Jinyu originally thought the Magu City Patrol Envoy would be either Hearing Ling Shuang or Liu Shan.

And Hearing Ling Shuang is currently serving as director of the Mobi Branch in Dayangzhou, an equally important post.

Since Su Qingli couldn't find anyone else for the Magu City Patrol Envoy position, she could only assign Liu Shan.

That's why he had come repeatedly to urge her.

But he never expected Su Qingli's reply to be Xu Jingming!!

In Hu Jinyu's view, Xu Jingming's combat power is at most an upper-tier A-rank eighth-rank.

Compared to Liu Shan and Hearing Ling Shuang, who are at peak eighth-rank combat power, he's still far behind.

If Su Qingli had named Hearing Ling Shuang, he wouldn't have been this angry—but naming Xu Jingming clearly shows she doesn't care a bit about him!

"Xu Jingming? I believe his strength is insufficient to serve as Magu City Patrol Envoy."

Suppressing his fury, Hu Jinyu spoke again.

"Is that so? I think he's quite suitable."

Su Qingli's expression was relaxed.

Due to confidentiality requirements, Xu Jingming's true combat power has not been revealed.

But this will inevitably come to light soon, and it won't have much impact.

"Fine, fine, fine! It seems the gym director has already made up his mind."

"Favoring your student so much, you'll regret it!!"

Hu Jinyu could no longer contain his rage; he hurled a few words and severed the call outright.

"Director, are you really appointing Director Xu as Magu City Patrol Envoy?"

After Hu Jinyu's holographic projection vanished from the office, assistant Liu Wei spoke cautiously, whispering a reminder:

"Director Xu indeed has monstrous talent, but his strength is still slightly lacking.

If he's appointed as Magu City Patrol Envoy, it will surely provoke widespread discontent..."

In Great Xia, martial culture runs deep; no matter the faction, the person in charge must be powerful, even if their managerial experience is weak.

Especially for a critical position like Magu City Patrol Envoy—if your strength can't even surpass your subordinates, how can you supervise them?

Xu Jingming's strength isn't the strongest, and he's Su Qingli's student; forcing him into the position will inevitably draw heavy criticism.

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong."

Su Qingli remained calm, "Draft the appointment notice now and release it on the gym's official website shortly."

"Yes!"

Seeing Su Qingli had made up her mind, Liu Wei said no more and bowed respectfully.

"Su Qingli, you're pushing me too far!"

On the other side, Hu Jinyu's face was terrifyingly dark after severing the call.

The aura of a ninth-rank Law Saint subtly erupted, as if freezing the air itself.

"Since you're so determined to make your student Magu City Patrol Envoy, I'll show you exactly what this decision will cost you!"

He sneered and ordered directly: "Smart Brain! Contact Zhao Ling!"

"Connecting..."

A mechanical electronic tone sounded, and soon a middle-aged man's holographic projection appeared before Hu Jinyu.

"My lord." The middle-aged man bowed respectfully.

"Zhao Ling, Su Qingli plans to appoint Xu Jingming as Magu City Patrol Envoy.

Once the announcement is out, mobilize all our resources to spread the word—thoroughly!"

Hu Jinyu ordered coldly.

Within Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym, though he had his own faction, he rarely appeared in person.

Zhao Ling was the one who relayed his messages to those loyal to him.

Zhao Ling was momentarily stunned upon hearing the news, but quickly recovered and replied respectfully:

"Understood!"

"Su Qingli, don't think allying with Master Gu Ming means you can stand equal to me.

This time, your stubbornness will cost you dearly!"

Hu Jinyu's eyes glinted with cold light.

In Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym, everything is decided by strength.

Xu Jingming lacks strength, yet he's been appointed Magu City Patrol Envoy.

With a little public opinion manipulation, Su Qingli will face immense pressure!

If she can't withstand the pressure, she'll have to withdraw the appointment.

Even if she endures the pressure, many of my people hold positions in the Magu, Jiangnan, and Suzhou-Hangzhou branch gyms.

Once Xu Jingming takes office, there will be plenty of tasks to burden him.

When Xu Jingming proves too weak to handle them, he'll be overwhelmed.

Xu Jingming's failures will drag Su Qingli down with him.

Though I've lost the Magu City Patrol Envoy position, this is still a golden opportunity to strike at Su Qingli's prestige!

"Deputy Director, new information has arrived.

The National Council has convened early; please enter the virtual world in five minutes to attend the meeting."

At that moment, the Smart Brain's alert sounded.

"The National Council is meeting early?"

"Looks like there's some emergency to deal with again. Hopefully it's not bad news..."

Hu Jinyu's brow furrowed, his aura slightly restrained, as he put on his neural-interface helmet and entered the virtual world early to wait.

"Eva, how much longer before the Thorn Sword Grass can break through to the ninth tier?"

An Obsidian-class fighter jet soared through the sky.

In the cockpit seat, Xu Jingming, who had just roughly browsed the Great Xia resource library, exited the virtual world and asked Eva.

At this moment, having absorbed a large amount of Plant Holy Water, the Thorn Sword Grass had completely fallen into a deep sleep, transforming into a plant battle armor that covered his body.

"Soon. It's already reached the peak of the eighth tier. It'll only take two or three days at most to break through to the ninth tier."

Eva replied.

"Worthy of being Plant Holy Water — it has a huge amplifying effect on the growth of plant life."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, then asked again: "After breaking through to the ninth tier, can the plant battle armor formed by the Thorn Sword Grass compare to a Yuan Armor in defense?"

"It'll be slightly worse. The defensive level is only the same as an ordinary SSR-class battle armor."

Eva said with a smile, "The Thorn Sword Grass isn't a defensive-type plant life — it's much more adept at offense.

Once it reaches the ninth tier, even an ordinary A-rank ninth-tier lower Martial Saint probably wouldn't be able to suppress it.

If you, an S-rank, want to cultivate a plant life with strong defense, you can choose the seeds of 'Clematis.'"

PS: Stuck on the writing — spent four hours squeezing out one chapter, only one chapter today, sorry sorry.