Chapter 850: Ten Million Contribution Points! The Supreme Powerhouse Zhou Yuanwu!

Unlike Chief Councillor Zhou Yuanwu, He Rui, who managed the allocation of Great Xia's resources, often appeared on television screens.

Still, this was Xu Jingming's first time seeing him in person, just as he was thinking that—

He Rui turned his gaze over and said eagerly:

"You're Xu Jingming, right? You really got over five thousand tons of exotic flowers and herbs?"

"Mm, they're stored in my spatial ring." Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

"Good, good, good! The exotic flowers and herbs are tied to Great Xia's grand national strategy!

In the coming years, the rise of Great Xia's ability users will owe you a great debt of merit!"

Councillor He Rui, having received final confirmation, was visibly stirred.

Great Xia had a population of two billion; every major high school, university, and every province and city consumed vast quantities of exotic flowers and herbs.

Even what was gathered from the wilderness zones and what they cultivated themselves was nowhere near enough.

As the resource chief, he had long been looking forward to this opening of the Ye'er Secret Realm to give the base resources a good top-up.

He had originally expected, like last time, to bring back just over a thousand tons of exotic flowers and herbs from the realm.

He never imagined this time there would be a full five thousand-plus tons!

That was more than enough to greatly ease Great Xia's shortage of base resources.

"If you run into any resource difficulties in the future, come find me.

Anything I can help with within the scope of my duties, I will certainly help you with."

He Rui patted Xu Jingming on the shoulder, his intent to look after him plainly undisguised.

Drawing a wave of envy from the eighth-rank powerhouses around them.

Building good ties with this big shot was something even ninth-rank powerhouses would envy.

"Let's go, head over to the great hall to tally up the exotic flowers and herbs."

He Rui led the way ahead with light, brisk steps.

Xu Jingming and his group soon arrived at a spacious great hall.

Inside the hall, more than fifty ability users dressed in pharmacist attire were already waiting.

"These are all pharmacists from our Xia Meng. The exotic flowers and herbs you've harvested will undergo final confirmation and settlement by them."

He Rui introduced with a smile, then turned his gaze to Xu Jingming: "Xu Jingming, you carry the most exotic flowers and herbs—go first."

Although the exotic flowers and herbs had already been tallied once in Maple Leaf Country, back in Great Xia they still had to be re-confirmed.

This confirmation would be far stricter, all carried out by professional pharmacists.

"All right."

Xu Jingming nodded, stepped forward, and then took out the exotic flowers and herbs.

Boom!!

The floor trembled slightly as a small-mountain-like pile of exotic flowers and herbs appeared before everyone's eyes.

Even those pharmacists had never seen such a massive quantity of exotic flowers and herbs.

They froze for a moment before snapping back to their senses and hurriedly beginning the tally.

It took a full twenty minutes before those fifty-plus pharmacists finished tallying all the exotic flowers and herbs.

The total was about the same as the Maple Leaf Country tally.

"5,312 tons of exotic flowers and herbs? Good, good, good."

He Rui's face shone with intense excitement, and he immediately announced:

"According to the Ye'er Secret Realm's exotic flowers and herbs exchange rules, Xu Jingming will receive a total of 10.14 million contribution points this time!"

"Hiss, over ten million contribution points?"

"That's too much—can't spend it, can't possibly spend it all."

Ripples of discussion rose, and Luo Lan and the others all expressed great envy.

Even Blood Sword was no exception.

Even for him, ten million contribution points would take two or three years to accumulate.

Of course, now that he had broken through to upper ninth-rank, his contribution-point accumulation speed would be a bit faster.

"Ten million contribution points..." Xu Jingming was likewise delighted at heart.

Contribution points at that level were already enough to buy the vast majority of things in Great Xia's resource vault.

"Luo Lan, 212 tons of exotic flowers and herbs, contribution-point reward of 401,000."

"Hearing Ling Shuang, 334 tons of exotic flowers and herbs, contribution-point reward of 624,000."

"..."

After finishing the tally of Xu Jingming's exotic flowers and herbs, the subsequent tallies were clearly much faster.

Basically one person's results could be tallied in a minute or two.

It was worth mentioning that, because Hearing Ling Shuang's spatial-system ability was too nimble,

the exotic flowers and herbs she had harvested were even more than Luo Lan's.

"You've all worked hard this past month—you may stay here at Xia Meng for one week.

This week you'll be received at honored-guest standard, and we won't charge you any contribution points.

You should still have a chance to meet the Chief Councillor here at headquarters later.

So I'll be off now—arrange yourselves as you like, and if you want to go back we can arrange a dedicated fighter jet to send you."

After a wrap-up speech, He Rui left contentedly with all the exotic flowers and herbs.

At this point, the reception staff who had been waiting off to the side also came up and asked for their choices.

"Senior Xu, will you be staying here at Xia Meng for a few days?" Having finished handing over the exotic flowers and herbs, Luo Lan also relaxed and asked with a smile.

"No," Xu Jingming shook his head. "I still need to return to the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters."

"That's true. I saw the announcement from your Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall."

"Congratulations, Senior Xu, on your appointment as Demon Capital Inspector. I will definitely attend your inauguration banquet."

"Then I won't accompany you today—I plan to stay in Xia Meng for a few more days."

Luo Lan bid farewell with a smile and left the hall under the guidance of the reception staff.

This was also the choice of most of the eighth-rank experts present.

After all, staying in Xia Meng normally costs contribution points; free time, why not use it?

"My lord Xue Jian, we'll take our leave now," Xu Jingming turned and bowed respectfully to Xue Jian.

The appointment as Demon Capital Inspector has already been issued; I still need to return to headquarters and discuss the details with my teacher, Su Qingli.

"Don't rush. The Grand Councilor has finished his cultivation—he wishes to meet you."

Xue Jian smiled.

"Grand Councilor Zhou?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

He hadn't expected to actually meet this legendary supreme powerhouse of Great Xia.

"Teacher Ling, wait here for me a moment."

"Alright, go ahead."

Ling Shuang gave a slight nod, a faint hint of admiration subtly visible on her fair, delicate face.

Though she had once met Grand Councilor Zhou Yuanwu before, such a private audience had never happened to her.

"Grand Councilor Zhou is very approachable. Don't be nervous when you meet him—just respond naturally."

Worried that Xu Jingming might be nervous, Xue Jian, who was leading the way, unusually spoke the entire way.

Yet he did not know that Xu Jingming was not nervous at all—he was incredibly excited.

It had been over two years since he crossed over to Blue Star, and he was finally about to meet this world's peak combat power!

"Here we are. This is the Grand Councilor's training room. I'll take you inside."

A few minutes later, Xue Jian brought Xu Jingming to a pair of alloy doors.

"Drip~~, identity scan successful. Welcome, Master Xue Jian."

The camera on the alloy door recognized Xue Jian's identity and automatically slid open.

Xu Jingming didn't dare blink, fearing he might miss this moment.

As the alloy doors opened, he finally saw a man inside the training room!

The man wore a black fitted suit, stood at least 1.9 meters tall, and carried himself with upright poise.

Though he was a powerhouse from the era of Yuan Neng's revival, nearly two hundred years old!

Yet his face showed not a single sign of aging—he looked like a young man in his twenties.

But the aura of standing atop Blue Star's peak was nothing any ordinary youth could possess.

When Xu Jingming looked at him, the black-clad man turned his gaze toward him at the same moment.

Boom!!

Xu Jingming felt everything around him vanish—this space held only the two of them.

And the man was the god who ruled all—capable of erasing him with a single thought!

When Xu Jingming had still been only third-rank, he had felt this same insignificance upon first meeting ninth-rank Liu Yushan.

But now he was already a high-level seventh-rank master, his combat power reaching ninth-rank!

Yet before this man, he remained utterly insignificant.

The aura of the ninth-rank apex king-level beast, Lei Ting Baolong Wang, which Xu Jingming had once sensed on the Dayangzhou frontline, was less than one percent of this man's!

And this man was none other than Great Xia's supreme number one—the ultimate powerhouse, Zhou Yuanwu!