[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties":3,"chapter-i-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties-i-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties-chapter-960":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Really Am Not Neglecting My Duties",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2364229,4622,"Chapter 960: The Ninth Hundred and Sixty-Eighth Chapter: The Full Purple North Pole Star, the Full Green Heavenly Spear General Star","i-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties-chapter-960",960,"\u003Cp>Every time His Majesty decides his imperial will, it signifies an inviolable supreme decree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, at the inception of the Dinghai education system, the Great Ming Emperor would not permit these powerful elites to interfere with the Dinghai system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, “Master, the powerful elites and local gentry have already seized every advantage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Ming has a total of twenty-eight million households; the powerful elites number barely eight thousand nine hundred, the local gentry barely eighty thousand, and middle-class families number no more than…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was good that she became a Third Elder, but if becoming a Third Elder meant parting from Qin Ze, Ji Ningwei would rather give up the position of Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are we to do? If they’re truly Northern Barbarians, are we going to die here?” Qing’e grabbed Wen Chan’s arm, trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Astonishingly, as it lightly touched the air, its delicate, snow-white body soared gracefully to a higher sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim yellow light of the tent, Jing Hua Zan saw Heliang Sangma’s eyes instantly fill with maternal tenderness, veiled in mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imagine if your own parents adopted a child and transferred all their love to that child—who could remain rational without crumbling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Yue rose and followed him out of the living room, skipped breakfast, shoved a pack of biscuits into her mouth, then drank water greedily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked his tutor for leave, claiming he was going home to help his father harvest the autumn crops; he lied to his father, saying he was going to school. Thus, he gained his own time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning to the mansion, Lin Feng ordered them to pluck all the strongly scented flowers and herbs from the back garden, make them themselves; within two days, a barrel of perfume was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the mighty Baiyue Sword Saint, upon entering the Master Realm, had to journey to the lost wilds at the world’s edge—clearly, those places concealed secrets unknown to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The winter wind cut like knives, making skin ache; the fur along Wan Yan’s collar trembled violently, yet she still gazed longingly at Jiang Ling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Mei’s gentle brows and eyes brimmed with disdain and revulsion, and a hidden fury, like half-extinguished red coals in a furnace—though covered by a thin layer of silver ash, the flickering fire still could not be hidden, and with a breath of wind, it would crackle and spit out hot, blazing sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in Sanjie’s luxury carriage, Ge Wuyou briefly explained to Yang Houtu the origin of that sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is the most fundamental characteristic of power?” Chen Yuan felt perplexed; his blood qi, identified by Bai Ze as a power attribute within the Star Lake, could accomplish many things, but its core characteristic eluded him for the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very well! Just as the Bridge Keeper had said—perhaps when I return, he’ll have already gone back on his own? Ha! Better yet, I’ve imagined too much—he never ran away; I scared myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine, we’ll wait for you, we’ll wait.” Wang Zong still smiled warmly at Di Haotian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You haven’t told me why you don’t wear the bracelet.” Di Haotian, unsurprisingly, showed little interest in such matters—he asked once, then dropped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Taicang harbored intense hatred toward Qin Yuesheng, resenting him for seizing the Heaven Demon Evil Blade when Jiang was still weak, and stealing the Xuantian Treasure Mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That pitifully foolish Xiang Qing must still be stubbornly waiting for me at the school gate, in the biting cold wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yue Ruoxiang and Ouyang Ling both cultivated mid-grade Earth Spirit Roots and both became S-Class Earth Ability Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Junyao acted swiftly: after writing down the address, he notified Luo Laosi to prepare for a trip to America with Qiao Yin in a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qiao Yin—” Huo Junyao extended his hand, wanting to chase after her, but his legs refused to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet upon seeing Xu Zixiong’s sniper rifle, Long Miao was instantly seized by a desire to recruit talent—so what if he lacked a Demon Root? Xu Zixiong had still effortlessly slain many Demon Spirit Masters; this made Long Miao realize Xu Zixiong’s exceptional nature, and he quickly brought up Long Jingjing.\u003C\u002Fp>",701,"2026-06-21T07:56:02.219Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","1bbd591724cdf14047d0761671d03e8145efe52e552d59d163c8a35cb67ca4b4","i-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties-chapter-961","i-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties-chapter-959",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-really-am-not-neglecting-my-duties-cover.jpg"]