'I'm already lucky to have snagged that opportunity with Alchemy.'
'Forget it!'
He led his men over to the task book for the Ministry of Justice.
For a moment.
The only sound in the Imperial Clan Court was the rustling of pages. Everyone had lost the desire to provoke one another.
But it couldn't be helped. The War God Tower was opening six months early, putting immense pressure on all of them.
And...
More importantly...
Zhao Ci flipped through the task book, his eyelid twitching uncontrollably. 'This year's missions are brutal!'
A slew of new missions targeted the various outlaw gangs.
Taken on their own, they didn't look like missions at all.
'This is clearly a hit list!'
The Cao Bang, the Salt Gang, the Horse Gang, the Five Poison Sect, the Corpse-Driving Sect—and even the Demon Sect.
All of them were on the chopping block.
