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Chapter 71 Threat
Internal Affairs Department.

The five directly subordinate departments under the Shenxing Division each have a dedicated area within the Shenxing Division. Among them, the Internal Affairs Department occupies the largest area. It is responsible for various matters in the city, as well as collecting and organizing various files. It also manages various secret manuals and resources related to martial arts.

Wu Ming arrived at the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but was stopped by someone outside the headquarters.

"It must be Officer Wu from the Night Patrol Division."

The newcomer, dressed in the robes of an eighth-rank patrol officer, appeared to be in his early twenties. He stopped Wu Ming with a smile and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Wang Wufeng. I heard that you killed the Black Cloud Bandit He Tian a few days ago. I admire you greatly."

"Brother Wang."

Wu Ming didn't know the other party's purpose, but still cupped his hands in response and said, "It was just a lucky break."

Wang Wufeng smiled upon hearing this and said, "There is no such thing as luck in this world. Sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength... Well, the reason I came to see Brother Wu this time is to discuss something with him."

"What's the matter?"

Wu Ming asked.

Wang Wufeng's gaze was subtle as he said, "Brother Wu has gained quite a few merits this time, as far as I know, there should be as many as five or six thousand. This is enough to exchange for some precious and rare items in the Internal Affairs Department's treasury. I need Brother Wu to exchange for a 'Blood Essence Fruit' for me. This item requires five thousand merits to exchange for. I can use other resources to exchange with Brother Wu. If Brother Wu agrees to this, then I will consider it as me owing Brother Wu a favor."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ming frowned slightly and immediately shook his head, saying, "I also have something I need, so I can't help Brother Wang with this."

Not long ago, in order to investigate that piece of Xuan Yin Jade Marrow, he checked many files and learned about many rare and spiritual resources, including the Blood Essence Fruit. This is a spiritual fruit that can help people strengthen their foundation and stabilize their blood energy. It has a certain effect when trying to achieve the third or fourth blood clotting. It is extremely valuable and will not be circulated on the market. It is difficult to buy with money.

Within the Censorate, it can only be obtained through meritorious service.

Wu Ming didn't know who this Wang Wufeng was, but with just a casual remark, he wanted to exchange some other resources with him and even said that he owed him a favor. It was a pure trick to get something for nothing, so Wu Ming naturally had no interest in paying attention to it.

Upon being rejected by Wu Ming, Wang Wufeng's smile froze, and his tone changed as he said, "Brother Wu, you should be a reasonable person. Do you know that recently, many people from the Shenxing Division have been transferred to the dangerous Foreign Affairs Division to assist the Demon Suppression Division in guarding Shili Pass? There have been many casualties. Being able to stay in the city is something many people yearn for."

"I won't say much more, Brother Wu, you can decide for yourself."

After saying a few words in a low voice, Wang Wufeng turned and walked away into the distance.

Wu Ming watched Wang Wufeng's departing figure and narrowed his eyes slightly. Although the other party's words were casual, he could certainly hear the subtle threat in them. However, the other party was only an eighth-rank patrolman and had the authority to transfer his position in the Shenxing Division.

Wang Wufeng...

Ok?
Wu Ming recalled the other party's name. He remembered that there was a Wang Wuzheng in the Shenxing Division, who was a rising star among the younger generation of the Shenxing Division. He himself came from a prominent family and was a member of the Wang family. The Wang family was quite powerful in the Shenxing Division. Among them, the head of the family, Wang Mingxuan, was a sixth-rank official in charge of the Arrest Division, one of the five major divisions of the Shenxing Division, and was a big figure who had achieved four blood coagulations.

Given the similarity in names between Wang Wufeng and Wang Wuzheng, coupled with their arrogant demeanor, their backgrounds are naturally quite obvious.

but,

Although the Wang family is powerful, they obviously can't control everything within the Censorate. Otherwise, Wang Wufeng could have directly accessed the Censorate's treasury to retrieve Blood Essence Fruits without having to go through all this trouble. Just as Xu Hao said, the higher the level, the more intense the struggle. He hadn't even reached the third stage of Blood Condensation yet; he had only gained a large amount of merit by killing the Black Cloud Bandit He Tian, ​​and immediately became a target.

If Wang Wuzheng were here, given his reputation as a prodigy and his status as someone who had achieved three stages of blood coagulation, he might only be able to give him some leeway. But for Wang Wufeng, also an eighth-rank patrol officer, to think he could coerce him into bowing down just by relying on his family background was nothing short of wishful thinking. Besides, it was still hard to say whether Wang Wufeng actually had that ability.

Although Wu Ming himself was only an eighth-rank patrol officer, he was working under Zhou Huai'an. If anyone wanted to transfer him, they would have to go through Zhou Huai'an. Although Zhou Huai'an was not from a prominent family, he was a senior patrol officer of the Shenxing Division and had been in charge of the division for many years. He was not an ordinary person and could not be easily controlled by someone like Wang Wufeng.

If Wang Wufeng were to use threats and intimidation to force him to back down and obediently hand over the resources, he would be a laughingstock. Such tactics might work on naive young people, but they would be useless against him.

Wu Ming shook his head and stepped into the Department of Internal Affairs.

soon.

He arrived at the main office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was in charge of the treasury.

The hall was quite spacious, with only a small table and a rosewood bookcase behind it, on which were placed many files and documents. Behind the table sat a middle-aged man dressed in the official robes of a seventh-rank patrol officer.

"Wu Ming of the Night Patrol Division greets Your Excellency."

Wu Ming arrived at the door and respectfully bowed to those inside.

The middle-aged man sitting behind the desk glanced at Wu Ming and said:
"come in."

"You killed He Tian, ​​the Black Cloud Thief, and discovered that the Black Wolf Gang had violated the law by imprisoning lawless civilians. In addition to your previous daily merits from night patrols, you now have a total of 6,674 merit points."

When Wu Ming approached, the middle-aged inspector placed a scroll on the table and pushed it toward Wu Ming, saying casually, "This is a partial list from the Cautious Punishment Department's archives. You can select resources from it based on your merits."

Hearing about his current merits, Wu Ming was not surprised, after all, Wang Wufeng had already told him. However, more than 6,000 merits was indeed a lot. As a patrolman of the Night Patrol Division, he could only accumulate a little merit a day if he patrolled normally without any unexpected events. More than 6,000 merits was almost the accumulation of nearly 20 years of normal patrols.

The vast majority of these came from the killing of He Tian, ​​the Black Cloud Bandit.

After Wu Ming took the dossier handed over by the Inspector of the Internal Affairs Department, he gently opened it. The dossier contained records of various resource stores in the Cautious Punishment Department, starting with food resources, including demon meat, nourishing medicine powders, medicinal cuisine, and so on.

Then there are weapon-related resources, such as the Crimson Python Spear in his hand, which is recorded in the dossier. It only requires one hundred merit points to exchange for, and if you calculate the value, two merit points are roughly equivalent to one tael of silver.

Six thousand six hundred merit points, if converted this way, are equivalent to more than three thousand taels of silver.

of course,

Wu Ming knew that the actual value of merit was much higher than that. This was mainly because weapons like the Crimson Python Spear were not particularly valuable and were relatively easy to buy outside, so their prices did not fluctuate much.

However, if it is a precious artifact or a scarce resource, such as the Blood Essence Fruit that Wang Wufeng mentioned before, then it cannot be measured by money at all. It will not circulate in the market. Even if it happens to appear on the black market, it will be bought up in an instant, and the premium will probably be several times higher.

(End of this chapter)