Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

The world has never allocated resources based on ability or talent.

The unethical and incompetent laid-off workers and the privileged class occupy more resources.

Talented and capable independent cultivators and commoners work themselves to the bone just to make a living.

This is the true distribution of resources in this defiled and evil world: despair, darkness, and suffocation.

Is a cultivator at the Food Fiend Realm really that powerful? In the Food Purity World, perhaps they are very powerful, comparable to a True Immortal Realm expert, and could easily become a sect leader or ancestor.

Unfortunately, this is a turbid and evil world. In reality, cultivators who devour evil spirits are nothing more than elite cannon fodder, who haven't even mastered the rules.

If a commoner cultivator at the Food Fiend Realm wants to work and earn money peacefully and lawfully, he is destined to be exploited. You can work, you have talent, you have ability, then work until you die. There is no way you will get a promotion or a raise.

The Sword Tower is full of money, but it's never meant for the poor. Having a skill can only guarantee you won't starve, nothing more.

Over the years, Xiao Hongyun has matured mentally and seen things more clearly. However, the clearer he sees things, the angrier and more suffocated he feels. He wants to do something to change all of this. He has even thought about overthrowing the corrupt and decadent privileged class and killing all the privileged who oppress their compatriots, turning their bones to dust.

But he was powerless, because he had also become the most hated nobleman. He needed various specific human materials to advance to higher realms, and he also needed the turbid energy produced by people to cultivate. He was also enjoying all the benefits that came with being a nobleman.

With his mouth full of blood and his face contorted in a grotesque expression, what right does he have to criticize other powerful and influential people?

People just eat people in different ways.

It's simply a matter of some people eating elegantly while cloaking themselves in civilization, while others eat vulgarly and barbarically without any restraint.

Later he realized that none of this was contradictory.

He 'eats people' in order to protect and safeguard more people.

The powerful and wealthy 'eat people' simply to satisfy their own selfish desires and exploit the people of the world.

The weak cannot change the world. Only by possessing greater power and rights can they protect more people from the oppression of the powerful and wealthy, sweep away these corrupt and decadent elites, and create a brand new world. Only in this way can most people in this turbid and evil world live like human beings. On this path, a small number of people will inevitably sacrifice themselves, but it is worth it.

If one does not collude with the corrupt and despicable, how can one rise to prominence and gain the power to change the world?

That night, he truly found the meaning of life and the goal and career to strive for throughout his life.

However, he has never told anyone about this goal and cause, nor does he dare to tell anyone, and he does not intend to tell anyone in this lifetime unless he meets someone who shares the same ideals. Otherwise, he will bury this ambition deep in his heart until he takes it to his grave.

Xiao Hongyun smiled and gently tapped the chief engineer's face with his fan: "The roster and the number of people on site don't match. I don't even need to look closely. There's a problem with your roster. Confess honestly. If you can explain it clearly, do it here. If you can't, take him back to the Censorate dungeon and we'll talk about it slowly."

The chief foreman panicked: "Lord Xiao, please don't joke around. We are all colleagues in the Censorate. Why are you doing this to me?"

Xiao Hongyun raised his hand to stop him: "Hey, let's make this clear. I didn't do anything to you. We have no grudges or enemies. I'm just here on official business to check information on a few thieves. You're the one slacking off at your job, and you're blaming me for messing with you? Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

The chief foreman surrounded Xiao Hongyun and pulled him aside, saying, "Lord Xiao, as you know, the order from above is thirty days. The construction period is tight. There aren't enough craftsmen in the Changping Division, so we have to recruit from outside. Regular employees are too expensive, and the funding approved by above is limited."

"Then we can only hire temporary workers. Temporary workers don't have many requirements, they're cheap and easy to use. The wage of sixteen or seventeen coins per hour is more than half that of a regular worker. They get paid on the same day they work. Many people want to take advantage of this opportunity to earn extra money. Otherwise, where would so many people come from?"

“Look, there are at least 80,000 to 100,000 people here. With so many people, it’s inevitable that there will be all sorts of people. I don’t have that many people and the energy to register all their detailed information. As long as they can work, do it well, and don’t cause trouble, I don’t care if they are fugitives or petty thieves. I’m too lazy to check their travel documents. Registering them one by one is too troublesome and will delay the construction period.”

"Please be understanding of your colleague's difficulties, turn a blind eye and let it go, don't take it too seriously, please do me a favor."

As he spoke, the chief engineer took out a money bag and stuffed it into Xiao Hongyun's palm.

Xiao Hongyun smiled and weighed the money bag in his hand: "What does this mean?"

The chief engineer smiled and said, "It's just a small token."

Xiao Hongyun said, "What you're saying does have some merit, but if you do it this way, it loses its meaning."

The chief foreman said, "I understand. But that's not enough. Let me add something more."

Xiao Hongyun stretched out his folding fan and shook it: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

The chief engineer's smile slowly faded: "So you mean..."

Xiao Hongyun smiled and stuffed the money bag into the chief engineer's hand: "You've misunderstood. I'm just here on official business, looking for a few suspects. This is your territory, and your men are all around. I hope you can help me look for them. If you find them, let me know. Don't alert them."

The chief foreman's smile quickly returned, and he subtly slipped the money pouch into Xiao Hongyun's hand again: "It's simple, Lord Xiao, just tell me who you're looking for, and I'll send someone to find them for you. It'll be quick. If the suspect is on the construction site, I'll find him for you soon. So please accept this, Lord Xiao. Since you've come all this way, I can't let you leave empty-handed. Wouldn't that make me seem inconsiderate?"

"Hahaha..." Xiao Hongyun laughed and flicked his folding fan: "Then I will wait here for your good news."

After informing the chief foreman of the basic information about Li Xiangsi and her group, the chief foreman went to find his subordinates, the foremen and supervisors. Xiao Hongyun, on the other hand, waited quietly in the makeshift shed while drinking tea, and casually tossed the bribes he had received to his five subordinates.

Xiao Hongyun smiled faintly: "Everyone who sees it gets a share. You've been running around with me, so let's split this money. Consider it payment for your tea."

The five officials from the Demon Suppression Division exchanged glances, then happily clasped their hands in response: "Thank you, Lord Xiao. We are willing to die for you..."

Xiao Hongyun waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to say anything more, and then he calmly sat down to wait for news.

Time flies like an arrow, and half a day quickly passed.

The chief foreman was quite efficient. He returned with good news: "Lord Xiao, there are indeed about ten people named Li Xiangsi on the construction site, but only one of them has a northern accent. I wonder if he is the suspect you are looking for? What did this guy do?"

Xiao Hongyun said, "No need to ask further, where is this person?"

The chief engineer said, "I'll take you there."

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