Chapter 123 The Road Ahead (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote for the monthly ticket and recommend the ticket)
“Anything I want?”

Su Mu asked thoughtfully.

A sentence he had seen in his previous life popped into his mind.

If the benefactor is handsome, he will marry her on the spot. If the benefactor is ugly, he will repay the kindness in the next life.

Am I handsome or ugly?

Miss Luo doesn’t play by the rules.

Just because you have money you can do whatever you want?

“Not everything.”

Luo An Ning thought about it seriously and said, “I am just a blood exchange realm with a little money. There are some things I can’t take out, so there is nothing I can do.

You tell me first, and I’ll figure out the rest.”

what do you want?
Su Mu thought seriously, is there anything he wants?
Of course there are.

Kung Fu, martial arts, status… he wants them all.

If this was said by the He family, Su Mu would definitely say without hesitation that he wanted them all.

But now that it was Luo Anning who said this, he felt embarrassed to ask for too much.

Miss Luo had helped him a lot, from learning the Tianlong Eight Sounds Tendon Tempering Method to the position of Sima of the East City Division.

Without this help, Su Mu would not have been able to get along so smoothly. He might still be working as the head of the Nancheng Division, and his strength would not have reached the current level.

You help me, I’ll help you.

I saved her without expecting anything in return.

“How about I help redeem her and let her serve you?”

Seeing that Su Mu didn’t say anything, Luo Anning suddenly said.

Su Mu: “…”

What does this have to do with that?

“Don’t you men like women who are both beautiful and talented? My father is like that.”

Luo Anning said, “I’ve read the poem you wrote for everyone. Don’t you like her very much?”

“How can you slander someone’s innocence out of thin air?”

Su Mu asked, “Why do I like her so much?”

“Isn’t it? You wrote poems for her…”

Luo Anning said with his big eyes blinking.

“Others don’t know, but you don’t know?”

Su Mu said, “You gave me the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds Tempering Technique. I just wanted to thank her for helping me practice it.”

“Forget it, why should I explain this to you?”

Su Mu said unhappily, “I know what I want.”

Luo An Ning said “Oh”, “Actually, I think it’s pretty good for everyone.”

Su Mu didn’t expect Luo An Ning to have such a gossipy side. To prevent her from continuing, Su Mu interrupted her and said, “I want to see the Luo family’s Kanshui artistic conception map.”

“Kanshui artistic conception picture?”

Luo Anning looked at Su Mu in surprise, “Haven’t you already comprehended the state of mind of Kanshui?”

An expression of shock suddenly appeared on her face, her eyes widened and her mouth opened wide.

“You don’t have a Kanshui artistic conception diagram, so how do you comprehend the Kanshui artistic conception?”

“Practice a few more Kanshui sword moves.”

Su Mu said lightly.

Luo Anning fell into silence.

Is this the legendary genius who can learn something quickly and become proficient with practice?
After practicing hard for several years, I have only just mastered two sword styles. It will probably take another year or two of hard work to master the third sword style.

Mastering a few more sword moves is as easy as breathing. It’s really admirable.

“I can lend you the Kanshui artistic conception map, no problem.”

Luo Anning said, “Do you need the Xunfeng Conception Map? I have some at home.”

“need!”

Su Mu said that although he had a picture of Xunfeng artistic conception in his hand, it was crudely made, and the one collected by the Luo family must be different.

If you can comprehend it, perhaps you can gain some understanding. Even if you can slightly reduce the points needed for improvement, it will be a gain.

“Oh, there’s one more.”

Su Mu said, “Look at me, can I make progress?”

“progress?”

Luo An Ning showed a puzzled look on her face. She thought for a long time before she understood what Su Mu meant. Her expression couldn’t help but become a little strange.

She has seen many people who are obsessed with power. After becoming officials, they either amass wealth or form cliques for personal gain. Anyway, they pursue power just to satisfy their own desires.

But Su Mu is different. Although Su Mu is also obsessed with being an official, it seems that he does it simply for the sake of being an official. After becoming the Sima of Dongcheng Si, he has never enjoyed a single day and has been working diligently every day like a workhorse.

Luo An Ning didn’t understand why he wanted to be an official so much.

Isn’t it good to concentrate on cultivation?
“You just—”

Luo Anning said hesitantly, “In your words, it’s progress.

Do you really want to improve?”

“Yeah, I really want to improve.”

Su Mu nodded solemnly.

“But with your current strength, you can definitely become a Taiping Duwei.”

Luo An Ning said seriously, “You have to make a choice whether to continue to stay in the Taiping Division or to pursue a normal career as an official.”

“how to say?”

Su Mu wondered, why do I have to make a choice, can’t I have them all?
“The Taiping Division Baiyi is just a candidate, so the Taiping Division requires us to gain experience on our own. The reason why we are given an identity is to facilitate our work. Strictly speaking, the Taiping Division Baiyi is not a real member of the Taiping Division.”

Luo An Ning explained, “At this time, whether you are a captain or a Sima, it doesn’t matter, it is a kind of experience.

But the Taiping Duwei is different. It is a formal post. Once you become Taiping Duwei, you cannot hold other official positions concurrently. “

Although he had thought about this day a long time ago, when Su Mu actually heard Luo An Ning say this, he still sighed in his heart.

Since he cannot hold other official positions concurrently, he has fewer ways to earn points.

But if he did not join the Taiping Division and took the ordinary path, it would be difficult for him to continue to rise.

In the Taiping Division, as long as one is strong enough, one can move up to the rank of Taiping Commandant, Taiping Colonel, Pacification Envoy, Commander, and Marquisate…

But for general official positions, it is not just about ability; whether one can be promoted depends on metaphysics.

Even in the military where strength is most important, it does not necessarily mean that the person with the strongest personal strength will become the supreme commander.

After all, those who are truly powerful enough to ignore the normal rules of the court are only a minority.

Most warriors may not be able to cultivate to the stage of rebirth in their lifetime. Even if they reach the stage of rebirth, they cannot ignore the power of the imperial court.

Although Su Mu has confidence in himself, he doesn’t want to live a life of intrigue with others all day long. It would be better for him to be free in the Taiping Division.

But the Taiping Division has to slay demons and punish evildoers, which is extremely dangerous.

When it really came to making a choice, Su Mu was still a little hesitant.

“I’ve always felt that with your talent, being an official is a waste.”

Luo An Ning said seriously, “If you hadn’t been distracted by being an official, you should have cultivated to the blood exchange stage by now.”

Being an official is a form of cultivation for me.

Su Mu said to himself.

There are two paths. One path is for quick promotion and has a high ceiling. The higher the rank, the faster you earn points and the faster your strength improves. But this path requires fighting monsters and is very dangerous.

The other path has a slow promotion, a low ceiling, and the speed of earning points is not as fast as the first one. But it is dangerous——

Not small either.

Su Mu once heard a saying in his previous life: in an uninhabited area, talented people are the most dangerous.

This sentence can be replaced here as “When there are no demons, humans are the most dangerous.” Not having to fight demons does not mean there is no danger. The struggle in officialdom is a war without gunpowder smoke, and the danger is no less than the former.

He worked as a captain of the Nancheng Division and as a Sima in the Dongcheng Division, just fulfilling his duties. However, he somehow offended the He family in the inner city and was assassinated by the He family many times.

If he wants to go far in officialdom, this kind of thing is inevitable.

Since there are dangers as well, it is better to choose a path that makes you happy.

“I’d better stay in Taiping Division.”

Su Mu said with some regret.

“Believe me, Taipingsi is definitely the best place for you.”

Luo An Ning was overjoyed, his eyes curved into crescents, “In fact, the Taiping Division will make faster progress. With your talent, you can reach the sixth rank in three years, the fifth rank in five years, and at most ten years, you will have the hope of becoming a fourth rank pacification envoy. In thirty years, you can even hope to become a third rank commander.”

“You know, it took my father forty years to reach the position of a fourth-rank city lord, and he had the support of his family.”

Luo An Ning continued, “Besides, my father can only go this far in his life. It is almost impossible for him to go one step further.”

She also learned the word “progress” from Su Mu and used it more and more fluently.

Su Mu nodded. He knew that the Lord of Wuling City was the ceiling for countless people.

Luo An Ning’s father was also a very talented warrior when he was young, and now he is also a warrior in the rebirth realm. Even so, he is only a fourth-rank city lord.

The He family is one of the four major families in Wuling City. He Gongxiu worked hard all his life, but he was only the head of the Wuling City Engineering Department, a fifth-rank official.

The reason why he used all his family’s strength to send He Guangshao to the Taiping Division?
Isn’t it because the Taiping Division is a highway to heaven for talented warriors?

You can doubt He Gongxiu’s character, but you can never doubt his vision.

Compared with these benefits, the exclusivity of the Taiping Division’s identity does not seem unacceptable.

Su Mu said to himself.

Not long after, Su Mu followed Luo An Ning to the Luo family.

After waiting for a while, Luo Anning changed into clean clothes and came out.

“This is the Kanshui artistic conception diagram and the Xunfeng artistic conception diagram. You can use them to comprehend them. When you don’t need them anymore, just return them to me.”

Luo An Ning directly handed the two scrolls to Su Mu.

“Are you going back to the East City Division, or are you going with me to the Taiping Division for the test?”

Luo An Ning asked after Su Mu put away the two artistic conception paintings.

“What does the Taiping Duwei test include?”

Su Mu pondered for a moment and asked.

According to the rules of the Taiping Division, one must break through to the Blood Exchange Realm to become a Taiping Commandant, and there is also an age limit.

Su Mu’s current combat power is not weaker than that of the general blood exchange realm, but his real realm is still the body tempering realm after all.

“Strength and martial arts.”

Luo An Ning said, “These are not problems for you. You have reached the ultimate state of physical hardening and have mastered the state of mind. Now you are fully qualified to embroider the word ‘Taiping’ on your uniform.”

“I will go with you.”

Su Mu said.

Now that you have chosen the path, there is no need to hesitate. It would be better to become the Taiping Commander as soon as possible.

“Tell me, if we both become Taiping Duwei on the same day, then who would be the senior sister or would I be the senior brother?”

As they walked out of Luo Mansion together and headed towards the Taiping Division Yamen, Su Mu suddenly spoke with some confusion.

Luo An Ning paused, and her originally bright face suddenly fell.

…………

Inner city, He Mansion.

He Gongxiu smashed everything that could be thrown in the room to pieces.

“Trash! They’re all trash!”

He roared angrily.

All the servants in the He residence were so frightened that they hid far away and dared not approach the study.

Only the butler stayed in the study room reluctantly.

“Master, please calm down and don’t get yourself hurt by being angry.”

Seeing that He Gongxiu had almost vented his anger, the housekeeper hurriedly spoke to comfort him.

“A bunch of rubbish, I will be pissed off to death by you sooner or later!”

He Gongxiu said angrily.

“Yes, it’s all because of my incompetence.”

The butler smiled bitterly and said that he was doing everything according to He Gongxiu’s instructions, but in the current situation, he certainly could not say that He Gongxiu made a wrong decision.

“What did the Golden Wind Tower say?”

He Gongxiu said coldly.

“Golden Wind Tower said the mission failed because we gave them the wrong information, and it also caused them to lose two assassins.

If you want to continue the mission, you have to pay more money.”

The housekeeper said weakly.

“More money? They still have the nerve to ask for more money?!”

He Gongxiu was furious, “They took so much money from me and didn’t even kill two little kids. It’s good enough that I didn’t ask them to return the money, but they still dare to ask for more money?!”

“Do you really think my He family is easy to bully?!”

He Gongxiu slapped the table.

There was a click.

The table suddenly broke into pieces.

“Well, sir, if you don’t want to continue, you don’t have to pay any more.”

The butler whispered.

“If we don’t continue, won’t the money we spent so far be wasted?”

He Gongxiu said angrily, “Tell me how much they want to add!”

The rage in his eyes seemed to burn everything.

“One million taels, one person.”

The butler’s face turned pale, and he mustered up the courage to say, “Two people, a total of two million taels.”

“I’m a bitch”

He Gongxiu uttered a string of obscenities, his saliva spraying all over the housekeeper’s face.

The housekeeper did not dare to wipe it, and said with a bitter face, “Master, Jinfenglou also said that if you want to continue, you should do it as soon as possible. If you wait until the two of them become Taiping Duwei, then the price will not be this price, and you have to pay more.”

“I’m a fairy, fuck him!”

He Gongxiu jumped up and said, “Do you really think I can’t build his Jinfeng Tower?
If there is no butcher Zhang, would I still have to eat hairy pigs?

Damn it, I don’t need them anymore!”

“I’ll just treat the silver in front as feeding the dog!”

Although he was angry, he still retained a bit of rationality and did not ask Jinfenglou to return the money.

“I just don’t believe it. I can’t do anything to those two little bastards?”

He Gongxiu’s face was grim. “Butler, when will Master Feng arrive in Wuling City?”

“I received news yesterday that it will take another month.”

The steward said.

He Gongxiu’s eyes flickered, and he sneered, “The Taiping Commander is not easy to kill, but it is not easy to kill. It does not mean that he cannot be killed!

There are plenty of people in this world who can kill you!

Let the two of you live for another month…”

In his mind, he once again hatched a plan to kill someone.

　Third update

　
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