Fire Department Court.
The charcoal fire in the furnace is glowing red, flames lick the furnace walls, and the tea in the purple sand teapot boils, filling the air with an invigorating fragrance.
Lord Jian, holding his teacup, savors it contentedly, the flavor lingering in his mouth.
"Households Commander Bai is getting old, his attempt to break into the Heavenly Human Realm failed, and in a few more years, he should retire."
"The position of households commander being vacant, it should be promoted from within the deputy households."
"The condition is, one must enter the Fourth-Level Martial Arts."
Without reaching the Fourth-Level Martial Arts, one is not qualified to enter the Qilin Pavilion; deputy households is the limit, and the official career stops there.
Lord Jian asked himself that his talent is not inferior, not yet fifty and already at the Pure Yang Peak, only a step away from the Fourth-Level Divine Sea.
But this step is like a chasm.
