Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

Zhao Hu and Yang Jian's words reminded He Li of the enemy Shi Fang he had faced before.

Shi Fang is an idealistic criminal.

And the reason he turned to crime...

It's because of the unfair distribution of resources!

Shi Fang's criminal purpose was to use absolute power to forcibly interfere with the allocation of resources to achieve true fairness. Although his behavior was extreme, his ideals were not necessarily wrong.

Furthermore, in He Li's view, if the ideal scenario envisioned by Shi Fang could truly be realized in the Great Xia Dynasty...

Then the Great Xia will surely become unprecedentedly powerful.

Because absolute fairness can make those geniuses who bow to money and are blinded by power...

They got the opportunity to perform.

Those people will bring more benefits to the Great Xia.

More revenue will cultivate more talent.

With such a virtuous cycle, Great Xia would have no choice but to become the strongest nation in the lower realm. However... this is just an ideal; in reality, achieving absolute fairness is ultimately too difficult.

After all, everyone has selfish desires.

When faced with huge profits, everyone will first consider themselves or those around them.

Especially those in high positions of power.

They have held power and status for far too long.

As a result, they believe that the rights they have, which come from the support of the majority, are their own, and they also consider themselves noble and determined to protect these rights...

They will stop at nothing.

The powerful and influential people Zhao Hu mentioned, their purpose in suppressing others is simply to allow their descendants to obtain more resources, advance faster, and rise above others.

Only in this way can they retain their power and status...

How can one continue to be superior to others?

They don't care about the character of their descendants or whether they have any talent.

They care less about the future.

They simply don't want those they consider peasants to suddenly rise above them; in their eyes, ordinary people are just meant to be their beasts of burden.

He Li would not allow such a thing to happen.

This is not just an idealistic reason...

Furthermore, it's because he can't always handle everything personally when dealing with the Middle and Upper Realms.

He also needs help, capable and strong enough help, and those useless privileged children obviously don't qualify, so he will interfere in this matter no matter what...

"I took over the Blazing Sun Sect."

"I wanted to give you a fair chance to compete..."

"Who knew you'd pull this on me?"

With a cold laugh in his heart, He Li suppressed his killing intent and flashed in front of Yang Jian and the others who were about to take action. The latter were stunned when they saw He Li suddenly appear.

"Li...Li-ge?!?"

After a long while, Zhao Hu finally reacted and, along with Yang Jian and the others, looked at He Li with delight.

"Brother Li, what... what are you doing here?"

Upon regaining his senses, Yang Jian quickly asked.

He Li shook his head: "Just passing by."

"But you... according to you, Wang Yue and the others from the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau didn't provide a fair chance to compete, but instead gave all the opportunities to the children of the powerful and wealthy?"

He Li asked the question directly.

Hearing this, Yang Jian nodded.

Zhao Hu said with a mixture of excitement and resentment, "This matter is not the fault of Director Wang and his group."

"Someone has been airdropped from Kyoto!"

"They seem to be from one of those large families."

"And some other organizations..."

"There were a lot of people, and they all seemed to be people of high status. Many people in Shanghai were trying to curry favor with them. There were even some people in management who came down from the Kyoto headquarters."

"They wield great power and have many strong men with them; Director Wang simply cannot overpower them."

People who were parachuted in from Kyoto?

A large family? And the Kyoto headquarters too?

Wow, quite a few people have come.

No wonder even Wang Yue couldn't control them.

At this moment, He Li roughly understood that what Jiang Hongxian meant by "something happened on the overseas islands" did not mean that some powerful enemy had appeared there or that something had changed in the Middle Realm.

What Jiang Hongxian was talking about was actually the suppression of martial artists and awakened individuals like Zhao Hu.

After all, this incident involves too many people.

Among them are many high-ranking officials from Daxia.

That's probably why the Kyoto headquarters also found the matter difficult to handle quickly, which is why they urgently wanted me to go there in person to deal with it, only to find that I wasn't there...

Jiang Hongxian was contacted only recently.

As for why Kyoto thought he could handle the situation, it's because he's strong enough.

Besides, he was the one who took down the Blazing Sun Sect.

According to the regulations of the Special Affairs Bureau...

He has the right to handle everything related to the Blazing Sun Sect, and naturally he also has the right to interfere in this matter. If he doesn't want to give resources to someone or forbid someone from going to the Middle Realm...

At least those big families, or the high-ranking officials from Kyoto, were in the wrong and had no way to refute him.

Those people are at most standing on a moral high ground...

They start by talking about national righteousness, using moral blackmail to demand that he give up resources.

But He Li has never been one to fall for that.

Because I know these things...

That's why Kyoto entrusted him with the task.

Having figured out the situation, He Li narrowed his eyes: "I basically understand the situation now."

"You don't need to worry about those tasks now. Go back to downtown Shanghai and find the person in charge of this matter. Ask them why you're not allowed to participate in the competition."

"Don't worry, I'll be watching from behind."

"You can cause trouble without any worries!"

As he spoke, He Li's tone was chilling...

"I'd like to see just how many fools dare to cause trouble in front of me!"

Upon hearing He Li's words, Zhao Hu, Yang Jian, and the others' eyes lit up, and they nodded with their faces flushed with excitement; this was the first time they had ever been ordered to cause trouble.

However, they remained completely unperturbed.

Even now, Shanghai is full of members of large families or management from Kyoto.

But behind them stands He Li!

Who cares who you are?

Anyone who gets involved in this will inevitably be beaten to death by He Li; they also know that their mission is simply to cause a big scene to lure people out.

Especially that person from the Kyoto headquarters management, whom even Wang Yue couldn't control.

Thinking about all this, Yang Jian couldn't wait any longer.

"Brother Li, then we..."

"You went right away?"

He confirmed it again, and He Li nodded.

"Hmm!" Seeing He Li's affirmation, Yang Jian and the others, who were practically laughing themselves silly, quickly turned around and ran towards the city. He Li then took off again and coldly stared at the city.

Meanwhile, the Special Bureau of Shanghai...

"Master Kong, you'd better tone it down!"

"We both know what kind of personality He Li has."

"Especially since Shu Prefecture produced Shi Fang..."

"After what happened with Shi Fang and the others, He Li will definitely value fairness even more and will not allow you to manipulate things behind the scenes or suppress others. If he finds out about this and comes looking for us..."

"Master Kong, have you considered the consequences?"

In the office, Wang Yue frowned as he stared at Kong Xing, a Mediterranean man from the Kyoto headquarters, who sat calmly in a chair. His eyes were filled with disgust and helplessness.

Wang Yue knew very well that if He Li found out about this, none of these powerful figures would have a good ending.

That person has no taboos.

He doesn't care what your identity or status is.

He only believes in reason, and he is extremely ruthless in his actions.

Wang Yue's idea was to persuade Kong Xing and the others to follow the rules before He Li returned.

After all, although Kong Xing and his ilk were annoying, they ultimately made contributions to the Great Xia Dynasty, and the Kong family held a high position in the Great Xia Dynasty with many powerful martial artists within the family.

If things escalate...

If He Li were to storm the Kong family, or even eliminate all other forces involved in this matter...

The Great Xia also suffered significant losses in combat power.

Unfortunately, Wang Yue's advice...

Kong Xing didn't take it to heart.

He simply said, "Little Wang, don't put it too harshly. What do you mean by 'underhanded operations' and 'suppressing others'? Those unorthodox martial artists and awakened individuals are inherently weak."

"Moreover, they haven't taken any specialized courses, so both their mindset and practical skills are problematic."

"It's alright here."

"If we put it in the middle realm, the problem will be much bigger."

"Not letting them pass is also for their sake, for the sake of Great Xia, and for the sake of He Li."

"He should thank us, otherwise if those mud...those unorthodox people had gone to the Middle Realm, they would have caused trouble for He Li and if something had happened, He Li would have been dead."

"We finally managed to capture the Blazing Sun Sect; it would be a huge loss if it were taken back..."

Wang Yue was speechless upon hearing this.

What do you mean by "the Blazing Sun Sect that we finally managed to defeat"?

Do you want to listen to what you're saying?

Judging from Wu Qiu and the others' statements, it's clear that He Li took over the Blazing Sun Sect on his own.

Now you want to share the credit for him?

Aren't you afraid he'll beat you to death?