"You and I carry immortal cultivation techniques, after all. We naturally need to keep a lower profile in our actions."
"We must not draw too much attention."
Wei Tu shook his head and added.
The reason he had given up the position of Martial Arts Examination Top Scholar this time was largely because he possessed an immortal cultivation technique.
Had he not possessed such a technique, becoming the top scholar of the Provincial Martial Arts Examination and attracting public attention would not have posed much risk to a martial master like him, one with a certain amount of backing.
But with an immortal cultivation technique in hand—
Becoming the Martial Arts Examination Top Scholar, a seventh-rank official, would make that risk uncontrollable and eventually bring disaster upon them all.
"Third Brother is right." Fu Zhizhou nodded heavily in agreement.
Fu Zhizhou had a clear understanding of how precious immortal cultivation techniques were.
He was, after all, an eighth-rank official, and his family was a military household of Xiao Yi Prefecture. Yet before encountering the Five-Element Spirit-Nurturing Body, he had always believed that immortals did not exist, that they were vague and ethereal beings...
From this glimpse of the leopard through a tube, it was clear that the Zheng State court—or rather, the immortals—must exercise strict control over immortal cultivation techniques and strictly forbid them from leaking outside.
Should they be discovered, what awaited them would very likely be the extermination of their entire families.
For that reason alone,
they could not afford to act without utmost caution.
"Fourth Brother, is your post as Military Affairs Assistant a leisurely one? If I am granted an office as well, I ought to find a leisurely position too..."
Inside the carriage, Wei Tu changed the subject and asked Fu Zhizhou about it.
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