Though Chen Cheng remained the Empire's highest leader in name, Wisdom Shield had in fact become the highest leader of the imperial government.
And the Fortune Method was linked to the entire imperial government. As the government's highest authority, Wisdom Shield naturally held the highest authority to wield the Fortune Method.
When She Li and the others first proposed this idea, Wisdom Shield had rejected it without a second thought.
Then, half a year ago, She Li and the others joined forces with Parliament to collectively pressure Wisdom Shield. They even went so far as to invoke Parliament's legislative authority, all to make him agree to use the Fortune Method to locate Chen Cheng.
Yet Wisdom Shield had been hard enough back then. He still remembered roaring before the chief speakers of every kingdom in the Empire at Parliament.
"I invoke the chancellor's final veto over matters outside civil affairs and declare this motion invalid.
"And let everyone present know this as well: if you want me to agree, fine—vote to remove me as chancellor."
Naturally, removing Wisdom Shield had been impossible. Even Samlet and the others who had initiated the matter had never intended to go as far as dismissing Wisdom Shield from his post as chancellor.
And because of this, from then on, Wisdom Shield and She Li's group had only a superior-subordinate relationship by rank, with none of the bonds of friendship left between them.
Of course, it was not as though using the Fortune Method to locate Chen Cheng would have been ineffective. So long as a living being remained alive, no matter how powerful he was, he could receive Fortune Aura.
And once he received Fortune Aura, as long as he consented, the one contributing the Fortune Aura could follow its flow to find his