"Although the Patrol Cosmos Department's authority to coordinate and deploy the various factions had greatly diminished amid the chaos of the times, the six vacant Deputy Director positions were still fiercely sought after."
"For those six seats, the Xia, Ji, and our Fu Clan Supreme Beings could continue competing as well. In truth, this was a convenient door Xia Clan had opened for consolidating power within their own house. Our Fu Clan Supreme Beings found it difficult to contend with the Xia and Ji families, because Xia Clan's two young Emperor Bloods also intended to vie for these positions..."
"Looking across the outstanding talents of the society, the Society Leader believed that Army Lord Shang and the other two Golden Eternal Members might give it a try, so Xia Clan's ambitions of monopolizing power would not succeed..."
Fu Yuewei explained the matter in detail. The dissatisfaction, mockery, and other negative emotions she felt toward Xia Clan were no longer particularly concealed in her words.
She also mentioned that, apart from its existing Chief Director and its already designated Deputy Director, Xia Clan intended to send people to "openly and honorably" compete for the remaining positions.
The two young Xia Clan Emperor Bloods she mentioned were naturally the recently famous brother and sister pair, Xia Gao and Xia Ying.
These two Emperor Bloods had surely accumulated sufficient Special Military Merit and both stepped into the Hundred Heng Level. They were likely the strongest contenders for those six seats.
The other "candidates" would find it difficult to rival Xia Gao and Xia Ying.
If the brother and sister also squeezed into the circle of nine, then the Patrol Cosmos Department would practically become Xia Clan's private backyard.
The Fu Clan was dissatisfied, the Ji Clan was dissatisfied, and the Xi, Yin, Hao,