Extensive Entanglements

Jiang Fan thought for a moment.

"Actually, Yu Lan and the others and I discussed this problem before, but we found no leads at all and eventually gave up!"

At this, something stirred in Jiang Fan's heart.

"Elder Xu, since you put it that way, could it be that you know why?"

Xu Shoushan did not answer directly.

Instead, he kept him in suspense.

"Jiang Fan, do you know how many Purifier Plan cycles there had been before your cycle?"

Jiang Fan recalled what he had read in the records.

"About thirty or so!"

Xu Shoushan nodded.

"That's right!"

"The Purifier Plan has gone through thirty-four cycles in total so far!"

"These thirty-four cycles had selected nearly a thousand outstanding talents for our Federal Arbitration Office!"

"Even today, quite a few of them are still shining in key positions within the Federal Arbitration Office!"

"Several had even risen to become Chief Arbitrators of local provinces!"

Jiang Fan did not understand what Xu Shoushan was getting at, so he merely followed along.

"That proves the Purifier Plan has been quite successful!"

"At the very least, it provided the Federal Arbitration Office's grassroots enforcers with a fair platform for competition!"

"It gave the geniuses at the bottom a chance to rise!"

"And it ensured that the Federal Government's talents would not be buried!"

Xu Shoushan sighed.

"There's nothing wrong with putting it that way!"

"But did you know that ever since five years ago, the number of talents selected by the Purifier missions has plummeted?"

Jiang Fan's gaze shifted.

"Oh? There was such a thing?"

Although he had previously learned some of the Purifier Plan's history from Zhong Zhengbai, his knowledge had only scratched the surface; he had not studied it in depth.

This was the first time Jiang Fan had heard