When Zhou Qiping saw me accept the official post, he took it to mean I had no objections, so he said, "Xia Tian, this Judicial Commissioner post was tailor-made for you. If it were someone else, I might not have given him such an important title. You'd better work hard."
"Didn't you say there was something important? Why aren't you telling me yet? If you won't, I'm leaving." I scooped the items into my satchel and prepared to go.
Zhou Qiping hurriedly blocked my way. "Don't rush. Haven't I still not said it? How about this? Since you've just taken office, you should hold a welcoming banquet, right? I'll announce this major matter then. What do you think?"
"Time and place." It was definitely going to be a Hongmen banquet. Zhou Qiping had too many problems, and he was ruthless in everything he did.
"How about at your realm?" Zhou Qiping said.
"My realm?" I frowned. I had never heard that taking office came with a realm. I was all alone and had never planned to have a household anyway. I was already used to borrowing Bai Ruqi's place.
"Exactly. In a moment, Adjutant Chen will take you to the Office of Divine Artifacts to claim a realm of your own. Once he reports back to me and you've settled in, all the immortals from our hall will gather at your place. Consider it a formal introduction. Heh heh." Zhou Qiping said.
"Mm, that works. By the way, I want to ask you something. Since I'm already a sixth-grade Judicial Commissioner, can I recruit a ninth-grade official under my command?" I asked.
Zhou Qiping hesitated, then asked, "A ninth-grade one is fine, but adding many more would be troublesome. You mean your new sweetheart, Bai Ruqi, right? I arranged everything