As the deputy hall master of the Heavenly Observation Hall, Dugu Ming knew all too well how powerful the attraction of the Unlimited Salary Increase Authority was under Heart Aspiring to Immortality.
Especially for someone like Zhang Yu, who had clawed his way up from a place like the First Layer, his obsession with climbing the Immortal Dao needed no explanation.
"Only those with a steady salary can climb to the peak of the Immortal Dao."
"Zhang Yu, let me see just how your thirty years of pent-up salary repression will erupt."
When Dugu Ming first met Zhang Yu and delivered the [Blank Legislation Article] bestowed by the Wanfa Immortal Emperor—a reward that even stirred a trace of envy in him—he understood that Zhang Yu was an immortal talent valued by the Immortal Emperor.
Then came his subsequent exchanges with Zhang Yu: the man's attitude when pledging loyalty, and his attempt to add the Immortal Emperor as a friend. All of it confirmed one thing for Dugu Ming... Zhang Yu might be the same type of person as him.
That stirred a sense of competition in Dugu Ming's heart, even though Zhang Yu was still merely at Deity Transformation.
At this moment, Dugu Ming was like an old cat watching the new cat get petted and hugged by the owner every day, and wanting to uncover how the new cat pissed and shat on the bed so the owner would know the new cat could never compare to the old one.
Thus, with absolute confidence, he secretly descended upon the Old Days Graveyard. The first thing he investigated was Zhang Yu, along with the salary changes of those around him.
With a shift of Dugu Ming's gaze, rows upon rows of salary data appeared before him.
"No changes... no