What You Love

Xu Youquan did not die.

That much was expected.

After all, a Heavenly Being was practically a vital state asset. East City had already lost too much and would protect him at all costs.

To the Federation, the Sky Overseer was like a towering central pillar supporting everything else. A Heavenly Being was one of the pillars beneath it.

They did not even need especially close ties. As long as great families like the Xu Family and the Lou Family existed within the Federation, they naturally served as supports for the Heavenly Overseer's Law. They were also major payers of the Spiritual Substance Tax.

East City had been badly weakened by its fight with Haizhou. At a time like this, it could not bear to let even a grain of rice fall to the floor, much less lose a productive rice bin like the Xu Family.

Otherwise, the loss would not stop at a Heavenly Being. Its share of the Spiritual Substance Tax would fall next year as well.

Within the Federation, the amount of Spiritual Substance Tax a region paid had always been a major source of influence.

Pay plenty, and everything went smoothly; people answered your call. Fail to pay, and you could bluster in parliament all you liked. No matter how noble your arguments sounded, they were worth no more than a fart!

Even when it came time to eat after a meeting at the Presidential Palace, you would have to sit with the dogs.

Haizhou had only just climbed away from the dogs' table by stepping on East City. East City had no desire to take its place...

So Xu Youquan could not die, and the Xu Family could not fall.

Before they made their move, Lou Suwen, Lü Yingyue, and even Ji Jue, who was