What left you somewhat stunned was that Xue Que, having broken through to Quasi-Emperor, did not look well at all.
His entire bearing was utterly exhausted.
With Cold Abyss Divine Palace's current strength, external affairs naturally could not have driven Xue Que to such a frazzled state.
The only possible cause was his handling of the Divine Palace's countless affairs, great and small.
Through Xue Que's unending stream of words, you learned that the root of this situation lay in you and Xue Que successively breaking through to Quasi-Emperor, as well as the many newly ascended Immortal Kings who had appeared during that time.
This was, in itself, a wonderful thing, but it also greatly increased Cold Palace's fixed expenditures.
After all, the higher one's cultivation realm, the better the benefits they required.
As a top-tier force, the fixed benefits offered by Cold Abyss Divine Palace surpassed even those of forces such as Star Palace and Longevity Palace.
Not only could one receive a large amount of generous resources upon breaking through a realm, but after that, one could also receive fixed contributions as a salary at regular intervals, or replace the fixed contributions with other resources.
Jiang Wen's breakthrough could only be considered the last straw that broke the camel's back.
And if you had not incorporated the surplus, enormous herd of Jin Feng seahorses into the beast garden newly established by Cold Abyss Divine Palace, allowing the honey they produced to open up a considerable new source of income for Cold Palace, Cold Palace's income and expenditures would probably have already fallen out of balance by now.
In Xue Que's view, a force could not grow through cutting expenses alone.
Cutting expenses was only suited for forces whose circumstances were worsening by the day, gradually heading downhill.
Yet