"Mad! Lord Wei, you've truly gone mad!"
Xu Changfeng shot to his feet, unable to maintain his usual composure any longer. "How old is she? She's only been in the Bureau for a month! She's merely a sixth-rank General of the Guard now! You... you actually want her to take that position?!"
That position...
Commander of the Longyou Demon Suppression Bureau!
A high official of Principal Third Rank!
Jiang Yuechu's mind buzzed.
This was fucking insane!
She rose to her feet as well. "My lord, don't joke around..."
Wei He seemed not to hear her. He merely looked at the agitated Xu Changfeng and said unhurriedly, "Changfeng, what do you think is most important for a Commander?"
Without a moment's thought, Xu Changfeng replied, "Naturally, strength, seniority, connections, and means! One must know how to weigh the interests of every faction and navigate between the court and the martial world! What... what can she do?"
"She dares to kill."
"..."
That single sentence choked Xu Changfeng silent for a long while.
"She dared to stand alone at Yumen Pass and slay True Monarch Pingtian."
"She dared to face the White Flood Dragon Great Demon alone upon the Black River and cut it down."
"And in a situation like this, she dares to kill the head of Jeweled Temple's Discipline Hall."
He walked step by step until he stood before Jiang Yuechu. "Seniority? Connections? Means?"
"Since when has our Demon Suppression Bureau needed to discuss such things with a pack of martial sects that hide filth and harbor corruption, or local aristocratic clans that bow in public and defy in private?"
Jiang Yuechu tugged at the corner of her mouth and repeated herself. "My lord, don't joke around. I can't even manage a single Vanguard Battalion properly, much less the entire