Ji Haodian looked at Su Xin with a satisfied smile.
Ever since Ji Haodian had felt his body growing weaker, his mood had been dark and gloomy.
That was especially true after the last time the princes fought over power so brazenly and showed him such disrespect. It had left Ji Haodian furious.
Only today, when Su Xin handed him the White Jade Tablet containing the Mystery of Longevity, had Ji Haodian's mood improved somewhat and given him a glimmer of hope.
He didn't expect to live for ten thousand years like the True Martial Realm experts of ancient times. Given his current condition, even ten more years would be a tremendous blessing.
So Ji Haodian intended to reward Su Xin handsomely. Very handsomely!
Ji Haodian had always been rather pleased with and appreciative of Su Xin. The reason was simple: the young man knew the rules and had ability.
In Ji Haodian's eyes, as long as his officials met those two requirements, he didn't care about anything else.
Knowing the rules meant they could be put to use, while ability qualified them to serve Great Zhou. As for things like character and virtue, did those matter? At least to Ji Haodian, they were meaningless.
At first, Ji Haodian had heard of Su Xin only because he was one of the promising young talents the Tie Family was grooming in this generation.
Ji Haodian knew the Tie Family's rules were scrupulously fair. The fact that the family had invested so much in cultivating an outsider showed just how great his potential was.
That was why Ji Haodian had entrusted Su Xin with taking the Human Emperor Sword from the Kunlun Secret Realm. Su Xin had completed the task perfectly, which had pleased Ji Haodian greatly.
Afterward, Su Xin had also