The Collapsing Monkey

"Huh..."

The burly man's eyes could not help lighting up when he saw Lu Chuan.

Though Lu Chuan now wore the Five Blessings Robe and had a few wisps of immortal-looking three-inch beard beneath his jaw, the burly man still recognized this handsome fellow at a glance.

Lu Chuan smiled and nodded to him.

Since this fellow wanted to become an official, the position of Marshal Tianpeng was most likely not going to run away from him. He might as well say it aloud and win a few points of goodwill.

Of course, Marshal Tianpeng was truly a fine post as well. Once he took it, he would hold command over the Heavenly Court's eighty thousand sailors, rank first among the Four Sages of the North Pole, and it was absolutely a fat and lovely sinecure.

"Sailors..."

After pondering, the Jade Emperor said, "Then I shall confer upon you the title of... Marshal Tianpeng, a third-rank divine office, in overall command of the Heavenly River's eighty thousand sailors!"

The divine offices of the Heavenly Court were divided into three classes and nine ranks. Only chief gods of the Eight Ministries like Lu Chuan, and people like Bai Wei, were first-rank high gods.

The middle third rank consisted of the Orthodox Gods within the Eight Ministries, and the lower third rank consisted of Heavenly Soldiers, Heavenly Generals, land gods, and Mountain Gods.

As for the four great Emperors, they were too lofty, equivalent to princes in the mortal world, so they were not included among these nine ranks.

A True Immortal's cultivation was also considered quite good. Of course, Marshal Tianpeng, as a third-rank high god, was also fully worthy of him.

After speaking, the Jade Emperor swept his great sleeve, and a beam of divine light flew out, landed on