Prestige

[Naruto, real name: Qin Xuan, a transmigrator with a mysterious soul.]

"Huh? What's going on? Why is it so simple?"

Naruto was puzzled. Logically, with his Insight skill at Level Five, the information Insight should be much clearer, so why was it still so simple?

"Perhaps it's because of the system; it should have some shielding effect."

Naruto murmured, turning to look out the window, a flicker of emotion flashing in his eyes.

"Let's first improve Lin Xue's strength. With her talent, reaching level 9 shouldn't be a problem. After that, I'll find a way to raise her to the Sky Level. Oh, and..."

This world has its own methods of cultivation. I don't know if these methods will be helpful to me. It would be great if there were cultivation techniques related to the soul.

In addition.

There are many extraordinary people in this world; any one of them could provide me with two Soul Skills, and maybe I can even acquire more. Oh, and there are Awakening Potion too."

In an instant, Naruto realized that this world was a treasure trove for him, and if he studied it carefully, he might reap great rewards.

With this in mind, Naruto picked up his cell phone, which he cherished in the base, and dialed the number directly.

On the other side.

Conference room in the City Lord's Mansion.

Lin Xue, accompanied by the beautiful woman, was holding a meeting with a group of Awakened at the base.

These Awakened are among the more powerful entities within the base, including former base leaders, hunting teams, mercenary groups, the logistics department, and numerous other factions.

In conclusion

The strongest people in the entire base are all here, but these people are somewhat resentful of Lin Xue, since Lin Xue rose to power by relying on her father, which makes others somewhat resistant to her.

Furthermore, Lin Xue is only at level six, making her one of the weakest people in the conference room.

It can be said that, apart from the beautiful woman, Lin Xue is the weakest.

The others were at least Level Seven, and some mercenary group leaders even reached level eight.

The original leader of the base was Level Nine being.

Therefore...

Lin Xue doesn't have much authority here. Although the crowd doesn't dare to provoke Naruto, they might secretly try to trip Lin Xue up.

Especially now, the allocation of base resources has caused these Awakened to argue heatedly.

"Chief Lin Xue, I don't agree with your distribution plan. We've put in a lot of effort to maintain order in the slums, so why should we have to reduce our taxes by half?"

The Black Tiger Corps spoke somewhat stiffly; if he weren't wary of Naruto, he would have already lost his temper.

"Your efforts in maintaining order in the slums are invaluable, but life there is extremely difficult. If you could reduce taxes by half, wouldn't that make their lives a little better?"

Lin Xue had never experienced anything like this before, and even with Naruto backing her up, her tone was somewhat subdued.

"I'm sorry, we cannot agree to that. If you insist, then we have nothing more to say."

The Black Tiger Corps smiled and said nothing more. Clearly, if Lin Xue was firm, he would rather lead his men away from the base and survive in another base.

"Then let's postpone this matter for now."

Helpless, Lin Xue could only look at the logistics minister on the other side.

This is an old man, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, who provides the base with a large amount of food. He is Awakened that countless bases want to recruit, and one of the absolute central figures of Dawn Base.

However, he has been supplying less and less grain in the past two years, even though the price he sells to the base is increasing, which has caused great suffering to the people in the base.

Lin Xue investigated the logistics minister and learned that he was selling food to other bases in exchange for potions to enhance abilities, which led to the base's food supplies dwindling.

For the stability and long-term development of the base, Lin Xue had no choice but to offer her opinion to the logistics minister, asking him to provide 20% more grain.

"Twenty percent? You mean an extra twenty percent every year? Are you crazy?" the logistics minister roared.

Unlike the cowardly Black Tiger Corps, he was a natural-type ability user, and was treated as an honored guest at any base he visited, since natural-type ability users were extremely rare in this world.

This fostered his tough and stubborn attitude, and coupled with his advanced age and approaching lifespan, he had become somewhat fearless.

After all, his only hope was to break through, and these 20% of the grain were crucial capital for him to exchange for the potion, so they absolutely could not be reduced.

Therefore, he refused without hesitation. Even though Lin Xue had Naruto backing her up, the logistics minister was not afraid. At worst, he would just die.

"Listen to me..."

Lin Xue was not angry, but patiently began to persuade the logistics minister.

But.

Lin Xue's advice not only failed to persuade him, but also angered him.

However, because Naruto was backing up Lin Xue, the logistics minister was so angry he wanted to explode, but he couldn't, and could only hold it in until his face turned red.

Squeak!

The office door was pushed open, and Mengmeng ran in holding her phone.

"Get out! How many times have I told you, no one is allowed to disturb the meeting!" the logistics minister roared, taking his anger out on Mengmeng.

"But... but..."

Mengmeng held the phone and spoke somewhat haltingly.

"No buts, get out of here!" the logistics minister continued to yell.

"But... but this is a call from Lord Lin Yi," Mengmeng said weakly.

"I don't care who he is... What? Lord Lin Yi?!"

The logistics minister shuddered in fright, because Lin Xue's father was named Lin Yi, and he had almost offended this important figure. He quickly tried to salvage the situation.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and send it to Chief Lin Xue. Don't delay Lord Lin Yi's business."

The logistics minister spoke obsequiously, his previous imposing manner completely gone, as if he had become a different person.

He was actually feeling frustrated. He originally thought he wasn't afraid of death, but after hearing Lin Yi's name and recalling the scene of the Fire Dragon soaring that day, the logistics minister instantly deflated.

Everyone looked at the logistics minister, whose attitude had changed drastically. Although they looked down on him, they didn't dare to say anything and waited quietly.

"Sister Lin Xue, here you go."

Mengmeng quickly handed the phone to Lin Xue and listened intently with her little ear.

"Father," Lin Xue said hurriedly as she took the phone.

"Come here and bring the base's best cultivation techniques, as well as some ability potions."

The indifferent voice coming from the phone made everyone present hold their breath and remain completely obedient.

"Yes, Father." Lin Xue nodded.

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xue looked apologetically at the people in the conference room.

"Excuse me, my father needs to see me about something. Please wait a moment, I'll be right back."

"It's alright, Chief Lin Xue, please go ahead. We'll just wait."

"Yes, yes, but don't let it interfere with the adults' business."

"Yes, we have plenty of time, we can wait, we can wait."

The Awakened in the conference room spoke with smiles, their previous resistance completely gone, and they all appeared very kind.

Lin Xue smiled slightly as she looked at the crowd whose attitudes had changed drastically, and then walked outside.

But at this time...

The Black Tiger Corps's expression changed abruptly as he stepped forward and spoke.

"Chief Lin Xue, please wait a moment. We are willing to comply with the previous tax proposal."

"Agreeing?" Lin Xue was taken aback, then overjoyed.

"Yes, leader, we fully support you." Black Tiger Corps sighed helplessly.

He was initially quite defiant, but when he saw Lin Xue go to see her father, the Black Tiger Corps was afraid that Lin Xue would say something bad about her. For safety's sake, the Black Tiger Corps chose to comply.

There was no way around it; the scene of the Fire Dragon from that day was still vivid in his mind. After thinking about it, he decided to back down this time, since someone else had already backed down beforehand.

Black Tiger Corps turned to look at the Logistics Minister, feeling somewhat relieved.