Li Qingxian said, "Three years of a Grand Fate Arts Master's time is worth only this much?"
"You're not a Grand Fate Arts Master yet."
"I will be soon," Li Qingxian said.
Cha Fuli said, "True, you're certain to advance to the second rank and become a Grand Fate Arts Master. But that will be in the future."
"Ennoble me first. Then I'll go," Li Qingxian said.
"How could that be possible? You haven't rendered the slightest service. On what grounds could you be made a duke?"
"I slaughtered tens of thousands of fiends. That's a great service."
"They were fiends, but they were also people of the Qi Kingdom. That doesn't count as military merit," Cha Fuli said.
"Yes, they were fiends, but that doesn't count as military merit..."
"What those above have offered is already very generous. You're only in your twenties, yet you'll be made a duke of the realm. In a few more years, you'll surely reach the pinnacle of a subject's station, beneath one man and above countless millions," Cha Fuli said.
"Military Supervisor, that was a rather poor argument."
Cha Fuli gave a dry laugh. "I know you're no ordinary man, but in the end, you still need the court."
Cha Fuli spoke those last few words at only half his usual speed.
Li Qingxian nodded. "Yes, in the end, I still need this court. Three months. Three months is my bottom line. I'll defend the city for three months, be made Duke of Far-Reaching, and receive the Imperial Execution Sword, the Royal Edict Banner and Token, and the title of Office-Opening Equivalent of the Three Excellencies."
Cha Fuli did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You really do dare to ask! First, three months won't do. Second, no one along the Great