Zhou Feng did not wait long before Qian Mingming returned.
"Are you sure you want to join the Tax Gu Division at a time like this?"
That was Qian Mingming's first question upon seeing him.
Recently, the Tax Gu Division's reputation had been poor—bordering on disastrous. Anyone with even a bit of backing had chosen to flee the Tax Gu Division.
For Zhou Feng to go against the current at such a time was indeed puzzling.
"That's right! Fortune favors the bold."
Zhou Feng spoke honestly. He had come for the Tax Gu Division's treasury.
In order to recruit more talent into the Tax Gu Division and prepare for future risks, it had become the first institution to open its treasury to the public.
Among the three major institutions of Nine Void Mountain, only the Tax Gu Division currently allowed people to freely exchange for items from its treasury.
The Patrol Division and Truth Verification Division had not done the same. However, if the situation deteriorated further, they might also choose to open their own treasuries.
"What courage! As the saying goes, crises bring opportunity—where there is danger, there is opportunity."
"But before that, there are some things I must make clear. Joining the Tax Gu Division is easy, but leaving it is not so simple."
To avoid future trouble, Qian Mingming laid out the ugly truth first.
Joining the Tax Gu Division required three Gu insects to be planted within one's body: the Blood Contract Gu, Spirit Locking Gu, and Blood Tax Gu.
Once these three Gu insects were planted, you belonged to the Tax Gu Division in life and in death.
Of course, it was not lifelong. If one wished to buy back one's freedom, one had to pay enough Gu Essence and Gu insect Spiritual Molts.
That