Factional Strife

East City Branch of the Tax Gu Division.

Today was Zhou Feng's first official day on the job. From this day onward, he had to complete the monthly tasks assigned by the Tax Gu Division.

Failure would bring terrifying punishment, perhaps even reduce him to a prisoner.

In return, the Tax Gu Division offered powerful benefits. Even the lowest-ranking tax collector received ten contribution points every month.

Those ten contribution points were far more precious than Gu Essence and could be exchanged for many resources unavailable in the outside world.

For example, the various secret arts and manuals within the Myriad Laws Pavilion, or precious Gu Seeds.

Such things could not be bought with Gu Essence at all. Only by becoming a member of Nine Void Mountain and using contribution points could one exchange for them.

The rarer a resource was, the more tightly it was monopolized by the major top-tier factions.

As a Rogue Cultivator, no matter how wealthy one was, there were still things one could never obtain. That was also why Zhou Feng had chosen to join the Tax Gu Division.

He was not particularly worried about the Tax Gu Division's missions. With his strength, completing them would be a matter of minutes.

What he needed to consider was how to draw enough benefits from Nine Void Mountain.

"Liu Jie! This is the newcomer you'll be taking."

Before long, someone assigned him an old hand from the Tax Gu Division.

Zhou Feng looked up and saw a scar-faced middle-aged man walking over with obvious reluctance written across his face.

"What a pain. They've stuffed another newcomer onto me. When will this tax collection ever be finished?"

Liu Jie furrowed his brow and grumbled without the slightest attempt to hide it.

He clearly had no desire to take