Hou Niao soon completed the entire induction procedure. Being at the heart of the oversight system spared him a great deal of messy red tape and delay.
His induction went smoothly-so smoothly that even he found it somewhat unbelievable. Naturally, he had no idea this appointment already had the approval of the True Persons above. He thought Li Biejia's influence had been enough, his connections truly impressive.
A little guilt stirred in his heart, then vanished in an instant.
Wasn't this precisely what a patron was for?
For the time being, his affiliation remained with the Minister of Justice Prefecture, and he was appointed Accompanying Rong, roughly the same rank as a judicial commissioner in the various prefectures.
Rank was closely tied to cultivation realm and merit. For example, cultivators at the first layer of Three Heavens Realm could hardly be entrusted with substantive duties and merely performed menial work at the bottom. Those at the second layer of Three Heavens Realm, like him, generally became investigators. Only when cultivators reached the Natural Realm of the Three Heavens Realms did they qualify to become a prefectural commandant or an Accompanying Rong of the Minister of Justice Prefecture.
So Li Chuping had not treated him poorly, granting him a position one rank higher.
Hou Niao did have some accomplishments to his name-in Yinling, at the Southwest Dao Discussion, and in Xionger Town, for instance. It was just that those above had seen only his faults every time. Now that his merits were being assessed, it turned out he had some capital after all?
His faults had been punished long ago; he had been punished all along. Now, at last, he had held on until the clouds parted and the mist cleared.
This was an easy post, with no need to keep