......

Qian Jin instantly stood up!

Fifty thousand contribution points! This was fifty thousand!!!

He had never even seen such a huge number of contribution points before.

And this was fifty thousand contribution points under the local bureau's weight of 4.0.

The old White Ridge basically had no weight to speak of. Great Han left them to their own devices, which meant even if they completed tasks and the local bureau earned contribution points, they wouldn't be recognized by the Hanjing Director-General's system.

Forget about permissions.

They could only exchange for some severely overpriced rare natural treasures within the local bureau.

Fifty thousand marks for a loaf of bread.

The only things they could get were the conveniences of the 749 Bureau investigator identity and a basic salary.

After all, everyone knew how terrible White Ridge used to be.

But now it was different.

Things were better now.

Qian Jin straightened his back: "Fifty thousand! With fifty thousand, I can eat until I puke!!!"

He raised his hand to the crowd, holding up five fingers, signaling everyone to look: "Fifty thousand. I now have fifty thousand contribution points with a local bureau weight of 4.0."

"After we disperse, take your phones, sign up through my channel. Next time we have a rotation break, the time after that, for the entire bureau, at the Immortal-Tasting Pavilion, the drinks are on me! On me!!!!!!"

In an instant, Qian Jin switched from his earlier state of pleasant surprise to sheer arrogance!!!!

Completely igniting the atmosphere in the room!!

Cheers and applause nearly blew the roof off.

After Qian Jin sat down.

Lu Ding looked at Hou Dehai: "What about you? How much is your balance? Say it, so I can laugh at you."

Hou Dehai was somewhat embarrassed: "Two... two thousand..."

Lu Ding turned his head away in speechlessness.

Then turned back: "You're pitifully poor."

"Pack up your cabinet, collect your two hundred jin of rare natural treasures and one hundred jin of pill supplements, stuff it full to bursting, then, holding your Fifth Restriction cultivation, take your fifty thousand contribution points, and go spend like crazy!!!!"

Instantly, Hou Dehai grinned so wide his mouth couldn't close, the corners of his lips almost reaching the back of his head.

"Yes, Grand Guardian!!!!"

Then he patted his chest, making loud thumping sounds, and pointed at everyone present: "Qian Jin is paying for the first and second rounds! What about the third and fourth rounds!?"

The investigators responded.

"Chief Hou, you're up!!!"

"You pay!!!"

Hou Dehai raised his head high: "He's treating us to the local Immortal-Tasting Pavilion in White Ridge. I'm treating everyone to Sky Fresh in the Path of Dry Bones! Sign up through my channel. For the third and fourth rotation breaks, Sky Fresh, my treat!!!"

Cheers erupted again.

Thunderous applause.

Finally, Lu Ding recaptured everyone's attention.

"Besides the leadership team, there's also Zhou Chu."

Zhou Chu below the stage didn't expect there would be something for him.

He stood up somewhat stiffly under the spotlight.

Lu Ding waved: "Come, come up."

Zhou Chu left his seat and walked onto the stage. Although he didn't understand social graces before, after some learning, he now understood a little about what to do in what kind of occasion.

He stepped onto the stage and bowed: "Grand Duke Lu."

Lu Ding threw an arm around his shoulder and said to the audience below: "Look at him, so shy."

"He's the talent I poached from the Liberation Sect, the top performer!!!!"

"It proves that a top performer, no matter where they go, remains a top performer. Gold shines wherever it goes."

Lu Ding stretched out his hand. Fu Xinghe passed something from the side.

He took it and directly slapped it onto Zhou Chu's chest: "So, I had a pure gold top performer commendation certificate made for you!!"

"As for the specific reward..."

Lu Ding's voice suddenly grew quiet.

Zhou Chu's expression changed, growing increasingly animated.

Until finally: "Thank you, Grand Guardian!!!!"

Everyone was very curious, wanting to know what reward Zhou Chu had received.

Whether it was Qian Jin or Hou Dehai, they weren't just simple investigators; they held positions.

Only Zhou Chu was a pure investigator.

So Zhou Chu's situation was what truly mattered to them.

Those Fifth and Fourth Restriction investigators from Hanjing who came with Lu Ding felt even more restless, their hearts itching like a cat's scratch.

They all had a chance to compete for the top performer title.

But why was the Grand Guardian hiding it and not saying it now?

This was Lu Ding's little trick.

He looked at the crowd: "Want to know what reward Zhou Chu got?"

The response from below: "Yes!"

"Want to know what rare natural treasures and pills Zhou Chu received!!?"

The response from below: "Yes!!"

"Want to know how many contribution points Zhou Chu got!?"

The voices below rose even higher: "Yes!!!"

This time, Lu Ding didn't use the microphone, but he raised his volume: "Then become the top performer!!!"

"Become the task model soldier!!!"

"Contribution points won't fly into your bags, rare natural treasures won't fall from the sky. I won't promise you anything, but I will be your backing."

He pointed at the people below: "Those who want to earn contribution points, want to exchange for rare natural treasures, want to seize the opportunity of New City's meteoric rise and charge forward hard!!!"

"Then go put on your gear, start from the Lady's Temple area we've already taken over, and expand! Expand!! And keep fucking expanding!!!"

"This is our season of revelry. I don't care about other 749 Bureaus. Starting today, the bureau's profit-sharing system changes from the Three-Horse Division of Spoils to a fifty-fifty split! You get half, the bureau gets half! The revelry won't end until New City is completely pacified!!!"

"You must be more vicious than demons and monsters! More ferocious than criminal cultivators!!!"

"Use their lives!! Use their blood!!!"

"To turn into the balance lying in your accounts!!!"

"Now, move out!!!!"

As the final syllable fell.

The atmosphere in the auditorium instantly turned frenzied.

Since the resource reserves were now sufficient, and there were hundreds of Fifth and Fourth Restriction Qi Refiners brought back from Hanjing.

What were they still waiting for?

Waiting to have subordinates but not use them? Insisting that Lu Ding handle everything personally, going one by one to find those harmful families and wreaking havoc monsters that posed no real challenge or value in front of him? 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

For such behavior, Lu Ding could only say two words: idiots!!!

He was such a big special envoy. Before, he had no choice, so he acted personally, running around everywhere. Now he needed prestige. Minions were for his subordinates to handle.

Power must be displayed.

Crushing advance!!!!

First, fight through the Lady's Temple from start to finish, subdue them all, then expand, devour, recruit!!!

Of course, his model was something ordinary people wouldn't dare replicate.

To keep developing under this model, the offensive and forward momentum couldn't stop, and they couldn't fail.

Once it stopped, the rolling capital chain would break.

What others didn't dare to do, Lu Ding would do. What others didn't dare to start, Lu Ding would start!!!

Hundreds of Fifth and Fourth Restriction powerhouses, resource reserves filling the warehouses, and his own combat power nearing God Ascension.

A flying dragon riding on their faces.

How could they lose!!?

They must crush, must advance with overwhelming force!!!!

These investigators were stimulated until their eyes turned red.

A one-third split changed to a fifty-fifty split. How terrifying was that!?

Wealth moves the hearts of men.

Lu Ding never used vague and insubstantial things, drawing big pies in the sky while shouting about wolf-pack culture.

He only gave his subordinates what they wanted most!

Provided the best platform, the greatest opportunities.

Under his command, those who dared to fight, dared to charge, all had a future.

As the auditorium doors swung open.

The crowd surged out, heading straight for the Lady's Temple area, which they had just taken ownership of but hadn't yet secured true authority over.

The true public test of New City officially began as Lu Ding unleashed these wolf cubs who chose their prey to devour!!

.

An extra chapter for the world's number one Lord Ranpo, for the Gift King sent previously!