Chapter 709.
Book Pavilion, sixth floor.
Wang Chen, who was sitting at the edge of the corner, carefully placed a Dao Dictionary in his hand back on the bookshelf.
This thick Dao Dictionary took him nearly three days to read all of it.
The benefits were immense.
Although there wasn’t any technique in the book, the way of heaven and earth, nature, and the universe had given Wang Chuan a lot of inspiration and enlightenment in cultivation.
The “Xuan Xuan Zi” who created this Dao Dictionary did not know which high cultivation power, but unfortunately, many knowledge inheritance shining with wisdom was just like this Dao Dictionary which was casually placed on the bookshelf and left in the dust.
Until it was discovered, read, and studied by Wang Dust.
Only then did it blossom again.
Wang Chen got up and looked around, and couldn’t help but let out a long breath.
Three years have passed.
Counting the time, it had been three whole years since he had been transferred from the Inspector General’s Office to the Book Depository as a steward!
These three years could be considered the most peaceful thousand days of his life for Wang Chen.
In addition to his unremitting daily cultivation, he had spent most of his time reading books.
With the convenience of his position, Wang Chuan had gone through thousands of books in the past few years.
However, it was only a small portion of the collection of books in the Book Pavilion.
Nowadays, Wang Dust was already thirty years old!
Although he had already reached his prime, he still looked like he was eighteen or nineteen years old, young and healthy and full of vigor, only that his dark eyes were precipitated with some maturity brought about by age.
“Steward Wang ……”
A book attendant hurriedly appeared at the entrance of the stairs and saluted Wang Dust, “Master Cao invites you to the small hall to deliberate.”
Wang Dust nodded, “Good.”
When he arrived in the small hall on the second floor, he saw that Book Collection Pavilion Master Cao Ke and the other four stewards had arrived.
Three years had passed, and the current Wang Dust was still the fourth Steward without any change in position.
However, the Book Collection Pavilion was a cold unit in a cold Yamen within the system of Yongle Immortal City, regardless of whether it was the Presiding Officer or the Stewards, everyone was actually sitting on a cold bench, it didn’t matter how high or low they were.
And in addition to the principals and stewards, there was also a young cultivator with a haughty face present.
At a glance, Wang Chen knew that this one was bound to come from an immortal family!
“I’ve summoned you all here today because I have an important announcement to make.”
Cao Ke said expressionlessly, “This Fellow Daoist He Haoming He will take over the position of Head Steward of the Book Collection Pavilion from today!”
Wang Dust and the several stewards couldn’t help but look at each other.
Wang Dust could tell the identity of this young cultivator, how could the other stewards not.
What everyone didn’t understand was how a son of a family could run to the Book Collection Pavilion to become a head steward.
Even if he came down to gild the lily, there were too many places that were better than the Book Depository!
But puzzled as they were, a few stewards still reacted quickly and congratulated the new head steward.
He Haoming haughtily returned the greeting, “Colleagues, from now on, I’ll be in charge here, and it’s inevitable that I’ll need everyone’s help, tomorrow night, a banquet will be hosted in the Crescent Moon Building, I’d like to ask all of you to please honor us with your participation.”
“Master is too polite!”
Everyone spoke in unison, a scene of harmony and joy.
Cao Ke, however, got up and said, “Master He, I still have things to do tonight so I won’t go, goodbye.”
After saying that, he directly left the small hall.
He Haoming was clearly caught off guard and subconsciously sank his face.
The atmosphere of the scene immediately became awkward.
Wang Dust watched with cold eyes, a not-so-good feeling hidden in his heart.
Since the former head master Cao Ke threw off his face and whisked away his sleeves, this meeting involving personnel changes ended uncomfortably.
In the evening, after the Book Pavilion closed, Wang Chen was returning home from work when he suddenly received a crane letter.
He changed directions and went to a nearby tavern.
Once again, he met Cao Ke.
“Sit.”
Cao Ke gestured for Wang Duan to take a seat and personally poured him a cup of spirit wine.
In these three years, Wang Chen was not far from the other Stewards and was limited to polite interactions between colleagues.
But he was on good terms with Cao Ke.
“What happened?”
Wang Chen took a sip from his wine glass and asked, “Why did the above suddenly transfer you?”
“It’s okay if it’s a transfer.”
Cao Ke smiled bitterly, “I was left idle.”
Wang Dust was stunned, “Ah?”
To be idle was to be unemployed to put it bluntly, to be jerked off by the top.
If Cao Ke’s work wasn’t done seriously or beautifully, there really wasn’t much to say.
But in all fairness, although Cao Ke’s character is a bit arrogant, but under his management, the size of the book collection cabinet affairs have always been arranged in a well-organized manner, never made a mistake.
It was surprising that he lost his position just like this.
The problem is that the Book Depository Master is really not a good position ah!
Wang Dust couldn’t help but ask, “How come?”
“I didn’t pay homage to the top this year.”
Cao Ke’s expression was bitter, “Something happened at home, and the little bit of spirit stones that had been saved with great difficulty were all used up.”
Wang Chen was speechless.
The Book Pavilion master said it sounds good, there is really no oil and water to speak of, to keep the seat actually have to hit the above!
“Let’s not talk about this.”
Cao Ke shook his head and said with a straight face, “I invited you over because I want to remind you that this He Haoming is no good, don’t give him any leverage to catch in the future.”
He Haoming was a son of the He family.
The He Family was a top ranked Immortal Clan in the Immortal City of Yongle, with a large family and deep-rooted power.
And He Haoming originally served in the Department of Internal Affairs, but because he was involved in a corruption incident, he was deployed to the Book Collection Pavilion to hide from the wind, which resulted in Cao Ke’s unwarranted disaster!
This He family’s son’s talent was very good and was regarded as a Jindan seed, it was his greedy nature that emphasized profit and wealth.
“He set up a banquet to invite you guys because he wants your congratulatory gifts!”
Cao Ke said, “It’s not good enough to give less, if you give less, you have to be prepared for him to find out the score and wear small shoes!”
“But you can’t give more either, otherwise he’ll think you have a lot of oil and water and try to squeeze it out.”
Wang Dust was incredulous: “It can’t be?”
“Why not!”
Cao Ke sneered, “If he wants to condense the Golden Dan, he can’t gather all the Eight Treasures of Condensation just by relying on his family, so don’t even think about the Upper Third Grade Golden Dan without trying to get some from outside!”
I see!
Wang Dust had also been collecting the Condensation Treasures, and was very clear about how difficult it was to get the upper grade Condensation Treasures!
As of now, he still had two heavenly treasures that he hadn’t gotten.
“Anyway, you be careful.”
Cao Ke concluded, “If you want to continue hanging out in the Book Collection Pavilion, He Haoming’s hurdle is something you have to pass.”
Wang Dust was torn.
Staying down for a few years, he was satisfied with this current job, although he was treated as a salted fish by others, in reality, the long term gains from watching and reading books were quite large.
Once he left, it wouldn’t be easy to continue borrowing books to read like this in the future.
But if for the sake of a small steward in the district, to bow down and bow to someone like He Haoming ……
Wang Dust thought, if you can’t solve the problem, then is it possible to solve the person who created the problem?
This idea is correct, right?