A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 467 Promotion Meeting

Without a doubt, Wang Bowen and Jess are both geniuses who appear only once in a century. Wang Bowen became a high-level mage in just ten years, while Jess became a high-level alchemist in his early thirties.

But these two were like greenhorns in front of Jiang Shuzhou.

A genius is merely the threshold to his being.

This is the way of the mage: some climb with difficulty below, moving forward little by little through hard work, while others fly in the sky, and some even travel directly through the void, unimpeded all the way.

It is obvious that Jiang Shuzhou is the latter.

At the celebration, Jess and Wang Bowen sat upright, showing no other intentions whatsoever.

Everyone else held their breath, and the celebration, which should have been joyous, fell silent.

The person responsible for this is naturally Jiang Shuzhou.

As the most powerful legend in the entire alliance, Jiang Shuzhou's reputation is known to all, though not for a good reason.

This is mainly because Jiang Shuzhou conducts daily purges. Admittedly, he rarely touches mages, but that doesn't mean no mages are being purged.

After all, there are fools every year, and there will always be some fools who choose to stand on the opposite side of Jiang Shuzhou.

Since that's the case, Jiang Shuzhou has no choice but to get rid of these guys.

As a result, many people now live in constant fear, terrified that their names will be on the new list.

Jiang Shuzhou has even acquired a new nickname: the Terrifying Monarch, which specifically refers to his ruthless purges.

Jiang Shuzhou didn't feel anything about this; in fact, he thought it was great.

Because of this nickname, all the decisions he made were executed with exceptional smoothness.

Now I know why titles in games have an effect.

The title of "terrifying monarch" associated with Jiang Shuzhou has the effect of improving administrative efficiency, which is quite good.

Time passed by, and half an hour quickly went by.

"Didn't Your Majesty say you were coming today?"

"Look at the time! Isn't it possible that no one dared to keep His Majesty waiting, so they all arrived more than half an hour early?"

"No wonder, judging from the atmosphere, I thought it had already started!"

"A person's shadow is like a tree's name; don't displease His Majesty, or your name will be on tomorrow's list. Don't let my blood splatter on me then!"

The monks below the stage began to communicate with each other using their spiritual power.

However, even using their mental power, they dared not speak ill of Jiang Shuzhou, for fear that they would be put on the next purge list by Jiang Shuzhou.

However, they were overthinking it. Jiang Shuzhou wasn't that petty; although he could indeed read that spiritual energy.

"Hey you two, how have you been?"

Everyone only felt a blur before their eyes and didn't see how Jiang Shuzhou got there. In just an instant, Jiang Shuzhou appeared next to Jess.

"Hahaha."

Jess's lips twitched a few times, letting out a few dry laughs, before he continued.

"Your Excellency Jiang Shuzhou."

When Jess said those words, Jiang Shuzhou knew that a thick barrier had already formed between them.

Indeed, the strong are always lonely; that saying is true.

Fortunately, Jiang Shuzhou still had Chahara.

Jiang Shuzhou hugged Chahara and gently scratched her chin, causing her to let out a comfortable whimper.

"Sigh, I've become rusty after all. You used to say you were going to surpass me."

Jiang Shuzhou said.

"Back then, I was young and impetuous, and what I said couldn't be taken seriously."

Jess waved his hands repeatedly.

There was no way around it; the gap was just too big, and Jess simply gave up.

While he was scraping together magic stones, Jiang Shuzhou had already gone off to conquer the world.

Now it has risen to legendary status, and in just a few short years.

How can you compare? Jayce has no chance against such extraordinary talent.

All I can say is that he's given up.

"Young people should be more ambitious and not underestimate themselves. What if they reach their goals someday?"

After offering a few words of comfort, Jiang Shuzhou shifted his focus to Wang Bowen.

Compared to Jess, Jiang Shuzhou and Professor Wang had only met a few times and were basically not familiar with each other.

However, since they were all from the same hometown, Jiang Shuzhou still intended to show some concern.

"Xiao Wang, how have you been lately?"

Professor Wang twitched his lips at Jiang Shuzhou's question, but still answered honestly.

"Things have been going well lately, nothing unexpected has happened."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuzhou nodded, just like a true elder.

"By the way, have the plum blossoms bloomed in our hometown yet?"

"It's open, and it's beautiful."

Professor Wang said.

"That's good, I'm going to go take a look, and of course, check the accounts while I'm at it."

Jiang Shuzhou has always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards Blue Star, not strictly controlling it, and only occasionally intervening.

This is his hometown after all, so it's good enough.

However, another corruption case has recently occurred here, which makes Jiang Shuzhou very dissatisfied.

Jiang Shuzhou was very unhappy that such a shameless person could still be alive.

"Go check inside, investigate thoroughly, make it look respectable. Don't let things remain the same after I arrive, otherwise..."

Jiang Shuzhou didn't say the rest, but the meaning was quite clear.

If they are not respectable, then Jiang Shuzhou will help them be respectable.

After all, China is Jiang Shuzhou's hometown, and he knows his hometown very well. If there is a serious investigation, he would probably have to execute half of them.

The main problem is that these people haven't thought things through yet. They think that if they don't say anything, no one will know. In reality, Jiang Shuzhou could easily expose all the dirty things they've done with a single spell.

As for whether there is any suspicion of forced confession?

Jiang Shuzhou didn't care about that; he was always the most efficient.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly will..."

Then, Professor Wang began to ramble on with those clichés: what to implement thoroughly, what to expedite, what to show no mercy.

Jiang Shuzhou basically ignored this; whether or not it was implemented was judged by performance.

Jiang Shuzhou hoped they would follow through, otherwise a large number of people would soon be thrown into Jiang Shuzhou's demiplane to watch the hounds bar their teeth.

"Alright, alright, I understand. I'll go home in a few days, you guys handle it."

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Shuzhou gestured for Professor Wang to step aside.

Because, next, it was his turn to give a speech.

Jiang Shuzhou's speeches have always been full of platitudes, making people drowsy and extremely torturous.

This time was no exception. Jiang Shuzhou fully utilized his traditional skills, speaking so fluently that the monks below lost their focus.

However, no one dared to do anything else, given Jiang Shuzhou's formidable reputation.

Fortunately, seeing that the people below were starting to lose their composure, Jiang Shuzhou didn't press the matter further and simply finished speaking.

This speech was less about letting others hear it and more about Jiang Shuzhou having fun and giving himself some emotional satisfaction.

"Finally, I wish all Dharma Masters who walk the path of truth smooth sailing from now on, and sincerely hope that you will bravely climb to new heights!"

After he finished speaking, a round of applause erupted from the audience.

This is because the speech was so good and so popular.