Once, I wanted to be a good person

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The amount students are willing to borrow doesn't matter, what does matter is that the borrowed money must be used entirely to enhance their abilities with Fang Ze.

Gu Qing didn't state his intentions, but Fang Ze just had to think for a moment to guess this was a strategy to pull the rug from under him and kill several birds with one stone.

Fang Ze originally planned to bind these students with an Extraordinary Artifact.

But actually… such binding is very fragile.

Because once these students reach a higher level of Awakening, and the artifact becomes "ineffective," Fang Ze would have no means to restrain them.

Therefore, Fang Ze was thinking of prolonging the training period for these students, cultivating them while making them work for him, slowly pulling them completely to his side.

However, Gu Qing directly opted for a full investment, allowing these students to push Fang Ze's abilities to the limit in a short period of time.

This placed Fang Ze in a dilemma.

If Fang Ze doesn't agree, the students may easily harbor resentment; even with slow cultivation, they may not work wholeheartedly for Fang Ze.

But if Fang Ze agrees to the students' demand for rapid improvement, then his slow cultivation plan would fail.

After all, these students have all borrowed money from Ning Youqian. That means their income for the next decade or so is in the hands of the Commoner Faction. Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire

Can they truly still work for Fang Ze in such a situation?

Most likely not.

So Fang Ze would have worked hard to increase their abilities, only to benefit the Commoner Faction in the end.

Just one move has led to the bankruptcy of Fang Ze's plan to cultivate new talent.

It not only disrupted Fang Ze's plan but also won over the hearts of these students, and on top of that, it made Fang Ze cultivate talent for him.

And that's not even the end of it.

Fang Ze doesn't believe he can fool Gu Qing with the "artifact" as a front.@@novelbin@@

Gu Qing has likely already guessed that it must be Fang Ze's ability.

So through this affair, Gu Qing is also probing the limits of Fang Ze's abilities to see if they can still be effective under high-intensity use.

This is truly a case of pulling the rug from under him plus killing several birds with one stone!

"This old fox..."

Fang Ze now truly had some admiration for Gu Qing. With a simple countermove, he had negated Fang Ze's entire setup.

Normally he just looks carefree, sauntering around the Red Light District every day, but when it really comes down to it, he is unyieldingly decisive.

No wonder Bai Zhi couldn't get the better of him over the years.

They are just not on the same level, are they!

The only luck was that the other party was just finding the situation amusing, so he was only reacting to moves and not plotting something more sinister.

That could be considered a silver lining in an unfortunate situation.

Thinking of this, Fang Ze's brain began to whirl, considering how to deal with Gu Qing's moves.

First of all, Fang Ze felt, with Gu Qing sticking his nose in, this group of students is not worth bothering about. They are 100% no longer his people.

But... he could totally open up another battlefield.

Gu Qing and his group wanted to outspend Fang Ze, right? Then Fang Ze could simply turn the tables!

He wouldn't cultivate the Legitimate Lineage first; he would make money first!

The remaining 70 spots should be released, to openly recruit candidates within the Security Bureau and see if Gu Qing would follow suit!

If he doesn't follow, then those people would all become Fang Ze's potential followers.

If he does follow, then Fang Ze would make a fortune!

100 people, eh, earning 100,000 each, makes a total of 10 million!

Fang Ze's resources for at least two levels wouldn't be a worry...

He might even have extra funds to cultivate his own real Legitimate Lineage: Nan Yi and the others...

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With this in mind, Fang Ze had finally made up his mind. Everything depended on whether he could recruit people to the Security Bureau after submitting the report tomorrow!

With this thought, Fang Ze snapped back to reality, and his gaze involuntarily shifted towards the two people in the room who had already begun to embrace and strip each other's clothes off.

Fang Ze: ....

Fang Ze slapped his face and then transmitted his voice to Jun, "Stop fooling around. I'm taking him back now."

The "Junjun" inside the room paused when she heard Fang Ze's words.

Then, with a coy and charming smile, she grabbed Jie's hand and said, "Young Master~ You're really too impatient. Don't you know how to be a bit more gentle...."

As she spoke, she led Jie's hand down towards her skirt.

Jie, seeing Junjun's move, was momentarily stunned, then the smile on his face could hardly be contained.

Fang Ze's ears also rang with the ecstatic voice inside his heart, "Am I about to step onto the ladder of adulthood? Am I about to experience the unknown world?"

Only, in a moment, it was as if he had touched something, and his body shook violently as if electrified.

After a long moment, he trembled as he lifted his head, his face filled with incredulity as he stared at the maid in front of him.

Junjun slightly lowered her head, biting her lip seductively, and with a provocative flutter of her left eyelid she winked~

"Young Master, are mine bigger than yours?"....

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"Aaahhhhhhhhh~!"

In the dormitory of the Security Bureau Reserve Commissioners, Jie abruptly sat up in bed, his head covered in sweat and his face full of terror.

He couldn't help but extend his hand, trembling slightly, almost unable to grasp.....

"A nightmare. A nightmare....."

He paused for a moment, then added another sentence,

"Thank goodness it was a nightmare..."

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Meanwhile, in the Late-Night Investigation Room.

Junjun, with a coy expression, asked Fang Ze, "Master, did I do okay?"

"As I've said before, who knows men better than men themselves~"

Fang Ze looked at Junjun, shuddering all over. Then he hastily waved his hand to dismiss "Jun's" disguise.

Suddenly, the handsome and burly Jun appeared in front of Fang Ze. His expression was still coy because he was probably still immersed in his role-playing, making the juxtaposition of his masculine appearance even more unsettling.....

"Enough! Cut out the gross interest. Act normal!"

As the master, Fang Ze quickly exerted his authority and directed Jun to behave normally.

Seeing Jun return to his regular demeanor, Fang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, then silently said a prayer for Jie.....

Though Jun was useful in this type of investigation, it was... just too easy to leave the ones being investigated with psychological trauma....

Hopefully, Jie wouldn't be affected.....

Thinking this, Fang Ze told Jun to hide in the shadows of the room while he himself deactivated the Late-Night Investigation Room's camouflage and began to check the gains for the night.

Although tonight's investigation subject was just an ordinary Reserve Commissioner trainee, don't forget that under Fang Ze's catalysis, he had become a mid-level Awakener.

Plus, with the useful information gained tonight, Fang Ze felt that maybe he could get his hands on something interesting.....

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Getting back into the groove! A 10,000-word update today.

This chapter is 5,000 words, and there's another guaranteed 5,000 words coming. It's almost finished, just needs editing. Will post before 12!