Let them offer their loyalty!

"Once Dongye State is established, make sure you come to Eastern City more often. We need to exchange ideas and communicate more,"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu nodded earnestly, "Right, elder."

With that, the meeting with Liu Xiongyuan and Elder Wang for the evening ended early.

Elder Wang is a busy man, dealing with the Sanctuary and internal faction affairs every day, and Liu Xiongyuan is also very busy.

With the establishment of Dongye State imminent, and the state government being set up in Eastern City, he needed to make a lot of preparations early on.

Besides the official duties, the complex project of prematurely forming Moonlight Lake also required his attention, so he needed to return and start preparations as soon as possible.

Therefore, Qiu Tu didn't hold him back, and after seeing Liu Xiongyuan downstairs, he watched as he got into the army-green jeep that slowly drove away...

Before parting, Liu Xiongyuan also whispered a few words to Qiu Tu.

Perhaps because Elder Wang had given him an "not bad" assessment, Liu Xiongyuan clearly regarded Qiu Tu as a junior member of his faction.

Therefore, he patted Qiu Tu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much about Huang Shangzong's matter. He's here in Dongye State to work, not to seek revenge, and there are many things he can't overdo."

"Besides, now that he's a member of the Supreme Council and also serving as the Speaker of the State Council, he's already in the spotlight. Many people in the Sanctuary are watching him."

"Just waiting for him to make a mistake."

"And with me in front, he probably won't make a direct move on you."

"However, he is likely to bring his confidants and subordinates into Xinjie City to target you."

"In such times, you need to be extra careful." Enjoy new adventures from My Virtual Library Empire

Listening to Liu Xiongyuan's sincere concern and advice, Qiu Tu nodded seriously and expressed his thanks.

After seeing Liu Xiongyuan off, Qiu Tu stood at the entrance of "Fuxing Tea House" and absentmindedly gazed at the sky for a while.

The sky still displayed Yan Chen's immense Illusion of the Law, like a mountain range, looking magnificent.

'Fourth Order... I'll have to at least become the Deputy Speaker of a state's State Council to reach that.'

'Deputy Speaker... That's barely considered a Senior Frontier Official.'

'If only I could become someone like Elder Wang...'

'Hiss, I dare not think about it...'

As he internally sighed, Qiu Tu walked towards his dilapidated sedan parked by the roadside in the cool breeze.

Getting into the run-down car, Qiu Tu started it and drove towards his home on Longshan Road.

On the way, Qiu Tu also reflected on his plans against Yan Chen, which had undergone several changes.

Currently, he had a three-step plan against Yan Chen.

The first step was to seize power, control the Investigation Bureau, plant confidants, and sideline Yan Chen.

Thanks to Tang Feifei's efforts today, this step has seen some success. It's just waiting for Qiu Tu to go to the Investigation Bureau tomorrow to start promoting his confidants and arranging their positions.

The second step was to use the celestial shifts caused by Yan Chen's advancement to Fourth Order to stimulate Moonlight Lake and form it ahead of time.

This step was to be completed by Liu Xiongyuan, so Qiu Tu didn't need to worry about it.

The third step was to interact with Larilo, to extract information and cards from her, and then to coax Larilo into holding Yan Chen back.

If all three steps were completed, or even just any two of them, Yan Chen would not possibly secure the position of Deputy Speaker, and he might even face accountability from the Sanctuary.

Thinking of "Deputy Speaker", Qiu Tu couldn't help but recall the conversation between Elder Wang and Liu Xiongyuan.

From the conversation, Qiu Tu learned that Liu Xiongyuan's quest for vengeance against his son actually had a significant impact on the Reformist Faction's plans.

But even though it had happened, the Reformist Faction was still actively looking for ways to recuperate and see if they could push Liu Xiongyuan back up.

Therefore, who the position of Deputy Speaker would ultimately fall to remained unknown.

'It would be nice if I could help Liu Xiongyuan and have him become the Deputy Speaker of Dongye State.'

'That way, even if Huang Shangzong becomes the Speaker, having one of our own up there could significantly improve the situation.'

This idea lingered in Qiu Tu's mind as soon as it formed.

But as a mere vice-minister, the gap between him and the position of Bureau Chief, let alone Deputy Speaker, was vast.

So even though he wanted to help Liu Xiongyuan, Qiu Tu didn't know where to start.

Hence, he could only take things one step at a time, first to meet with the entrapped and Devoured Evil God Girl Lara, to communicate...

When he got home, Shen Lingshuang hadn't gone to bed yet.

Qiu Tu greeted her and then went upstairs to an empty bedroom to contact Larilo.

Qiu Tu currently had two ways to contact Larilo.

The first was the Ancient Coin. It was the only item that allowed believers to actively contact Larilo.

The second was... "Enter Dream."

Even though Qiu Tu no longer had Larilo's mark, Secretary Bai certainly did as Larilo's high-level believer, holding an identity and status no less than Jia Wei's.

Thus, Qiu Tu speculated that Secretary Bai must also have the ability to bestow Larilo's mark.

If the first method failed, Qiu Tu planned to seek out Secretary Bai to try getting the mark for himself...

With this in mind, Qiu Tu began to contact Larilo using the same method as last time, first rubbing the face of the coin with his thumb three times, followed by four rubs on the back. Finally, he tossed the coin onto the table.

"Phew!"

Last time, it took Qiu Tu several minutes and six or seven tries to successfully contact Larilo.

This time, he didn't even wait a second before Larilo took the initiative to "answer the call."