While internally criticizing, Fang Ze also decided to take care of some official business.
With that in mind, he placed the golden scale statue Jiang Cheng gave him on Bai Zhi's desk, opened it, and said, "Chief, I need your help with something."
Bai Zhi had not seen the statue before. Now that she had, she couldn't help but express her surprise, "A golden scale? What trouble have you stirred up?"
As she said this, she looked up at Fang Ze and then at Bai Ling, asking, "You didn't cause trouble for Bai Ling, did you?"
At this, she quickly waved her hands, "I can't help you with that."
"You should just take this golden scale and propose with it."
Fang Ze, covering his face, said helplessly, "This was given to me by Jiang Cheng."
"What?" Bai Zhi exclaimed, "Jiang Cheng has made you...."
Bai Zhi coughed and then explained, "Don't misunderstand. The golden scale, because it is valuable, rare, and carries a very good symbolism, is particularly useful for proposals."
"So, as soon as I saw it, I thought of proposing."
Fang Ze frowned, involuntarily looking toward Bai Ling, who was eating a lollipop nearby.
Bai Ling, seeing Fang Ze looking her way, quickly shook her head and waved her hands, indicating she really knew nothing about this.
Fang Ze turned his head back and then coughed, saying, "Although this was given to me by Jiang Cheng"
"I feel he wants to harm me."
Hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Zhi sat down on a chair, then said somewhat indifferently, "Fang Ze, I think you might be overthinking it."
"If he wanted to harm you, he wouldn't need to send such an expensive gift."
She racked her somewhat slow brain and then analyzed, "I guess. It's probably because of the official document from the state yesterday, he realized it was our way of indirectly showing that we truly accept you."
"So, he doesn't want to keep quarreling with you."
"Thus, he attempted to turn weapons into jade and silk."
"That's why he sent such an expensive gift."
Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Fang Ze didn't immediately argue.
He pondered for a moment, then counterasked, "Chief, may I ask you something?"
"Can nobles easily use Yang Transformation masters?"
"Yang Transformation?" Bai Zhi was surprised.
She involuntarily shook her head, "No."
She said earnestly, "You don't understand. Yang Transformation masters are considered controlled forces in the federation."
"To prevent accidental incidents, or causing irreparable damage to the real world, Yang Transformation masters are prohibited from taking action in the real world."
"Once they do, the federal inspectors and the federal defense team from each state will immediately appear, and they will take him away, imprison him in 'Spirit Prison' or send him to guard 'East-West Spirit Mountain'."
"I'm not sure about other places, but in Xida State, apart from ten years ago when the Si Family had their incident, there have been no Yang Transformation masters taking action."
Although Bai Zhi is somewhat slow, she does have some wit.
Though she had analyzed and spoken so much, once she finished, she carefully considered it and figured out Fang Ze's implication, so she couldn't help looking at him in astonishment, asking, "You don't suspect that the Jiang Family is planning to deploy a Yang Transformation master to deal with you, do you?!"
"Have they gone mad?"
Fang Ze had been continuously trying to avoid getting Bai Zhi involved, but now, as their conversation had reached this point, there was no need to hide it from Bai Zhi anymore.
He nodded seriously and then said solemnly, "Yes."
"I've received a very secretive message that Jiang Cheng has likely sought a Yang Transformation master to target me."
At this, he paused, and asked, "If Jiang Cheng, having already sought a Yang Transformation master, receives your family's signal, will he stop then?"
This time, even Bai Zhi hesitated.
She could not help but stand up and pace back and forth in the office.
After a moment, she stopped, her smile fading to a stern expression, "Do you and Jiang Cheng have that big of a feud?"
Fang Ze spread his hands and said, "Sort of."
"After all, his subordinate nearly killed me, and I have threatened his life."
"We indeed have had a feud that concerns life and death."
"So, it's that he doesn't trust me, and I don't trust him either."
Hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Zhi's expression grew more serious.
After a moment, she said, "No way! I must go and consult my family!"
Hearing Bai Zhi's resolute words, Fang Ze was momentarily stunned, feeling somewhat touched.
Although he and Bai Zhi had started as enemies, it was undeniable that Bai Zhi was now one of the people who treated him best and was most trustworthy...
Thinking , Fang Ze quickly called out to her, then said, "Don't rush into anything. I still have a few questions to ask you, let's think this through carefully."
Being the persuadable type, Bai Zhi stopped her actions at Fang Ze's words.
Then she looked at Fang Ze and said, "Go ahead and ask."
Fang Ze asked the questions he had been curious about earlier, "You just mentioned something about an inspector, and something about a Spirit Prison, East-West Spirit Mountain, what are those?"
Hearing Fang Ze's questions, Bai Zhi responded with an "Oh," then began to explain meticulously,
"Spirit Prison is a prison in the Spirit Realm."
"It is a massively large prison established by the federation in the Spirit Realm, primarily detaining criminals above the Yang Transformation level from various states, and some disaster creatures categorized as extremely dangerous."