472 The Presidents Autobiography (2/2)
”Declare to the people of the Federation that Wang Baole will be given the title of a Secondary Rank Two Noble and promoted… to the City Lord of the Martian special regional city. He will also join the Senate as its eighteenth senator!” Federation President Duan Muque announced decisively before he rose to his feet and ended the summit.
The pupils of the various clan leaders of the Five Generation Sky Clan contracted. They sensed something was amiss. Duan Muque had decided too quickly on the matter. They looked at one another, deep in thought. The other political forces also had considering looks on their faces, and they all carried their thoughts with them as they left.
Their projected forms soon disappeared in the great conference halls. Finally, Duan Muque rose to his feet and walked across the vast halls, towards the door.
His back was akin to a sharp sword. With every step he took, the spirit energy exuding from his person rippled. It was as if he was holding his cultivation back!
Soon… the time for a breakthrough is near… it's just a pity that I'm still one step behind the old guy. Duan Muque shook his head and smiled. He had seen the considering looks in the eyes of those who had left, but he paid them no heed. He believed that they would soon find out.
There were three reasons that Duan Muque had made such a decisive decision. The first was that he had great expectations of Wang Baole, though not to the extent that he would give him a hand up. The second was that… the current Federation needed a hero!
After the Mercury tragedy, the people of the Federation hadn't yet recovered from their sorrow and worry. The Federation needed to reshape its image in the eyes of its people. It needed to have a hero that everyone knew!
This hero would draw the attention of the people and rouse them into uniting. Wang Baole's image didn't really match what he had been looking for. He might come from a family background that would invite no complaints, and he might have climbed to the top, step by step, in the eyes of the people. However, he hadn't done enough to warrant Duan Muque picking him in the end.
If there had only been these two reasons, Duan Muque might have delayed this matter and used it as a bargaining chip. He would wait for both sides to make their bids, then as he re-calibrated the balanced relationships amongst the various political forces, he would reap as much as he could from this selection of the Martian special regional city's City Lord.
However, with the addition of the third reason, everything would change. The third reason formed the basis for everything. With the third reason, he had to reassess the importance of the first two reasons. Without the third reason… nothing would have happened!
This third reason was… the Grand Supreme Elder of the Ethereal Dao College—the former Federation President who had led the Federation in the way of founding the cultivation era, the former most powerful person in the Federation—Li Xingwen, was about to achieve a breakthrough from the Core Formation realm and enter the Nascent Soul realm!
The Ethereal Dao College might have been able to hide this from others, but they couldn't hide this from Duan Muque, who was also about to achieve his own breakthrough. He had long since felt, indistinctly, a fearsome presence within the Ethereal Dao College that was unnoticed by others and that seemed about to rise towering into the skies!
It was because of this that the Ethereal Dao College Sect Lord had a basis for his newfound confidence. It was the basis of the overpowering sense of authority exuding from his person!
”The construction of the teleportation array formation can be sped up…” Duan Muque said softly as he walked into the distance.
The summit ended, and the announcement of Wang Baole's appointment was made. Wang Baole, having returned to the new Martian city and realizing that nothing had changed since his disappearance, finally heard the news that he was waiting for!
Wang Baole burst out into happy and loud laughter when he received the news. He was beyond excited. He could feel the distance separating him from the Federation President's office closing with every step he took. It had been such an unreachable goal, but now it was almost within reach!
From now on, I'm going to start on my autobiography. When it's done, I'll use it to tell the future generations how the legendary Federation President Wang Baole relied on his own hard work and perseverance, worked diligently, step by step, without relying on anyone else, relying only on his own sweat and tears, to become the fated son of Lady Fortune!
I've even thought of a name. It'll be called the President's Autobiography! Wang Baole laughed maniacally. He felt that he had reached a peak in his life.
As Wang Baole basked in a joy that was beyond words, the media agencies across the entire Federation began simultaneously promoting Wang Baole like crazy. Every city on every Federation planet in the Solar System flashed the poster of Wang Baole on all available projection screens immediately.
An excited voice was accompanied by grand music as it declared Wang Baole's appointment!
The youngest Core Formation realm cultivator in the whole of Federation history!
The youngest Secondary Rank Two Noble who was a City Lord!
The youngest member of the Senate!
All of a sudden, Wang Baole's name spread across the entire Federation. He became a household name. There was no one who didn't know his name. He became… the new rising star of the Federation!