NOVPUB"The numbers here just don’t match up at all... Why is this so complicated..."
"I can’t even fill out this form..."
"Sigh, had I known being a Vice Minister would be this troublesome, I wouldn’t have gotten involved in this mess."
The frustration in his heart was simply indescribable.
A person’s mental energy is limited.
If you spend your thoughts on one aspect, inevitably the other aspects will diminish.
Even for Cultivators, it is no different.
Asking him to nurture a Spirit Beast was fine, but asking him to deal with these blurry data was truly asking too much of him.
Just as he was hesitating on an empty space on the form, he suddenly heard a voice beside him.
"This should be filled with ’125 remaining Class III lower-grade Inner Cores’."
Without thinking, the Cultivator surnamed Song filled it in, but immediately paused in surprise, lifted his head, and saw that the person speaking was none other than the newly arrived Wang Ba.
"Junior Brother Wang?"
The Cultivator surnamed Song showed a look of astonishment, then looked down at his own handwriting and asked in confusion:
"Why should it be filled with 125 here?"
Wang Ba responded without hesitation:
"Because it has already been written on the previous page, while exporting three hundred at the same time..."
Hearing this, the Cultivator surnamed Song was startled and quickly flipped back to look, finding it to be as Wang Ba had said.
He glanced at Wang Ba with some amazement, hesitated for a moment, and then pointed to another blank space, asking:
"Then, Junior Brother Wang, what about this one? What should be filled in here?"
"Five hundred tails of Class III Red Flame Chicken..."
"Where is this item?"
"On this very page."
"And this one?"
"Seven thousand four hundred pieces of Class II Rainbow Snakes’ scales..."
"How should this be written?"
"The total amount is..."
One asked, the other answered.
Unknowingly, when the Cultivator surnamed Song turned the page, he found himself on the last one and was taken aback.
"Is it done already?"
"How come it feels so effortless?"
Just as he was about to thank Wang Ba, he suddenly felt the air around him grow inexplicably tense.
"Hmm?"
His gaze shifted slightly, and the Cultivator surnamed Song was astonished to discover.
Minister Qi Yan and the other three Vice Ministers had, at some point, quietly stood behind the two of them.
At this moment, their gaze towards Wang Ba was filled with peculiar expressions.
Wang Ba also regained his composure, aware of the odd looks from the four, his expression stiffened, and he quickly offered a smile:
"Minister Qi, Minister Guan, you all..."
A few moments later.
Wang Ba sat helplessly behind the desk, surrounded by stacks of written messages and records, feeling a myriad of complexities in his heart for a moment.
He could have never imagined that what had caused Minister Qi Yan and the Vice Ministers to think hard until late into the night without rest, would be these disorganized material data.
"Actually, this is not really difficult... never mind, Minister, just assign a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators over here."
The data in the Beast Control Department was undoubtedly more complex than that of the Spirit Food Department.
But the principle remains the same, and with prior experience handling data for the Spirit Food and Spirit Plant Departments, tackling the material data of the Beast Control Department became much easier.
Under Wang Ba’s command, a group of young Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Beast Control Department were called back from the breeding grounds, and though they did not fully understand the principles, they quickly sorted out the data under Wang Ba’s arrangement.
By the time dawn broke, the data was already mostly organized.
Only the final summary was left.
However, seeing that it was getting light, Wang Ba still took his leave from Minister Qi and the others first.
After all, he was currently the Vice Minister of the Spirit Food Department, and his main responsibility was there.
Absenting himself without reason would really damage the image of a Vice Minister.
"No wonder Cui Daqi was always reluctant to let go..."
Although Qi Yan wanted to retain him, it really wasn’t appropriate to do so.
As they watched Wang Ba leave, the Minister and Vice Ministers of the Beast Department, looking at the neat and refreshed written materials in front of them, exchanged looks and saw in each other’s eyes a deep interest.
Such talent in the Beast Control Department would undoubtedly save so much effort.
"Eh... Junior Brother Wang forgot to take this with him."
As the Cultivator surnamed Song’s gaze swept over an area, he suddenly paused.
He hurriedly picked up the piece of paper Wang Ba had left behind.
But it was not long before he was stunned.
On the paper, records of Wang Ba’s ideas to improve the pregnancy rate and mating efficiency of the Bronze Swine were clearly written.
The next moment, that piece of paper quietly fell into Minister Qi Yan’s hands.
And after seeing the contents on the paper, it seemed as if Minister Qi finally made up his mind.
He then turned to look at the Cultivator surnamed Song.
...
It was the start of another month.
Diwu Hall.
Looking at the record forms and register books submitted by the various departments in front of him.
Song Dongyang’s face was dark and terrifyingly grim.
"Why is it that apart from the Spirit Plant Department and Beast Department, the other departments are still in this state?"
