Earth Immortals!

When this word came out of Uncle Jiayi's mouth, the entire conference room was shocked except for Old Man Tao. I thought that what stood in front of me was a towering Yellow Mountain, but I didn't expect it to be the Himalayas!

"Wait, if you say that, don't everyone else have a chance? If even I am not his opponent, and he was personally nominated by Sha Lao, then do other candidates still have a chance? I asked, surprised.

"All of you go out first." Old Man Tao didn't answer my words directly, but waved his hand and motioned for everyone except me and Uncle Jia to leave the room for the time being.

Soon, there were only three of us left in the huge conference room, and I asked suspiciously, "What's going on?" ”

"Now, now that you've entered the game, and the two of us have decided to help you sit in the position of director, then there are some things to say, and some truths you should know." Old man Tao held the teacup, and his voice was deep but clear.

"The truth?" It's rare for me to see these two men look like this, and in this base in Shanghai, they are the leaders who have the final say, but they still have to be careful not to be heard.

"Deputy Director Xia should have said such a thing to you, Sha Lao doesn't want to abdicate, he wants to be the director of the 507 Institute until he dies." Uncle Jia said at this time, I paused, immediately nodded and said, "Deputy Director Xia used this sentence to win me over." Let me join his alliance and deal with Sha Lao with the group of people under him, what? He's right? ”

"In fact, the first people he wooed were me and Jiayi, we are all people around Sha Lao, and we have worked hard with Sha Lao for so many years, and now it can be said that we are a high authority in the 507 Institute. If he can bring the two of us together, then the possibility of him taking the position will be greatly increased. But we refused at that time, on the one hand, we didn't like or favor Deputy Director Xia, and on the other hand, because we didn't believe what he said about Sha Lao at that time. Many years ago, Sha Lao began to look for his successor, and you were one of the candidates he considered, and the last person he really considered to succeed him. ”

"Am I the last man? And what about Zhong Ba Nian? "What the two seniors said was in a fog, and I didn't understand what I heard.

"Don't be in a hurry, listen to us. Sha Lao began to look for a successor many years ago, and he understood that the times are changing, and the power of our circle has been weakened very much in the era of war, especially when it came to the Vietnam Counterattack, it was not only the lives of ordinary people themselves that were destroyed after natural disasters and the Cultural Revolution, but also the sects in our circle. At that time, even the Daomen Shuangshan sect had attrition by more than half. War, social turmoil, not every cultivator can face tons of artillery fire, not every demon cultivator can overturn the tank, and now those individual customers and dealers in society will also use a talisman, draw a spell or the like, there is no place for it in the war at all, and it is difficult to protect itself. Therefore, after a series of baptisms of war, New China 507 does not need people in a circle to be in charge. In that case, the newly established 507 Institute will quickly become a force in the circle, instead of a middle bridge to balance the common people and our circle. ”

Uncle Jiayi's words need to be figured out, to put it simply, the 507 Institute is like a bridge between two worlds, they deal with some supernatural situations that ordinary people encounter every day, and they are also preventing some people in our circle from extending their claws into the ordinary world of ordinary people. If a strong and powerful person in the city is the first director of the 507 Institute, it seems that on the surface it is infinitely beneficial and can suppress the forces of all parties, but in fact, the greater the ability, the greater the ambition of most of them, such a person has become the director of the 507 Institute, relying on the resources given by the state on the one hand, and privatizing the 507 Institute on the other hand, not only can not balance the two forces, but may even cause a more terrible force to rise, the 507 Institute is a department, not a supernatural family, let alone a sect organization.

Therefore, after the New China, the Chinese Tiger Club was reorganized and became the 507 Institute today, and an ordinary person who seemed to be the most ambitious but had outstanding ability was found, and this person was Sha Lao.

"Sha Lao's achievements are obvious to all, but he has never practiced any spells over the years, do you know why? Because he knew his position very well, he knew that if he relied on the resources of the 507 Institute to cultivate spells, there would be a lot of eyes on him, and his position would not be kept. But if he doesn't cultivate, then he will still be an ordinary person, and ordinary people will have a day of birth, old age, sickness and death, so many years ago, he began to look for a successor for himself. At first, the direction of his search for a successor was to refer to his own appearance, to find someone who was capable and not ambitious and, most importantly, an ordinary person. But it's a pity that the successor he has been looking for over the years has either been secretly killed, or in the end it is found that he does not meet his requirements. Therefore, this delay has dragged on until now, Sha Lao's health is deteriorating, and his mood to find a successor is even more urgent. At this time, he met you......" Old Man Tao continued to speak, pointing at me at the same time.

I paused, not speaking, but my face was full of surprise.

"After Sha Lao met you for the first time, he once told me in private that he might have found a satisfactory successor this time. Back then, you actually met his requirements very well, your strength was not strong, but your luck was very good, and you were always able to turn danger into a disaster, and you were smart and brave enough, and you had a sense of responsibility and temper. Although you didn't have the relationships and social connections you have today, he believed that if you were given a certain amount of time, you would transform into what he wanted to see the most. But it's a pity that you've been rejecting him, trying to break away from him and the 507 Institute again and again. "The situation at that time, in fact, there is no need for Old Man Tao to say that I am also a clear door in my heart, and at that time I wanted to make some money and live a good life, and I never thought about being a big leader at all, nor did I think about making a force of my own.

"But then he changed his mind about you...... "Uncle A said next to him at this time, "and the opportunity to change his mind was the gamble between you and Scorpio." ”

Back then, I represented Sha Lao in the battle and gambled with the Scorpio under Deputy Director Xia, who was a famous evil man at that time, and the level of the internal evaluation was also quite high.

"You can't win in everyone's eyes, including Sha Lao. In fact, he doesn't want you to win, but wants you to lose, even if you lose, he has a way to make Deputy Director Xia retire. And after you lose, he has even more reason to justifiably pull you into 507 and be his successor with peace of mind from now on. But...... You actually won, when I followed Sha Lao back that day, his face was always gloomy, because if you lose, it means that you are still just an ordinary person, you have not crossed that line, you are still in the ranks of mortals. Even if you know how to use a small spell, it doesn't hurt, but you actually win. From that day on, you no longer meet the requirements of Sha Lao's heart to take over, and from that day on, he hardly mentioned the matter of letting you succeed again. ”

I thought about it for a moment, and it seemed like it was really going on.

"But Zhong Bachian's ability is bigger than me, he is a goddamn earth immortal, he can be said to be a master standing at the top of the rivers and lakes, isn't this even more inconsistent with Sha Lao's requirements?" I asked curiously.

"Don't be in a hurry, keep listening to us. There is a reason why I mentioned what Deputy Director Xia said to you, because Sha Lao in the past was not what he said. Although Sha Lao was strict in the past, he understood the overall situation and understood the obedience. But after searching for a successor for so many years to no avail, his health is getting worse and worse, and he is struggling on the brink of life and death every day, and you, his last hope, no longer meet the requirements in his heart. He's changed, and even though he's never told us in person, we can feel it after all these years of following him...... Let's put it this way, instead of finding a perfect successor who may never appear, it is better to let yourself be the director of the 507 Institute forever, because only he is the most perfect. ”

These words came out of A's mouth and shocked me, and I finally understood the meaning of Deputy Director Xia's words.