It was Dai Bufan’s first time hearing about a diabolic creed voluntarily offering benefits. Do the diabolic creeds treat you two as their protective umbrellas or something? How come I fight diabolic creeds every day but never see them begging for mercy or trying to bribe me?1

“That can’t be called a bribe. It’s just that they insist on giving it to us, and we’re too thin-skinned to refuse,” Meng Jingzhou corrected. “Moreover, the crime of bribery applies to imperial court officials. Old Lu and I are legitimate civilians.”2

Lu Yang concurred. “We are enduring humiliation as part of our mission to infiltrate the enemy and are forced to accept the gifts.”3

Dai Bufan gave up. “Fine, fine. Here is all the intelligence on the Radiant Sun Creed. You two study it.” He shoved a large stack of documents to the two, telling them to read them here and return them when finished.0

I’ll just treat it as grooming the future hall leader and vice hall leader in advance.3

He still...4