Li Fan's eyes narrowed to slits.

Faced with the staggering discrepancy between the two inventory lists that the rotund Zhou Kebao had delivered, he suppressed his impulse to feign outrage and forced himself to be still.

A minor adjustment, and the quantities differed by fifty percent.

That could only mean the true amount of materials was far greater than what he now held in his hand.

Corruption, embezzlement, and quiet skimming were common enough within the Myriad Immortals Alliance these days, but most who indulged in it at least knew to maintain appearances, to keep up a superficial front.

No one was supposed to be this brazen. This was utterly deranged!

Rebuilding an entire province's immortal city was a monumental undertaking. For Zhou Kebao to so openly take kickbacks right in...