Chapter 799

[Next up is the second story of today, which I would like to call—Cannot.] Marshal Tianpeng, commander of the Heavenly River's one hundred thousand naval troops, held a crucial and high-ranking post in the Heavenly Court. Having finally cultivated his way to such a position, Tianpeng naturally cherished it dearly. He was also well aware of how treacherous the bureaucratic waters of the Heavenly Court could be: what could be done and what could not, who needed to be approached proactively and who could be ignored entirely—Tianpeng had figured out his own scale of things. With no powerful patrons backing him from above, it was virtually impossible for Tianpeng to climb any higher. Thus, his guiding principle was simple: rather than striving for merit, he merely sought to avoid making mistakes.