Chapter 1572: Chapter 1572: A Commissioned Message
Actually, the ones most concerned about Sofia are not the residents or the police of Amstan, nor are they the Huaxia citizens, but the church.
However, the church cannot decide how best to approach Sofia, and from her past attitude, she doesn’t seem to have much recognition of the church—at least she decisively killed Saint Judge David.
But to declare her an “apostate”? That’s also impossible, as no one can prove she’s committed any blasphemous acts.
It’s quite amusing to speak of, David secretly absorbed the power of Jinwu Sunflower, but in the church’s propaganda, he’s a hero.
And Sofia being declared an apostate was simply because she temporarily possessed the Jinwu Sunflower.
Subsequent facts have shown, she also absorbed the power of Jinwu Sunflower—otherwise, she wouldn’t possess such bizarre supernatural abilities.
But when she was sentenced, she truly didn’t show any signs of abnormality, didn’t resist, just quietly escaped.
So here’s the problem, David absorbing the power of Jinwu Sunflower privately was not wrong, but Sofia using it is?
You need to know, it’s said that this Jinwu Sunflower was snatched from Keane by Sofia, purely in terms of contribution, it’s far greater than David’s.
In this world, many things don’t follow reason.
However, now, Sofia has a capital to reason with others, and how the church should approach her has become a problem.
In fact, the police visiting was influenced by the church’s instigation, Mai Nation government’s influence isn’t that strong, timing-wise it’s impossible, and with the church fanning the flames—the pressure from the government department is the best test of resilience.
Now they’ve got the results, even if Sofia left the Mai Nation, she’s still protected by a mysterious force.
The priests from two churches put their heads together, this problem must be deliberated towards a plan of action.
“It’s not advisable to take any actions in the short term, quietly observing would be better.”
“I think it’s possible to try to approach and express some goodwill, she’s been rejected by Mai Nation Church, she should theoretically need recognition.”
“She has protective power, is our recognition… really that important?”
“You all aren’t focusing on the key point, shouldn’t the focus be… getting her to hand over the Jinwu Sunflower?”
“How do you know the Jinwu Sunflower is in her hands? I don’t think she can kill David.”
“What a joke, without the Jinwu Sunflower, her protective power should be decreasing.”
“Childish, if she says it’s protective power, then it’s protective power? I’ve never heard of protective power manifesting in the form of lightning… she might have betrayed the church.”
“I am not targeting you, Blake, but I must say, just because you’ve never heard of it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist… please try to conceal your ignorance, will you?”
After all the discussion, eventually everyone decided on a conclusion—reporting it.
That’s right, the two churches have considerable force, and they definitely don’t lack believers, but the problem is… with Sofia’s demonstrated strength, even all together, they’d probably not be her match, and attacking the possessor of Jinwu Sunflower is inherently an absurd thing to do.
The construction pace of the Huaxia citizens is exceedingly remarkable, it took just ten days to pave a makeshift road leading to the hillside—a dirt road capable of transporting construction materials and container dormitories.
Avril has already skipped class, she doesn’t plan to go back to school for now—because everything she sees seems so unreal.
Her family doesn’t support this decision, but since they’ve already invested four hundred thousand pounds, isn’t it reasonable to pay some attention?
Now she holds onto Sofia, asking quietly, “Can you believe it, a nearly two-mile road, completed in just ten days?”
“Believe it, the example is right in front of us,” Sofia replied nonchalantly, “I know more about Huaxia than you do, they’re not just ‘very rich’, but also highly efficient, with enough money, they can build five floors in a day.”
Upon hearing this, Avril inhaled sharply, “Doesn’t that mean they can build the Empire State Building in twenty days?”
The Empire State Building is one hundred and three stories tall, took two years to construct, and back then it was an incredible feat.
However, this truly is a fallacy, she didn’t consider the issue of foundation settlement, or how long it would take to lay the foundation, nor did she consider the quality of the workers, and of course, most importantly, she didn’t consider the matter of the era.
Issues of the era involve many factors, including construction machinery, logistics supply, and building materials.
“Building something as outdated as the Empire State Building would be tough,” Sofia spoke frankly, “it’s hard to build such an old-style building now… By the way, have my immigration procedures been completed yet?”
Her second nationality is through investment immigration—she’s invested in a country, and to safeguard my investment, I want to immigrate.
The route for her investment immigration is already set: it’s precisely this land, nothing more is needed.
Purchasing real estate basically doesn’t meet the requirements for investment immigration—because it needs very little management, but if the real estate amount is large enough to boost several employment indicators, then it’s not a problem.
There are too many nuances in this, not something that can be explained in a sentence or two, but one thing is for sure, Sofia herself is a Mai Nation citizen, and she’s invested so much money here, getting an Australian nationality shouldn’t be any problem.
Avril also judged it this way, she even vouched for it—in fact, she envied Sofia’s native nationality very much, being a natural Mai Nation citizen, God bless the Mai Nation.
Avril also has Mai Nation nationality, but that’s her second nationality, which is still quite different from her original nationality.
Having a Mai Nation passport and becoming a Mai Nation citizen gives you the right to vote, but… what about the right to be elected?
So Avril thought that with Sofia’s conditions, there shouldn’t be any problem getting an Australian nationality.
But now, she’s a bit surprised, “Haven’t you been notified yet? That shouldn’t be the case, Director Wolf of the immigration bureau agreed a long time ago… Let me make a call and check.”
Avril’s family background is slightly inferior to Sofia’s, but still quite respectable—not many families can afford to invest four hundred thousand pounds for a teenager under twenty.
She asked a well-connected entrepreneur to say a word to the immigration bureau, and Director Wolf was quite respectful, after understanding the situation, he expressed that it’s not a problem, we certainly welcome Mai Nation people to invest with open arms.
It’s been so long now, yet no progress, and Avril is a bit unable to bear it.
She called that entrepreneur, but the feedback was that the review of this matter requires a process.
Lucky for her, the entrepreneur had business cooperation with her family and inquired a bit more, hinting subtly: To successfully handle the immigration procedure, your friend needs to find a solution in the Mai Nation.
Sofia has been through so much, she’s no longer a naive girl, she understood immediately, so she went to complain to Feng Jun: “Boss, someone from the Mai Nation is causing trouble in the background.”
Feng Jun, however, advised her: “Find out if it’s the specific handler who is stalling or if it’s on Director Wolf’s instructions.”
Sofia wasn’t slow in finding out about this, and she got exact information in two days.
The delay in processing was directly ordered by Director Wolf, but the behavior of the specific handler, Simonni, was also very despicable, he decided to delay processing but didn’t notify Sofia, and even when Sofia called to ask, he still claimed it was being processed.
Upon hearing them discuss immigration, Director Tang couldn’t help but listen in, then spoke up.
“That Simonni has a deep prejudice against Huaxia citizens, he used to be in charge of the Asian section and was constantly complained about, later he was reassigned because it affected major colleges’ enrollment of Huaxia students.”
Elder Lin was sitting there drinking tea, and upon hearing this, was stunned, “Is Sofia being… dragged into this?”
“Not really dragged,” Sofia shook her head, nonchalantly saying, “They don’t know I’m going to build a Daoist temple, as for me hiring Huaxia people to do the work, that’s perfectly normal. I would like to hire Australians, but do they have this efficiency?”
After a pause, she asserted, “The main reason is still with me, Simonni is just taking advantage of the topic to act on it.”
The Huaxia citizens present secretly sighed in their hearts: This girl is indeed quite friendly to Huaxia.
Elder Lin couldn’t help but speak up, “What’s going on in the Mai Nation, can we help you?”
Sofia shook her head, “You guys can’t help, we still need to find him.”
Feng Jun heard it was this kind of situation, and there was no other way: Two people handle it together.
With his ability, dealing with one person or ten people wouldn’t be much different, but the impact would definitely be different.
He was pondering how to solve the issue smoothly when Elder Lin came to visit.
Lin Zhenxi didn’t dare to act senior in front of Feng Jun, and he came with a message, “Someone asked me to pass on a message from the Hongmen Sect, asking Boss Shi to pay attention to things at home.”
Feng Jun’s expression changed, and an indescribable aura suddenly emanated, “Who entrusted you?”
Elder Lin considered himself someone who had seen a lot of storms, but this aura overwhelmed him, making it hard to breathe, and he struggled to answer, stuttering, “It’s the channel you found… this channel notified you.”
“Oh, got it,” Feng Jun retracted his aura, seeing Elder Lin still in terror, took out a Jade Ruyi, handed it over, and spoke with a smile, “Sorry, lost control for a moment, startled you, this Jade Ruyi is a small gift from me.”
Although Elder Lin mixed overseas, he loved playing with jade, and his discerning eye was quite impressive, “Is this… Mutton Fat White Jade? Boss Shi is being polite, such a valuable gift, I can’t accept it.”
Jade prices overseas are lower than in Huaxia, after all, only Huaxia citizens value this thing, but these items can be taken back to Huaxia and are extremely liquid, easily sold.
“Take it,” without another word, Feng Jun placed the Jade Ruyi in his hand, then quickly walked into the woods.
(Updated, calling out loudly as the monthly ticket lags behind, tomorrow there is an extra update.)