Zhou Kebao

Zhou Kebao is the official who delivers Cong Yun Immortal City's approved materials list while participating in a group that withholds part of the reconstruction supply.

Biography

Chapter 497

Zhou Kebao approaches Li Fan with the reconstruction materials list and a friendly administrative manner, but the enormous discrepancy between approved and delivered quantities reveals a coordinated attempt to retain strategic resources. When Tantai Can unexpectedly appears, Zhou becomes fearful that a larger scheme is unfolding and warns his allies. He then waits for the city's shortages to force Li Fan into buying back the embezzled stock. Li Fan's alternate procurement channels undermine that leverage, leaving Zhou's group divided and pushing the chubby official into a flattering attempt at negotiation. His plan thus changes from confident extraction to damage control once reconstruction continues without him. (Chapters 497–502 and 529–532)

Appearance and personality

Zhou Kebao is described as chubby and initially wears an ingratiating smile. He is calculating enough to hide behind official paperwork and collective action, but unexpected high-level intervention makes him anxious, and failed leverage quickly turns his confidence into nervous flattery. (Chapters 497–500 and 530–531)

Abilities and cultivation

The corpus does not name a signature technique or establish Zhou Kebao's formal realm. His demonstrated strengths are bureaucratic access, knowledge of strategic supplies, and coordination with other officials; none makes the withheld materials his lawful personal property. (Chapters 497–502)

Relationships

• Li Fan is the reconstruction leader Zhou tries to pressure through the resource shortage.
• Tantai Can's intervention disrupts Zhou's assumptions and alarms his group.

Items

• Cong Yun Immortal City materials — Zhou's group withholds part of the approved allocation, making their custody corrupt and contested rather than legitimate ownership. (Chapters 497–502 and 529–532)