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Inside the Mountain Sea Department office.

Huang Furo sat upright at the desk piled with documents and scrolls, meticulously handling state affairs.

"Lord Huangfu, outside there's a person claiming to be Lord Chief Officer Shen Qing from the Military Department requesting to see you. Do you wish to meet him?"

A servant dressed in blue at the door reported softly, his voice tinged with a bit of caution.

Upon hearing this, Huang Furo paused slightly with the pen in hand, a drop of ink accidentally splattering on the rice paper, blossoming into an ink flower.

He has come?

A fleeting look of disbelief and surprise flashed in her eyes, quickly recovering to her usual calm: "Show him in, and don't be negligent."

"Yes, my lord." The servant accepted the order and left.

Huang Furo quickly tidied her collar, rose, and stood by the window, gazing at the hurried figure in the courtyard, feeling a mysterious emotion well up inside.

Before long, Shen Qing entered the Guardian Martial Department Office.

Led by the servant, he arrived in front of a small room.

Pushing the door open, Shen Qing stepped inside and saw Huang Furo already waiting.

She was dressed in an ivory official robe embroidered with mountains and rivers, her figure graceful.

She had already prepared a tea cup, placed on the long table, and upon seeing Shen Qing enter, she smiled slightly and said: "Lord Shen, long time no see."

Huang Furo's voice was as gentle as jade, making one feel as if bathed in a spring breeze.

Shen Qing looked up, noticing that Huang Furo's brows carried a maturity and steadiness.

A spontaneous smile appeared on his lips as he walked over leisurely, saying: "It hasn't been that long, just a few months."

Huang Furo was slightly startled; was it really that short? She thought a long time had passed.

"Please, have a seat."

Without standing on ceremony, Shen Qing sat opposite Huang Furo. With a wave of his hand, the door behind them closed with a sound.

Huang Furo's eyes shone with brilliance: "Lord Shen's cultivation has improved again?"

"You have a keen eye." Shen Qing did not hide it, using his thumb to pinch a small segment of his pinky, indicating as he said: "Previously, I was lucky and managed to break through a little, just a little."

Huang Furo laughed immediately: "Your 'just a little' might leave many in the dust."

She could roughly see that when Shen Qing employed spiritual power, it was without the slightest hindrance, clearly indicating he had surpassed the Spirit Void Realm, which was not just a simple breakthrough but clearly above her level.

What Shen Qing revealed confirmed her judgment.

Seeing Shen Qing's cultivation progressing so swiftly in such a short time, she felt genuinely happy for him without a trace of jealousy.

With such cultivation and Sight, he wasn't inferior compared to the noble sons of the Capital City.

It was a good thing.

Huang Furo put away her smile, personally poured a cup of tea, and pushed it in front of Shen Qing, saying: "Has the Jing Luan Assembly ended?"

"You already knew?"

Shen Qing took the tea, sniffed it, and took a small sip.

Huang Furo also held up a cup of tea and said: "I deal with various kinds of intelligence every day in the Mountain River Bureau, how could I not know? Your selection into the Jing Luan Assembly was deliberately arranged by Xue Bai and Xue Zhao. Our department head had informed His Majesty of this discreetly."

Shen Qing was slightly surprised, not expecting such matters behind the scenes.

The Xue Family had repeatedly targeted him, treating him like a soft target.

Huang Furo sincerely said: "Therefore, it really was not easy for you to come out smoothly this time; very impressive."

"It was just good luck."

Huang Furo knew that now in the Jing Luan Assembly, only one person survived and was honored by His Majesty, entering the Capital Military Department.

Now it seemed to be Shen Qing.

Although on the surface she seemed calm, deep inside her heart, a tidal wave surged.

This time, they sent a Primordial Spirit Realm expert from the Mountain Sea Department, yet even they fell silent.
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And Shen Qing accomplished so much alone, which was simply incredible.

Putting down her tea cup, Huang Furo asked: "The Qintian Bureau deduced that spirit essences appeared in Dan Zhou during the Jing Luan Assembly. Did you see any?"

Shen Qing nodded: "There was indeed an Ancient relic that appeared, and many people died."

"So it is." Huang Furo murmured to herself: "It seems those ancient records are true; much of what I found is also accurate."

Shen Qing asked curiously: "Why? Is there some secret in the Ancient Era?"

"Quite a few." Huang Furo nodded: "Since joining the Mountain Sea Department, I've mainly been collecting spirit essences for the Imperial family and have encountered many secrets. From the intelligence gathered so far, all the spirit essences that have appeared within Great Zhou's borders are from the Ancient Era. Including that fallen object from the sky we encountered, it also originated from the Ancient times."

Shen Qing asked in amazement: "But the Ancient Era is untraceable, I thought the records and legacies from that time had already been lost?"

"Everything that remains leaves a trace. The events of the Ancient Era are indeed hard to verify due to their antiquity, but the Mountain Sea Department has found quite a few clues."

Huang Furo earnestly said: "Recently, around Jinzhou, a spirit essence appeared, and we sent people to investigate. Surprisingly, they discovered an Ancient Cultivator sealed in a whole piece of spirit ore. It was said that when it emerged, you could still hear a heartbeat, which was astonishing. Unfortunately, it was later consumed by a demon, preventing further study."

After hearing this, Shen Qing was quite shocked, his voice heavy: "So perhaps many Ancient Cultivators have survived until now."

"Did you see any as well?" Huang Furo asked, surprised.

"In the relic that appeared in Danzhou City, there was indeed a woman, her cultivation astonishing; I suspect she must also be an Ancient Cultivator," Shen Qing said with concern.