Published: November 30, -0001
In the Great Wei Dynasty, the royal family had its own independent intelligence department.
It was called the Shadow Guard!
This department was solely under the jurisdiction of Liu Xuanrui, and no one could mobilize it except Liu Xuanrui.
They specialized in collecting all kinds of major events happening within the Great Wei Dynasty. With the power of the royal family, almost nothing could escape their watchful eyes.
Therefore, although it was only for a moment, the information recorded on it contained detailed information about Qin Chen.
“Qin Chen, a disciple from the Five Nations?”
“Champion of the Ancient Southern Capital Competition?”
“A seventeen-year-old boy, peak fifth-stage Wuzong?”
“Recently entered the imperial city, destroyed the Feng family, a clan under the prominent Leng family, and later ventured into the Alchemy Pavilion's difficult stone wall, where he was respectfully honored as a master by Zhuo Qingfeng?”
This information was extremely detailed, clearly narrating the background of Qin Chen and his companions.
After seeing the contents above, Liu Xuanrui was completely stunned.
Beside him, Chief Steward Huang, Fei Leng, Qi Heng, and others also saw the intelligence on Qin Chen.
“This…”
Each of them widened their eyes, their eyeballs almost popping out.
“Your Majesty, is this information accurate? It can't be fake, right?”
Qi Heng stammered, astonished.
It was truly too shocking for them.
The Five Nations were an extremely remote force on the border of the Great Wei Dynasty's Xuanzhou.
Due to being isolated by the Black Ridge Mountains and the severe lack of resources, coupled with the constraints of the Continental Treaty, even though the Great Wei Dynasty was aware of the existence of the Five Nations in the northwest, they had no desire for them at all.
In fact, many people in the Great Wei Dynasty regarded the people of the Five Nations as outsiders and indigenous savages, treating them with great disdain.
Now hearing that the so-called master, as referred to by Zhuo Qingfeng and the others, turned out to be just a disciple from the Five Nations, Liu Xuanrui was left dumbfounded, almost thinking he was reading it wrong.
“This… could there be some mistake?”
Qi Heng also murmured in disbelief.
“I heard that the land of the Five Nations is extremely remote, and even Wuzong experts are rarely seen. How could such a talented young man appear? Seventeen years old, peak fifth-stage Wuzong; we don't even have that in our Great Wei Dynasty, do we?”
“Third Prince and Fifth Prince are considered talented, but they only broke through to the Wuzong realm after turning twenty, right?”
Chief Steward Huang said, speechless.
Only Fei Leng seemed to have thought of something, his gaze sharpening.
“It should be accurate; the information investigated by the Shadow Guard cannot be wrong.” Liu Xuanrui shook his head.
Although he found it hard to believe, he felt that the intelligence from the Shadow Guard was reliable.
“Your Majesty, it is indeed possible that Qin Chen is from the Five Nations.”
At this moment, Fei Leng hurriedly spoke up: “When I was at the Alchemy Pavilion, I heard that Captain Gu said they came to the Alchemy Pavilion to capture a wanted criminal, who was a disciple from the Five Nations.”
“So, does that mean the master referred to by Zhuo Qingfeng and others is indeed that disciple Qin Chen from the Five Nations?”
Liu Xuanrui's expression grew serious, revealing a hint of shock.
A seventeen-year-old boy, yet honored as a master by Zhuo Qingfeng, Ye Lihongtao, and Nangong Li, made him take this matter seriously.
If it were just one person calling him a master, there might be some hidden circumstances, but the fact that these three major powers all held him in such high regard left Liu Xuanrui bewildered.
Especially since, according to the intelligence, Qin Chen had only met Zhuo Qingfeng once in the Alchemy Pavilion after arriving in the imperial city and had no interaction with Ye Lihongtao and Nangong Li, yet he was inexplicably involved with them.