On the way to the Imperial Procession Department Outer Division, Wang Chen had considered what method he could use to borrow the spear shaft in a reasonable and justifiable manner.
But after thinking it over and over, he found nothing suitable. In the end, he simply got straight to the point and fabricated an excuse.
Yet the more Liu Chaozong listened, the more astonished he became. "Wait, did you just say you were cultivating Daoist magic?"
This Deputy Commander knew that Wang Chen's martial talent was exceptionally astonishing. At such a young age, he had already stepped into the realm of a fifth-tier Martial Grandmaster; otherwise, he could never have earned an audience with Emperor Shaowu.
But he had never imagined that Wang Chen was actually pursuing dual cultivation of Dharma and martial arts!
"Yes."
Wang Chen answered frankly, "Thanks to His Majesty's favor, this subordinate was granted access to consult the Ten Directions Daoist Canon in the Imperial Library Pavilion. I was thus able to attain introduction to Dao attainment and cultivate Dao meridian spells!"
His excuse was that one of the Daoist arts he had learned required this divine weapon for him to comprehend.
As for whether Liu Chaozong believed it or not, that was irrelevant. Wang Chen believed it himself, anyway!
Astonished by Wang Chen's talent, Liu Chaozong instead paid no attention to whether this explanation was true. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The divine weapon you speak of should be the Demon Character Spear Shaft left behind by Spear King Zhao Changping. It is indeed stored in the Imperial Procession Department's secret vault."
"But according to the Imperial Procession Department's procedures, if you wish to borrow this divine weapon for comprehension, you must exchange a substantial amount of merit for it."
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