Following the New King into the bedchamber.
The New King hurriedly explained the commission to Han Wu and Sun Qingnian.
The Fran Empire had risen through Plane Equipment. At its peak, it had forged twenty-four powerful pieces of Plane Equipment, intimidating all around it.
On the United Association's power rankings, it had once ranked as high as forty-ninth.
As the times changed, the Fran Empire's overall strength had weakened for various reasons.
Yet a camel that died was still bigger than a horse. Its ability to remain seventy-eighth on the power rankings said it all.
And the Imperial Secret Realm they were about to enter concerned those twenty-four powerful pieces of Plane Equipment.
Listening to the New King's explanation, Han Wu looked at Sun Qingnian in surprise.
Wasn't the mission to retrieve the scepter representing royal authority? How had it become entangled with those twenty-four powerful pieces of Plane Equipment?
Sun Qingnian spread his hands, indicating that he did not know either.
But for four million complete planes' worth of resources, let alone twenty-four powerful pieces of Plane Equipment, even seventy-two would be worth going for.
Han Wu thought about it and found that reasonable.
Money was hard to earn, and shit was hard to eat.
They had finally come across a client who was foolish and rich. If they did not seize the chance to earn those four million complete planes' worth of resources, then once someone else snatched up the mission, there would not even be a place to cry.
The New King did not know about the exchange of thoughts between Han Wu and Sun Qingnian. He simply continued explaining the Imperial Secret Realm.
From the New King, Han Wu learned that the twenty-four powerful pieces of Plane Equipment were scattered throughout the Imperial Secret Realm.
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