Furious Thunder Saber Art, Dao Companion, Dao Companion!

Shen Huiqing's office was enormous, exquisitely and luxuriously decorated, its layout carrying an air of solemn majesty.

As the highest authority representing Azure Dragon Province's stationed Xuanling, those who came and went each day were no ordinary people. Such grandeur and bearing naturally surpassed that of any other place.

Seeing that the sky had fully brightened and the situation had more or less been figured out, Chen Ping'an did not continue asking questions.

Shen Huiqing waited respectfully for a moment. Seeing that Chen Ping'an had no further instructions, she prepared to summon the Northern Mountain Province envoys.

Just then, a gentle female voice sounded from outside the door.

"Lord Shen."

When the voice sounded outside, Chen Ping'an showed little reaction and merely lowered his head to look at something.

Shen Huiqing glanced at Chen Ping'an. Seeing that he had no objection, she said,

"Come in."

"Yes, my lord."

The person outside answered respectfully, then pushed open the office doors and walked in softly.

The visitor was a woman dressed in the Town Pacification Office's standard skirted uniform. Her features were composed, and she appeared to be no more than thirty.

As one of Shen Huiqing's trusted aides, Lin Qing'e had always held herself to strict standards. Her daily procedures never contained the slightest error. As usual, she had come to report that day's itinerary.

She had served here for a long time and was already intimately familiar with such procedures. There should not have been any mistake.

Yet when she pushed open the office door and saw the scene within, she very clearly froze.

A man was sitting openly and aboveboard in the grand chair of Lord Shen's office.

This was—

Her mind went blank, and she was caught off guard for a moment.

How could there be a man