Slap—
A pair of chopsticks fell to the ground with a crisp clatter.
Lin Qiye stared blankly at the unconscious female prisoner not far away, and his expression immediately became extraordinary.
Gongyang Wan?!
In Lin Qiye's mind, the image of that quiet, elegant, refined woman he had met on National Destiny Island surfaced—the one dressed in Palace Lady attire, with her hair tied up and pinned with a hairpin... But hadn't she been the Evil Suppression Department's second-generation Chief Official after Huo Qubing?!
This death-row prisoner was actually Gongyang Wan? The owner of Eternal Youth?!
"Eternal Youth... So that was it." In that instant, countless clues linked together in Lin Qiye's mind, and realization appeared in his eyes.
When he had previously learned about the Night Watchmen's history, Lin Qiye had always harbored a question. For over a century, Great Xia had been guarded by the Night Watchmen and their predecessor, the 139 Special Operations Group. Over those hundred years, six commanders-in-chief had rotated through the position: Nie Jinshan, Li Kengqiang, Tang Yusheng, Wang Qing, Ye Fan, and Zuo Qing.
The Evil Suppression Department, meanwhile, had been founded over two thousand years ago. So why had it only ever had two Chief Officials?
Huo Qubing had died before reaching the age of twenty-four due to Emperor of Domination's innate flaw. Then who had commanded the Evil Suppression Department through the remaining two thousand years?
And now, the answer was practically obvious... There really had only been two Chief Officials in the Evil Suppression Department's history. The most important reason it had endured for two thousand years despite the changing dynasties was that its second-generation Chief Official, Gongyang Wan, possessed Eternal Youth!
As long as Gongyang Wan continued devouring Extraordinary Individuals, she could draw infinitely close to immortality. Only she could