It hadn't taken long.
Long Zhao cautiously returned to the courtyard. After entering, she poured out a heap of things.
Yellowed, ancient beast-hide papers, gold-thread scrolls, jade talismans, illustrated volumes, ancient books, even special documents unique to the Heavenly Court—she had brought every piece of information related to the Divine Dragon Hall. There was an enormous amount. It truly proved that the ones who knew you best were your enemies.
"I brought everything I could find. The rest is with my grandfather."
The exquisite wooden table was covered in secret files.
"That's enough. We'll talk after I've read them all."
Bai Yujun tied back her long hair with a cloth strip, sat properly on a brocade stool, rolled up her sleeves, and began reading at speed. Her left hand ate pastries while her right flipped pages, forcibly cramming passage after passage of text and illustrated records into her mind. She was diligent and focused. As she recalled, the last time she had studied this seriously was fifteen hundred years ago, when she had memorized the Heavenly Court's laws and regulations.
She pulled out an enormous sheet of white paper, originally meant for painting to cultivate one's temperament. Now, it had a new use.
She spread it flat and hung it on the wall.
Taking out a writing brush, she licked it to moisten the tip, stood on a stool and rose onto her toes, then began writing and drawing from the very top.
First, she wrote the character Xiao. Beneath it came the Demon Dragon King, followed by key Half-Dragon Demonic Beasts such as the Unicorn Demon Dragon. Then came another tier. Like a pyramid, the lower she went, the more names there were. She simply ignored and omitted those of lower rank, focusing on Heavenly Immortal and Profound Immortal