Luoyang in Turmoil (Part One)

Shen Fei had not never seen He's Jade or the Imperial Jade Seal before. The jade seal used by the First Emperor in the Qin era had been made from He's Jade. Yet apart from being a precious piece of jade, it had possessed no other function. All the honors associated with it had come from the First Emperor using it as his imperial seal.

However, the He's Jade in the Twin Dragons' world was different. It could cleanse a martial artist's meridians and marrow. Shen Fei had not cared much about such an effect at first. Given his current strength, it could not possibly affect him. Not only him—even Chelsea and the others would not be affected.

Shen Fei already possessed quite a few things capable of cleansing one's meridians and marrow. For example, the spirit water refined by the Water Spirit Orb might not be as effective as He's Jade, but he had plenty of it. If consumed over a long period, its effects should not be much worse than He's Jade's.

The only reason he had come to see He's Jade was because it was the Imperial Jade Seal. During this era of warlords vying for supremacy, obtaining it would undoubtedly greatly enhance one's prestige and make the common people more willing to acknowledge one's rule. Prestige did not matter much to those so-called members of the High Command, but it was different for the common folk.

Take Du Fuwei's Jianghuai Army. Because its reputation was too poor, the people in the cities it captured would generally flee at the first sign of trouble. If a regional lord lost the people, he naturally lost his greatest foundation. To say nothing else, without people, no one would cultivate the land. In this era, that was a vital source