"Seven thousand years ago, Meng Qing was one of the top prodigies of the Meng Clan, one of the nine clans of the Heavenly Dao Clan. He had a chance to become the Meng Clan's Holy Son, but lost that qualification after stealing the clan's secret-recipe pills!"
"Afterward, news of Meng Qing within the Heavenly Dao Clan grew scarcer and scarcer. In the end, as more and more prodigies of the Heavenly Dao Clan rose to prominence, Meng Qing's voice gradually faded away."
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Eunuch Gui immediately informed Emperor Chu of the information the Zhao Xing Office had uncovered.
Emperor Chu knew nothing about Meng Qing, but he smiled and said, "For the Zhao Xing Office to have him on record proves that he has some ability."
Just as Emperor Chu had said, anyone who received the Zhao Xing Office's special attention and had a file on record was undoubtedly a powerhouse or prodigy who held sway over the Northern Region!
Although the Northern Region was a harsh place, martial artists there were as numerous as oxen's hair.
No matter how powerful the Zhao Xing Office was, it was impossible for them to record every martial artist in the Northern Region.
Therefore, the martial artists targeted by the Zhao Xing Office were all powerhouses who had long been famous in the Northern Region, or prodigies who were currently rising.
Meng Qing, for instance, had been qualified to become the Holy Son of the Meng Clan, one of the nine clans of the Heavenly Dao Clan. That was why the Zhao Xing Office had kept a close eye on him.
As for the other six martial artists following Meng Qing now, the Zhao Xing Office had not the slightest clue about them. This was enough to show that none of them