"Talk. Where are the teleportation token, the dossier, and the official document?"
Inside the Black Demon Banner, Liu Chengye's soul was bound tight by chains of law. Long Qingyun's soul projection hovered above his head, a strand of chilling soul power constantly probing his sea of consciousness.
"The token is in a hidden compartment in the cultivation room." Liu Chengye's soul trembled, not daring to conceal a thing. "It's fiery red, engraved with Li-Fire patterns."
Following Liu Chengye's instructions, Qin He indeed found a fiery-red token in a hidden compartment inside the cultivation room, engraved with Li-Fire talisman patterns.
"And the dossier and document?"
"At the Internal Affairs Office, by the document cabinet on the west side. Use the copper key to open the rosewood box. The key is in an inner pocket of my clothes at the waist, with a small storage pouch sewn inside."
"You certainly know how to hide things!"
Qin He reached into the concealed pouch at his waist and indeed felt a small copper key. His fingertips brushed its markings as he strode toward the Realm Patrol Bureau's Internal Affairs Office without slowing.
Cultivators from the Realm Patrol Bureau occasionally passed him along the way, and all cupped their hands in greeting when they saw him.
"Lord Liu, where are you headed?" An official in blue robes greeted him with a smile, his tone respectful.
Qin He kept his face stiff and merely nodded, never breaking stride. His hurried manner was no different from Liu Chengye's usual arrogance born of favor and impatience in handling affairs.
The official noticed nothing amiss and stepped aside with a smile.
A few steps farther on, he encountered two Other Shore Realm cultivators carrying a stack of jade slips. Seeing him, they hastily bowed. "Lord Liu, we've prepared the