After a long time, Chen Ming finally arrived at his nominal place of work—the Crown Prince's Mansion.
In theory, his identity was that of the Crown Prince's Study Companion. Though he had never studied with the Crown Prince for a single day, and the Crown Prince was now too old to need studying, he was indeed an official of the Crown Prince's Mansion.
Upon hearing that Chen Ming had come to visit, Qian Renxue, who had been discussing some sort of benefit exchange with several people, immediately perked up. After hurriedly sending them away, she personally went out to receive him and brought Chen Ming into her study.
Facing Qian Renxue, Chen Ming directly stated his intentions.
"Crown Prince, I have recently done some research on Soul Tools and can now replicate some ordinary ones. Aside from the usual storage-type Soul Tools, there are also offensive, defensive, and support-type Soul Tools. However, there are too few special Soul Tools in the world, and I cannot conduct research without examples."
"I heard that there is a Soul Tool called the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the pinnacle among Soul Tools, currently stored in the Royal Treasury of the Heaven Dou Empire. I want to find a way to trade for it."
"I have some Soul Tools I made myself, along with new technologies and some resources. I think that should be enough."
"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud?" Qian Renxue thought for a moment and recalled this object that had been gathering dust in the treasury.
"In the legends of our Heaven Dou Empire, our founding emperor of the first generation accidentally gained the recognition of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. His Spirit Master cultivation and talent were greatly enhanced, and even his Martial Soul was strengthened. It could be said that, in