Shen Linghui hurriedly lowered her head. "Your Highness, you've emerged from seclusion. The empress asked you to see her as soon as you came out. Jade Capital City has been unsettled lately."
Wang Xuan nodded. "How long was I in seclusion?"
"Five days."
"Five days..." Wang Xuan pondered for a moment. "It seems the emperor and empress couldn't wait any longer."
He briefly extended his senses. There were considerably more Martial Saint auras in Jade Capital City than there had been five days ago.
It seemed more Martial Saints had come to pledge their allegiance over those five days.
Wang Xuan paid that no mind.
A dragon would not concern itself with ants, and he cared no more about the Acupoint Diagram.
Martial Saints were ants. Human Immortals were ants too.
He visited the empress's chambers and gave her a copy of the Acupoint Diagram.
What the empress and emperor chose to do with it was none of his concern.
Compared with a Player like him, who pursued ultimate power, the emperors of these native factions were far better at manipulating people.
In truth, Yang Pan would have been the best choice. But he had chosen to oppose Wang Xuan and had already been eliminated from consideration, even though he was the nation's crown prince.
Wang Xuan also learned of Yang Pan's current situation.
Apparently, he had been unable to bear the blow and had fallen into dejection. Even at court, he was no longer his former self, as though he no longer cared about his position as crown prince.
Wang Xuan merely sneered at that.
With Yang Pan's ambition, how could a setback like this possibly extinguish his drive?
He was probably just lying low and feigning weakness before his enemy.
As for who that enemy was, it went