What Lu Ye did not know was that, as early as more than two years ago, the Quartermaster Division had already negotiated with Qian Wudang over the matter of the Explosive Fire Spirit Stones—and more than once.
In the Quartermaster Division's view, a killing weapon of such strategic significance, one that could be widely distributed, ought to be allocated uniformly by the Quartermaster Division, not controlled by the Law Enforcement Division. The Quartermaster Division made its living off this bowl of rice; the Law Enforcement Division should just handle matters of law, discipline, and punishment. Managing strategic supplies like this was clearly somewhat overstepping.
But what kind of man was Qian Wudang? Naturally, he pushed it off every which way. Others did not know the secret of the Explosive Fire Spirit Stones, but he did. This thing could only be refined by Lu Ye. If they really handed it over to the Quartermaster Division to manage, then Lu Ye himself would have to be handed over too.
How could he possibly agree?
"No problem," Lu Ye agreed at once. "However, my lord, I have another treasure I'd like to ask you to take a look at."
Qian Wudang laughed despite himself. "A treasure? What treasure?"
He held a high position and wielded great authority. What kind of treasure had he not seen? But Lu Ye was being all mysterious, so he inevitably became interested as well.
Immediately afterward, he saw Lu Ye take out a formation plate and hand it over.
Qian Wudang accepted it and raised his eyes to examine it. He saw that this formation plate had been refined rather crudely, and he had no idea whose hand it had come from. Though he had not studied it closely, one look was enough to tell that this thing's