"If that's the case, then it makes sense." King Zheng of Qin sat on another stool, lightly rubbing his fingertips as he held a bamboo slip and pondered something.
"Brother Chao, who is your esteemed master? Could you introduce him to me?"
The relationship between King Zheng of Qin and Ji Chao was rather subtle. They seemed to be ordinary ruler and subject, yet they were by no means an ordinary ruler and subject.
In the first month of last year, Ji Chao, who had always enjoyed ingenious crafts and eccentric techniques, found a master and thus gained the opportunity to seek the path of immortality.
"As for my master..." Ji Chao looked somewhat hesitant. "To be honest, Your Majesty, my master is not in Qin at the moment."
"Is that so? Then I shall consider it myself for now. However, there is one place that interests me greatly." Setting the bamboo slip aside, King Zheng of Qin wore a faint smile. "At the border of Wei, Qi, and Song. Do you know of it?"
"Your Majesty means the Yin Ruins?" Ji Chao set down his brush and looked at King Zheng of Qin.
"Precisely." King Zheng of Qin nodded, rose to his feet, and tapped the table. "It has been many years since the Shang era. If there is any place that might still retain things from that time, it would only be the Yin Ruins."
Turning around, King Zheng of Qin looked at his friend with a smile. "What do you say? Would you be willing to make the trip for me?"
Ji Chao froze for a moment, then rose with a smile as well. He bowed and cupped his hands toward King Zheng of Qin. "At Your Majesty's command, Chao shall obey."
Though King Zheng of Qin