Chapter 659
After Zhang Yu returned from the Profound Residence, he took up residence in his old dwelling at Taiyang Academy. Over the next few days, quite a few people came to visit after hearing the news.
Governor-General Yang Jue likewise sent someone to convey his regards and delivered many gifts. Just as Yu Mingyang had said, all of them were antiques.
Yet not a single one of the Governor-General's gifts contained source energy.
That was because they had all been presented by subordinates. First, it had to be ensured that these items possessed no supernatural power whatsoever. Second, they could not have any connection to foreign gods. Lastly, they had to be exquisite in appearance and pleasing to the eye. Strange and grotesque objects would never make it before the Governor-General.
Still, it was a token of goodwill, and naturally could not be judged by whether the gifts were valuable or useful. Moreover, it was clear that every one of them had been carefully selected with considerable thought put into them, so he had no reason to dislike them.
The things sent by his student An Chuer, on the other hand, were few, but more than ninety percent contained source energy, and they came from different places. It was not hard to see that she had slowly collected all of them herself.
The Governor-General's elder sister, his other student Yang Ying, did not show herself this time. After studying in Qingyang, she had transferred to Jade Capital. This was also one of Jade Capital's arrangements for the Protectorate Office.
On the fourth day after returning to his old residence, he declined visitors and sat alone in the former meditation chamber. After meditating for a while, he took out several broken stone slabs and spread several letters containing ancient writing