Su Chen was jolted awake by a burst of knocking. He opened his eyes. It was already noon outside the window, sunlight spilling through the half-drawn curtains and stretching a golden band across the floor. He was dazed for a moment before he remembered where he was.
"Come in." He propped himself up on his arms, the Soul Tool Brace on his right arm digging in painfully.
The door was pushed open, and Li Yang entered. His complexion looked a little better than it had that morning, but the rims of his eyes were still bluish, clearly showing he had not rested well either.
"Strategist, Lady Qian Renxue asked you to go to the meeting room. She said there's been a discovery."
Su Chen stood and loosened his stiff neck. "Has Chen Hao woken up?"
"Not yet. Zhang Wan is watching over him. She asked me to tell you not to worry."
Su Chen nodded and followed Li Yang out. The meeting room was at the end of the corridor. When they pushed the door open and entered, Qian Renxue was already sitting in the main seat at the long table. More than a dozen jade talismans and several paper booklets were spread out before her. Lin Xue sat on her right, an open notebook in front of her as she rapidly copied something onto the paper with a pen.
"Sit." Qian Renxue lifted her chin slightly.
Su Chen sat down on her left, his gaze sweeping over the materials on the table. Most of the jade talismans and booklets had been brought out from the cavern. He had briefly flipped through some of them in the cavern before, but he had not had time to examine most of them closely.
"I had people do an initial sorting of these