Hearts Beneath Power

At that moment, Yang Wenqing was inspecting Boulder County, the largest industrial county in Redstone City, north of the Redstone Region. The moment he received a communication from his grand martial uncle, he stepped aside to answer it. Nearly a hundred Boulder County officials stood nearby, waiting with forced smiles.

"The Dragon Palace rebels colluding with the power network Azure Wave Manor has cultivated beyond the Eastern Sea has long ceased to be a secret. But no one expected their collusion to run this deep."

Qian Xin spoke quickly. "According to information sent back by an informant I placed years ago, Ao Tai controls one of Azure Wave Manor's major overseas networks. He even knows the location of one of their material transfer vaults."

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenqing unconsciously moved farther away. The guards immediately blocked off the path leading toward him before he replied, "I've spent years trying to uncover that vault, but I never had the chance. They place enormous importance on it. How could they possibly let Ao Tai control it?"

He voiced his thoughts at the right moment. The various overseas vaults operated by the major sects were all top-secret. Take Profound Peak's transfer station, for example—at present, only Qian Xin knew about it.

Places used to transfer supplies did more than transfer supplies; they also passed intelligence along. The family business Yang Wenqing operated in the Forest of Ten Thousand Woods valued such transfer stations above all else, and their locations were changed regularly.

Qian Xin gave a light chuckle. "Not bad. You know how to think one step further. When I first received this information, my first reaction wasn't delight, but suspicion. Especially when I connected it to the case you reported earlier—the more I considered it, the stranger it became."

"The game