Just as Su Xinghe was preparing to enter seclusion to cultivate.
Han Zhi used the Inspection Bureau's special methods to transmit the news from Qingzhou Prefecture to somewhere in the imperial city.
Lu Xuanji was on duty at the Heir's Palace when he saw a familiar name.
"A message from Academy Head Han..."
"A True Force cultivator killing a Grandmaster against the odds..."
"This Su Xinghe has something going for him..."
Normally, a palace official like him, who had once sided with the Red Lotus Branch, would have no access to top-secret information about Empress Xiao's faction secretly recruiting prodigies.
But now that the recruitment had failed and an enormous complication had arisen, the reports sent back needed to be assessed and processed by officials like them.
Half a day later, Su Xinghe's dossier lay on his desk.
"He actually came from Lin County!"
"Why hadn't I heard about him before?"
As he investigated, Lu Xuanji's brow furrowed.
The Veteran's Trade House...
The White Ape Martial Academy...
The Beheading Gang...
These clues and others were compiled.
The massacre of his family seemed to have gained a new lead.
Su Xinghe had already possessed sixth-rank true force back then.
And he was the kind who could kill a Grandmaster above his own rank.
But Lin County had now become Princess Red Lotus's private territory, leaving him unable to investigate there even if he wanted to.
In the end, Lu Xuanji decided to make the trip himself.
Using the investigation as a pretext, he rode a flying exotic beast to Qingzhou Prefecture City.
Another five days passed in a flash. It was the fifth day of the eleventh month.
With the newly arrived two hundred-odd sixth-rank Force-Forging Pills, Su Xinghe had relentlessly ground his Demon-Slaying Blade proficiency to the brink of