Gong Hao's weathered, bronze face immediately darkened.
He had been ordered to investigate the leak a few days earlier, and the trail had ultimately led to the transmission of messages to Southguard Pass.
When their confidential letter to Director Xu Lie passed through the Martial Dao Bureau's Inspection Bureau, someone had secretly deciphered it. That was how word of Su Xinghe's Water Conception had leaked, prompting His Highness the Crown Prince to interfere in the Demon Suppression Bureau's personnel transfers.
In the end, it had brought Provincial Governor Han Zhi to their door to pressure them.
It seemed their retaliation plan had already been discovered, and the other side intended to seize this opportunity to stir up trouble.
Otherwise, why would something as minor as triggering a barrier bring a Grandmaster here in person?
At that moment, he still had not noticed that the energy fluctuations in the Guardian Tower's core had already vanished.
He thought it was merely a result of his manipulation of the barrier.
True Qi surged in his dantian, his domain force field opened fully, and even his Mental Secret Art began circulating furiously.
The newcomer was no ordinary Fifth-Rank Core Embrace practitioner.
Awakened Psychic Power was a basic requirement for anyone in charge of the Qingzhou Inspection Bureau. Otherwise, how could they control and communicate with the tens of thousands of Sky-Patrolling Ravens throughout Qingzhou?
In truth, none of them had expected Su Xinghe's breakthrough to come so quickly. They had not yet had time to tell him some of the precautions he needed to take.
What ordinary Martial Warrior did not spend months honing themselves before breaking through from the peak of the Sixth Rank to Core Embrace? That did not even include the time needed to change cultivation methods and refine pills.
Before