Legacy of the Fire Regent, an Unexpected Twist

"You?"

The middle-aged man took several steps back.

He scrutinized the bundle behind Xie Tuizhi. Since Xie Tuizhi had even brought out this item, it could only mean he had prepared for this long ago.

They had long since reached an understanding with one another, so why had Xie Tuizhi suddenly pulled a stunt like this now?

"Tuizhi, you truly are calculating. For the sake of that little bit of reputation, you have ruined the understanding between several families. In the future..."

"I will await your reprimand later."

Xie Tuizhi smiled faintly at the fear showing on the middle-aged man's face, then carried the small bundle out of the Department of State Affairs.

He was already thoroughly familiar with the route from the Meridian Gate to Chenhan Hall. It was the road Xie Tuizhi took every day when he went to see the Emperor.

Young men had the capital to be proud.

Among the younger generation of the Chen Commandery Xie Clan, Xie Tuizhi was the most outstanding. At a very early age, he had already attained the cultivation of Sixth Grade.

Several days earlier, he had successfully stabilized the Dingding Pivot and calmly stepped into the Mystic Gate's Fifth Grade Reverted Elixir realm.

A youth favored by success—nothing more than that.

Not only Xie Tuizhi himself, but the entire Chen Commandery Xie Clan regarded him as the hope of their family's future.

This was not merely because Xie Tuizhi's cultivation speed was already worthy of being called genius-level, but also because of the item in his bundle.

It was a genuine relic from the Ancient Era.

The elders of the Chen Commandery Xie Clan had long declared that, given time, the Xie Tuizhi of today might well become another Su Gui in the future.

There were naturally profound reasons