Inside Mingde Hall.
Jiang Mingyang sat on the Dragon Throne, gently holding Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue focused on state affairs, ignoring Jiang Mingyang's wandering right hand.
Suddenly, as though remembering something, Qian Renxue lightly slapped his mischievous hand away.
Then she rose from the Dragon Throne and picked up a box she had set beside it earlier.
Jiang Mingyang had already noticed the box before sitting on the Dragon Throne.
But Jiang Mingyang had not been curious.
After all, he already possessed the Asura God King's divine artifact. Nothing else could hold his interest.
Of course, if anything in the world could still catch Jiang Mingyang's eye, it would probably be Qianqian and Lingling.
Beaming, Qian Renxue handed him the jade box. "I never thought the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure would be something this good. Open it!"
"Something good?" Jiang Mingyang asked, intrigued.
Qian Renxue only smiled. She seemed eager to see his reaction when he opened it.
Jiang Mingyang smiled helplessly and slowly opened the box.
Inside the jade box lay a shroud glowing blue. Surprise flashed across Jiang Mingyang's face.
It was the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure—and one of the treasures needed to unlock the Sea God Inheritance.
After Qian Renxue became emperor, Jiang Mingyang had searched the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury for it many times.
Jiang Mingyang had turned nearly the entire treasury upside down without finding it. He had even dug three feet into the ground.
In the original story, Xue Ye had casually given the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Tang San.
But the shroud carried enormous symbolic weight.
It was the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasure, passed down through generations.
Ordinarily, giving it away would have been unthinkable. That Tang San had received it was absurd.
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