Night blanketed the heavens.
Literary Qi stretched three thousand li from the east, leaving the entire Great Wei Capital looking rather strange.
Literary Qi hung across the eastern and western skies, illuminating them like daylight, while north and south remained shrouded in night, glittering with stars. It was a peculiar sight.
The Great Wei Palace.
Inside Yangxin Hall.
The Female Emperor sat quietly on the Dragon Throne.
A shadowy figure appeared in the hall.
"Your Majesty, according to the Black Cloud Pavilion's covert investigations, there have been unusual movements in the Great Wei Literary Palace. Before the Peaceful Age Poetry Gathering, twenty-seven scholars frequently gathered there to plot other matters."
"For Your Majesty's Birthday Celebration, large numbers of people of unknown identity have poured into the Great Wei Capital. Traces of the White Robe Sect have been found among them, along with spies of foreign races exchanging intelligence."
"During this period, Great Wei's Jin Merchants, Hui Merchants, Gan Merchants, Huai Merchants, and Capital Merchants have also been in frequent contact with foreign countries. The Jin Merchants, Hui Merchants, and Gan Merchants in particular have maintained close trading ties with the Antu Kingdom."
"Trade in water oil, vinewood, and iron ore has been especially frequent. According to our agents' reports, the Antu Kingdom has offered the three merchant groups exceptionally high prices, leaving them hesitant. They are unwilling to offend Great Wei, but equally unwilling to abandon this business."
"Several days ago, the Tuxie Dynasty even sent envoys to the Seven Great Immortal Sects with gifts of every kind, exchanging them for secret arts involving the secrets of the First Rank."
"The Chuyuan Dynasty is searching for Sage Zhu's handwritten notes. Meanwhile, its Yiyuan Martial Fanatic is highly likely to break through to the First Rank of the Martial Dao within