Southern Yu Prefecture.
It was already daytime.
Inside his room, Xu Qingxiao opened his eyes.
His first venture into a dream...
Xu Qingxiao felt somewhat uneasy.
Perhaps he had been a little nervous. Xu Qingxiao felt he had not performed well.
This won't do.
Xu Qingxiao was still counting on the Dream-Entering Art to influence his enemies or pry useful clues out of them in the future.
But if he entered dreams like this, any enemy with half a brain would probably never take the bait.
He got up and stretched.
After entering the dream, Xu Qingxiao had fallen into a deep sleep. He had slept for only four hours, but it had swept away all the exhaustion he had accumulated lately.
He felt thoroughly refreshed.
The first thing he did upon waking...
Xu Qingxiao did not get up to wash, but instead pondered what he needed to do next.
The prefectural examination was now over.
The results would be posted in fifteen days.
So Xu Qingxiao still had things to do during those fifteen days.
First, he needed to go to Changping County and make contact with Wu Yan's organization.
In truth, Xu Qingxiao did not need anyone's help for the time being. He had agreed to Wu Yan's proposal because he had worried he would not be able to advance to the Ninth Rank. But now that Zhaoge was helping him, he no longer needed any assistance from Wu Yan's people.
However, Cheng Lidong's appearance had piqued Xu Qingxiao's interest.
What exactly was the thing Wu Yan had risked his life to escort? What secret lay hidden in Ping'an County?
Xu Qingxiao had to get to the bottom of this. Anything that had made Wu Yan choose death over surrender could not be an ordinary treasure. He did