Xia Jue had obtained the jade slips? Why didn't he remember that? He distinctly remembered Su Jiu putting them away after they had finished sorting them. How did Xia Jue have them now?
But he soon learned why Xia Jue had them.
Xia Jue had been born with a photographic memory. He remembered the contents of jade slips he had read only a year ago with exceptional clarity.
"Might I trouble you for a hundred blank jade slips?"
The Queen froze for a moment, then nodded and passed down the order.
Watching the hundred jade slips being brought over, the Queen couldn't help asking, "Fellow Daoist Xia, what are you...?"
Xia Jue smiled. "While sorting the jade slips with my junior sister, I had the good fortune to glance at their contents."
"You remembered everything after a single glance?" There was unmistakable disbelief in the Queen's voice.
"Actually, many high-level cultivators can do this."
Jiao Zhen gave Xia Jue an envious look. If this man possessed innate talent, his cultivation speed would probably be no slower than theirs.
The ten jade slips before him rose in unison and slowly unfurled before everyone's eyes. Xia Jue used his divine sense to direct spiritual qi straight toward them.
Before long, words began appearing on them.
Xia Jue transcribed swiftly. In just a quarter of an hour, he had used up all hundred jade slips.
The people around him watched, their eyes wide and mouths agape.
"Won't transcribing them like this introduce mistakes or other problems?"
Xia Jue glanced at the speaker. It was Jiao Zhu, the Little Merfolk Princess, her face full of worry. "If something really does go wrong, wouldn't Su Jiu's condition get even worse?"
Jiao Zhen nodded as well. "It's not that we don't trust you. But if you