"Your Highness, Jiang Chuan once headed the Thirteen Research Institute. Now that I think about it, there may indeed be another Fate-Reversing Blade out there. This was my oversight. I beg Your Majesty to punish me!" Jing Hongchen said.
"Another one?" Xu Tianran asked curiously.
Jing Hongchen said, "Does Your Highness still remember Divine Finger Douluo?"
"Divine Finger Douluo, one of the taboos ranked alongside the Forbidden Blade. How could I forget him?" Xu Tianran said coolly.
Ju Zi stood meekly behind Xu Tianran. She realized that she still knew far too little about him and the Sun Moon Empire. No matter how she searched her memory, she had no idea who this Douluo titled Divine Finger was.
Jing Hongchen said, "Divine Finger Douluo was the first Level 9 Soul Engineer to research the Demon Body. He was also the reason the empire banned research into the Demon Body at the time. Yet after he died, his corpse remained preserved in the Thirteen Research Institute."
"Divine Finger Douluo merged with demon blood and succumbed to demonic corruption. Demon blood is a crucial material for forging the Forbidden Blade. It should have been possible to extract enough material from his blood to forge a Fate-Reversing Blade, and Jiang Chuan did indeed obtain its blueprints from the Illustrious Virtue Hall."
"However, rather than why Jiang Chuan had a Fate-Reversing Blade, I believe Your Highness should be more concerned about why nothing happened to him after he used it."
Xu Tianran fell silent as well, then said, "Then here is what we will do. When the Civilization Academy opens, I will visit the Civilization Research Institute in person."
Jing Hongchen immediately said, "Your Highness, the son of a wealthy house does not sit beneath precarious eaves. Why not let me make the trip