Hard work never failed those who persevered.
After Dai Youheng forced himself to endure the discomfort and leafed through most of the mental garbage, his fingertips finally brushed something different.
A sheet of paper with a slightly different texture from the other letters and fresher ink came into view.
Its contents were no longer mournful, lovesick poems or outpourings of emotion, but densely packed names, martial souls, soul power levels, current stations, and other information, all arranged with perfect clarity.
This was the roster of the Zhu Family's Secretly Cultivated Forces that Zhu Shu, acting as family head, had secretly recalled and placed at Dai Yueheng's disposal! With ten thousand years of accumulated resources, the Zhu Family had still gathered quite a few experts in secret, like the brothers Hou Ling and Hou Jia, even though it was no longer the family of the Star Luo Empress. This list contained a portion of its core forces.
At last, Dai Youheng's lips curled into a cold, genuine smile, and he lightly tapped the roster with his fingertips.
"Heh, heh. A fine find," he murmured, a cold gleam flickering in his eyes. "With this, I can follow the map straight to my quarry and uproot every last gift the Zhu Family left for Dai Yueheng in one fell swoop!"
After an unknown amount of time, the fluctuating soul power around Nana gradually settled. She slowly opened her eyes, their eerie gleam brighter than before. Her aura had become more restrained and profound, as though she had merged with the surrounding shadows. She rose and flexed her limbs, feeling the lightness and strength her new soul bones brought.
"Young master, I have finished absorbing the soul bones." She approached Dai Youheng and respectfully reported. Unfortunately, because of the locking effect of the Yin-Yang