Eastern Province's State City, Jiangnan Commandery, Martial Discourse Tower.
Wang Chaoyang, the newly appointed Eastern Province Martial Discourse Tower Master and fourth-rank Divine Secrets Academician, was staring at the Heavenly Secret Martial Manual in his hands, his brows tightly knitted.
Half a day had passed since the Heavenly Secret Martial Manual's release.
Using the tower's resources, Wang Chaoyang had obtained the latest issue from the Capital Region tens of thousands of miles away in just half a day.
Such were the strange ways of the world these days.
The Imperial Court had banned Heavenly Secret Hall, yet the more vigorously it banned something, the more unquestioningly the common people believed in it.
The Heavenly Secret Martial Manual had been banned for over a century, yet its reputation and sales now surpassed those of a hundred years ago.
Even those of Martial Discourse Tower had no choice but to regard Heavenly Secret Hall as their greatest rival and pay close attention to every issue of the Heavenly Secret Martial Manual.
What had soured Wang Chaoyang's mood was the list of the Ten Divine Talented Young Blades.
What were his counterparts at Heavenly Secret Hall trying to say?
Chu Xisheng ranked only twenty-ninth on the Eastern Province Azure Cloud Ranking, yet those people wanted to elevate him into the Ten Divine Talented Young Blades?
Did they think the Eastern Province Martial Discourse Tower had underestimated Chu Xisheng's strength, that they had eyes but no sight and could not recognize talent?
Outrageous!
Just then, a pretty woman wearing the official robes of a fifth-grade official entered his office.
She was Xie Zhenqing, deputy master of the Eastern Province Martial Discourse Tower and head of its Eastern Hall.
After entering, Xie Zhenqing casually cupped her hands to Wang Chaoyang. "Academician! I was out on