While Chu Xisheng and Shui Ruge fought fiercely, Ji Qianqian stood among the spectators.
She appeared to be watching intently, but her eyes were unfocused. Her attention was not on their battle at all.
"I never expected you to come in person, Ten-Thousand-Household Commander."
Beside Ji Qianqian stood a middle-aged man dressed as a spellcaster, wearing black clothes and a half-mask, with a Peachwood Sword on his back.
He was Ji Qianqian's immediate superior, Wangqi Luohou, a Ten-Thousand-Household Commander of the Embroidery Guard.
"Has the Heaven Bureau reached a decision about the Cloudsea Immortal Palace matter I mentioned earlier?"
"The Commandant says you need not worry."
With his hands behind his back, the middle-aged man smiled slightly. "The rules of the Cloudsea Immortal Palace have changed. Now you need only seal your cultivation at upper sixth grade to enter."
"Upper sixth grade?" Ji Qianqian's spirits lifted, and light immediately returned to her eyes.
Then she frowned again. "Sealing my cultivation isn't difficult, but maintaining it for a long time is no easy matter. As far as I know, the Cloudsea Immortal Palace is vast, one of the largest secret-realm immortal abodes in the world. I fear this isn't somewhere we can leave after just a month or two."
This was unlike Shui Ruge before her. That purple-browed fellow was only lowering his cultivation briefly.
Maintaining it over a long period multiplied the difficulty, and the higher one's cultivation, the harder it became.
"That is why I brought you a special magic artifact, enough to maintain the seal for half a year."
Wangqi Luohou took something from his sleeve and placed it in Ji Qianqian's hand. "But the Commandant also has an important assignment for you. Chu Xisheng must die in the Cloudsea Immortal Palace."
His expression remained unchanged as he