Wei Zicai was quite surprised to be asked such a question. “Respected envoy, you don’t even know about this?”0

Zhao Changhe pointed at his own mask. “What do you see?”0

“A pig.”0

“That’s right. What’s strange about me asking such a question then?”0

While Wei Zicai was unsure how to react, Vermillion Bird, who was behind him, bent over in laughter. “Pfft…hahahahaha!” 0

Even Wei Zicai could not help his face from twitching. After a while, he said, “Respected envoy, you truly know how to jest… Well, I take it that you’re new to your position? In fact, it isn’t that complicated. The first and largest reason for things being the way they are is that His Majesty does not want to monopolize all of the ancient secrets. His Majesty lets everyone try their luck—”0

Zhao Changhe raised his hand and said, “I do know this. His Majesty is indeed rather open-minded in this regard.”0

Vermillion Bird glanced at him, her expression ambiguous.0

Most people would indeed conclude that Xia Longyuan had a broad mind in this regard, but she did not think so. She preferred to think of it as Xia Longyuan making use of these locations as testing grounds,...0