The waiting ti, logically speaking, should be excruciating, but there are just too many people here.
Everyone was chatting away, and many were sweating. A breeze blew by, and that sll, tsk tsk tsk, was simply unbearable.
Unfortunately, Yun Ran had an exceptionally sharp sense of sll, so she silently added a protective barrier around herself, fearing she’d be suffocated before the sunrise.
With such a distraction, ti flew by in an instant.
The mont the sunrise broke through the clouds, everyone gasped in awe.
Even Xuan Chu was sowhat shocked by the scene before him.
Turns out, standing at the mountain’s peak and witnessing the sunrise firsthand was truly breathtaking.
Just at this mont, Yun Ran’s phone rang, quite inappropriately.
Fortunately, she had already seen the sun break through the clouds; otherwise, she would have really held a grudge against the caller.
She looked down and saw it was a call from Golden Master Xie Xuzhi, so it was fine.
Yun Ran answered the call: "Director Xie, morning~"
Xie Xuzhi glanced at the sky outside; it was barely dawn.
Given Yun Ran’s usual grumpy morning personality, receiving a call so promptly and speaking so softly felt sowhat off.
"I’ve returned and should be at Five Emperors Mountain this afternoon."
Yun Ran thought Xie Xuzhi was calling to "warn" her; after all, she rarely made a move, but when she did, it was with overwhelming destruction.
With so many tourists at Five Emperors Mountain, any disturbance could randomly cause a disaster.
"Got it, don’t worry, I’ll be careful."
Xie Xuzhi: ...
Was that what he ant? And since when did Yun Ran learn to interrupt? This was not a good sign.
"I know you’re sensible, I just wanted to say, be cautious. I’ve had soone check overnight; the situation at Five Emperors Mountain is a bit complex..."
If not for Yun Ran pointing out the problem at Five Emperors Mountain, Xie Xuzhi would never have imagined there were five "dormant" unofficial dragon veins there.
Back when the Special Administration Bureau was first established, people were sent to investigate anomalies, with dragon veins being one of the target areas.
If dragon veins fell into the hands of an Evil Cultivator, the harm could be astounding, but severing a dragon vein directly wasn’t simple either.
Even a dormant dragon vein, once out of control, could cause earthquakes and landslides, which are considered light consequences.
So when the Special Administration Bureau discovered a dragon vein’s location, corresponding personnel were dispatched to guard it.
Peace was best, at least it could protect the lives in its vicinity, allowing the mountains, flowers, grass, and trees to flourish.
But if a dragon vein developed spiritual wisdom, or even a Demon Dragon spirit, Special Administration Bureau mbers would sacrifice everything to slay the Demon Dragon if necessary.
Huangding Villa in Hai City was built atop a dragon vein as a precaution against the dragon vein birthing a Demon Dragon spirit.
Now, the dragon veins at Five Emperors Mountain were not docunted at all.
This could only an one thing: centuries ago, soone within the Special Administration Bureau tampered with the records, and that person’s status was evidently high.
Otherwise, it’s impossible for the records to be erased so cleanly, and for so many years, no one detected anything amiss.
At this mont, Xie Xuzhi had an intuition that the vast unseen net that had been troubling his heart was about to surface.
When he first took over the Special Administration Bureau, he began employing young people not from aristocratic families as soon as he took office.
Many said he was rash, even suggesting he wanted to cultivate his own team and eliminate dissenters.
Only Xie Xuzhi himself knew he was just feeling uneasy, taking precautions to keep a backup plan in place.
Now, reality proved his intuition was correct. Yun Ran indeed was his lucky star.
Unlike before, this ti, Xie Xuzhi didn’t rush to suppress the matter, rely instructing his confidants or trustworthy Mystical Sect families to go there.
After two non-stop days and just returning to the country, he didn’t rest, heading straight back to the headquarters of the Special Administration Bureau.
Though those called urgently harbored so misgivings, no one dared question anything.
In just over a year, everyone noticeably felt Xie Xuzhi’s increasing pressure.
As Xie Xuzhi entered, everyone stood up, respectfully saluting him.
"Director Xie!"
Eight people followed behind Xie Xuzhi, each carrying a briefcase.
If this wasn’t the headquarters of the Special Administration Bureau, the scene truly resembled sothing from a TV show where a domineering CEO descends upon a eting room.
Reaching his seat, Xie Xuzhi sat down directly.
Others remained standing, but just with a casual glance from Xie Xuzhi, everyone felt a chill down their spine.
Even those who were his confidants mulled things over in their hearts.
They kept reflecting, wondering if they had left anything undone, or if there was sothing they missed that had been reported to Director Xie?
When everyone’s hearts were about to leap into their throats, Xie Xuzhi finally spoke: "Please sit down."
Though Xie Xuzhi had spoken, no one truly dared to relax, much like sitting arrogantly as they usually might.
Everyone straightened their backs, only daring to sit on the edge of the chair.
"Ministers responsible for investigating anomalies nationwide, stand up!"
Minister Zhou had just sat down but imdiately stood up at attention.
Though unaware of the events, maintaining deanor was important.
"Director Xie, it’s ."
Xie Xuzhi certainly knew it was him. Besides the most grassroots positions, he was fully aware of who was assigned where within the Special Administration Bureau.
"Minister Zhou, can you tell , over the years, have your subordinates been earnestly executing their duties?"
Though the crowd didn’t yet know what was happening, they were already internally cursing Minister Zhou.
They were suffering undue calamity, clearly due to negligence by Minister Zhou’s subordinates and being caught by Director Xie’s team.
Now they were dragged into this collective punishnt — how unjust they felt!
Minister Zhou was silently cursing the irresponsible guys under him, who always filed for subsidies faster than anyone else.
Now he was suffering for being a minister detached from the grassroots for years, knowing nothing about the gas played below him!
Once, he avoided wrongdoing and purging by being savvy.
The seat wasn’t even warm yet, and the sword above his head had returned.
No matter how aggrieved or angry, facing Director Xie’s questions, Minister Zhou dared not fob it off or claim ignorance.
He could only carefully weigh his words: "Director Xie, has sothing happened?"
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