The morning mist over Lingzhou had not yet cleared when Su Jinhuan was already seated in the council hall.
On the desk lay a freshly delivered confidential report, its handwriting hurried yet urgent: "A new faction in the Capital City operating under the name 'Tianji Pavilion' is widely recruiting wandering cultivators from the jianghu and has recently been in frequent contact with merchants from the Western Regions."
She stroked the edge of the letter paper, suddenly noticing a faint, elusive cinnabar imprint at the bottom—the very same mysterious totem she had seen three years ago in the secret chamber of the imperial palace.
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