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“Old Master, you’ve seen it yourself,” Feng Wu said in a calm, earnest tone as she gestured at their surroundings at the bottom of the well.

She was right. There was no reason for Grand Secretary Fang to doubt her.

“What’s underneath here…” Putting an open palm on the ground, Grand Secretary Fang extended his spiritual essence downward.

Beyond layer of rocks, he reached an open space!

Grand Secretary Fang’s sight was filled with green!

As in the color of the best jade stones!

“This…” Even a man like him, who had seen his fair share of the world, couldn’t help but cry out in surprise. “Are they… all spiritual stones? Beneath this manor?”

Judging by the consistency of the color, they were all medium grade or above.

Feng Wu nodded with a smile.

Grand Secretary Fang didn’t know what to say.

He was so astonished that his knees buckled and he fell on his butt on the ground.

“Old Master, you…”

Feng Wu wanted to help him to his feet, but the old man waved her off. “No, please don’t.”

He expanded his search from the dry well as the center.

At first, he thought that there were spiritual stones stashed underground, but what he discovered after his investigation took him by surprise. “It’s a lode… and an unmined one!”

Feng Wu nodded.

The old man took a deep breath. “That’s just so…”

He had never expected this to be the secret that the family had been trying to figure out for generations!

Grand Secretary Fang had investigated the underground area before and had even dug up the ground, but those attempts had all been futile. He only realized today that it was because he had used the wrong entrance.

This dry well was the real entrance to that lode.

“Kiddo, you really are…” Was this what a phoenix girl was like? Exactly how lucky was she?

“How did you find out?” Grand Secretary Fang was much calmer after coming back up from the dry well, and he asked Feng Wu the question with a smile.

Feng Wu shrugged. “I was sitting on the wall one day and I saw a flash in that dry well. Based on the time, the direction, and the terrain, I was pretty sure I knew what it was. Moreover, there was Feng Tutu —”

Feng Wu rubbed the cub’s head. “Treasure hunting is in its nature. It went in and came back up with a top grade spiritual stone. There was no question. We have a lode of top grade spiritual stones under our feet.”

“But you still declined my offer when you know what’s hidden underground.” Grand Secretary Fang sighed with emotion.

In terms of money, the spiritual stones down there was worth the income of a small country!

However, not only had the girl refused the gift, she also shared the secret with him.

Grand Secretary Fang had always liked the kid, and now, he thought the world of her. More importantly, she was kind and had a noble heart.

Who wouldn’t like such a child?

“Sign this.” Grand Secretary Fang handed Feng Wu the grant agreement.

Feng Wu’s eyes opened wide. “Old Master, do you know what you’re doing? You have a top grade spiritual stone lode under your house, and you’re giving everything to me?”

Grand Secretary Fang said grumpily, “You shared such a big secret with me. I’m not going to act like a stingy man!

“Others have searched for generations, but remained clueless. Whereas you, you did nothing but sit on that wall, and you solved the mystery. That’s just fate. Or, shall we say, the lode was meant to be yours all along.”

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Grand Secretary Fang sighed. “At this point in my life, I’m happy enough to know what that secret is. It would be too greedy of me to try to keep it to myself. I might lose a few years of my life if I did that. Now, sign this, please.”

Seeing that the old man was sincere in his offer, Feng Wu thought that she would look contentious if she continued to decline it.

Feng Wu was a free spirit herself and she nodded. “Old Master, I’ll take it.”

She could always treat Grand Secretary Fang even nicer and take care of him for as long as he lived!

“Good, good —”

Grand Secretary Fang was delighted, and decided to share a secret with Feng Wu. “Guess what? I did quite a lot of research and I discovered a legend about this land under our feet.”

“A legend?” Feng Wu batted her eyelashes, which reminded one of two little fans.

“Have you heard of Mu Jiuzhou, who once ruled this continent?” Grand Secretary Fang’s tone was full of respect.

“M- Mu… Jiuzhou?” Feng Wu’s eyes widened and her face stiffened with excitement!

Of course she had!

Mu Jiuzhou, the one-time ruler of the continent, was none other than her beautiful master, who was lying on a bed in her ring right now!

Feng Wu stared at Grand Secretary Fang nervously.

Needless to say, Grand Secretary Fang had no idea that the person he was gossiping about was close at hand. He went on, “According to unofficial records, a long time ago, before the Junwu Empire was established, this land we’re living in now had been destroyed once before, with everything burnt to the ground! And the great Mu Jiuzhou was the cause of the calamity!”

“He single-handedly started a war that wiped out the continent?” Feng Wu clenched her fists! Her beautiful master was awesome!

“Yes. He killed all twelve supreme cultivators of the continent, along with numerous capable people. Blood flowed like rivers and the whole continent was shaken. However, during that war… It was said that Mu Jiuzhou lost the person he treasured the most.”

“He treasured the most? Who was that? Was it a man or a woman?” Feng Wu stared at Grand Secretary Fang, feeling nervous.

“A woman, I suppose,” Grand Secretary Fang said after some thought. “None of this is official, and I’m not sure how accurate the record is. It’s said that he lost the love of his life in that war, and he shed a teardrop for her.”

Grand Secretary Fang pointed at the dry well. “Maybe… the lode was created out of that teardrop.”

Feng Wu was speechless.

The love of his life… the love of his life… Who was she?!

“Are you sure that… Mu Jiuzhou used to have a woman he loved?” Feng Wu asked quietly. Her head had gone blank and her chest felt hollow.

“That history was buried with all the fallen heroes, and so few people are still around to remember it. If we can find Mu Jiuzhou’s pupils, perhaps they can tell us a few things.

“But —” Grand Secretary Fang smiled bitterly. “His pupils are probably the most superior rulers of different regions on this continent. They’re so beyond our reach now.”

Feng Wu could think of nothing but her beautiful master’s teardrop…

Her ethereal, god-like beautiful master had cried for a woman… Who on earth was she?

1“Feng Wu? Little Feng Wu?” Grand Secretary Fang poked Feng Wu’s forehead with a finger.

“Yes?” Feng Wu came back to herself. “You were saying?”

“Nothing, really.” Grand Secretary Fang waved his hand. “The exam results will be out today, and you should head back home. You’re going to have a busy day, with all the people rushing over to congratulate you.”

Feng Wu gave him a wry smile. She didn’t think that would happen.