Duke of Stars
"But in the past so many years, humanity has only produced a few Rank 9 Demigods in total... How could so many suddenly appear recently?" Jing Si couldn't understand it no matter how he thought about it. "Where did these ten Dukes of the State... pop out from?"
Eunuch Zuo gave him a profound look.
"Others naturally don't have the right to know these things... but Young Master Jing Si has a chance."
"The White Egret Office is responsible for gathering intelligence from all over the world, naturally involving secrets concerning those Dukes of the State. Once you arrive at the White Egret Office and et the new Director, you will naturally know."
"New Director?" Jing Si asked in surprise. "Has the head of the White Egret Office changed?"
"You will naturally know once you get there."
Eunuch Zuo seed to have made up his mind not to say more to Jing Si. He just led Jing Si all the way through the imperial palace, finally arriving in front of a side hall.
"We're here." Eunuch Zuo said, "This new Director of the White Egret Office has just finished an audience with His Majesty and is organizing files in the side hall... This old servant will only escort you this far. From here on, you should talk to him personally."
Jing Si glanced at the doors of the side hall and respectfully cupped his fists toward Eunuch Zuo:
"Thank you, Eunuch Zuo."
Jing Si knocked on the doors of the side hall. After hearing a faint "Mm" from inside, he pushed the doors open and entered.
As the wooden doors swung open with a creak, a strong sll of paper mixed with dust rushed into Jing Si's nose, causing him to instinctively cough twice... He frowned and looked closely ahead, only to see densely packed wooden boxes almost stuffing the entire side hall full.
So of these wooden boxes were already open, while others were still sealed. At this mont, in the center of the side hall, a figure stood calmly.
It was a young man wearing plain cloth clothes. His hair was held up on his head by a simple Hairpin. Hanging at his waist were an Ink Fountain, a chisel, and other tools Jing Si didn't quite recognize. He had slender hands, a capable face, and didn't have the bureaucratic air Jing Si had originally imagined. Instead, he exuded a craftsman's aura...
The young man raised his eyes and casually glanced at Jing Si. At the sa ti, an indescribable pressure shrouded Jing Si's heart!
This wasn't the young man actively releasing an aura to oppress him, but rather a habit ford from his every action. Jing Si was raised by Marquis Wei since he was little and couldn't be more familiar with this aura of a powerhouse... But at this mont, he could clearly feel that the aura of the young man before him was even far above Marquis Wei's!
This was a...
Rank 9 Demigod?!
This was the first ti Jing Si had felt the aura of a Demigod from such a close distance, and he froze in place for a mont.
"You are Jing Si?" The young man sized him up and shook his head, seemingly a bit disappointed. "I thought they would send an experienced old geezer to assist ... I didn't expect it to be a youth."
"If I had known, I wouldn't have taken this hot potato and just honestly went to research new things..."
The young man thought for a mont, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"I know..."
"How about this? From now on, I'll give you full authority over the affairs of the White Egret Office... including my share of the salary, how about it? Help handle these ssy files. When you encounter troubleso matters you can't solve, then co find ."
The young man seed completely imrsed in his own world. With just a few words, he tossed the entire White Egret Office to Jing Si. Then, as if he had heaved a sigh of relief, he relaxed completely.
Jing Si: ???
"Lord Director..." Jing Si's mind went blank. "You... You..."
"Now, you are the Director. I'm just one in na," the young man said seriously.
"..." No matter what, Jing Si hadn't expected things to unfold in this manner. He hesitated for a long ti before he couldn't help but ask, "May I ask... how should I address you? Which Duke of the State are you?"
The young man suddenly fell silent.
"The na of the past... is no longer important." The young man paused for a mont. "In this lifeti, I only have the single word 'Star'... They all call Duke of Stars."
"This lifeti?" Jing Si's eyes were full of bewildernt.
"What? Did no one tell you?" The Duke of Stars spoke calmly. "Those of us who are Dukes of the State were all Demigods who had proven the Dao in history. It's just that we were forcibly resurrected from the Path of Ghosts to live another lifeti..."
These words landed in Jing Si's ears, booming like thunder.
Demigods from history?
Forcibly resurrected?
The impact of these words on Jing Si was truly too great. He simply couldn't imagine such a thing... No wonder Demigods had suddenly sprung up crazily like bamboo shoots after a spring rain in this era. It turned out they had resurrected the Demigods of the past?
"Resurrection is already acting against heaven's will. Moreover, taking over another person's body and cultivating bitterly from scratch... In the end, one will inevitably suffer the backlash of Destiny. I truly am unwilling to do such a thing." The Duke of Stars shook his head.
"But His Majesty is right. Now that human civilization is about to be annihilated, soone has to step forward and hold up the sky for the common people."
Jing Si had just entered the White Egret Office and heard such a shocking secret. It took him a long ti to recover his senses:
"Then... which historical Demigod are you?"
The Duke of Stars didn't answer.
He just quietly looked at a scroll in his hands. After a long ti, he smiled with relief.
"Just an inconspicuous grain of sand on the Path of Craftsmanship." The Duke of Stars said faintly, "If you want to know, there is a top-secret file regarding us Dukes of the State in that box over there. Go take a look yourself later... You are the Director of the White Egret Office, you have this authority."
The Duke of Stars gently placed the scroll in his hand on the table and walked out of the side hall step by step.
As he passed by Jing Si, he pulled out an intricately crafted chanical Bird from his sleeve and handed it to Jing Si:
"If you run into trouble, pluck the third feather on its tail to contact ."
After saying that, he walked out of the side hall doors without looking back and disappeared without a trace.
Jing Si held that chanical Bird, standing blankly in the empty side hall. For a mont, he still hadn't recovered his senses.
He had co on imperial orders to assist this new Director of the White Egret Office... But this Director had directly washed his hands of everything, tossing all the matters onto him... But he had absolutely no idea how to handle these affairs?!
Jing Si looked at this room full of scrolls and docunts, only feeling a throbbing pain in his temples.
Right at this mont,
His gaze fell on the scroll the Duke of Stars was holding just now.
He walked step by step to the desk and picked up that book. This seed to be an ancient-looking book. On the plain cover, four large characters were written neatly:
——[Heavenly Creations Revealed].
Seeing these four characters, Jing Si's mouth unconsciously opened wide... A na that only existed in textbooks suddenly leaped into his mind. He abruptly turned his head, looking toward the direction the Duke of Stars had left.
He is...
Jing Si's hand holding the book trembled. He suddenly thought of what the Duke of Stars had said just now and quickly rushed to a wooden box, opening it. Indeed, a thin piece of paper was lying inside.
That was the highest secret recording the intelligence of the Dukes of the State.
Jing Si picked up this piece of paper, his gaze sweeping over the many nas...
"This..."
Jing Si stood dumbstruck.
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