National Master Mansion.
Stepping through the vermilion gate, the scene unfolds into a sprawling courtyard shaped like a Bagua diagram.
The entire ground is paved with black and white jade, the yin-yang fish swirling beneath the feet, and faint blue light glimmering between the lines of the hexagrams.
In the center of the Bagua, a giant bronze sword stands piercing the earth, its blade pointing straight at the sky, and the sword is entwined with hair-thin lightning patterns, as if ready to deliver divine retribution at any moment.
At this moment, the National Master Mansion is exceptionally quiet, not a sound is heard.
"Does the State Preceptor like tranquility?" Jiang Ning suddenly asked.
"Yes!" the young girl nodded, "In this vast mansion, the State Preceptor only keeps me and another servant. Including the State Preceptor, there are only three people. Every late night, I feel a kind of frightening loneliness!"
