In the spring of year 6823 of the New Calendar, Lu Xuan, an unregistered resident of the Federation, hid outside a high school classroom and secretly learned a Cultivation Skill, embarking on the path of Cultivation.

On the same day, he returned home and had a dream, just as he always did. In the dream, he was in the Guardian Storage Room during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history（770-481 BCE）, and the current Keeper of the Records was named Li Er, also known as Laozi.

Later, Lu Xuan dreamed that he became the succeeding Keeper of the Records, became Confucius's second teacher, became the senior brother of Zhang Daoling, the Ancestral Celestial Master, and became the honorary father of the First Emperor...

Even later, someone unearthed a roll of bamboo slips from the ground, on which an event was recorded.

[The eighteenth Keeper of the Records, Lu Xuan, his Sword Qi like a waterfall, assassinated Duke Huan of Qi in his bedchamber]

A knock on the door interrupted Lu Xuan's thoughts. Just then, Wu Xiaoxu came out carrying two cups of freshly brewed hot tea.


"I still get visitors here? Xiaoxu, go get the door."


"You got it!" Wu Xiaoxu placed the two steaming cups of tea in front of Lu Xuan and Xiaoyan, then jogged over to pull open the door.


"Provincial Government, Liu Zhong. By order of the Great Mansion Master, I have come to pay a visit to Governor Wu."


Wu Datong frowned. He remained seated in his chair and said calmly, without rising,


Lu Xuan and Xiaoyan exchanged a look, both seeming lost in thought.


A moment later, Wu Xiaoxu led in a middle-aged man with an honest, simple-looking face. Liu Zhong's gaze swept over the young man and woman sitting primly on the sofa. A flash of astonishment crossed his eyes, but he didn't let it show.


He bowed to Wu Datong, who was leaning back leisurely in his chair, and said,


Chapter 178 - Chapter 27: A Treacherous Banquet, the Blood and Bones of Billions