Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1394 - 608: Advancement to Late Sixth Rank Stage! (Special Thanks to “Nan He Yi Meng”, Alliance Hierarch!)_3

"You're the one who wanted to eat eggs I cooked myself. If I burn them, I'm not responsible."

Huang Shangzong's tone seemed like he was complaining, but if you listened closely, you could hear the affection in his words....

"Dad!" Xue'er was so angry she turned red, "I'm not joking! This is a direct order from Qiu Tu!"

"Not just me; Yanyan and Ai Li have also been exceptionally promoted. Ai Li became the Deputy Speaker, and Yanyan directly became the Speaker!"

Seeing his daughter couldn't stop talking, Huang Shangzong finally sensed something amiss.

He waved to the distance, and several maids immediately ran over.

Taking off his apron, he tossed it to a maid, letting them continue cooking the eggs, and pulled Xue'er to the living room, then asked in a serious tone, "What's going on? What does exceptional promotion mean?"

Seeing her father getting serious, Xue'er excitedly recounted the notification she had just received.

"Dad, I just received a call from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They said Princess Xi was very impressed with me, Yanyan, and Ai Li during her last visit to Dongye State."

"So, they plan to transfer our files from the Eighth Sanctuary to the Seventh Sanctuary. Then we will directly take positions in her newly established department, the Secretariat."

"And they are willing to promote us exceptionally. Yanyan is at the State Speaker level, while Ai Li and I are at the Deputy Speaker level."

Even if he wasn't politically sensitive anymore, upon hearing his daughter's words, Huang Shangzong still sensed something amiss.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Huang Shangzong repeated the department's name with a frown, then asked, "Is it Qiu Tu's governmental department?"

Xue'er nodded and then said, "Yes. It's similar to the Attendant's Room and the Secretariat."

Huang Shangzong, "So... did Qiu Tu approve this?"

Xue'er nodded again slightly, "I heard from the person who notified me that Qiu Tu gave the nod."

Huang Shangzong keenly noticed the critical information, "Qiu Tu is back?"

He said, "I remember, wasn't Qiu Tu in seclusion for a few days recently?"

Xue'er hesitated noticeably this time, then said, "Seems... so?"

"Otherwise, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wouldn't dare to issue orders privately. That's Qiu Tu's direct department."

Hearing this, Huang Shangzong nodded slightly, indicating "reasonable."

But even so, his tightly furrowed brows never relaxed....

Clearly, this unusual transfer still made him sense something was amiss.

"Qiu Tu... what exactly are you up to?"

....

"The world should be where the youth settle down and the elderly venture out."

"Young people like us love to sleep, so we should be a bit lazy. Older people sleep less, have more time, it's the perfect age to explore."

"So if we don't push them, how will they know how much residual heat they can exert!"

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu, having successfully refined six regions, had returned to the Seventh Sanctuary and was chatting leisurely with Yanyan.

"Your dad was my former boss. I'm very clear on his abilities."

"I trust him to handle the mess at the Sixth Sanctuary."

"As for the Seventh Sanctuary, because it borders the Four States' stronghold, I also need a heavyweight military expert to sit in town."

"Clearly.... Huang Shangzong is very suitable."

"Promoting Xue'er exceptionally and sending her into the 'Secretariat', this way, Huang Shangzong can't stay uninvolved anymore."

"No matter what happens, as a father, he has to protect his daughter."

"And since he doesn't have military power, he can't defect. So he can only assist in suppressing the rebellion in the Four States to rescue his daughter...."

Upon saying this, Qiu Tu looked down again at the naked Yanyan kneeling in front of him, then grabbed her chin with one hand and said, "Of course... my other insurance is you."

"You're the smartest among all my confidants."

"I hope you can keep Princess Xi in check so that she doesn't go berserk."

"And if she does, prevent her from targeting the Four States."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's instructions, Yanyan closed her eyes pleasingly, hummed in satisfaction, then obediently replied, "Yes, Master. Promise to complete the mission."

Finishing her sentence, Yanyan opened her eyes out of curiosity and asked, "But Master, what are you actually planning or guarding against?"

"Are you planning to leave?"

Hearing Yanyan's words, Qiu Tu first shook his head, then nodded.

He said, "It's soon. But not now."

With this in mind, Qiu Tu also recalled the events of the past few days.

"The 'Dragon Vein Seed' is indeed a valuable but domineering cataclysmic treasure."

After planting the "Dragon Vein" that day, the entire "Hongshan Region" seemed to come "alive," with one dragon vein after another taking root like main blood vessels in the "Hongshan Region."

Then, the main 'blood vessels' of the Dragon Vein began branching, forming numerous 'capillaries', infiltrating every region.

It was precisely this powerful penetration and control effect that allowed Qiu Tu to refine the "Red Mountain Region" in just over half a day.

With the success of the first region, Qiu Tu finally felt more at ease with the "Dragon Vein Seed."

So, next, he began applying the same method and started refining other regions.

Half a day for one region, roughly one and a half days for two regions. Six regions took nearly five full days.

This way, those five days, except for occasional rests, were almost entirely spent refining regions and on the way to refining regions.

Not until this morning, did Qiu Tu finally succeed in refining all six regions, and the accumulation of so many regions successfully brought his strength to the late Sixth Rank Stage, with only a hair's breadth away from the Peak of Sixth Rank....