Liu Sheng now looks more and more favorably on him, truly treating him as the Chief of the Ritual Department for cultivation.

"Anything else?"

Chen Xuan frowned slightly. Wasn't the brothel just for the garrison army to find mental and physical satisfaction?

What else is there?

"Money!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Fool!"

Liu Sheng scolded.

The monthly salary for the tens of thousands of garrison troops is quite significant, and they don't need to spend silver on food, drink, lodging, or transportation.

So, it's useless to keep silver in their hands.

That's why Great Yu established these places, especially the brothel, which is essentially a den of wasted gold.

Because of this, the pressure on Great Yu reduced significantly.

Otherwise, the expenditure for all the perilous places in Great Yu each month would be astronomical.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but chuckle.

What is this?

Left pocket into the right pocket?

Great Yu's strategy is practically akin to freeloading.

Truly lacking in morals!

"There's no choice, Great Yu is so large, it's a necessary action!"

Liu Sheng sighed.

But to be fair, the garrison troops are willing, so it's a mutual agreement.

It's beneficial for both sides.

As they spoke, the caravan arrived at a vast, empty space with a ten-meter-wide stone gate standing abruptly in the center.

By the stone gate stood two rows of guards clad in black armor.

All of them were Martial Artists at the Late-Stage Profound Realm, merely standing there, feeling like an immovable mountain.

Between the two rows of guards stood a middle-aged man in a casual robe, even with some damaged patches, unexpectedly a Dao Realm seventh-level master.

"The space beyond the gate is the true battlefield."

At this moment, Liu Sheng's voice reached Chen Xuan's ears.

"This is also the last checkpoint, and the strictest one."

Chen Xuan nodded.

No wonder it's ranked in the top three perilous places in Great Yu, just the inspections alone are threefold.

Ahead, Lang Fei respectfully handed over the list of spirit stones to the Dao Realm seventh-level master.

"Open all the boxes!"

"You guys go and inspect carefully!"

The man said to the row of guards on the left.

"Yes, sir!"

The guards replied in unison.

In the next moment, the row of guards in black armor began to carefully inspect all the boxes.

Meanwhile, the man looked at Lang Fei, "This batch of spirit stones will last at most three months, send the next batch over quickly!"

"Is the situation inside so severe?"

Lang Fei's face also turned serious.

This batch of spirit stones is quite substantial, yet they can only sustain three months, indicating that the situation inside might not be too optimistic.

"Hmm!"

The man nodded, having known Lang Fei for years, personally escorting spirit stones here.

"The Stone Race's strength has increased a lot over the years, seems we'll need Your Majesty to send more manpower!"

Upon hearing this, Lang Fei's heart skipped a beat, is it so serious?

"Rest assured, sir, I'll report the news to Duke Qin immediately upon returning! The current spirit mines have nearly all been reclaimed, initially the manpower might be insufficient, but it will be better later."

"That's best!"

The man nodded slightly.

By now the inspection was reaching its end, and then he spoke to Lang Fei, "Although you and I are familiar, the necessary checks must still be conducted!"

"Of course!"

Lang Fei nodded, knowing the importance of the place inside, strictness is understandable.

In the next moment, the man produced a square mirror.

A beam of white light shot from the mirror, striking Lang Fei's forehead, moments later revealing his consciousness sea on the mirror, and upon seeing the subtle gold glimmer, the man nodded.

"It's done!"

"Thank you, sir."

Lang Fei smiled, then turned to the rear, "Everyone, come over, line up for inspection by the sir!"

With an order, all the white-clad members of the Three Judicial Departments obediently moved forward.

Except for Chen Xuan, who remained motionless, even turning pale.

That mirror could inspect the consciousness sea, and that gold glimmer... wasn't it precisely what appeared when Qin Ke became Minister of the Three Judicial Departments!

"What's wrong?"

Liu Sheng noticed his unusual expression and transmitted his voice to inquire.

"That mirror...?"

"It's just to inspect the consciousness sea without harm and won't explore the memories within your consciousness sea."

Liu Sheng explained.

"That gold glimmer?"

"Gold glimmer?!"

Instantly, Liu Sheng's expression sharpened, immediately understanding his meaning, "You didn't refine the king's seal of a region?!"

Seeing him nod slightly, Liu Sheng finally understood.

Why previous actions of his felt somewhat inconsistent, and some things the kid said were completely unlike someone influenced by national fate.

"How did you discover it?"

Facing Liu Sheng's question, Chen Xuan naturally understood what he referred to.

"A suddenly faster cultivation speed despite having average talent raised suspicion, so I checked, discovering the consciousness sea had more gold glimmers."

"And the personality drastically changed later, leading me to deduce there's an issue with the gold glimmers."

Upon his explanation, Liu Sheng merely nodded slightly, "Let's go, it's alright, he's my man!"

Knowing he'd have to check the consciousness sea, with his identity, inspection was out of the question, preparations were made long ago.

As Liu Sheng said, the beam from the square mirror showed no anomaly when shining on both, Chen Xuan's consciousness sea also showed gold glimmers.

Though he felt puzzled, seeing Liu Sheng show no intention to speak, Chen Xuan chose silence as well.

Waiting for everyone to complete the inspection.

The man cast several spiritual power punches toward the center of the stone gate, and instantly, colorless mist seeped from within, gradually enveloping everyone outside the gate.