Moreover, according to Gu Changqing's divine sense, each of the strange creatures inside these palaces was at least a high-level strange creature. It seems that Marshal Morris and his S-class strange creature squad must have paid a considerable price for these palaces.

However, Gu Changqing didn't care what they had sacrificed. After observing the dozen or so rooms and two halls in the palace, he chose a room located in the center of the palace.

He sat cross-legged on the white, soft bed covered with the remains of an unknown creature.

The moment he closed his eyes, Gu Changqing entered a state of light meditation. In this state, he could know immediately if anything unexpected happened, and at the same time, he could slowly improve the spiritual strength of this divided soul.

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Meanwhile, in a palace that was also transformed from a strange object, just like Gu Changqing's.

A minister who had wanted to speak with Gu Changqing but was refused was now standing respectfully on a man sitting in the palace hall on a soft sofa covered with animal fur.

The man, who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, was embracing a flamboyantly dressed woman and listening to the minister's words with a smile on his face.

"Your Highness, while I was taking a walk inside the palace, I encountered a young man being escorted by a complete S-class supernatural squad."

“Oh, who is it that Maurice would send an entire squad to escort? You know, only he himself is qualified. Even we princes would at most send a vice-captain of an S-rank supernatural squad to protect us.”

After speaking, the Second Prince looked towards a corner inside the hall, where a vice-captain of an S-rank supernatural squad was standing.

The minister shook his head at this and then said:

"I don't know who that person is. I wanted to go up and talk to him, but I was rejected by the members of those strange squads."

Upon hearing this, the second prince showed interest, pushed away the beautiful woman leaning on his shoulder, and said excitedly:

"This person must hold a very high position! Even you, the deputy director of the Imperial Research Institute and the Imperial Minister of Finance, cannot speak with him. So this person must either be extremely powerful or have an extraordinary background!"

At this point, the Second Prince picked up the half-empty glass of red wine on the table, downed it in one gulp, and continued with a slight blush on his face:

"Now send someone to find out where that person lives. If we can befriend him, then I might have a chance to get his help, gain my father's favor, and secure the position of heir that has not yet been decided. At that time, you can also be promoted from deputy director to director."

Upon hearing the Second Prince's promise that he would become the director of the Imperial Research Institute after becoming the heir, the minister was secretly delighted. After all, the deputy director was just a title, and only the director had real power.

He also believed that the second prince, if he became the heir, would have this right. After all, the emperor would never interfere in the affairs of the empire except for some major imperial matters. Therefore, Marshal Maurice, who had the emperor's trust, had such great power.

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