The streets of Anxi bustled with people, but Jin Zhu squatted on the ground, his head tilted upward, staring intently at Chen Ji.
"Do you know what it means for the cultivation method to be delivered to Luocheng today?"
"What does it mean?" Chen Ji asked.
Jin Zhu spoke with certainty, "For this cultivation method to reach Luocheng in a single day, it must have left the capital before sunset yesterday. It would have passed through six relay stations—Baoding, Hengshui, Handan, Hebi, Xinxiang, and Zheng County—changing six warhorses without a moment's pause. Do you know that even urgent military dispatches don’t receive such treatment? It must have been ordered by the Grand Chancellor himself to mobilize so many relay stations and warhorses."
Jin Zhu continued, "The person who delivered this cultivation method is also extraordinary. But... never mind, I can’t tell you that. Kid, when you lived in the capital, did you ever meet the Grand Chancellor?"
Chen Ji remained silent.
Chen Liqin had arrived in Luocheng in the autumn of the 25th year of Jianing.
Now it was the winter of the 31st year of Jianing.
That meant Chen Liqin and his family had lived in the capital six years ago.
Chen Ji wasn’t sure if he had ever met the Grand Chancellor, so he couldn’t answer carelessly.