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Chapter 446 [445] The Power of the Crown of Life, the Strength of Authority

Wenshan Palace.

Nowadays, the four Palace Masters of the Qinghan Mysterious Palace, along with their deputies, all name their offices after "Mountain."

For example, the official Palace Master Yun Changtian has been stationed in Jinshan Palace for hundreds of years. After Cheng Han was promoted to Deputy Palace Master, he chose Wenshan Palace as his office.

Cheng Han was staring intently at a keratinous object about one meter long, while listening to the report from the stunning twin sisters.

This object was jet-black all over, with a large number of mysterious patterns naturally formed on its surface.

This was none other than the extraordinary material from the Terratutan – the Horn of Tutan.

A few days ago, the Crimson Eagle Legion hunted down a batch of floating behemoths, and this material was precisely extracted from one of these behemoths.

And in terms of value.

The carcasses of six Terratutans were worth several times more than the Xuan weapons and fuel consumed in the battle.

In short.

This was a very cost-effective "deal."

At this moment.

Lin Wanshu's melodious voice floated into Cheng Han's ears from the side.

"In the past, transport airships used crystal energy as power, but now they have been converted to techno-magical power.

"The more than 100,000 artisans under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Fortune Hall used to be engaged in the manufacturing related to gray crystal power, but now they have turned to producing internal combustion engines…"

A few days ago, Cheng Han assigned a task to the stunning twin sisters, asking them to secretly investigate the internal chaos within the Heavenly Fortune Hall.

This was precisely a test.

If they passed the test, they would gain greater authority. If they failed, these two girls would have to stay obediently in the boudoir.

Just then.

"Buzz!"

A soft sound was heard.

The spiritual patterns on the surface of the Horn of Tutan suddenly flashed with a light, and it actually floated up from the table, hovering at a height of one meter.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A gentle breeze instantly appeared in the spacious palace.

Lin Wanshu's beautiful black hair was immediately blown by the breeze, fluttering in the air.

The girl subconsciously stopped her narration and looked over in surprise.

It wasn't just her.

Even a Deputy Hall Master from the Heavenly Fortune Hall, along with three Affairs Xuan Masters, were also looking astonished and bewildered.

As transcendents, they possessed more extraordinary knowledge, so their shock was even greater.

Because under normal circumstances, activating the power contained within an extraordinary material required condensing a specific seal and then integrating it into the material.

But Deputy Palace Master Cheng didn't make any movements, nor did any obvious transcendent fluctuations flash within him.

This was truly unbelievable!

Cheng Han didn't offer much explanation, but simply turned his gaze to Lin Wanshu, smiling slightly: "Wanshu, please continue introducing the situation."

Lin Wanshu responded respectfully, obediently continuing her narration:

"A considerable portion of the artisans in the Heavenly Fortune Hall used to obtain a large number of benefits by taking advantage of their positions, such as finding ways to deduct gray crystals and sell them to black market merchants for profit.

"Now that the factory has undergone a complete transformation, the consumption of gray crystals has been reduced by 99%, which has affected the interests of many artisans."

Hearing this.

The faces of the four Xuan Masters from the Heavenly Fortune Hall instantly turned strange.

They quickly glanced at Lin Wanshu, then quickly retracted their gazes.

After all, many people knew that these extraordinarily beautiful twin sisters were Deputy Palace Master Cheng's concubines.

And who would dare to look too much at the women of the dignified Deputy Palace Master?

"Therefore, in the various factories under the Heavenly Fortune Hall, due to the dissatisfaction of a large number of artisans, there are widespread problems such as passive slowdowns and low efficiency.

"Some artisans' behavior is quite egregious, deliberately producing substandard defective parts, or even deliberately damaging production facilities…"

The expressions of the four Xuan Masters immediately turned a little unsightly.

The High-Rank Xuan Master serving as Deputy Hall Master, named "Gong Changping," couldn't help but move his lips, wanting to say a few words of defense.

But Deputy Hall Master Gong ultimately closed his mouth, saying nothing.

Because arguing directly with the other party's personal maidservant in front of Deputy Palace Master Cheng was definitely not a wise move.

By the way.

The Heavenly Fortune Hall was not an important department in the Xuan Palace, so only the official Hall Master was a Xuan Master expert, while the Deputy Hall Master was only a High-Rank Xuan Master.

From this small detail, it could be seen that advancing to Xuan Master was a rather difficult matter.

Even the number of Xuan Masters in the Xuan Palace was not too high. For certain peripheral institutions, the Deputy Hall Master position could only be filled by High-Rank Xuan Masters.

Lin Wanshu turned to look at her younger sister, and said softly, "Wanxian, please display the results of our investigation."

Lin Wanxian responded crisply with a "Okay," quickly took off a jade necklace from her neck, and said, "Come out!"

This was precisely the Flying Bird Necklace.

That was, the extraordinary item personally manufactured by Cheng Han using the newly condensed Crown of Life Xuan Seal, which could summon a flying bird to act as eyes and ears.

The next second.

"Chirp!"

A phantom bird sound rang out.

The jade instantly transformed into a ball of green light, changing into the shape of a light bird.

Then, the green light quickly faded, and a lifelike sparrow appeared on Lin Wanxian's slender hand, hopping around playfully.

The four Xuan Masters looked completely dumbfounded.

On the one hand, they didn't quite understand what this beautiful maidservant was doing with a sparrow.

On the other hand, although the Xuan Palace possessed quite a few extraordinary items, this was the first time they had seen a jade that could transform into a sparrow.

What was even more unbelievable was that this was an item that ordinary people could use.

This was too awesome!

Lin Wanxian's tone was full of cheerfulness, her youthful girlishness bursting to the extreme: "Little Flower, show us what you saw."

When Cheng Han heard the word "Little Flower," his eyes flickered, and he muttered in his heart, "Another one who's terrible at naming things!"

"Chirp!"

The sparrow immediately understood the sentence and responded with a cry.

It vigorously flapped its wings and took off, first circling the palace in the air, and then landed on a spiritual plant not far away.

The sparrow then lowered its head and lightly pecked at the spiritual plant with its beak.

An obscure wave immediately surged up.

"Whoosh!"

The spiritual plant suddenly came to life, swaying its branches and leaves, creating a rustling sound.

After a while.

The leaves of the spiritual plant glowed with a green light, and a large cluster of light spots emerged.

The three Xuan Masters were directly stunned.

They originally thought that this was just an extraordinary item that could transform into animal forms.

It had some tricks.

But it wasn't too surprising.

But until they saw this scene, the Xuan Masters realized that their previous thoughts were completely wrong.

The sparrow transformed by this thing possessed a rather high level of intelligence, and could actually autonomously cast Xuan techniques!

This was no ordinary feat!

In fact.

This was precisely the most typical characteristic of the Crown of Life Xuan Seal.

As a top-level "Crown" that controlled the "Power of Life," this Xuan Seal possessed a powerful ability – creating life.

This had already slightly touched upon the category of the power of laws.

Even a Third-Order Xuan Seal, that was, the Xuan Seal condensed by a Xuan Governor expert, would find it difficult to do this.

"Chirp!"

The sparrow took off again.

The large cluster of light spots floated along with the sparrow, flying in groups to Lin Wanxian's front, and gathered into a green light ball.

Little Flower then landed on the girl's shoulder and touched her hair with its beak.

Lin Wanxian immediately extended a slender hand, tentatively touching the light ball.

"Poof!"

The light ball exploded.

A phantom light screen, more than five meters long, slowly unfolded along with it.

The expressions of the Xuan Masters were subtle.

Especially the three Affairs Xuan Masters, unconsciously giving rise to a thought of "I'm not even as good as a sparrow," because they didn't have this ability.

After a moment.

The light screen surged with large ripples, with fragmented images visible within. After the ripples subsided, a segment of footage appeared on it:

This was actually a factory.

Each workstation was filled with piles of parts, and a craftsman was processing the parts with several apprentices.

From time to time, apprentices pulled small carts back and forth, sending the parts from the previous workstation over, and then sending the processed parts to the next workstation.

Looking at a glance.

It seemed to have a sense of order.

But the Xuan Masters frowned.

The apprentices' attitudes were unusually lax, and they were also working listlessly.

And the craftsman who should have been responsible for supervision not only turned a blind eye to this, but also closed his eyes and leaned against the operating table, pretending to be asleep.

After a few seconds.

"Bang!"

An apprentice casually threw a brand new semi-finished part into the scrap area, and said with a grin, "Too lazy to process it, just scrap it directly."

This action immediately opened the floodgates.

Another apprentice complained, "Now I work a full day, and my income is less than half of what it used to be."

Other apprentices immediately echoed.

"Yeah, it's really boring!"

"What's with this broken internal combustion engine? Crystal energy power is better!"

"In the past, casually getting a little gray crystal was enough to offset my salary. Now the higher-ups are acting against the trend, completely not giving us a way out."

This conversation was tantamount to confirming what Lin Wanshu had just said.

Deputy Hall Master Gong's face could be described as gloomy.

The Affairs Xuan Masters were even more uneasy, with faint beads of sweat oozing from their foreheads.

Lin Wanxian's melodious voice rang out: "This is the cylinder head processing line, and the qualification rate of the parts produced here is only 60%.

"After our investigation, we found that many processing steps were not strictly followed according to the procedure, and quality inspection was also perfunctory."

These few words were enough to show that this girl's understanding of the factory had reached a certain level, otherwise she wouldn't be able to say such professional things.

In the next few minutes.

The light screen displayed more than a dozen different segments in a row.

All of them were about the various chaotic phenomena in the factory, and there were even a very small number of craftsmen and apprentices deliberately destroying the processed parts.

Lin Wanxian ended the demonstration with a sentence: "The above situation can be said to be everywhere in the various factories under the Heavenly Fortune Hall."

Lin Wanshu smoothly took over the topic: "Your Excellency, we have reason to believe that there are indeed serious problems with the production within the Heavenly Fortune Hall."

Cheng Han nodded lightly, his expression neither angry nor happy: "You two have done well!"

The Heavenly Fortune Hall governed hundreds of thousands of artisans and possessed thousands of factories. Outsiders who took a cursory look during the investigation could not possibly figure out the problem.

Only by calming down and truly going deep into the front line to understand the various details of production could one discover problems that were unknown to outsiders.

Judging from the situation displayed on the light screen, the twin sisters had indeed done quite well.

Lin Wanshu and Lin Wanxian immediately bowed and saluted: "Your Excellency, this is what we should do."

The sisters unconsciously exchanged a glance, and a hint of joy flashed in their beautiful eyes at the same time.

The two had already understood that their work had been recognized by His Excellency, and this hurdle had been passed.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound was heard.

Deputy Hall Master Gong knelt on one knee on the carpet, his head deeply lowered: "Your Excellency, the problems of the Heavenly Fortune Hall are our serious dereliction of duty!"

The evidence was irrefutable, and sophistry was simply impossible, so he chose to honestly admit his mistake.

The three Affairs Xuan Masters trembled all over, and hurriedly knelt down in imitation.

The atmosphere in the palace instantly tensed up.

The twin sisters stole a glance at Cheng Han, their faces showing different colors, and for the first time they had the most profound understanding of the word "authority."

In the past, where would the dignified Deputy Hall Master have looked at them directly?

But with the power of Deputy Palace Master Cheng, they merely displayed some footage, and they forced a Deputy Hall Master to kneel down and admit his mistake!