Made countless people drop their jaws in shock.
After all, in the previous few years, the Empress's faction had absolutely stolen the spotlight amid their struggle with the traditional side—their martial prowess was impressive, earning her the title of Martial Emperor of Great Yuan.
Yet a figure like that went out of her way to build an official road of little actual value, all for a former top scholar.
It was straight-up mind-boggling.
Many who had no idea what was really going on dug around through all sorts of channels, and only then did they get the Empress's reasoning.
Turns out, Lu Family Manor's Scholar Lu had shattered the True Qi barrier years ago, becoming an Innate Martial Artist.
With someone like that, just how high had he climbed now?
Just imagining it was scary.
In Jinghua Prefecture there were even people who compared Scholar Lu to that legendary Innate Genius Lin Daosheng.
Lu Family Manor, now famous across the land, naturally drew hordes of admirers.
