"State Preceptor, what is happening?" Cai He looked with some curiosity at the bizarre group before him. He recognized Concubine Mei as the concubine of the previous State Preceptor. The woman beside her must be the one chosen by the current State Preceptor, but what in the world were the silver eagle and the muscle-bound rabbit?
"Cai He, considering my relationship with Senior Brother Yan, it would be appropriate for you to call me 'Uncle,'" Chen Jiuge said with a smile.
"Greetings, Uncle." Cai He was flexible enough to play along, promptly addressing him as such.
"Not so fast. This is the journal Senior Brother Yan left for me. Take a look," Chen Jiuge tossed the journal to Cai He.
Observing Cai He's expression change dramatically, Chen Jiuge said magnanimously, "Give me the Ten Fierce Essences, and you can continue to be Emperor in peace. Your mother is still with the Yan Family, isn't she? I recall you were also raised there."
