As Grim entered Bi'an's chamber he found Suanni pacing anxiously.
"What happened?" Suanni demanded as the door sealed behind them. "We've been summoned to Ao Shun's private audience chamber at dawn."
"We need to be careful with what we say," Grim advised. "Especially about what Lin showed me."
A sharp knock at the door stopped their conversation. The door dissolved to reveal Xu Wu, Ao Shun's advisor, accompanied by four ice sentinels.
"Lord Ao Shun requires your immediate presence," he announced, his voice as cold as the walls around them. "There has been... an incident."
The corridors they traversed were different from any they'd seen before. The walls were a black colored ice. They path went downwards, and the further they went down, the darker the ice became.
"Where are we going?" Suanni asked.
"To the Treasury," Xu Wu replied without turning. "Where the North Sea's most ancient artifacts are stored."
