Bai Qinghe frowned coldly, and blocked the scabbard of Sword Eleven with a casual palm of his left hand without using any strength at all.
"Are you in the Qihuang Realm? A scabbard murderer, you are the only one in the world who can do it, Imperial City Sword Eleven."
Although Jian Shiyi's scabbard was easily blocked, Bai Qinghe still said something very humbly out of politeness and admiration.
Jian Shiyi is not that kind of villain. Since the sheath in his hand is blocked, there is no need for him to humiliate himself: "It is said that Bai Qinghe's palm skills are unparalleled in the world. This time I saw it, it is truly the best in the world. I admire you, please!"
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Bai Qinghe nodded with a smile and followed behind Jian Shiyi.
Su Xinghe asked strangely: "Senior Bai, why is this person always followed by two followers, one holding the scabbard and the other holding the sword body? It's so weird."
Bai Qinghe glanced at the surrounding scene in the imperial city, smiled and said softly: "Jian Shiyi's sword is generally not used to kill people. He only uses the scabbard to kill people. As for why the entourage follows closely, it is because if he
If you hold a long sword in your hand, you can't control your murderous nature. Simply putting it in the hands of your followers is also a kind of self-control."
"Furthermore, these two followers of his have a very good background. It is said that their cultivation level is also bottomless. They usually hide their cultivation level by themselves. Once Jian Shiyi really can't defeat the opponent, the two of them will take action."
Su Xinghe nodded while listening. He didn't expect there were so many strange people in the world.
Zhou Tian was also listening, but he always felt that there was something wrong with Jian Shiyi. He looked ahead and felt that the route they took was not quite right. They entered the imperial city and then the palace. Since they were...
The disciples of the academy should go through the north gate, but why do they go straight to the main entrance of the palace?
"Senior Jian Shiyi, why did you take this road instead of taking the north road?"
Jian Shiyi didn't want to explain, and looked at the followers around him out of the corner of his eye.
One of the attendants explained: "It is true that the disciples of the academy should go through the north gate. You can go back this way on weekdays, but taking you into the palace this time is completely a task assigned by Emperor Shang to the master. Of course, you must follow the main gate."
Zhou Tian thought for a while: It seems that Jian Shiyi left in order to complete his mission. Forget it, let's fulfill him.
Then Zhou Tian raised his hands and said to Su Xinghe and Bai Qinghe: "Wait a moment, you two!"
"Old Su, where is the inn?" Zhou Tian was anxious to ask Elder Xuansi something.
"Oh, walk less than a hundred meters from here and you will see a three-story inn. I can't remember the specific name, but it seems to be the only inn in the imperial city that has three floors. It's easy to find."
After Su Xinghe said that, Zhou Tian bowed to Bai Qinghe again: "Senior Bai, I won't go to the palace with you. We will meet in front of that inn then."
Bai Qinghe nodded, and then continued to move forward behind Jian Shiyi.
As Su Xinghe walked, he turned around and waved goodbye to Zhou Tian. In Zhou Tian's eyes, there seemed to be a strange light shining in Su Xinghe's eyes, but he didn't think much about it at the time and waved his hand with a smile.
"I wonder, Mr. Jian Shiyi, what is the important thing about returning to the Imperial City this time?"
Bai Qinghe's sudden question caught Jian Shiyi off guard. He only knew that Bai Qinghe had been imprisoned by the academy for decades, but he didn't know that he actually understood him so clearly.
"You? How did you know? Was it in the well?"
Jian Shishi didn't want to mention what happened before Bai Qinghe, but out of curiosity he finally blurted it out.
Bai Qinghe disagreed: "Haha, I was in the well of the academy, and the disciples of the academy would tell me what happened every year, but they didn't know that I was Bai Qinghe at the time!"
Speaking of this, Su Xinghe couldn't help but tears welling up in his eyes again: "Senior Bai, you have suffered!"
Bai Qinghe turned his head and saw Su Xinghe like this, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "Su Xinghe, the friendship between you and me is just the friendship between academy disciples. Two grown men shouldn't cry and moan all day long. I'm not out now!"
Jian Shiyi's two followers blushed a little when they saw it, and thought to themselves: The relationship between the academy disciples is really not simple. It seems that the outside world is right in saying that the academy only accepts male disciples.
Jian Shiyi didn't care about this. After hearing Bai Qinghe's story, he understood, so he simply explained: "I also just came back from the land of Xihuan. As for why I came back suddenly, it was really to pick you up. There were other reasons."
Emperor Shang hasn’t told me yet!”
When Bai Qinghe heard this, he burst into laughter: "I didn't expect Emperor Shang to be so interested in curious things. If it weren't for the fact that he is Emperor Shang, this strong curiosity would sooner or later lead to death."
Bai Qinghe never concealed his words. When the two followers heard this, they quickly said: "Don't talk nonsense. We are in the imperial city and we will be outside the palace soon. How can we talk about your majesty? If my master is implicated, you will definitely be in trouble."
Let’s go!”
Jian Shiyi saw the tense appearance of his entourage and hurriedly stopped him.
"Huh? Senior Bai is a disciple of the academy, and he is a person with extremely high cultivation. What he just said was not really to slander His Majesty. Don't be so excited."
As they talked, they arrived at the palace guard's office.
The two palace guards looked carefully: "Who are you?"
Just as Jian Shiyi was about to speak, he saw Su Xinghe take out the token from his waist, which was the academy's general order.
When the guard saw it, he immediately became humble and said, "Oh, it turns out you are from the academy. Why didn't you go in directly at the north gate this time?"
Su Xinghe glanced at Jian Shiyi and his two followers beside him and said, "Our coming this time was brought by Mr. Jian Shiyi, so it's a bit abrupt. Please report it to Your Majesty."
Just as the two guards were about to report, Emperor Shang's personal eunuch ran up behind them.
"What else are you reporting? Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time. Come in quickly!"
It turned out that the eunuch had already told Emperor Shang about the whereabouts of Bai Qinghe and the others.
When they arrived at the palace, Emperor Shang was already waiting for them on the dragon throne.
"Sword Eleven is indeed Sword Eleven. In just a few days, he has brought the person I want to see! Haha!"
But what he didn't know was that Bai Qinghe came to the imperial city this time just to find him. Bai Qinghe looked at Jian Shiyi and nodded with a smile.
"Your Majesty, since we have brought you here, please leave!"
Jian Shiyi felt a little ashamed, because it was obviously Bai Qinghe who was cooperating with him, and it was not his own fault.
Emperor Shang smiled and nodded, and then Jian Shiyi and his followers exited the palace.
Just as Bai Qinghe was about to kneel down and salute, Emperor Shang gradually stepped down from the dragon chair: "Haha, I know that you came to me voluntarily, not by Jian Shiyi himself. Since you want to give him
Face, then it’s not easy for me to take away your favor!”
After hearing this, Bai Qinghe and Su Xinghe smiled and knelt down to salute: "Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live your Majesty!"
Then he stood up and said to Emperor Shang: "I came here this time not for anything else, but mainly to discuss the affairs of Haotian Pavilion..."
Bai Qinghe got straight to the point and directly stated the main purpose of coming here, which shocked Emperor Shang. Although he had met Bai Qinghe before, it had been many years. What secret did this person have?
The Master of the Academy and Patriarch Haotian of Haotian Pavilion were anxious to find him, and he wanted to know.
But the opportunity to ask questions was snatched away by him.
"What happened at Haotian Pavilion? What's there to fear about this kind of thing? With your academy here and now that Jian Shiyi is back, I can certainly rest easy!"
Listening to Emperor Shang's words, Bai Qinghe's heart tightened.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. You must also know who I am? Haotian Pavilion was founded by me at that time, including the main techniques of Haotian Pavilion now, they are all left by me at that time. I mean, this time
When I come back, I also ask your Majesty to give me great support. I will personally eradicate the remnants of Haotian Pavilion and restore peace to the world and stability to Your Majesty!"
Bai Qinghe's impassioned speech really frightened Emperor Shang. He did not expect Bai Qinghe to be such a righteous person.
Emperor Shang thought for a while and then asked: "Since you are so open-minded, let me get straight to the point. What secrets are you hiding? Why do both Haotian Pavilion and Master want to find you as soon as possible. I heard that you escaped from the well.
, Sects all over the world are in a state of agitation. How many things are you hiding on your body? Can you tell me?"
When Su Xinghe heard His Majesty's question, he gradually turned his head to Bai Qinghe, because he was also curious about what the master's extravagant hopes for him were, and was it really because of that peerless Kung Fu!
Bai Qinghe looked into their eyes, and then at your eunuch beside Emperor Shang.
"Oh, you go out first!"
Emperor Shang took one look and understood what Bai Qinghe meant, so he asked the eunuch beside him to temporarily leave the hall.
"The people from Haotian Pavilion found me because they were afraid that I would return to my position as the master of Haotian Pavilion. As for Patriarch Haotian, he was taught by me. At that time, I returned to the academy and handed him his notes.
It is also what other sects want, so my coming out may cause some of them to become restless."
"As for Master, I don't know exactly why, but I think it is probably because you are afraid that I will be hurt."
When Su Xinghe heard this, he felt that Bai Qinghe had not made everything clear about the Master, which further proved that the Master indeed had something to hide from him.
Emperor Shang nodded slowly after hearing this, and said with a vague understanding: "So that's the case, are you sure of what you just said?"
Bai Qinghe's eyes were as bright as a torch, and his eyes were extremely firm.
"Your Majesty, please believe me. As long as you send me some capable people, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's high expectations!"
After Bai Qinghe said this, Emperor Shang finally understood that the strong support he just mentioned was for him to send people to assist him. Emperor Shang hesitated for a while, but still did not give the final answer.
"Well, since you have expressed your thoughts, how about staying in my palace for one night and I will give you an answer tomorrow?"
Bai Qinghe said nothing, bowed his hands and bowed: "Of course!"
Su Xinghe also knelt down. Although he knew that Zhou Tian might not know that they would not go back tonight, he did not remind Bai Qinghe beside him.
"Haha, okay! Okay!"
Then he followed the eunuchs outside the palace to rest in other palaces inside the palace.
At this time, Zhou Tian also found the inn. He raised his head and looked at the three-story inn. Apart from the watchtower of the palace, this inn was the tallest in the imperial city.
He stepped in and felt a cold wind blowing by, suddenly feeling very refreshing. He didn't expect that it was so hot outside but so cool inside the house.