In the Hall of Peace, Emperor Shang looked at the mysterious man kneeling in front of him begging for mercy, and said with a disdainful smile: "You were so confident just now that your secret could surprise me?"
The mysterious man knelt down, not even daring to raise his head. He shivered and kept looking at the ground in front of his knees and whispered softly: "Emperor Shang is wise, we are informants from Dong Chu. Originally, there were only a few informants and they were not familiar with the world.
, ignored Qi cultivators and the four continents, so I was a little rude just now, and I asked Emperor Shang to atone for his sins! Spare your life!"
When Emperor Shang heard him say that he was an informant from Dong Chu, he had some doubts in his heart, so he raised his eyebrows and said contemptuously: "Informer from Dong Chu? Didn't he disappear when Patriarch Haotian came out of the Four Continents? Why did he appear again?
Your master has always been a coward, and it is really unfavorable to teach you all to be the same."
After that, he turned around and left the seat to return to the dragon couch: "Go down, I don't want to listen to the coward, let alone ask about it. I am very tired today. I will spare your life for the time being. If you dare to break into the palace privately next time,
I will definitely kill you without mercy."
"Huh? By the way, you look down on my palace guards, don't you? Then don't go out and talk nonsense. Is my palace so vulnerable?"
The gloomy-looking Emperor Shang turned his head and slowly walked up to the person with his hands down. Just as he was about to slap him down with his palm, the person quickly shouted: "Emperor Shang, our secret is related to the academy!"
This shout obviously had an effect. Emperor Shang stopped his hand in time, put his hands behind his back, slowly bent down and took a look and asked: "Academy? Okay, then you should tell me, if you dare to deceive me, I will
You will definitely not be able to survive even if you die!"
After the words fell, Emperor Shang sat on the chair again, staring at him with extremely sharp eyes.
"Reporting to Emperor Shang, there are traitors from Haotian Pavilion in the academy!"
This sentence made Emperor Shang think deeply. The master had told him about this before. Some trivial matters in the academy, including the whereabouts of the master, would be known to the people of Haotian Pavilion immediately. The master himself was suspicious of Haotian Pavilion.
People penetrated into it, and they didn't expect it to happen.
Although the informants in Dongchu are timid and fearful, most of the information they tell is true and reliable. The source of the information is that they collected it from the local area. The specific method is unknown. This is why informants exist among Qi Cultivators.
The most important reason for mainland China.
They don't know anything about cultivating Qi, but the Qi sea they hold is no worse than any other sect. They just specialize in collecting intelligence and selling it in return.
"Do you know who this traitor is? Why don't you go directly to the academy? What are you looking for?"
Emperor Shang was very interested in this traitor, but since he was the emperor of the Qi Cultivator Continent, he could not act too eagerly.
"Master is not in the academy now. If I go to the academy and tell the matter, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble. Moreover, the disciples of the academy are single-minded and will not believe the words of our informant, even if the informant's information has never been
There will be falsehoods, but how can one be sure about the world?"
"But Emperor Shang is different. Emperor Shang is the ruler of the entire continent of Qi Cultivators. He will deal with any sect or even academies impartially, so we came to see Emperor Shang as soon as possible!"
"As for the palace guards, we just used cunning tactics, and there were no casualties!"
After hearing this, Emperor Shang slowly stood up and said with a serious expression: "In that case, tell me, who is this person?"
"Reporting to Emperor Shang, this person is Huabei Bei who has just returned to the academy. This person has already been bribed by Haotian Pavilion. However, because of his high level of cultivation, others should not be able to tell. According to intelligence, Huabei Bei suddenly
The purpose of coming back from Xihuan is to destroy the Imperial City of Cholera and obtain the soul-eating energy from Zhou Tian's body."
"And now, Xu Qingnian, Bai Qinghe, Mu Cangcang and Huabei Bei have left the academy and come to the imperial city saying they want to capture the remnants of Haotian Pavilion." "We informants are here to inform Emperor Shang in order to get generous rewards.
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Emperor Shang thought for a moment, his eyes flickering in and out, making the informer's heart tremble with fear. But according to some rules, as long as the informer tells the secret, no one will kill him, but he
He was facing Emperor Shang, so he still didn't know whether it would harm his life.
Emperor Shang's voice suddenly became extremely deep: "I still know this man in Huabei. He is one of the top five disciples in the academy. He is always very kind to the Master. All the brothers and sisters also like him very much, even those who study in the academy.
At that time, Huabei Bei was also deeply loved by everyone, but Dongchu informants never tell lies, okay! You go down, the reward for you will not be less, but this is a secret, I hope you will tell no one except me.
Don’t tell, as long as I let the outside world hear this secret, I will never let you go no matter where I am in the world!”
Emperor Shang's eyes were extremely fierce, and this man's courage was almost frightened by Emperor Shang.
"Emperor Shang, don't worry! The secrets told by our informants are only told to one person, and they will not be shared with the second person!"
Emperor Shang had a ferocious look on his face. He had never smiled since he learned that Hua Beibei was a traitor.
He took off his dragon robe, revealing the white lining, waved his sleeves and said sternly: "Get out! I don't want to see you again!"
After hearing this, the man rolled and crawled out of the hall.
"Emperor Shang!"
The guards outside the palace saw that the man had run away and immediately entered the palace to ask for instructions.
Emperor Shang looked outside the palace, immediately put on his dragon robe and said to the guards: "Quickly send some people with higher cultivation levels in the palace to look for Academy Xu Qingnian and others in the streets of the imperial city. If you find them, come back and report them immediately!"
After hearing this, the two guards immediately walked out of the hall.
Emperor Shang was pacing back and forth in the palace alone, with butterflies in his stomach. He originally wanted to have a good sleep, but he didn't expect to encounter such an annoying thing. Now his whereabouts are unknown, and all the masters from the academy have come to the imperial city. Like North China,
Bei and Haotian Pavilion should cooperate with each other, and the imperial city will be severely damaged again.
Emperor Shang returned to his chair, bent over and leaned on his cheek, looking at the ground, his eyes gradually turning scarlet.
"Quick! Let's go!"
The two guards hurriedly ran outside the palace.
"Are you really looking for him? Emperor Shang asked us to send someone from the palace with a higher level of cultivation. Let's go out of the palace to find him. If something unexpected happens, how should we explain it to Emperor Shang!"
"Don't worry about it! The cultivation level of the people in the palace is similar to the two of us. The implication of Emperor Shang's words is that he is looking for him. Hurry up and don't delay Emperor Shang's order!"
The two guards muttered a lot, then hurriedly rushed out of the palace and into the imperial city.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the two guards stopped at a mansion next to the market in the imperial city.
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
The guard knocked on the door hurriedly, but no one came to open the door for a long time.
"Are you not here?"
"Will not!"
Squeak!
The door of the mansion was opened, and a child walked out, about five or six years old, with a very cute and handsome appearance.
"Who are you looking for?"
The guard slowly bent down and whispered softly: "Is Huang Zongshu here?"
The child shook his head after hearing this: "No! What do you want to see him for?"
The guard handed the token to the child: "Haha, are you here this time?"
After the child took the token, his big eyes blinked: "Then wait a moment!"
After that, he closed the door of the mansion again, and the two guards looked at each other and smiled: "I didn't expect Master Huang's rules to be like this. They haven't changed in so many years!"
"That's natural. Master Huang is one of the most important trump cards in Emperor Shang's hand. If there is no token, no one can see or even order him."
The two guards chatted with each other, and after a while, the door opened again, but this time there was no child to greet them.
The two guards tiptoed in and came to the main hall. They saw a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties sitting in the main seat of the main hall, with a serious face and no expression.
"Did Emperor Shang call you here?"
When the guard saw it, he quickly bowed and said, "Exactly, Emperor Shang has something to ask of me!"
One of the guards quickly winked and said, "What are you talking about? Emperor Shang never asks for help, why do you say that?"
The guard who spoke knew that he had said the wrong thing and quickly covered his mouth in confusion.
"Haha, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! What do you think it is?"
The guard hurriedly responded: "Oh, Emperor Shang wants to ask Mr. Huang to find some people from the academy, including Xu Qingnian, Bai Qinghe, Huabeibei, and Mu Cangcang!"
The middle-aged man thought for a while: "It seems that the disciples of the academy have made Emperor Shang worried, okay! So what if they are found?"
The guard continued: "What Emperor Shang wants is that you don't need to take action or show up to find them, just go and report to Emperor Shang!"
The middle-aged man nodded: "Emperor Shang is still very measured. Okay, Mr. Huang understands. When he sees them, he will tell you. You go back!"
After that, the two guards walked out of the mansion and hurried back to the palace.
And this middle-aged man is Huang Zongshu. He is the only Qi Huang Realm cultivator in the Imperial City of Shang Kingdom. This man is quite mysterious. I heard that he was a sitting member of Haotian Pavilion before, but later he betrayed Haotian somehow.
Tiange surrendered to Emperor Shang; others said that he was the master's brother, but they didn't get along and always fought and quarreled over trivial matters, so he simply came to serve Emperor Shang to work for him; others said that he was the master's brother.
He is an ordinary Qi cultivator. Because of his talent and intelligence, Emperor Shang took him under his wing since he was a child and used him for his own purposes.
There are various theories, but they have never been confirmed. Even the Dongchu informant cannot know his true origin and identity.
When Huang Zongshu saw the guards leaving, he shouted: "Is my son here?"
I saw the child just walking over: "Dad, are you calling me?"
Huang Zongshu liked his son very much, and he had been living a quiet and peaceful life in the mansion with his son and his wife since he had a son.
"Tell your mother that I will go out to do some errands and will be back soon. Tell her not to worry and not to go to the market in the imperial city without authorization. She will just wait for me to come back!"
His son is also very smart and sensible. Although he is only five or six years old now, he already has Qi Hai and has reached the second level of Po Qi.
"My child obeys!"
"Okay! Haha, let's get down, daddy is getting ready!"
Huang Zongshu watched his son slowly walk away. He stood up and came to the back of the main hall. He took out a weapon from under the bed. The weapon was wrapped tightly in red cloth, so it was hard to see what it was.
He held the weapon in his right hand and put on a pair of white gloves in his left hand. He came to the courtyard in front of the main hall, looked around for a moment, and then went out.
At this time, in the imperial city, Xu Qingnian and the others were also among them. The imperial city was not big, so it was easy to meet him. Huang Zongshu knew the instructions of Emperor Shang well. Since he was asked to take action, it must not be as simple as observing the trends, but for
For the disciples in the academy, Huang Zongshu was also very worried.
No one comes out of Huang Zongshu's mansion for half a year. Although it is a mansion, there is not even a servant in the mansion. He came out so arrogantly, which really shocked the neighbors. Seeing him with a beard and a murderous look on his face, they were even more shocked.
It's hiding far away.
"This is the first time I've seen this family. It's really strange!"