
Xiao Zhou put in his long sword, and approaching the ruins of that thick wall, two people came out in already shattered clothes, the wounds on their bodies looked so terrible, but did not make the two die, either,
"master I admit defeat" said the handsome young man whose face was now fully visible because his half mask had been destroyed.
"i have never seen that ferocious dragon style, I also admit defeat" said Xiao Zhou's old body.
"i am a demonic cleaver, and my brother is this heavenly sword, we are both sword spirits and you can pass by" said the man who used Xiao Zhou's old body
and the two men turned into beautiful cleaver and sword, and both of them became light and vanished.
a beautiful butterfly with an eye-like complexion, flew between the ruins of the thick wall, making the originally calm faces of the gatekeepers now turn pale, no one let out a sound, even breathing was so slow.
Xiao Zhou who had returned refreshed, having already rested for a while, approached Jung Min Ha and carried her on his back, and stepped towards the last gate.
the eve of death was so pronounced as Xiao Zhou's feet approached the seventh gate,
"the conqueror, I came" Xiao Zhou muttered and pushed a large gate made of stone, and it looked very heavy.
graaagggghhh.....
the heavy gate slowly opened, slowly.
*****
present-day in the imperial capital of Ming, a white peacock restaurant.
that morning Xiao Zhou and Yang Tian, had already left the place and a red-eyed Shinobi was kneeling before Xiao Zhou.
"prince Jing Hao was on his way to the Queen Mother's residence outside the palace" the red-eyed Shinobi said.
Xiao Zhou nodded and jumped into the air and darted among the trees,
"this is the only ability I can use right now, the more my dantian day cracks and my qi energy decreases, this is only at the level of the king swordsman" inner Xiao Zhou.
"ahhhh... Am I really not healed?" inner Xiao Zhou again, and continued to jump from tree to tree, and that night they rested in an inn in a village not far from their destination.
***"
not far from where Xiao Zhou was staying, a luxurious residence on the outskirts of a well guarded by so many palace guards.
prince Jing Hao was kneeling before a woman, and they were bounded by a curtain,
"whoareyou? you are not an imperial official, but carry a badge from His Imperial Majesty" the Queen Mother said.
"servant prince Jing Hao, the servant is the personal bodyguard of His Majesty the Emperor, and the purpose of the servant is to deliver this letter directly to His Majesty the Queen Mother, and also the servant was ordered to escort the Queen Mother back to the palace" said prince Jing Hao, and placed a scroll before her.
a female servant approached and took the scroll, and handed it to the woman behind the curtain.
the woman behind the curtain read the letter that was still sealed intact.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, ask me to the palace immediately? hemm... What is this? but I haven't gotten what I want in this place" the woman's inner self.
"alright you can go now" said the woman behind the curtain.
"well, Your Highness the Queen Mother, I beg you" said Prince Jing Hao.
"hasn't the butler returned yet?" asked the person called Suri's mother to look at her maid.
"not yet, Your Majesty, it has been several days that the butler has not returned" said the maid.
****
not far from the luxury residence of the Queen Mother on the edge of the lake.
a lady dressed as a maid, her face and skin showing her age of 40, no one knew her true age, was fighting with some mid-level demonic beasts.
the woman's skin looked dull, and in some parts it looked purplish, like being exposed to poison or something.
after some time some of the wolves had gone lifeless and left three others and from behind appeared a large wolf who was the leader of the group of animals, and attacked the woman.
blood flowed from her arms and some parts of her clothes were torn by the snow wolf.
"i can't handle this" the woman's inner self and tried to find an escape crack.
the servant-clothed woman jumped up and continued to run through the forest and the wolf that was originally so fiercely chasing after, suddenly stopped and turned around leaving the woman.
"hemmm. they finally gave up too," the woman's inner self, and something felt by both her legs.
the servant-clothed woman's face turned pale, and quickly took out the scarf that tied her waist.
"no, I forgot about this place" the woman's inner self, and now that her body has begun to be sucked by the mud in the forest, there are no plants near her.
"no. I don't want to die in a place like this" she said, and tried to throw his shawl looking for a tree branch but unfortunately the shawl was unable to reach a single tree branch.
after a while the woman's body was half sucked in by the mud, and a teenager approached her.
"aahhh, young man, thankfully you came on time, please help me" said the woman dressed as the maid.
Xiao Zhou simply nodded, and smiled.
"alright aunt I will help you, but tell me who aunt, like aunt is a servant of that luxurious residence" Xiao Zhou asked.
"hemmm, young man you are full of ambition, even when you want to help someone you ask things related to the benefits you get after helping him" said the woman with a cynical smile.
"aahh, of course, aunt, but aunt, just calm down, I will help you, as long as aunt promises to help me" Xiao Zhou said
"i can't promise, tell me what you want?" ask the woman.
"alright I'll be straightforward, take me inside the palace, I know you're the Queen Mother's butler" Xiao Zhou said.
the woman's face turned pale, though,
"whoareyou? and what's your goal, do you want to kill Suri's mother?" ask the woman.
"ummmm..who I am is not important, I have absolutely no grudge with this palace, and there is no advantage if I kill your master, instead I want to help him" said Xiao Zhou.
"hahaha... you? how old are you? you make me laugh, you're too young to help a Queen Mother, go away and Suri's mother doesn't need your help" she said.
"alright I'll go, like you're wasting too much time, while you're bathing in your beautiful pool, remember someone is planning something nice to your great employer, and also your new Emperor." said Xiao Zhou, and stepped lightly over the suction mud.
xiao Zhou's clothes slightly waved, and picked up the shawl thrown by the woman and pulled her.
"you are so young, your ability to lighten your body is so high, forgive my words earlier" said the woman who now both have stepped towards a small hut on the edge of the lake, a young servant approached them and helped the butler.
"sit down, I'll clean up first, after that we'll talk" she said
the sky was getting dark, the two people were already sitting down and enjoying their dinner, at a table in the small hut, the young maid was preparing a truly luxurious meal for the two of them,
"say clearly what do you mean by a good plan? and who's the one who's planning it?, and tell me why you want to help?" the woman asked, her face pale.
Xiao Zhou was still so calm, his eyes staring at the face of the woman who was eating so elegantly.
"actually I don't like to interfere in people's affairs, especially imperial political matters, I hate him so much, but someone's a father who is so good to me, without ever caring what I am from among the people, that person always helped me, now asks me to do something, and now I will do as I can" Xiao Zhou said.
"at your age, I'm not sure you'll be able to help out much in politics, but what are your plans for now?" ask the woman.
"hehe. bibi is very smart, I am also not sure of the ability in this matter, well put me into the field of palace pharmacy, please, after that I will find out what the plans of the bad guys are" Xiao Zhou said.
the woman looked into Xiao Zhou's eyes trying to figure out something in the young man's eyes.
"alright, I'll try it, but it'll be very suspicious if I include people who don't know anything about the world of medicine like you into the field of palace pharmacy" she said.
"i know a little about medicine, my aunt has been exposed to poison for more than five years, and I can cure her" Xiao Zhou said