At this moment, the fat eunuch suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "Who is outside the door?"
When the soldier outside the door heard the fat eunuch's voice, he immediately replied respectfully: "I am guarding the imperial study. I heard some noise inside and came to check it out. I didn't expect it to be you, eunuch. I am so sorry!"
"Alas!" said the fat eunuch, "Of course it's my fault! His Majesty ordered me to check the files here, but who knew that I fell asleep and just woke up. It's my fault for disturbing the general!" As he said this, the fat eunuch lit the lights in the imperial study.
"I dare not!"
The fat eunuch said, "The general is also following the emperor's order. Why don't you come into the imperial study and check it out? That will also put the general at ease!"
"No need, no need. Since the fat eunuch is inside, I will not disturb him! I will take my leave now!" After saying that, the sound of footsteps gradually faded away outside the door.
Hearing the footsteps gradually disappear, the fat eunuch looked at the smiling face of Master Xiaoyan with some displeasure, and said in a low voice, "You look so confident, are you sure that I won't deal with you?"
Young Master Xiaoyan chuckled twice and said, "If the eunuch really wants to kill us, he only needs to shout twice, and hundreds of guards outside the imperial study will rush in, and my little sister Qingcheng and I will be finished instantly! Why would he bother to test our martial arts in the imperial study?"
"Humph! You're just being clever!" The fat eunuch turned and walked towards the depths of the imperial study: "Follow me!"
The two followed the fat eunuch closely. They saw the fat eunuch walked to the scroll of Shuanglong and Ba Fenghan hanging in the imperial study. He stretched out his hand and knocked three times on Xu Ziling's position. Suddenly, a door appeared on the bookshelf next to him. Gongzi Xiaoyan and Xue Qingcheng looked at each other in shock, unable to speak.
The fat eunuch walked in first, and the two followed him into the secret room. The size of the entire secret room was almost the same as that of the imperial study, which was really impressive. The decoration inside was not as magnificent and beautiful as other places in the palace, but rather a bit dirty and messy, with all kinds of strange things displayed in a mess.
Suddenly, Young Master Xiaoyan was shocked. He took several steps and came to a strange golden box. He said, "Oh my god! Could this be..."
What caught his eye was a pure black iron box inlaid with gold. It felt extremely heavy in his hand, as if it was made of black iron. Looking closely, he saw that the box was carved with exquisite and ingenious patterns. Even a Huajian descendant like Gongzi Xiaoyan, who was accustomed to the elegance of the world, could not help but admire it.
But the most shocking thing were the three large characters engraved on the box in ancient seal script, which looked like flying dragons and phoenixes, and gave off a hint of otherworldliness - Tianmo Ce!
The fat eunuch leisurely came to the side of Young Master Xiaoyan and said with a smile: "Yes, these three big characters were written by Wu Yan himself. What do you think is inside!" After that, the fat eunuch slowly opened the iron box and flipped through the books in the box one by one.
"Wandering among Flowers", "Heavenly Heart Lotus Ring", "Ziwu Tiangang", "The Great Method of the Ca Nu", "The Magic Decision", "The Secret of the Heavenly Demon", "The Art of Escape from Punishment", "The Great Method of Purple Blood", "The Heavenly Book of Forgetting Love" and the last treasure of the Demon Sect, "The Great Method of Planting Demons in the Heart of Tao"!
Young Master Xiaoyan was so excited that he was speechless when looking at the ten volumes of magic books in front of him. Even if he could master just one of the unique skills in it, it would be enough to attract the attention of everyone in the world and be honored as a master. The next four volumes are even more supreme secrets that point directly to the way of heaven!
Young Master Xiaoyan was overjoyed and asked, "Why did you suddenly change your mind, sir? Didn't you say I had no chance? Why...why were you willing to help me?"
The fat eunuch said in a deep voice: "That's all thanks to the Immortal Seal you have mastered!"
Xue Qingcheng asked in surprise: "Immortal Seal?"
Young Master Xiaoyan looked embarrassed and did not respond.
"You don't have to hide it from me. What you just used was the first move of the Immortal Seal, the Dark Wind Funeral and Soul-Calling." The fat eunuch's eyes flashed with admiration, and he said leisurely and fascinatedly, "The Immortal Seal was created by Shi Zhixuan, the 'Evil King' who was unstoppable in the world and was in charge of both the Huajian and Bu Tian sects. I remember the battle of the Wulou Temple in Xijing that year. Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, personally led the army. All the masters came out to besiege Shi Zhixuan who was trapped in the abbot's room, but he still escaped calmly. It really boosted the momentum of our Saint Sect!"
Young Master Xiaoyan was very surprised and asked, "Could it be that the reason why you saved me is because I am a member of the Saint Sect?"
The fat eunuch stared at him with a determined look in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, word by word: "If you couldn't take my move just now, I wouldn't save you even if you were a member of the Saint Sect! But now, I have regarded you as the only hope for the future of the Saint Sect!"
"The only hope?"
The fat eunuch didn't care about Young Master Xiaoyan who couldn't put down the ten volumes of the magic book. Instead, he looked up with a look of reminiscence, and said, "Alas! When the late emperor was seriously ill, she issued the 'Demon Suppression Manifesto' to attack the Holy Sect. I thought it was just a show to please the white martial arts world led by Cihang Jingzhai. But she did it as she said, and gathered the power of the government and the elites of various gangs in the rivers and lakes, and uprooted the Holy Sect with a thunderous force."
He sighed again and said, "The first to bear the brunt were the Yingui Sect that she and I belonged to. Since Wu Zhao knew the six ways of the two sects of the Holy Sect very well, coupled with her overwhelming strength, the Holy Sect was no match. Even the arrogant Evil Emperor Du Ao could not escape death. She is very cruel! Really cruel!"
"The rest of them, Fatty Jia Anlong, Bi Chen Rong Fengxiang, Zi Wu Jian Zuo Youxian, and Yin Kui Sect Shan Yuru, are nothing but withered bones in the grave! Our Saint Sect is experiencing a catastrophe that has not happened in thousands of years! I am now seventy-two years old, and my last wish is to find someone who can lead our Saint Sect to regain its prestige!"
"So the person chosen by the eunuch could be me?" Young Master Xiaoyan said with a smile.
"That's right!" The fat eunuch nodded and said, "Among the new generation of the Demon Sect, Senluo Yaksha is not worthy of his name, and Ziyi Hou is narrow-minded. As for Hongfen Skull and Liunian Ranzhi, they are all barbarians from outside the Great Wall. They have wolfish ambitions and want to annex the Central Plains. Only you, Master Xiaoyan, can take on this important task!"
"Thank you for your kindness, eunuch!" Young Master Xiaoyan said, "But what should I do specifically?"
The fat eunuch didn't answer him. He pondered for a moment, then said in a shocking tone: "You must escape! Take the ten volumes of "Heavenly Demon Strategy" with you and run together!"
Young Master Xiaoyan said anxiously, "If the eunuch helps me escape, how can I hide it from the Empress?"
The fat eunuch said calmly, "Her mentality is very subtle. Maybe she will spare my life to thank me for risking my life to help her over the years. Maybe I'm wrong, but what's the big deal? The eunuch is seventy-two years old. What's the difference between dying at seventy-three and seventy-four?"
Young Master Xiaoyan asked, "Why don't you flee with me, eunuch?"
The fat eunuch smiled bitterly and said, "If I were your age, I would go with you even if I knew I was going to die. Unfortunately, this world now belongs to you young people!" (To be continued)