Si Tieyou regretted it beyond measure.
What was the Imperial Court? It was a tattered fishing net that leaked from every side and could hold nothing. The most tightly guarded place in the world was the Empire's Imperial Court, and the place where news leaked most easily was also the Imperial Court.
He had written to an old friend about what he had seen and heard in Woniu Village. That letter's contents would likely become known to many people...
"Alas... I am old!"
The elderly Si Tieyou felt as though he had been struck by lightning and hated himself bitterly. His already aged body seemed even more decrepit. Bai Yujun coldly watched the old man who had once stirred the winds and clouds. He surely did not understand the importance of clinging to life, and had forgotten that caution was the most important thing in dealing with people. The Imperial Court? Heh heh. Even the imperial palace leaked from every side, much less the Imperial Court. It was merely an institution that existed by following the tide.
"What did you write in that letter? You had better not have said too much. Otherwise, dying a hundred times would not be enough."
Bai Yujun's tone was indifferent.
"This old man wrote that I had encountered a heaven-sent talent, peerless in military affairs and also a cultivation genius, rare in all the world. Was that... too much?"
"Whether it was too much or not, you've wandered the Imperial Court for so many years—don't you know? Those people of the Imperial Court excel at scheming. Not even the slightest trace can escape eyes that keep advancing for power and profit. You old man really are naive. No wonder you've ended up like this."
"Cough, cough... I made a misstep. I thought that after