Nine Entering Sainthood Under Heaven, Eunuch Wei Can Trade One for One

Now that we're safe, let's get down to business.

After Xu Bai asked the question, he gave Ying Yue enough time to pick up the teacup on the table, take a sip, and wait patiently.

Ying Yue's eyes darted around before finally settling on the ground. "You can't know this news for now. The most important thing is..."

"I quit."

Before Ying Yue could finish speaking, Xu Bai simply said four words, then got up to leave.

They left decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

What is this? And why can't other people know?

How rare is that?

He hated playing charades more than anything in his life. Before he knew they were all in cahoots, he didn't care about playing charades.

After all, everyone is on guard, which is perfectly normal.

But now we're all in the same group, so let's make things clear: whoever wants to do it can do it.

He absolutely won't do it unless he makes it clear.

There are many ways to find that mountain. You can always search for it one by one. Although it may be slower, you will eventually find it.

Before Xu Bai could take two steps, he felt someone tugging at his sleeve. Turning around, Xu Bai's expression was very serious.

"Let go."

"I won't let go." Ying Yue shook her head forcefully, stubbornly saying.

Xu Bai's gaze turned cold. "You think that just because your father is the Chief of the Celestial Surveillance Bureau, you can do whatever you want?"

"That's not how it is. Can't I tell you?" Ying Yue saw Xu Bai's expression and guessed that if she didn't tell him, he would really leave.

This is an opportunity I've worked so hard to get after all these years. If I give it up now, wouldn't everything my father planned be for nothing?

Over the decades, the Bureau of Surveillance has sacrificed countless efforts to operate this plan, and the Bureau itself has lived in the Great Yue Kingdom since childhood.

If the plan fails, then it's all just empty talk.

So if this man in front of me wants to know, then let him know. After all, we're all on the same side.

When Xu Bai heard that Ying Yue was willing to speak, he stopped and smiled again, his expression now as gentle as a spring breeze compared to his previous seriousness.

"That face changed way too fast!" Ying Yue remarked.

"Don't worry about the details. Come, sit down and talk slowly. Are you thirsty? Let me pour you a glass of water first." Xu Bai pulled Ying Yue's hand and pressed Ying Yue shoulder to make her sit down, meaning that they could talk slowly.

Ying Yue's eyes darted around. "If you want to know, it's actually quite simple, but before that, I need to know your true identity. Hey? Hey? Don't go..."

Xu Bai turned around and walked forward silently.

I'm quitting; this job is impossible.

Before he could take two steps, Ying Yue grabbed him again.

"Big brother, it's just a face, it's no big deal. We're all on the same side, I won't expose you." Ying Yue pulled Xu Bai again, her fair face full of a wry smile.

She realized that she was essentially under control.

That's right, they were subdued.

To put it simply, in two words—"mastery."

She was completely under the other party's control; if she didn't speak up today, they would simply leave without any room for negotiation.

The more Ying Yue thought about it, the more frustrated she felt.

Xu Bai turned around, glanced at him, and said, "Are you not convinced?"

Ying Yue her eyes at Xu Bai, though she didn't say anything, her meaning was clear.

It's more than just being unconvinced! "I didn't expect Xiao Xiao to be so petty," Xu Bai teased.

Ying Yue was taken aback at first, not understanding what Xu Bai was saying. After she realized what he meant, she flew into a rage.

"Who are you calling small? You called me flat-chested before, fine, but if you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'm really not letting this go!"

These words touched a nerve with Ying Yue.

As she jumped, everything remained calm, without even a ripple, making it seem like a fake.

Xu Bai raised his hand, pressed Ying Yue's head down, and forced Ying Yue back into the chair, saying, "You were unconvinced just now, so let me put it another way, and you'll be convinced."

"Speak!" Ying Yue struggled but couldn't break free, so she crossed her arms over her chest and turned her head away.

Xu Bai gestured.

"Our business is based on you helping me get in, and me giving you the information. It's an equal transaction, right?"

"That's right." Ying Yue's eyes darted around before she nodded in agreement.

Xu Bai continued, "Then I need to know what the information is, right? Isn't that part of the deal?"

Ying Yue hesitated, then said, "I guess... so?"

"Yes." Xu Bai said with certainty, "Since it's part of the deal, it's reasonable that I received this information during the last transaction."

Ying Yue: "..."

If you put it that way, it doesn't seem wrong.

Wrong!

He's circling around me!

Ying Yue wasn't stupid either, and quickly realized what was going on. She huffed and puffed, "You're beating around the bush again!"

Xu Bai clapped his hands. "I've said what I needed to say. If you really don't want to say anything, I'm turning around and leaving."

This girl is quite smart and not easily fooled. Fine, I'll just go for the hard way.

As the saying goes, the weak fear the strong, and he is very strong now.

Ying Yue grabbed Xu Bai again, drawing out her words: "I'll say it~~~"

Xu Bai then stopped, sat opposite Ying Yue, and listened attentively with an air of composure.

"You know what my father does, right?" Ying Yue asked.

Xu Bai nodded, indicating that he understood.

I learned about these things when I was drinking and chatting with Eunuch Wei before.

Chief Mu's profession is Qi Fortune Master, a very special profession that emphasizes just two words—fortune.

The so-called luck or fortune is a very mysterious thing.

Xu Bai wasn't in this line of work. When he chatted with Eunuch Wei, it was just a brief conversation, not very detailed, so he only knew the general idea.

He knew that Chief Mu's strength was closely related to the Great Chu Kingdom. The stronger the Great Chu Kingdom was, the stronger Chief Mu would be. Therefore, the entire business revolved around the Great Chu Kingdom.

As for the rest, he didn't know.

"Twenty years ago, my father planted a wisp of his own destiny in the Great Yue Kingdom," Ying Yue began to explain...

"That wisp of fortune, after twenty years of constant ups and downs, has become so vast."

"But because of my father's skillful methods, no one has been able to see it to this day, and the fate of the entire Dark Shadow Building is connected to it."

"The reason why the Dark Shadow Building fell apart was also related to the fate of the world. However, the fate of the world at that time was not so great, so it only split them into two parts."

"So you mean we need to truly activate our destiny now?" Xu Bai thought for a moment after hearing this and offered his opinion.

Ying Yue nodded, indicating that Xu Bai was right.

"Why bother with all these complicated procedures when activation is all that's needed?" Xu Bai asked doubtfully.

Ying Yue's small face showed bitterness. "It's not that easy."

"There are also Qi Fortune Master in the Great Yue Kingdom. Back then, in order to deceive them, my father used the remaining fortune to make a precious sword to cover up the rest of the fortune."

"As for the underlying principles, they are extremely complicated to explain, so I won't go into details. In any case, that sword needs to be modified and is the key to restarting the fortune."

"Once we obtain that sword and go to the place where my father buried his destiny, the Dark Building and the Shadow Building will be completely destroyed."

"By then, the Great Yue Kingdom will be in turmoil from within without any external interference, and they won't even have time to deal with their own affairs."

At this point, Ying Yue paused, a hint of unfathomable sadness in her eyes.

Xu Bai didn't see the sorrow in her eyes and continued, "That precious sword... could it be that it has already fallen into the hands of the Great Yue Kingdom?"

If that weren't the case, then it wouldn't be necessary to obtain information at the highest level to see it, which is why Xu Bai made this guess.

But he had another question: why didn't he keep the sword in the first place? He didn't ask the question, but Ying Yue saw it and understood.

"I know what you want to ask. As you know, it did fall into the hands of the Great Yue Kingdom, and it was intentional," Ying Yue explained.

"The Great Yue Kingdom is also full of experts. There were originally eleven experts at the Saint Realm, but now there are only nine left, and the Great Yue Kingdom has three of them."

"To conceal the aura of good fortune, the treasure is the most important element and must remain in the Great Yue Kingdom."

"So if you want to blind them and get them to protect this thing, you have to make it valuable."

"I see." Xu Bai rubbed his chin and nodded.

First, the thing that obscures the fortune must remain in the Great Yue Kingdom, and it must be a treasure; it cannot remain in the hands of a spy within the Great Yue Kingdom.

If something goes wrong with this hidden agent, the treasure that obscures the fortune will also be in trouble.

Therefore, it's better to let others protect you than to protect yourself.

In the Great Yue Kingdom, it is best to be protected by the people of the Great Yue Kingdom.

As for how to get the Great Yue Kingdom to protect it, the solution is to acquire a treasure.

"That sword itself is Exiting Sainthood- level quality, extremely rare in this world," Ying Yue said.

"Therefore, the Great Yue Kingdom has always protected it as a priceless treasure, and has kept the news of this sword a secret. I think it should be in the Class A documents."

"Even if you had it, you might not be able to get it," Xu Bai said.

Ying Yue said, "The sword is called the Twin Swords. There are two of them, and one of them is with me."

Xu Bai understood. "Switched?"

Ying Yue hummed in agreement, which was taken as an admission.

Xu Bai frowned. "That's not right. If you can protect it, then why did you hand it over in the first place?"

Since there are two Twin Swords, each one is of equal value. Yet Ying Yue has been able to protect them for so long. There's no reason for her to hand over the Twin Swords, which contain auspicious energy.

Ying Yue turned her head away. "This is outside the scope of the transaction; it's my own secret."

Judging from this, they don't intend to talk about it, and they're even using the guise of a transaction to forcefully explain themselves away.

Xu Bai sensed that Ying Yue must have something on her mind, but judging from her expression, it seemed she really didn't intend to say anything, so he let it go.

Now that I know the whole story, I feel a little more at ease.

"By the way, you just said that there were originally eleven saints in the world, so why are there only nine left?" Xu Bai asked with interest, recalling their earlier conversation.

Above First Rank are four major realms, and each of these four realms is like a mountain or a sea.

The Transcendent Realm is extremely rare. Even if you combine the three major powers in the entire world with the three Jianghu (martial arts worlds), there are only a few thousand of them.

Don't underestimate the number of thousands. Although it seems like a lot, it represents a huge disparity in the number of people compared to others.

There are only two hundred people at the Extraordinary Realm.

As for those who have entered the Saintly Realm, according to what I just said, only nine remain.

Not a single one Exiting Sainthood.

Therefore, Xu Bai was very curious about the situation of the two Saint Realm cultivators who died.

Everyone has a gossipy side; it's not just women, men are even more so.

Moreover, men are even more eager to gossip in certain areas of interest.

For example... discussing some very special topics.

For example, right now.

Ying Yue was taken aback. "Someone of your level couldn't possibly not know about this, could you? You're a Transcendent Realm expert!"

Xu Bai waved his hand calmly. "I'm usually busy with cultivation, so I don't bother with these trivial matters."

"Trivial matters?" Ying Yue was even more puzzled.

This person seems like a fresh-faced newbie, but in fact, they are a powerful newbie.

It's like when you're playing a game, a newbie comes to a veteran and asks how to get stronger.

The veteran replied that as long as you keep spending money, you can become the strongest.

Before long, the newbie came running over with max-level, pay-to-win gear and asked if that was true.

Ying Yue thought, "Isn't Xu Bai's ability to reach such a powerful level just pure luck?"

Of course, this was no secret; many people in the world knew about it, so she didn't hide anything and explained the reason.

"The remaining nine are the Emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom, Rising Dusk King, and Chief Mu."

"Emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom, military god Bai Zhong, and Prime Minister Liu Yue."

"The chief and deputy chief of the Barbarian Tribe Supreme Tribe, and the Great Shaman of the Supreme Tribe."

"These nine are all at the peak of the Saint Realm, and no one can reach their level."

"The two who died were only at the third rank of Sainthood, far from the ninth rank."

Xu Bai frowned and said, "You mean, these two were killed by one of the other nine?"

The key issue is that these two are dead. Having reached this level, unless they are killed by someone, they can only wait for their long lives to end on their own.

"No." Ying Yue shook her head. "Back then, the Great Chu Kingdom was not strong. These two who had entered the Saint Realm were born in the Jianghu and did not belong to the government. They just wanted to make profits here, but they did not expect to capsize."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai seemed to have a clue.

If it wasn't one of the nine who killed him, then... only one person is left.

"Eunuch Wei?" Xu Bai asked.

Ying Yue nodded. "That's right, these two were killed by Eunuch Wei. Do you know why the other two sides are somewhat afraid of the Great Chu Kingdom?"

"The reason lies with Eunuch Wei. If Eunuch Wei really wanted to, he could give up his own life to exchange for a Entering Sainthood Ninth Grade."

Xu Bai: "..."

As expected, it really was Eunuch Wei who did it. He remembered that he had known before that Eunuch Wei's profession as a eunuch was a unique path.

Eunuch Wei, who Extraordinary Peak, had one foot in the Saintly realm, but due to his physical disability, he had no hope of ever reaching that level again.

Even so, Eunuch Wei can be described in one sentence.

—Below the extraordinary level, I am invincible; above the extraordinary level, I can trade one for one.

It really was a one-for-one trade at the very end.

Xu Bai – a fake attempt to fight beyond one's rank, only able to surpass someone four or five ranks.

Eunuch Wei – a true example of fighting beyond one's level. Don't be arrogant now that you 'Entering Sainthood Ninth Grade. If you anger me, I'll replace you.

"Wow, if it weren't for this line of work, I'd have to cut something off... Wait, that's not right?"

Xu Bai thought to himself, if it weren't for the fact that he had to cut off a certain part, he would really like to learn how to do it, but then he realized something was wrong.

He now possesses Undying Demon Soul Buddha Body, and his limbs can regenerate infinitely.

If you learn this trade the moment you cut it off, and then it grows back, wouldn't that be the same as not cutting it off at all, and you still have the trade? This thought arose, but Xu Bai quickly dismissed it.

"You absolutely mustn't do anything reckless. If it doesn't grow, then there'll really be no way to save it."

Some things are risky and won't hurt, but these things are not. There are many professions in the world that can regenerate limbs, but they haven't done that, probably because they can't grow back.

Moreover, once you learn this profession, unless an accident occurs, you can only remain at the Extraordinary Realm.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I need to send those women away." Ying Yue stood up, looking at the sky outside, which was turning from dark to light, and prepared to leave.

"People from Kyoto will be here in a couple of days. I'll keep an eye on them. If anyone has special abilities related to the spirit, I'll help you get away with it."

Xu Bai nodded and saw the women off; this was also an important matter.

He didn't ask if there was a way; since Ying Yue had already said so, there must be a way.

Ying Yue left without lingering.

Xu Bai didn't relax, nor did he take out the human skin to work on the progress bar. Instead, he pondered what would happen tonight.

When Ying Yue left, he mentioned the military camp matter, saying that he no longer needed to concern himself with it and would inform the people at the Shadow Building to ensure everything was handled properly.

Xu Bai didn't know what Ying Yue was going to do, but that wasn't something he should care about, so he didn't bother with it.

"Chief Mu... why do I feel like I'm the one at the core of this matter? Could it be that he's included me in his calculations as well?"

Xu Bai was a little confused.

Only he himself knows where he came from; it was a complete accident.

His arrival in this world was an accident in itself. Could it be that Chief Mu has included this accident in his calculations?

It's now quite clear that he is the core of the entire plan, because only he has access to the top-tier information.

"Perhaps it was only because I appeared that the subsequent plans were changed."

If you can't figure it out, then stop thinking about it.

Xu Bai didn't want to think about this anymore. He stretched and took out the human skin again, starting up the progress bar.

The night is cool, and the streets outside are dark. Apart from the sound of the night watchman's gong, there is no other sound.

Time passed slowly, and several days had gone by in the blink of an eye as Xu Bai's progress bar was running.

Over the past few days, the golden progress bar has been nearly halfway completed, but the other half is still incomplete. The more Xu Bai pushes the progress bar forward, the more emotional he feels.

If his current strength allowed, he would really like to visit the Ghost Market again and speed up his cheat ability once more.

Nothing much has happened in the past few days, and Ying Yue hasn't come over again, probably because she's dealing with matters at the military camp.

Xu Bai was happy to have some free time. He worked on the progress bar while patiently waiting.

In the morning, the sun shines in through the window, illuminating the ground.

After finishing his breakfast, Xu Bai stretched and took out the human skin again.

He doesn't look like someone in a foreign country, or even an enemy country.

Instead, it feels like taking a stroll in your own backyard, leisurely and very stylish.

After finishing breakfast today, I even drank tea.

"Knock knock knock".

Just then, there was a knock on Xu Bai's door.

Putting down the human skin in his hand and putting it into his pocket, Xu Bai did not use his divine sense to scan it, because his current identity did not allow him to use such methods.

But that doesn't mean he didn't know who was coming from outside. Judging from the footsteps alone, they didn't sound like people he knew, so there's only one answer.

—A person from Kyoto.

For those who have made great contributions and are eligible for promotion, there is usually a process of review by someone from Kyoto.

Xu Bai walked to the door and opened it.

When the door opened, sunlight streamed in. Xu Bai faced the sunlight and saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man standing outside.

"I Lu You come here specifically to examine your achievements."

The middle-aged man named Lu You got straight to the point as soon as he appeared, his face very serious and unsmiling.

Xu Bai certainly didn't want to waste words. Sometimes, the more you talk, the more you reveal. So he simply turned to the side, gestured with his hand behind him, and made a gesture of invitation.

Before this, Ying Yue had not appeared, proving that the person who came did not have any special skills in the spiritual realm.

Since it wasn't his specialty, Xu Bai felt somewhat relieved.

The middle-aged man, Lu You, didn't even glance Lu You Xu Bai before walking straight in. Once inside, he found a place to sit down and stared directly at Xu Bai.

"I have many matters to attend to, so just bring the person over directly. Also, bring that intelligence report as well."

"Yes." Xu Bai replied, mimicking the shopkeeper. Then, he went into one of the rooms, went inside, and quickly came out carrying the assassin.

Lu You the horrific state of the assassin, Lu You didn't say anything, but simply reached out his hand, indicating that he wanted to hand over the intelligence for him to check.

Xu Bai nodded and handed the intelligence report to Lu You.

Lu You carefully examined the information, his brows twitching repeatedly, clearly shocked by its contents.

After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, carefully folded the intelligence in his hand, and put it in his pocket.

"This..." Xu Bai was slightly taken aback.

This isn't the procedure we discussed before. Why would the officials conducting the assessment keep the intelligence? "Don't worry," Lu You explained. "Some things have happened in the court recently, so I need to take the intelligence to the capital. After verification, you'll naturally be promoted."

Although it sounded like he was explaining, he didn't even look at Xu Bai.

Xu Bai smiled and said, "May I ask what happened, sir? I am located on the Border Pass and my intelligence is limited, so I am not very clear about the situation."

Lu You said, "It's nothing serious. The boss said that he's been feeling uneasy lately, so he told us to be extra careful, especially at every stage. That's why I can't simply verify things here. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand." Xu Bai nodded repeatedly, observing the shopkeeper's demeanor.

Lu You got up, didn't say much, and left immediately. He came quickly and left quickly.

"The people in this Dark Building all seem rather strange," Xu Bai thought to himself.

As he was thinking this, he decided to sit down and finish the rest of his tea.

But before he could even begin, he suddenly stood up again, as if he had thought of something.

"No, how can the process be changed so easily? And even if it were changed, the Shadow Building would definitely inform me."

"We've fallen for their trap! This bastard, is he trying to steal all the credit?"

Thinking of this, Xu Bai went out the door, took flight, and chased after the Lu You had left in.

But before he could chase after them, he ran into someone.

Lu You rushed over, his forehead covered in bruises, clearly injured by something.

"Stop!"

Have you seen anyone like me come over?

"Huh?" Xu Bai stopped and glanced around at the Lu You. "I saw him. He even took my things."

"Things?" Lu You was taken aback. "Intelligence?"

Xu Bai nodded, not understanding what was going on.

"Oh no!" Lu You realized Lu You and was about to turn around and chase after him, but before he could take two steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around, grabbed Xu Bai, and headed towards the pharmacy.

Xu Bai frowned deeply; he had a feeling that things weren't so simple.

For some reason, he felt that Lu You was completely different from before, the difference being in his various actions and expressions.

"Listen carefully." After Lu You, Lu You didn't wait for Xu Bai to speak and said directly, "After I arrived, I checked the intelligence, and it was false, so I went back immediately. Do you understand?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Bai asked. "Didn't I already give you the information?"

"That's not me!" Lu You said. "The Empty Sky Sect stole the information and they're impersonating me. If they can fool you, they must be at least at the Transcendent Realm."

Empty Sky Sect? What is that?

Xu Bai was puzzled.

Lu You added, "Remember this, otherwise if news of the stolen intelligence gets out, neither of us will escape responsibility. If the intelligence is false, that's fine, since who can determine the truth of intelligence beforehand? Understand?"

After saying that, Lu You seemed to have nothing more to say, looking like he had just had a bad day, and hurriedly left.

Xu Bai was about to stop him, but when he sensed a figure moving in the darkness of the corner, he stopped.

Xu Bai looked over and saw a finger gently twitching.

He understood and stopped trying to stop them.

After the person walked away, Xu Bai calmly closed the door and went to a corner of the room.

"Come out, why are you stopping me from stopping him?"

Ying Yue gradually emerged from the shadows. "Don't pursue this intelligence anymore. Shadow Building can just draft a new intelligence report for you. Don't get too close to the Empty Sky Sect business, or you'll be in trouble."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bai felt a bit overwhelmed.

Why are things going wrong one after another since we got here? Especially today, another strange thing happened. What exactly is the Empty Sky Sect? Xu Bai voiced his questions.

After listening, Ying Yue explained the situation.

After listening, Xu Bai finally understood what this industry was all about.

To put it bluntly, this profession is thievery.

To put it more bluntly, his side job is thievery, but his main job... should be "tomb raiding".

Overall, this is a very peculiar profession.

Their most notable characteristic is that they have been attacked by both Buddhist and Daoist forces.

Originally, it was called the Thieving Sect.

As a result, within two days, the real Daoist Sect attacked their doorstep, forcing them to change their name immediately.

After thinking for a long time, since he was born a thief, he came up with another name: Kongmen (Empty Sect).

As a result, not two days after the name was changed, the Buddhists monks came again with their men, beat them up, and forced them to change the name again.

After being beaten by two powerful forces in succession, they finally decided to add the character "empty" to the name before finalizing it.

There's a rumor circulating in the martial arts world that anyone who colludes with this force will suffer great misfortune, because what they do is inherently detrimental to one's luck.

Some people didn't believe it, but they insisted on trying it out. As a result, for several days in a row, they broke their hands, broke their legs, bruised their foreheads, and scraped their ears.

From then on, people in the martial arts world dared not have any contact with them.

Most importantly, people in this industry do things entirely out of interest and passion, and their abilities are extremely unique.

Disguise!

Extremely sophisticated disguise.

Before entering the Transcendent Realm, this ability has no function at all; it simply changes one's appearance.

However, once one enters the Transcendent Realm, this ability undergoes a significant change.

—Simulation! It can not only simulate other people's appearance and physique, but also their abilities. Although it can only simulate 80% and cannot exceed its own level, it is already very strong.

"So, that one just now must have been at the Transcendent Realm," Xu Bai thought to himself.

He must have been disguised as Lu You just now, and this disguise technique was even better than his current ninth-grade disguise skill, at least at the Transcendent Realm.

Ying Yue nodded and said, "This profession does not belong to any force, but their Grand Elder left and went to the Rising Dusk Army."

Xu Bai: "..."

Good heavens, so the Thousand Faces Female Thief is actually the Grand Elder of this faction, and the human skin mask on my face was taken from there.

"In short, this faction only does what interests them, so don't chase after them to avoid trouble," Ying Yue explained.

Xu Bai hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

Soon, Ying Yue left.

Before leaving, he told Xu Bai to draft a new intelligence report when he got back, and then give it to Xu Bai.

Xu Bai didn't concern himself with these matters; Ying Yue was in charge of them, while he was only responsible for infiltrating the enemy's ranks.

Because the intelligence was stolen, the matter was delayed, and Xu Bai was not in a good mood.

He didn't continue drinking tea; instead, he took out a human skin liver.

Gradually, the day passed and night fell. Xu Bai lit the oil lamp and, by its light, never let his guard down.

Outside, the moonlight was shrouded in dark clouds.

Just then, Xu Bai heard footsteps.

It's very light.

My soul swept over it.

Xu Bai sensed that Ying Yue was standing outside.

He has a fever again, and I suspect he's tested positive again.