Becoming an immortal

Xue Ming casually took out a few more paper talismans. "I came in a hurry. These are all protective talismans. Just carry them with you."

The eunuch believed him completely. His eyes narrowed into a delighted smile, and he immediately accepted them. "Thank you, my lord. Thank you, Perfected One."

Only then did Xue Ming part ways with the eunuch and hurry to the Imperial Study.

"Xue Ming, have you come about the sound of the zither?" The emperor sat with a vermilion brush in one hand, covering a memorial with closely written annotations. Without raising his head, he said, "Dispense with the formalities. I will speak with you in a moment."

The emperor had just sent someone to trace the source of the zither music when an attendant announced that the chief official of the Dao Register Office sought an audience. He assumed it concerned the music.

Xue Ming silently bowed deeply and remained bent at the waist, waiting. Only when the emperor set down his brush did he say, "Your Majesty, I have an urgent matter to report."

The emperor had been holding his brush in thought. At these words, he raised his head and scrutinized Xue Ming. "What? Does this little matter of zither music require me to dismiss my attendants?"

Even as he spoke, he waved the attendants away without hesitation. Eunuch Zhao, of course, could not withdraw. However momentous the news, the emperor could not be left with no one attending him.

Xue Ming presented a dossier. As Eunuch Zhao inspected it and offered it to the emperor, he said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Dao Register Office captured a Great Demon in Southern Mountain Commandery. Through it, we discovered the true tomb of the previous dynasty's Long'an Emperor. The map I have submitted will lead