That morning, Xiao Yu slipped past layer after layer of guards and arrived outside the Emperor of Yue's bedchamber.
It was a magnificent palace of carved beams and painted rafters, resplendent in gold, with more than a dozen guards stationed around it. The two standing at the entrance were cultivators at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining. They had been sent by the leader of the Black Fiend Sect to "protect" the Emperor of Yue.
Concealed in a corner, Xiao Yu observed everything. With his current cultivation and divine sense, the spells he cast were naturally beyond the ability of two Qi Refining Stage cultivators to see through.
Even the Emperor of Yue inside the bedchamber could not possibly discover him without carefully sweeping the area with his divine sense. Besides, as a "mortal," the emperor would not ordinarily send his divine sense roaming around for no reason.
Before long, a senior eunuch in his sixties approached from a distance, wearing a round cap, his face ruddy with health. He stopped outside the bedchamber and stood with his back slightly bowed, waiting for the Emperor of Yue to rise and emerge.
One of the cultivator guards at the entrance shot the old eunuch a piercing glare, frightening him into a shudder. The guard burst out laughing, showing no regard whatsoever for the Emperor of Yue inside.
After a while, the palace doors opened, and a man in his forties emerged, his face deathly pale and his body clad in golden robes.
"This old servant greets Your Majesty!" The old eunuch bowed deeply to the Emperor of Yue.
"Mm, rise. Let us go!" the Emperor of Yue said to the old eunuch, then strode forward. The eunuch hurried after him, keeping half a step behind. The dozen or so