You must not steal manuals from the Imperial Armory, much less bring them to your master to teach you

In the Imperial Study of Great Ming's Imperial Palace.

Liu Xi stood bowed before the Emperor of Great Ming, whose face was full of anger.

"You told me you could find Li Xunhuan and have him serve me. How long has it been now? Where is he?"

When he first heard that Shangguan Jinhong was dead, the Emperor of Great Ming had been delighted.

Li Xunhuan was so formidable that he had actually killed Shangguan Jinhong, ranked second on the Weapons Ranking. Once recruited, who in the Jianghu would dare run wild?

Then Liu Xi told him that the one who had killed Shangguan Jinhong was not Li Xunhuan, but the Right Envoy of the Sun Moon Demon Cult.

Afterward, the Sun Moon Demon Cult had swallowed the Golden Coin Gang outright, its strength once again growing rapidly, with the momentum to unify Great Ming's Jianghu.

He had thought Li Xunhuan could counterbalance the Jinyiwei and join them in suppressing the Jianghu sects. Yet he had not seen so much as Li Xunhuan's shadow, and all he heard instead was bad news.

Liu Xi lowered his head. "This old servant's men did find Li Xunhuan, but he refused, saying he had no interest in court and intended to withdraw from the Jianghu as well."

"My men could have tracked Li Xunhuan, but Ma Jinliang, Chief Head of the Western Depot, was injured by the Right Envoy of the Sun Moon Demon Cult and lost all his martial arts. This old servant failed in his duties. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

The Emperor of Great Ming was irritated. Of course he wanted to punish him, but he wanted a solution even more.

It seemed he could only rely on the Jinyiwei now. He had to halt this move toward a unified