At midnight, Zhang Tie flew out of a window of a luxurious room on the 38th floor of a hotel on the bank of Sword-washing Lake in the incarnation of a little black beetle towards the prince's mansion in Datang City …
In the daytime, the taxi driver had already taken Zhang Tie around the prince's mansion. With his lotus-flower eyes, Zhang Tie had already seen the prince's mansion clearly. Therefore, Zhang Tie was already familiar with the location of the prince's mansion.
Datang City had been in deep sleep at this moment. Besides the street lamps on the roads and a few buildings in the city, the entire city was in silence, which was utterly opposite to the hustle and bustle in the daytime.
Zhang Tie had not used the incarnation of a little black beetle for a long time. In the incarnation of a little black beetle, Zhang Tie felt free once again.
Zhang Tie flew over 100 m high in the air. With the effect of super hiding rune, he flashed towards the prince's mansion like a speck of dust in the air. Only after over 20 minutes, the prince's mansion that he had seen in the daytime had appeared in front of Zhang Tie once again.
The prince's mansion was located in the center of Datang City, covering about 3 square miles. There was a military camp on one side of the prince's mansion. The entire prince's mansion was heavily guarded. In the air, Zhang Tie could see that all the street lamps outside the prince's mansion were on. Teams of patrolling guards were on sentry duty. There was almost no blind angle in the entire prince's mansion.
Of course, it was only for commoners. At Zhang Tie's level, these common guards were just decorations in his eyes. What Zhang Tie was really concerned about were the hidden powerhouses on Xuanyuan Wuji's side. Given Xuanyuan Wuji's temperament, Zhang Tie didn't believe that he didn't have powerhouses on his side. Zhang Tie had to master all the information before launching a strike so that he could kill Xuanyuan Wuji with one strike. The more information he could master about the situation in the prince's mansion, the easier it would be for him to take action.
Right above the heads of a team of patrolling soldiers, Zhang Tie entered the high wall of the prince's mansion. After that, he slowed down and flew towards the residential area of servants and attendants in the periphery of the prince's mansion.
Only after a short while, the little black beetle had arrived at the residential area of the prince's mansion and drilled into a servant's room.
There were two beds in the room, which were occupied by two servants who had long fallen asleep. It was dark in the room without any light. After entering the room, the little black beetle only hovered around the bed for a short while before disappearing. Zhang Tie then reappeared in the room like a ghost.
The two servants in the room were both tough men. They were sleeping soundly. The moment Zhang Tie appeared in the room, he had reached out his hand towards one of the servants' forehead. Before the servant noticed it, Zhang Tie had already used a secret method to read all the memories about the prince's mansion in recent 2 months from the servant's mind.
Soul Reading Skill had a side effect on the one being read. If Zhang Tie read out all the information in this one's mind, this one might become an idiot. However, if he only read the memory of the last 2 months, with the help of the secret method of Bloody Soul Temple, the side effect of Soul Reading Skill could almost be ignored. As for the one being read, it was nothing different than having a long and exhausting dream.
The first one whose soul was read by Zhang Tie was a gardener in the prince's mansion, who had been working in the prince's mansion for almost two decades.
After reading out this gardener's memory, Zhang Tie gained a lot of useful information at once, such as the topography of the entire third prince's mansion, the location of the garden, the inner courtyard, the residence of servants, the residence of guards, the residence of people on the side of the third prince, the residence of Xuanyuan Wuji, who often contacted Xuanyuan Wuji in the third prince's mansion. Only after a short while, Zhang Tie had already known all these information to Zhang Tie.
Additionally, this gardener had seen Xuanyuan Wuji when he was pruning the withered twigs in the garden one month ago. At that time, when this gardener was pruning the withered twigs in the garden, Xuanyuan Wuji and some attendants suddenly came out of the back parlor of the prince's mansion. This gardener was so scared that he hurriedly bowed towards Xuanyuan Wuji on one side. Before lowering his head, he caught a glimpse of Xuanyuan Wuji's look and kept it in his memory.
— — Tall and strong in a yellow top-quality boa silk robe, which made people feel pretty oppressive. His face was similar to that of Xuanyuan Changying; however, his eyes were narrower and longer, his lips were thinner and his cheekbones were higher and more imposing.
That was Xuanyuan Wuji's look.
After gaining this information, Zhang Tie didn't stay in this room any longer. The other person in the room was also a gardener. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't waste any time. In a split second, he disappeared like a ghost, leaving no trace in the room. Closely after that, the little black beetle reappeared as it flew out of the vent of the window.
After a few minutes, Zhang Tie appeared in a residential area not far from this room. Those living here were all maids who could walk in the inner courtyard.
As these maids had seen and contacted Xuanyuan Wuji more times, they knew more about the inner chamber of the prince's mansion and Xuanyuan Wuji's side. Like tonight, even though many people had fallen asleep, some maids were still on duty in the inner chamber and waiting for the call of Xuanyuan Wuji.
Only after over 10 minutes, Zhang Tie had flown out of the residence of these maids. After that, he made a circle before flying towards the residence of those guards.
The guards of the prince's mansion were divided into three shifts. Some were patrolling at night while some were sleeping.
All the guards on Xuanyuan Wuji's side were above LV 10. However, in Zhang Tie's eyes, they were nothing different than commoners. Each guard's room was like a dormitory, which was much more advanced than that of a gardener. Zhang Tie easily entered the rooms of those guards. After reading the memories of two guards and a LV 14 captain of guards in the latest 2 months, Zhang Tie knew more about the situation in the prince's mansion than that of a senior who had lived in the prince's mansion for dozens of years.
After synthesizing all the information, Zhang Tie started to think about some problems that he had to face if he wanted to kill Xuanyuan Wuji — —
First, Xuanyuan Wuji was not a weak scholar; instead, he was a powerful knight. He cultivated the emperor-level Xuanyuan Deity Sutra. Of course, a common black iron knight was trivial in Zhang Tie's eyes; however, a black iron knight who had cultivated an emperor-level secret method could never be underestimated. Zhang Tie was clear about this point. Undoubtedly, he could defeat Xuanyuan Wuji in his realm; however, he didn't know whether there were any life-saving means in Xuanyuan Deity Sutra. Therefore, he had to consider all these.
Second, Xuanyuan Wuji was also accompanied by powerhouses, who were called "Four King Kongs" by the bodyguards in the prince's mansion. Among the four King Kongs, there were two shadow knights and two earth knights who were very powerful. One of the two shadow knights was employed by the imperial household of Xuanyuan Wuji, who was specially assigned to protect Xuanyuan Wuji. The other three knights were Xuanyuan Wuji's birth mother, Madam Jiang's maiden family in the imperial palace of Emperor Xuanyuan Hill. They were dispatched by Jiang Clan of Heavenly Stars Palace in Taixia Country to protect Xuanyuan Wuji. Undoubtedly, they were loyal to Xuanyuan Wuji on both battle strength and loyalty. Therefore, Zhang Tie had to face these powerhouses at the critical moment.
The last question was about a mysterious figure on Xuanyuan Wuji's side — — Xue Fucius.
The background of Xue Fucius was a bit strange. What commoners in Datang City and the servants in Xuanyuan Mansion liked to talk about was — — After Xuanyuan Wuji was conferred the title of Datang City, he had built the Talents' Pavilion. Soon after the Talents' Pavilion was built, Xue Fucius, who had been traveling across Taixia Country, came to Datang City and shocked Datang City with his popular Rhapsody on Jinghe River. As a result, Luoyang City was flooded with praises. Because of this Rhapsody on Jinghe River, Xue Fucius instantly became the distinguished guest of Xuanyuan Wuji, the third prince. He became the third prince's personal writer and followed the third prince all the time. All the letters and documents in the third prince's mansion were almost written by Xue Fucius.
However, although the story of Xue Fucius could cheat those common scholars and servants in the mansion, in Zhang Tie's eyes, this so-called "legendary story" was absolutely bullsh * t — — a common old gentleman conquered Xuanyuan Wuji with a splendid article and made Xuanyuan Wuji admire him very much and put him in an important position. If Xuanyuan Wuji was just a common prince and a literary youth who liked poems and songs, it might be possible; however, Zhang Tie was crystal clear about Xuanyuan Wuji's target. How could a prince who was always thinking about the throne of Taixia Country and had the other major sects on his side fall in love with an old gentleman who was only good at writing beautiful articles and calligraphy?
Was there anything more fairytale than this in this world? If Xuanyuan Wuji was such a person, all the demons might be vegetarians.
As Xue Fucius was always on Xuanyuan Wuji's side, Zhang Tie instinctively felt that Xue Fucius might be the biggest obstacle for him to kill Xuanyuan Wuji …
(To be continued.)
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