"Your Highness, this old servant's duty is to protect Your Highness. I cannot leave without permission. Forgive this old servant for not being able to comply."
When the old eunuch saw that the Crown Prince wanted him to see Ye Fan, he immediately bowed to the Crown Prince.
"Fulin, this matter is of great importance. You should not decline," the Crown Prince said to the old eunuch. "If that jade pendant falls into the wrong hands, the Great Ming Dynasty will be finished. If the Great Ming Dynasty is destroyed in my hands, how can I, the Crown Prince, still have the face to live in this world?"
"But Your Highness …" The old eunuch frowned and said.
"No buts." The Crown Prince stood up and walked to the old eunuch's side. He solemnly said, "My life is completely insignificant compared to the Great Ming Dynasty. You watched me grow up. Apart from Imperial Father and Imperial Mother, you are the person I trust the most. I can only ask you for help today."
"But if this old servant leaves, who will protect Your Highness?" The old eunuch looked up at the Crown Prince and asked.
"You can rest assured. I am now the Crown Prince of the country. In this heavily guarded palace, there will not be any danger for a short time," the Crown Prince said to the old eunuch.
"Alright." The old eunuch pondered for a moment and said to the Crown Prince, "In that case, this old servant will immediately leave and go to the Eastern Sea to investigate this matter. However, before this old servant returns, Your Highness must not take half a step out of the Forbidden City in case of any accidents."
"Alright, I will wait for your return," the Crown Prince replied.
"Before this old servant leaves, I will leave behind a phantom image for Your Highness. This way, Your Highness will be safe for the time being."
Buzz …
As the old eunuch spoke, a golden light suddenly flashed around his body!
Shua …
A person who looked exactly like the old eunuch slowly walked out of the golden light and stood beside the Crown Prince!
Not only was this person's appearance and clothing identical to the old eunuch, but his body was also full of spiritual power and surging true qi!
"This … this is …"
Seeing another Fulin appear out of thin air, the Crown Prince was surprised.
"Your Highness, this is a camouflage that this old servant used. It is like a real person and can maintain its form for three days without dispersing," the old eunuch said to the stunned Crown Prince. "With this phantom by Your Highness' side, those who have ill intentions against Your Highness will not dare to do anything to you for the time being. However, although this phantom image can move as usual and serve tea, it cannot speak. Your Highness, remember not to converse with it to prevent it from being exposed. "
"This … really?" the Crown Prince turned to look at the phantom image.
The phantom nodded at the Crown Prince with a smile on his face. His expression was respectful, exactly the same as the old eunuch.
If the Crown, the Crown Prince would not to the Crown Prince, the Crown prince would not to the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness", this old eunuch to the Crown, "the old eunuch bowed to the Crown. The old eunuch bowed to the Crown Prince and said, "It will take at least one night, at most one day. This old servant will definitely rush back."
"Be careful," the Crown Prince said to the old eunuch. "No matter what happens, you must return to the capital safely."
To the Crown Prince, it was not clear whether Ye Fan was a friend or foe. Although the old eunuch's cultivation was high, he was still inferior to Ye Fan. If the two fought, the old eunuch would definitely be at a disadvantage.
"Your Highness, do not worry. This old servant knows what to do. This old servant will take his leave. "The old eunuch understood the Crown Prince's meaning and replied respectfully.
As he spoke, he used a secret movement technique.
Hua …
After a flash of golden light, the old eunuch disappeared in front of the Crown Prince without a trace.
Only the crown prince, who had a serious expression, and the old eunuch, who was calm and silent, were left in the huge golden hall …
Above the Eastern Sea, torrential rain poured down.
The rain had been pouring for a day and a night, and it showed no signs of stopping.
In the cabin of a small boat, Ye Fan sat on a prayer mat, facing a table.
Under the flickering candlelight, he held a brush in his hand and continuously wrote and drew on the scroll on the table.
He was drawing the new picture of the divine cauldron in his mind onto the scroll.
At this time, there were already five pictures on the scroll.
These pictures moved like dragons and snakes, and the pictures and text were both exquisite. They were complex and mysterious.
After he finished drawing, Ye Fan put down the brush and carefully dried the ink. Then he picked up the scroll with both hands and carefully studied the pictures and text on it.
If he wanted to save his beloved wife, finding the nine cauldrons was only the first step. Comprehending the ancient secret method recorded in the pictures was the most important.
Taking advantage of the time he had now, he wanted to try to decipher the profound meaning in the patterns.
However, after flipping the scroll upside down and studying it for more than an hour, he still couldn't figure out what was so mysterious about it. Instead, his mind began to feel dizzy, and his head felt like it was going to split apart. His mind was in chaos.
Ye Fan placed the scroll back on the table and stretched out his hand to pinch the space between his eyebrows, soothing his head.
This divine cauldron pattern was indeed as Qing Chenzi had said. It contained a strange illusion technique. In the process of comprehending the divine cauldron pattern, the slightest carelessness would cause one to be mesmerized by the illusion technique. If it was light, one would go berserk and their mind would be in chaos. If it was serious, one's blood would be quickly exhausted and they would die on the spot!
Baihu, who was lying beside Ye Fan, saw Ye Fan frowning with a pained expression. She immediately got up and jumped onto the table.
"Wu …"
Baihu stuck out her tongue and licked Ye Fan's forehead with a pained expression.
Xiao Zhao's smooth tongue made Ye Fan feel cool to the bone. The splitting headache immediately lessened by a lot, and his agitated mood also became much better.
Ye Fan patted Baihu's furry head and said with a smile, "How good would it be if you could return to your human form now? You could help Brother Ye massage his temples."
Baihu was stunned at first. Then, she used her head to knock Ye Fan's head. Then, she jumped off the table and ran over to the stove to rest.
She knew that Ye Fan wanted her to eat the Hundred Herb Pill and return to her human form.
"Silly girl." Ye Fan saw that Baihu was ignoring him, so he chuckled to himself.
He smiled as he poured himself a cup of fragrant tea and drank by himself.
"Mr Ye … Mr Ye …"
Just as Ye Fan's headache was getting better, an old voice sounded around Ye Fan.
"Who is it?"
When Ye Fan heard this, he immediately put down his teacup and asked cautiously.
As he asked this, he quickly closed the scroll on the table and put it away!
He had appeared beside him without a sound, and he hadn't sensed it at all!
The person's cultivation level shocked him greatly!
"Mr Ye, you're so forgetful. We've met before."
Whoosh …
A ray of golden light appeared in front of Ye Fan's table.
The golden light shards flickered and fluttered in the air. They fell and sprinkled down.
Amidst the light shards, an old man wearing a beautiful palace robe and holding a horsetail whisk appeared out of thin air.
"It's you?" When he saw who it was, Ye Fan asked suspiciously.
He had seen this person before. It was the old eunuch with unfathomable cultivation level who served the crown prince!
"It seems that Mr Ye hasn't forgotten about me." The old eunuch smiled.
"So it's you, Eunuch. Please take a seat." Ye Fan stood up and invited the old eunuch to sit as he spoke politely.
He wasn't being so polite because the eunuch was an expert, nor was it because he was one of the crown prince's men. It was because the eunuch was an old man, and a good person at that.
"Then I'll thank Mr Ye," the old eunuch said as he waved his horsetail whisk and slowly sat down on the futon across from Ye Fan.
"Mr Ye, it must be hard for you to live alone on a small boat that rises and falls with the waves," the old eunuch said after he sat down and looked around.
"Eunuch, you didn't come here on a rainy night just to visit my residence, did you?" Ye Fan smiled as he took out a clean cup from the tea tray and placed it in front of the old eunuch. He filled the old eunuch's teapot with fragrant tea.
"Hahaha … Mr Ye is indeed straightforward. It's admirable." The old eunuch laughed loudly. "Mr Ye is right. I wouldn't have come here today for no reason. I have a few things to ask Mr Ye."
"Is it Eunuch who wants to ask me, or is it His Highness the Crown Prince who wants to ask me?" Ye Fan put down the teapot and asked with a smile.
"Oh? Is there a difference? "the old eunuch asked Ye Fan with a smile.
"Of course there's a difference." Ye Fan smiled. "Eunuch asking me is like an elder asking a junior; His Highness the Crown Prince asking me is like an emperor asking a commoner. Comparing the two, one can be said or not; the other is that if the emperor wants the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die. Isn't there a big difference between these two? "
As Ye Fan spoke, he picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.
After hearing Ye Fan's words, the old eunuch's heart skipped a beat.
It was obvious that Ye Fan already held a grudge against the crown prince.
And the reason for this was only because of one person — Akatsuki!
The moment Akatsuki took off the crown prince's mask and saw how infatuated the crown prince was with Akatsuki, there was already a crack between the two!
"How is it, Eunuch? What identity are you using to ask me this time? Is it as an elder or as His Highness' envoy? "Ye Fan put down the teacup and continued asking.
"How about I ask as an elder? How about I ask as an envoy? "the old eunuch stared at Ye Fan and asked.
"If Eunuch asks as an elder, I will tell you everything I know," Ye Fan said with a smile. "If it's as an envoy …"
"How about it?" the old eunuch asked.
"If Eunuch asks as an envoy, then forgive me for not being a good host," Ye Fan replied with a smile. "After Eunuch finishes drinking this cup of tea, please return to the Forbidden City. Just say that I disobeyed the imperial edict and drew pictures to arrest me. In any case, it's not like I haven't been wanted before."
The old eunuch frowned and didn't say anything.
Ye Fan quietly drank his tea.
The two fell into silence. They could only hear the pitter-patter of the rainstorm hitting the roof of the boat.
"I'll ask as an elder," the old eunuch said after pondering for a long time.
Ye Fan smiled after hearing this.
"If Elder has something to say, please say it." Ye Fan smiled as he took out some fresh fruit pastries that Akatsuki had made for him and placed them in front of the old eunuch.
"Did you help Matsumoto Takeyoshi obtain the falling meteor?" the old eunuch asked directly.
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