I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 188 Bai Xiao Tang

Baixiaotang is known to know everything in the world.

It is said that Bai Xiao Tang is everywhere, with branches all over the world. There are no secrets they cannot find, and no people they cannot find. Bai Xiao Tang has a main hall that gathers information from all over the world, but no one has ever found this main hall.

However, there are three rumors about the location of Bai Xiao Tang's headquarters:

It is the brightest yet darkest place in the world.

It is the most noisy and quietest existence in this world.

It is everywhere and nowhere.

It is said that if one can understand these three sentences, one can find the location of the Baixiaotang headquarters.

At this time, under the Apocalypse City, in a brightly lit room, six iron-masked officials with iron masks on their heads who knew the world's rumors were quickly opening boxes, then taking out notes and quickly flipping them open, then throwing the notes out of the secret compartment, and then another secret compartment was automatically pushed out. The six people flipped through them quickly, muttering to themselves, just like the logistics sorting in modern society.

Next to them, Ji Ruofeng, the head of Baixiaotang, who was wearing a red evil ghost mask, tapped the back of his chair gently with his hand, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, the expression of an iron-faced official changed drastically, but because he was wearing a mask, one could only see his pupils suddenly dilate.

Noticing the abnormality of the Iron-faced Official, Ji Ruofeng quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"The Yuelu City branch was destroyed. The entire city of Yuelu is under martial law. The Shadow Tower sent a message saying..."

Ji Ruofeng stood up and asked coldly, "What did you say?"

"Anyone who enters Yuelu again...will die!"

Shadow Building is a new organization that has only emerged in recent years, but its development momentum is very rapid. In just a few years, it has become the second largest intelligence organization in the world, second only to Bai Xiaotang, which has been passed down for a hundred years. It has broken Bai Xiaotang's monopoly on the intelligence industry and snatched away a lot of Bai Xiaotang's business.

You know, Bai Xiaotang's main source of income is from selling intelligence. For them, having their business taken away would be a matter that would shake their foundation, so Bai Xiaotang took action against the Shadow Building two years ago.

However, the strength of the Shadow Building was too strong. They actually mobilized 20 masters from the Free and Easy Realm to massacre their Baixiaotang branch.

What does it mean to have twenty people in the free and easy heaven realm?
Anyway, their Bai Xiaotang cannot mobilize so many masters from the Xiaoyao Tianjing realm.

In the end, they were forced to make peace with the Shadow Building.

To this day, although the two sides occasionally have disputes, it is also normal business competition and everyone keeps to themselves.

Who could have thought that two years later, the Shadow Building would attack Bai Xiaotang again.

Ji Ruofeng was furious: "What does Shadow Tower mean by this? Are they going to go to war with Bai Xiao Hall?"

The six iron-faced officials remained silent.

Because they all knew very well that although their Bai Xiaotang had much more people than the Shadow Building, the Shadow Building could crush them in terms of the number of top masters.

After all, he was able to mobilize twenty people from the Free and Easy Heaven Realm at once, so who knows how many masters there are in the dark in the Shadow Building.

Although they claim to know everything in the world, how can there really be an organization in the world that knows everything?

If the two sides go to war, Bai Xiaotang may not win.

Even if they win in the end, it will only be a pyrrhic victory for Bai Xiaotang.

However, could the dilapidated Baixiaotang at that time still be called Baixiaotang?
It was precisely because of this that they took the initiative to make peace with Shadow Building two years ago.

It’s not that I don’t want to fight, it’s that I really can’t afford it!
After a long while, an iron-faced official suddenly sighed, with a little dissatisfaction in his tone: "Master, when we negotiated with Shadow Tower two years ago, we had a series of agreements, one of which was that our people were not allowed to enter the other party's headquarters, otherwise we would be at the mercy of the other party. You shouldn't have sent people to Yuelu City to set up a branch hall at the beginning of this year. Our Baixiao Hall is a martial arts organization, not serving the Beili royal family."

Ji Ruofeng looked deeply at the iron-faced official who spoke: "In this matter, Shadow Hall violated the agreement first. It was they who opened a branch in Tianqi City. Why can't I open a branch in Yuelu City?"

"Master, do you think it is possible that the Shadow Building has no idea that our headquarters is in Apocalypse City?" another iron-faced official asked cautiously.

Not to mention, it is really possible.

Ji Ruofeng sat down stupidly. After a long silence, he asked, "Is there any latest news about Chu Zhao?"

"The specific relationship between Chu Zhao and Shadow Tower has not been found out yet. Since he entered Tianqi, our people have been following him secretly, but he is very powerful and has shaken off our people several times. It can be confirmed that he is a master of Xiaoyao Tianjing. He seems to have an unusual relationship with the candidates Zhuge Yun and Ye Qing. When he first entered Tianqi, our people saw them having a secret conversation on the street."

Ji Ruofeng nodded and asked, "Any news about Ye Qing and Zhuge Yun?"

Ye Qing, also known as Yue Qing, is a pseudonym.

The reason why her surname is Ye is because her mother's surname is Ye, and she is from the same clan as the former General Ye Yu of Beili.

"Ye Qing is the daughter of the Beizhou Ye family, a remnant of Beique. She was recommended by Elder Chen of the academy to participate in this exam. According to investigation, she has been weak and sickly since childhood, and has always lived in seclusion, so there is not much news about her. However, she does not look weak and sickly. From the information we have found, her identity is indeed innocent. The only suspicious thing is that the Beizhou Ye family was once the mother's family of the Queen of Beique."

"Is there something wrong with the Ye family in Beizhou?"

"That's not true."

Ji Ruofeng nodded, turned his head to look at the remaining three iron-faced officials, and asked, "Where is Zhuge Yun?"

Zhuge Yun is just one person, but there are three iron-faced officials investigating his past at the same time.

There is no way, the Zhuge family has always been very mysterious.

The Zhuge clan is proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia, and they live in seclusion, so few people can find them. It is said that when you finally find them after traveling thousands of miles and searching all over the world, they will teach you the Zhuge clan's Qimen art, but when you wake up the next day, the entire Zhuge clan will disappear from the world, as if it was a dream.

The Zhuge clan seldom intervenes in worldly affairs, but whenever they do, they will stir up a storm in the world.

The last time the Zhuge family entered the world was fifteen years ago, when Beili unified Western Chu and Beique. At that time, Beili's military advisor was the head of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Liu. However, after the success, no one has ever seen Zhuge Liu again.

It is said that after he resigned from the position of Grand Master, he and his people continued their secluded life.

"The Zhuge clan's land is still nowhere to be found, but various signs indicate that the Zhuge clan has probably been exterminated. Zhuge Liu's disappearance was not due to seclusion as rumored, but after helping Emperor Beili unify Beique and Xichu, Zhuge Liu was unwilling to conquer Nanjue and Beiman again, so he was suspected by the emperor. At the same time, the emperor was also afraid of the power of the Zhuge clan, so he sent people to kill them. As for whether Zhuge Liu escaped with his clansmen, there is no record in the files. Zhuge Yun was able to take part in the school examination because of a wandering elder's letter of recommendation, but that elder, according to our information..."

Ji Ruofeng raised his head slightly.

"Dead." The Iron-faced Official said in a deep voice.

"Dead? How did he die?" Ji Ruofeng stood up.

"He died on his way to the northern border, but the news has not yet reached the academy, so the academy is not aware of it. We only found out about it just now." The Iron-faced Official replied.

"The northern border...outside the territory...is it related to the mysterious world beyond the heaven?" Ji Ruofeng pondered.

The land beyond the domain, the heaven beyond the sky!
According to the information they had gathered from Bai Xiao Tang, that place was a desperate place on earth, but few people could reach it because they had to walk across an endless ice field to get there, and if the hidden road was not found, even masters of the heavenly realm would be trapped in it.

It is said that behind the ice sheet is a peaceful land, where there is no conflict with the world and snow falls all year round. Although the land is still barren, compared with other places outside the domain, it is already a paradise. Legend has it that many years ago, that place was found by the state religion of the Beique Dynasty - Shengtian Sect, and was designated by the Beique Dynasty as the last place to retreat.

It’s not that Bai Xiaotang had not sent people there before, but they either died on the ice field or were forced to retreat. So Bai Xiaotang had no idea whether Tianwaitian was as rumored.

The three iron-faced officials who were responsible for investigating Zhuge Yun's past did not speak. Instead, the first iron-faced official who was somewhat dissatisfied with Ji Ruofeng spoke up: "Maybe it is related."

"perhaps?"

There was some doubt and dissatisfaction in Ji Ruofeng's tone.

"According to the news from Yuelu City, Chu Zhao's wife is definitely from the Heaven Beyond Heaven, and her status is not low. Chu Zhao and Zhuge Yun have a close relationship, so Zhuge Yun may be from the Heaven Beyond Heaven."

Before he finished speaking, another Iron-faced Official speculated, "Back then, the Zhuge clan was destroyed by Beili. Zhuge Yun might be the Zhuge clan member who escaped and then defected to Tianwaitian."

Ji Ruofeng groaned for a moment: "In that case, the girl named Ye Qing doesn't seem to be so innocent."

The Iron-faced Official in charge of this matter suddenly realized: "Indeed, it seems that she is also related to Tianwai Tian. I will ask someone to investigate again." After that, the Iron-faced Official picked up the pen on the table, quickly wrote a few words on the paper, and threw the note into the grid in the wall.

Ji Ruofeng murmured to himself: "What kind of force is Tianwaitian?"

"That's where the Beique royal family is." An iron-faced official confirmed.

"How do you know?"

"Because Chu Zhao's wife's surname is Yue, and Yue is the surname of the Beique royal family."

Another iron-faced official joined the conversation between the two: "This is just your guess. We will have to send someone to the Heaven Beyond Heaven to confirm it."

"You're right, but I'm sure my guess is correct. And Chu Zhao's identity may not be as simple as I found out."

The grandson of Chu Lie, the great general of Western Chu, is the most likely identity they have found after investigating Chu Zhao's past for over a year.

But he always felt something was wrong.

I can't really put my finger on where the problem is, it's just a hunch.

And it's not just him, the other five iron-faced officials actually have this feeling too.

Ji Ruofeng actually had some thoughts as well. He interrupted the discussion and said, "It is certain now that Chu Zhao is definitely from Western Chu. He is in collusion with Tianwaitian, right?"

The six iron-faced officials nodded.

Even though only one Iron-faced Official talked about Chu Zhao's situation after coming to Tianqi City today, in fact, more than a year ago, the six of them were responsible for investigating Chu Zhao's past.

Seeing this, Ji Ruofeng picked up the pen on the table, quickly wrote something on the paper, and handed it to an iron-faced official: "Pass it to Xiao Ruofeng, this is the news he wants."

"Yes." The Iron-faced Official took the note and threw it into the grid on the wall.

"This year's school exam has all kinds of monsters and demons, including Western Chu... Tianwai Tian... Beique... Zhuge clan... I'm afraid the world is going to be in chaos."

Ji Ruofeng suddenly felt a little tired, and gently adjusted the mask on his face with his hand: "Everyone, how should we deal with the Shadow Building destroying my Bai Xiao Tang Yuelu branch?"

"We really need to do something about it, otherwise Shadow Tower will think that Bai Xiao Tang is easy to bully."

"how to respond?"

"How about destroying the Shadow Building branch in Apocalypse City? If they do it on the first day, we will do it on the fifteenth."

"In this way, the location of our headquarters will be exposed."

"What's the big deal about being exposed? We can just move to another place and rebuild."

"You want us to abandon our ancestors' foundation?!" an iron-faced official shouted.

Ji Ruofeng nodded in agreement: "It is indeed not possible to move and rebuild. Although I, Ji Ruofeng, am not talented, I am not a prodigal son who would abandon my ancestors' foundation."

"Does the hall master have any other way to deal with it?"

Ji Ruofeng pondered for a moment: "We need to give Shadow Tower a warning, but we cannot expose the location of our headquarters. We don't have to destroy the Shadow Tower's branch in Tianqi City. We can destroy Shadow Tower branches in other places."

As long as they declare to the Shadow Building that their headquarters is there, Bai Xiaotang will not be in the wrong.

It’s a good idea, but…

"Master, have you ever thought about what would happen if Shadow Tower knew where our headquarters was?"

Ji Ruofeng was silent.

The iron-faced official who spoke first continued, "Given the style of Shadow Tower, I'm afraid they will retaliate against us crazily."

As the first and second best intelligence organizations in the world, Bai Xiao Tang knew about the branches of Shadow Tower, and Shadow Tower also knew about the branches of Bai Xiao Tang.

Although not all of it, most of it is known. If this majority is destroyed, Bai Xiaotang will be paralyzed in half.

The Shadow Building doesn't cause trouble, but once you provoke them, that group of people will chase and bite you like mad dogs until they have bitten off a few pieces of your flesh, and then they will give up.

"This won't do, and that won't do. We can't just let the Shadow Building destroy a branch hall for nothing, right?" The iron-faced official who proposed rebuilding the main hall said angrily, "If we don't respond to this, the Shadow Building will only get more aggressive. We will end up like Xi Chu, being eaten away step by step. By then, even if we want to resist, it will be too late to save the situation."

A compromise will only result in the other party becoming more demanding.

If you don't resist this time, you will continue to compromise next time due to various concerns.

This was what happened to Western Chu back then. It was gradually eroded by Beili and eventually ended up being destroyed.

"We definitely need to have an attitude. After all, Shadow Tower really went too far this time. They killed our people without even saying hello."

It sounds like we had already made a move against Shadow Building two years ago.

The Iron-faced Official who got the news first said something in his heart, and couldn't help rolling his eyes, saying: "The Shadow Hall didn't kill our people, they just drove them out of Yuelu City and destroyed our branch hall in Yuelu City."

"Not killed?"

"When did I say they killed someone? But even so, we should still do something about it, otherwise we might end up like Xi Chu."

"So, how should we respond?" asked an iron-faced official.

"Tell the Shadow Building branch of Apocalypse City to get out of Apocalypse within three days, otherwise... their lives will be left in Apocalypse City."

Ji Ruofeng thought about it and made this decision. His whole sentence was full of anger and murderous intent!
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man dressed as a disciple hurried in.

"Master, news just came from the palace that the young master of the Yuelu Chu family is the prince of Western Chu!"

"what?!"

The six iron-faced officials stood up suddenly, their eyes exposed outside the masks filled with shock.

Although they felt that Chu Zhao's identity would not be simple, they had never thought that Chu Zhao would be the prince of Western Chu.

Although not many people knew about the prophecy given by the Imperial Observatory a few years ago, they, as the six iron-faced officials who controlled the rumors in the world, naturally knew about it.

According to the prophecy given by the Imperial Observatory, the Ninth Prince of Western Chu, the only one who escaped that year, would be the one who would destroy Beili in the future. He was being hunted down by the Beili court with all his might. It would have been fine if he didn't hide, but he even came to Tianqi City to hang out? !
Compared to the six iron-faced officials, Ji Ruofeng was much calmer and asked in confusion: "How did the palace find out about something that we at Bai Xiao Tang couldn't find out?"

"It was Prince Qing who reported this to the palace."

"Xiao Xie?"

Ji Ruofeng was a little confused: "Can he have this ability?"

"Four days ago, Xiao Xie met Chu Zhao at Qianjintai with the purpose of winning over Chu Zhao. Is it possible that Chu Zhao rejected his offer, so Xiao Xie framed him out of hatred?" said an iron-faced official.

"It's very likely. After all, this is not the first time he has done such a thing. General Ye Yu died because of his frame-up." An iron-faced official agreed, his tone filled with resentment towards Xiao Xie.

It can be heard that he admires General Ye Yu very much.

In other words, he is Ye Yu's fan.

Ji Ruofeng shook his head: "Whether it is a frame-up or not, the court's attitude towards the Western Chu prince is that it would rather kill thousands of people by mistake than let one go. Your Majesty will never let him go. And I think he might really be the Western Chu prince. This can better explain why he used the Chu family caravan to secretly transfer the Western Chu survivors in Beili. However, what puzzles me is how Xiao Xie found out his true identity. Does Xiao Xie have power that we in Bai Xiaotang don't know about?"

After saying that, Ji Ruofeng shook his head, and a bold guess suddenly appeared in his mind: "Could it be that... it's impossible, how could Chu Zhao join forces with Xiao Xie? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

(End of this chapter)