The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 256 Invitation
Shen Xunning didn't know what emotion she should feel.

Should I be shocked? I was shocked that the "beauty" that my master had been obsessed with for more than half a year turned out to be the Northern Pacification Commissioner who had never appeared.

Should I be afraid? Judging from what Li Miao had just done, he was obviously a ruthless person. In order not to expose his identity, would he simply kill himself?

Should they be surprised? With such a strong backer, the Hengshan Sect will be safe from now on, and no longer have to worry about whether it can gain a foothold in the martial arts world.

Or should I feel ashamed? My miserable state was seen by more than a hundred people. How would they think of me and Hengshan Sect? Would I still have the nerve to take over as the head of the sect in the future?
For more than ten breaths, she did not move. She just stared at Li Miao blankly, her mouth slightly open, unable to utter a word.

She is "down".

Seeing her like this, Li Miao thought it would take her a while to recover, so he just let her stay there in a daze and waved at her with his hand.

"Xiao Anzi, come here."

"Here comes the pacification envoy, give your orders!"

An Ziyang flashed in front of Li Miao and bowed his head.

"Over there, there's a golden invitation on the ground, with several kinds of poison tucked inside. I'm not good with this stuff, go take a look."

Li Miao pointed

"Yes!"

An Ziyang straightened his chest, turned around, picked up the invitation and unfolded it, took out a cloth bag from his arms, took out four or five tools from it, held them between his five fingers, squatted down and started tinkering with them.

Taking advantage of this time, Wang Hai and Xiao Si also came over.

"The pacification envoy."

Li Miao nodded, reached out and rubbed Xiao Si's head, then turned to look at Wang Hai.

"Let me first tell you about the recent situation."

Wang Hai took out a roll of cloth from his arms, spread it out in his hands, and handed it to Li Miao.

"We went to Wudang and Shaolin to inquire about the seven priests who escaped. Master Yongjie handed over the bodies to us and their identities were verified. Wudang evaded the question for a long time, saying that there was no need to worry about the two priests coming back to the world. We couldn't force our way into the back mountain to check, so we had to give up."

Li Miao nodded.

"Don't worry about Wudang anymore, just assume what they say is true. What about the remaining four?"

"Two of them have revealed their whereabouts. One went to Bashu last month, probably to cause trouble for the Sword King Pavilion. The other fought a battle with an unknown master on the coast of Fujian. Both of them escaped, leaving behind an arm. Captain Wang is leading his men in pursuit."

"He was already seriously injured, and without any celestial beings to help him, he is already at the end of his strength. Captain Wang only harassed him from a distance, so he could neither heal his wounds nor sleep. As a result, his celestial being's five decays are getting worse. I think he will be forced to fend for himself within half a month."

Li Miao nodded.

"The Sword King Pavilion should be able to handle it on its own. Xiao Wang is also a steady person."

"So, which two priests are left who haven't shown up yet?"

Wang Hai reached out and took out two wanted warrants.

"One is 'Hate Sea' Ruan Mei, who practices Jie Zi as his major and Xumi as his minor. He uses the Emei Spear and is from the Emei Sect."

"One is the 'Sky Demon' Wang Ziyi, who majored in Xumi and minored in Jiezi. His palm techniques were feminine and gentle, and he was a lone demon in the past."

"These two people have the most mantras in their hands."

Li Miao looked at the two wanted posters.

Ruan Mei is a young woman with ordinary looks, but her eyes and eyebrows have a heroic spirit and extraordinary temperament, which makes people unforgettable at first sight.

Wang Ziyi was a thin middle-aged man with a feminine face, deep eye sockets, three vertical lines between his eyebrows, and narrow eyes. He looked like a sinister person. He was the first to change sides and exchange the formula from An Ziyang that day.

Li Miao nodded.

"Let's leave them alone for now. Without the support of the court, they will either lie down somewhere and wait for death, or go to places like Wudang and Shaolin to find a way to deduce the formula. Sooner or later, they will show up, and then we will kill them all."

"Is there anything else?"

Xiao Si took over the conversation.

"There's news from Dali that a top master has entered the world recently. He's not very old and calls himself Duan. When he fights, he uses the 'Six Meridians Divine Sword'. His moves are extremely exquisite. It seems that he has inherited the legacy of a celestial being and is not far from the celestial being realm."

"There's some movement in the Manichaeism in the Western Regions. After the demise of the Ming Cult, some of its followers defected to them. After receiving the news, they wanted to go to the Central Plains to take over the Ming Cult's legacy. They have already sent people into the pass, and there are many first-rate and top masters among them, but they haven't discovered any celestial beings among them." Li Miao frowned.

"Manichaeism...is there any news about Ji Tianrui?"

Xiao Si shook his head.

"No, she was last seen in Weihaiwei. It is said that she boarded a fishing boat, but the boat has never returned since then."

"The boat owner is not a gangster, but just an ordinary fisherman. His son said that Ji Tianrui gave him a large sum of money and asked him to take him out to sea to see the scenery, but he did not tell him the destination."

"She is an expert in disguise and witchcraft, and her martial arts are comparable to yours. Now that the Ming Cult has been destroyed, she is alone, and even following the clues is useless. Unless she shows up on her own initiative, we have no way to investigate."

Li Miao frowned and twirled his fingers in thought.

If there was one person he was most worried about, it was Ji Tianrui.

This person is scheming and has far-reaching plans. He knows far more secrets than Li Miao, and he is also lawless. If he is allowed to roam the world, who knows how much trouble he will cause next time.

In the end, he failed to keep her that day. He only left a few wounds on her body and then fell into a deep sleep helplessly.

His deep sleep did not mean he had no defenses against the outside world. If Ji Tianrui attacked him, Li Miao could still wake up and fight back. So Li Miao even expected Ji Tianrui to attack him, so that he would have a chance to keep him.

But Ji Tianrui did not do so. When Li Miao woke up, she had disappeared.

When Ji Tianrui went out to sea, who knows whether she made a circle on the sea and landed somewhere else, or simply sailed to Goryeo or Fuso.

With her martial arts and disguise skills, unless she appeared in front of Li Miao herself, others would not be able to find any flaws even if they looked closely at her face.

"Forget it, let's stop here. Withdraw all the people from Weihaiwei. There's no need to keep an eye on them anymore."

Li Miao waved his hand.

"Even if she returns to Weihaiwei unchanged, you can't keep her. This matter ends here."

Wang Hai and Xiao Si looked at each other.

"Yes."

"Yes."

"If there is nothing else, let's talk about the thing you can't handle."

Li Miao said.

Wang Hai did not answer for a moment. He turned his head to look at An Ziyang and asked.

"Pacifier, did you also meet someone who came to deliver an invitation today?"

"Ok?"

Li Miao raised an eyebrow.

Before he could continue asking, Wang Hai reached into his arms, took out something golden, and handed it to Li Miao.

"Pacifier, is the invitation that person brought the same as this?"

Li Miao took it, unfolded it, and immediately sneered.

"On August 15th, let's celebrate together."

"Exactly the same."

"Where did you get this invitation?"

Wang Hai stretched out his hand and took out three more copies from his arms.

"The Beggars' Sect, the Hengshan Sect, the Huashan Sect, and the Songshan Sect."

“If you add the portion that Captain An holds, except for the Taishan Sect that has been wiped out, the other four sects have each received a portion.

"This copy from the Beggars' Sect was sent by Leader Lao. We have no relationship with other sects, so we have no news for the time being."

"But judging from the time and region, the major factions that have a foothold in the martial arts world have probably already received it."

(End of this chapter)