Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 39 All-Encompassing Laws
Xu Shangxin quickly returned to her residence. After entering the profession, she still needed to slowly understand the various changes in her body and her contact with spiritual energy.

Pei Xia dragged the chair to the corner and called out, "Don't hide it anymore."

A figure in black emerged from outside the courtyard gate.

Luo Xiaojin wasn't surprised that Pei Xia could spot her, but she still tried to take advantage of the situation: "The guards in your Prime Minister's residence are just so-so. I walked right in and no one noticed."

“Heh,” Pei Xia sneered.

She didn't even realize that Ye Lu was staring at her.

However, this doesn't mean Luo Xiaojin is bad; on the contrary, it's more like Ye Lu is a bit too strong.

After all, both of them were at the Refining Cauldron Realm.

"Did you need something?" Pei Xia asked her.

"It's nothing. I came to see Xiuer. I heard you were giving Xu Shangxin some advice, so I wanted to come and see if you could make a fool of yourself."

She peered into the yard and surveyed the area: "Has it already failed?"

Enlightening others requires a high level of skill from a cultivator. Luo Xiaojin knew Pei Xia was extraordinary, but in reality, he was only a junior cultivator. She felt the chances of failure were still very high.

Pei Xia ignored her.

Luo Xiaojin took it as his tacit agreement and said while leaning on her sword, "It's the Prime Minister's residence, after all. If Miss Xu really wants to cultivate, why doesn't she go to our Zhangsheng Palace? At least we can enlighten Wenfeng and teach Huayou. She shouldn't have to worry about reaching the Zhen Gang Realm."

"The Palace of the Holy Master, is it the Palace of the Holy Master who lost his Heavenly Sense to Zhen Gang?"

Luo Xiaojin's eye twitched, but she wasn't angry.

Mentioning this matter reminded her of Zhang Guohan's miserable state that night: "Hmph, I bet you're still relying on that 'Calamity Pig' thing, aren't you?"

Zhang Guohan's cries of "disaster pig" that night were most likely overheard by Luo Xiaojin.

However, since returning to Beishi City, the Zhangsheng Palace has not come looking for them, which shows that Luo Xiaojin did not report it, or at least did not report Pei Xia and Huozhi together.

Pei Xia understood this, otherwise she wouldn't have agreed to help Pei Xiu with Luo Xiaojin's request.

He chuckled: "What, you don't have a little bit of this 'calamity pig' in your Holy Palace?"

"The Palace of the Holy Master is the supreme authority of the Great Feather Kingdom, encompassing all methods. Why would it need your unorthodox methods?"

"Oh, all-encompassing, how amazing..."

This statement isn't entirely meant to be sarcastic.

Ling is the largest empire in the Nine Provinces. As a national guardian sect, the resources of the Holy Palace are indeed far beyond those of ordinary sects.

I heard from Luo Xiaojin last time that the Palace of the Holy Guard has intelligence files on Beishi City that are almost like those of the Insect and Bird Bureau. Although they are not in the court, their functions are so important that they are enough to make people wary.

When it comes to cultivation, it encompasses everything from street fighting to the most profound martial arts techniques of the Nine Provinces.

Just like Luo Xiaojin.

She and Xu Shangxin were somewhat similar; both started cultivating late, yet they managed to catch up and surpass others in just a few years, becoming experts in the Refining Cauldron Realm at a young age.

It should be noted that many disciples from various sects and families outside the sect are trained from a young age, yet they may not be able to break through the Zhen Gang stage and forge the Inner Cauldron.

Admittedly, Luo Xiaojin's own ruthlessness was also a factor. Although the Blood Refinement Method she practiced could be mastered quickly, it was extremely painful. Not to mention the cultivation process, the pain she had to endure when fighting others was no less than suffering a severe injury...

……and many more.

Pei Xia stared at Luo Xiaojin, then suddenly froze.

The Holy Palace, encompassing all laws.

So, is that so?
Seeing that Pei Xia had fallen silent mid-sentence, Luo Xiaojin quickly walked past her and headed straight for the gate, shouting as she ran, "Ye Lu, prepare my horse! I'm going to the palace!"

Luo Xian was busy until very late yesterday, and her neck still feels a bit sore when she wakes up today.

Standing on the terrace of Luanyun Palace, gazing at the misty clouds, I wondered if I should simply take a day off and put aside official business for now.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before the eunuch brought up today's memorials—after all, she was a princess and it wasn't appropriate for her to preside over court assemblies. For the necessary government affairs, she either held a small meeting at Luanyun Palace or received a constant stream of memorials.

When Pei Xi was around, he could help her with a lot of things, but now all of it is on her shoulders.

Looking at the stack of notebooks, my plan to rest today vanished once again.

If we don't deal with this today, how will we manage to keep up tomorrow?

Rubbing his sore neck, Luo Xian was about to sit back on that soft couch that made him bald when a palace maid trotted in from outside the door: "Your Highness, Sui Baiyi has a close attendant here."

Just as he was about to summon him, another messenger came: "Your Highness, Chief Chao has arrived."

Luo Xian shook his head speechlessly: "They really know how to pick their timing. Never mind, let them all come in."

The gates of Luanyun Palace are wide enough for two people to walk in side by side.

Chao Cuo looked at the cold-faced young man beside him, while the other man was also looking at him.

They only turned around and bowed when they reached the steps below the steps of the eldest princess.

"Get to the point. Let's start with the Sui Palace."

Luo Xian called out, casually grabbed a memorial, glanced at it, and muttered under his breath, "Why is it another one about the flood in Leyang? Didn't I see this memorial a few days ago?"

Sui knew that my disciple couldn't hear what the princess was muttering, but he remembered his master's instructions. He straightened his bent back a little before speaking: "Your Highness, Sui Baiyi has recently been inspecting the inner city guards of my Holy Palace. He intends to rearrange the cultivators according to the thickness of the military defenses. However, there are some omissions in the palace's records, so he sent his disciple to ask for a copy of the inner city's military defense map."

Chao Cuo, who was standing next to him, was stunned.

The Master glanced sideways at the boy beside him, then raised his eyebrows to look at Luo Xian.

Luo Xian was still reviewing the memorial that seemed to have traveled from another time, casually saying, "Oh, a military defense map, right? Okay, I'll have the Feathered Army send a copy over later."

As expected, Master's instructions were correct.

The young disciple raised his back even higher, almost as if he were about to straighten his chest, and bowed with both hands: "Your Highness is wise, this disciple takes his leave."

Chao Cuo placed his hands on his stomach, twisted his upper body, and watched the young man leave Luanyun Palace before turning his gaze away.

He clicked his tongue and said, "Why am I becoming more and more like an idiot?"

Luo Xian covered her mouth and chuckled: "He's just putting on an act. Of the twelve white-robed figures in the Holy Palace, eight are now my men. If he doesn't appear assertive, how can he protect his authority within the sect? That's just how he is; he doesn't have the talent, but he still puts on airs."

I wonder how much longer they can keep jumping around.

Chao Cuo thought for a moment and then casually asked, "Then, that Xiao Pei, I've been watching him for several days, why hasn't there been any news? Could it be that the investigation has stalled?"

"Pei Xia?"

Luo Xian has been overwhelmed with work these past few days and hasn't paid much attention to him.

However, when Chao Cuo brought it up, she still waved her hand very casually: "Why do you keep an eye on him all day?"

Chao Cuo folded his hands again, his old face long and expressionless: "I'm afraid you'll mistrust him and mess things up because you're too close to him... I'm not saying this to be mean, but even if that kid is really a master of the underworld, his cleverness might not be useful for solving cases."

"Ugh, I can't look anymore, my neck hurts."

As soon as Chao Cuo finished speaking, Luo Xian shouted and lay down on the soft couch, burying his face in the soft pillowcase, and said in a muffled voice, "If he really knows how to solve cases, I still wouldn't dare to use him."

(End of this chapter)