I am not a seventh-generation descendant of Lord Wu'an from the Qin Dynasty.

"Are you... a human or a ghost?"

Spider Lady tilted her head and looked at Zhao Gao, whose face was full of terror but who still insisted on not shouting a warning. A wicked smile, which Bai Qi had specially instructed her to give, appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Hehehe~, if the devil wants your soul, will you sell it now?"

A glint of greed flashed in Zhao Gao's eyes. "A soul? What can you sell me?!"

brush~

The Sun-Covering Sword, its blade as black as ink, flew from his hand and plunged straight into his face.

A faint call came from above, and Zhao Gao subconsciously reached out and grasped the hilt of his sword, raising his hand to draw it.

Clang~

The Sun-Covering Sword emitted a melodious sword cry, as if it were quite satisfied with the surging yang energy within its new master.

"This sword..."

"The sword is named Sun-Covering Sword. It thrives on yang energy and can traverse the night, killing silently and stealthily."

A wicked smile appeared on Spider Girl's lips.

"However, those who wield this sword often have short lifespans. The more this sword is used, the faster they die!"

Of course, she wouldn't tell anyone about the drawbacks of using the Sun-Covering Sword.

"Has my destiny, Zhao Gao's destiny, finally arrived?" At this moment, Zhao Gao almost wept with joy.

A sudden inspiration struck him, and he immediately knelt on one knee, saying, "Zhao Gao, the master of the Sun-Covering Sword, pays his respects, Your Excellency!"

"Oh?" the spider girl asked curiously, "Aren't you going to ask why we chose you?"

"Zhao Gao only needs to know that if Your Excellency is willing to grant him a new life, he will repay you with his life!"

"very good!"

Spider Lady's eyes were icy cold, as if she were looking at a sharp sword. "Your first task is to climb up this man-eating Chu Palace."

"Remember, the heir to the entire empire is being nurtured there; it determines how far you can go in the future! Do you understand?!"

A fanatical glint flashed in Zhao Gao's eyes as he said, "Understood! Zhao Gao will protect the young master to the death!"

"Wrong!" Spider Woman sneered, "We should try every means to lead him to depravity."

"Huh?" Zhao Gao frowned. "He misunderstood? Then this organization in front of us is...?"

"The web that has stretched for millennia has chosen the Qin state, but if the Qin state ultimately dares to betray that web, a newly formed spiderweb can easily destroy it!"

Spider Girl turned to leave, having already conveyed Bai Qi's message.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Gao suddenly knelt down and kowtowed loudly with a "bang".

"I will certainly remember your teachings, sir. However, Zhao Gao, there is still one matter..."

Spider Girl stopped in her tracks.

Zhao Gao then turned his gaze toward the inside of the hall.

Despite their commotion, the people inside the hall seemed oblivious, with only sporadic sounds of drinking and playing drinking games continuing to drift in.

Spider Woman frowned slightly. "With the Sun-Covering Sword in your possession, you can kill them with ease."

Zhao Gao said urgently, "Killing people is easy, and the bodies can be disposed of. But the palace servants have disappeared; that's a problem for Zhao Gao!"

The spider woman remained silent for a moment, then her icy gaze pierced his eyes: "Spiderwebs never make deals without compensation. Do you still have any bargaining chips left?"

Zhao Gao's eyes were bloodshot. He gritted his teeth and remained silent for a while, but in the end, hatred overwhelmed everything.

He reached into his robes, tore open the inner seam, took out a parchment scroll, and handed it to him with both hands.

"My lord, this is a medicinal formula that Lao Ai obtained from a strange man long ago. It can greatly enhance a man's virility, making him invincible in battle! It is worth a thousand pieces of gold!"

As he said this, a hint of hostility flashed in his eyes.

It was because of this prescription that he was targeted by the nobles of Zhao, and it was also because of it that he was found and presented to him by Lü Buwei's retainers.

Ultimately, it was because of this that Lao Ai, who was once invincible in battle, became Zhao Gao, who now has no birds left to kill.

Spider Girl pinched it between her fingers with a look of disgust, thinking that the eccentric Lord Bai Qi might like it.

"After the murder, hide your tracks, and everything will be back to normal by tomorrow morning!"

Under the cover of night, the Spider Woman's figure disappeared.

Zhao Gao picked up the Sun-Covering Sword, and a layer of illusory light curtain lured his entire body into darkness as he walked towards the palace where the lower-ranking servants lived.

Before long, layers of blood appeared.

The mournful cries of the dying were all swallowed up by the silent darkness.

The once mighty sword that wielded the power of the night, now lies hidden beneath its web, reborn and returned!

……

"The rigid and inflexible Fusu and the pleasure-loving Zhao Gao should be quite interesting!"

Bai Qi wore a smile that no one could understand as he reached out and unfolded the parchment scroll, asking curiously.

"What is this?"

"A method for making a medicinal oil incense, but it seems incomplete; perhaps the tradition has been broken?"

"Medicated oil? Aphrodisiac? For external use?" Bai Qi frowned slightly. "Then, what about for internal use?"

Spider Maiden's expression froze for a moment, then she immediately realized she had been tricked by Zhao Gao, and hurriedly said, "This subordinate..."

Bai Qi waved his hand, "If they don't want to give it to you, it's no use for you to take it."

Spider Woman smiled mysteriously, confidently saying, "Please wait a moment, my lord. A sword slave is not worthy of having any secrets."

"oh?"

Bai Qi always prefers to wait and see with capable people, and never engages in reckless micromanagement.

In less than half an hour, the Spider Girl, covered in frost and snow, returned.

"Your Excellency would never guess where Zhao Gao went after killing the person who insulted him."

Bai Qi patted Yue'er's pert bottom, who seemed reluctant to leave after their brief separation, and turned over to sit up.

The cook took a thin blanket and covered her and Yue'er with it.

Bai Qi looked helpless, but Zhu Niang, who had long lived in the deep palace, seemed to be used to it.

"My lord, Spider Maiden, following the scent of the Hidden Sun Sword, intercepted Zhao Gao outside Prime Minister Lü's residence."

"He wants to kill Lü Buwei?"

Spider Lady shook her head. "It's that guest minister who caused his manhood to be crippled, I think his surname is Sun."

Bai Qi's breathing became slightly rough. "What exactly caused their conflict? Was the hatred that deep?"

Spider Maiden explained, "Back then, Zhao Gao, who was still Lao Ai, was unruly and slept with the wife and daughter of a man surnamed Sun."

Bai Qi thought to himself, 'As expected, compared to these freaks, he's still not freak enough!'

"That scoundrel Lao Ai dares to commit adultery with other men's wives and daughters! He hasn't even committed adultery with any of them yet! How despicable!"

"Later, Lü Buwei privately said that his Lao Ai medicine oil was useless, and he lost power because of this. Naturally, those who had been humiliated by him would take revenge in private."

"That's only because he was still a nominal guest advisor in Lü Buwei's household; otherwise, he would have died long ago."

Bai Qi tried his best to concentrate and connect the entire timeline into a coherent narrative.

"Knowing he couldn't leave Xianyang, Lao Ai decisively cut himself and entered the Chu woman's palace?"

Spider Girl added, "At that time, his manhood had already been cut off alive with a knife."

Bai Qi frowned slightly, his mind blank.

He felt that all of this seemed reasonable, but there was a clear logical conflict in the matter of Lao Ai becoming Zhao Gao.

He felt that there must be a mastermind behind all these changes, but he was also worried that he was wrong or that it was just a coincidence.

Just then, Spider Maiden brought over a new parchment scroll, the ink of which was still wet.

"Well, I used the Thousand Spider Dream Devouring Technique to dig out the biggest secret buried deep in his head."

"The last scene shows him seemingly killing a sorcerer, then laughing heartily while holding a large, ghastly green tortoise shell."

"Then, a fire broke out. He must have used the fire to burn away all traces."

"A thousand spiders devouring dreams? Digging out brains? Secrets? That makes sense; the important secrets are all in the head."

Bai Qi stared blankly at the scribbled characters before him, a chill running down his spine. "This is Zhao script? It doesn't look like it. It's Zhou script!"

Spider Woman shook her head. "Shang Dynasty, Oracle Bone Script!"

Spider Lady snatched it away. "I'll find someone to translate it first, then send the organization's physicians to study it. Once it's confirmed to be without problems, I'll present it to you, my lord."

"Um..." After thinking for a moment, Bai Qi still stopped her, "Can Thousand Spiders Devouring Dreams really uncover the deepest secrets hidden in a person's mind?"

"The Thousand Spiders Devouring Dreams needs to be used in conjunction with the Sun-Covering Sword to evoke the greatest fear or joy in people's hearts."

Spider Girl saw through Bai Qi's unspoken meaning in an instant, "My lord is not a slave of the Hidden Sun Sword."

"Moreover, Your Excellency is protected by the sword spirit of Lord Wu'an, so those with ill intentions cannot get close to you at all."

Bai Qi breathed a sigh of relief, then hesitated and asked, "Um, Zhao Gao isn't dead, is he?"

"No, he'll just have a vivid dream, and he won't remember anything when he wakes up."

Bai Qi's expression was conflicted, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Spider Girl, I think that for the sake of trust, we need to form a more solid community of shared interests."

Spiderwoman followed his gaze, which was like an ant climbing a tree, and instinctively crossed her arms to remind him.

"My lord, Spider Maiden is already over forty-two years old, and she is also Jingni's mentor."