"And what does the Duke think is the matter?" Kars asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, no, no, the minister is just curious and concerned, Your Majesty, you should also know the identity of Master Xiu..."Duke Presto looked at Kars and paused, "It's special." ”

"He's really special. Kars nodded in the affirmative.

"And Your Majesty, you're meeting in private again, I'm afraid..."

Kars didn't wait for Duke Presto to finish, he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Well, this matter is not for the Duke to bother. ”

Duke Presto didn't want to continue.

Kars put his arm around Duke Presto's shoulders and walked to his seat, "Come on, come on, don't just stand, sit!" At the same time, he turned to Director Hao and ordered, "Hao Ren, go get some of my treasured fine tea, bring two more cups, I want to have a few drinks with the duke." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Director Hao nodded and stepped back. After a while, the teapot and teacup that had just been taken down were brought back and placed on the table, of course, the teapot and teacup had been cleaned, and the tea in the teapot was rebrewed.

"Come, Duke try it, this is Yurun tea from the south, it is the best of the rare teas, and you can't drink it outside. Kars introduced Duke Presto.

"Oh~ Yurun tea! I heard that it is the best tea that can only be picked in the specific rainy season in the south! The annual output is very small. You're welcome, you can't usually drink such a superb tea at home. Saying that, Duke Presto filled himself with a glass and tasted it carefully, "Hmm~ The tip of the tongue is fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless, especially the unique freshness after the rain." Duke Presto put down the teacup with a look of intoxication, "Good tea!

"Yo, you see I have forgotten, the duke is originally a person who likes tea and loves tea, wait until I ask Hao Ren to prepare something for the duke to take back. Kars also poured himself a cup of tea, looked at Duke Presto and said with a smile.

When Duke Presto heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, no, the minister can drink here to relieve his cravings, if you really bring it back to drink, the minister is afraid that it will not be good to come to His Majesty again if he is addicted to drinking." ”

"Hahaha~ It's okay, it's okay. Kars said with a smile.

Duke Presto drank tea and chatted with His Majesty Kars for a while, and then got up and prepared to say goodbye on the grounds that there was still business to be done.

The originally bright weather on the palace slowly darkened, the sun was covered by heavy dark clouds, and the cool breeze was blowing, and Kars's mood of wanting to continue watching the music was blown away by the cool breeze, he slowly stood up, tightened his robes and walked to the pavilion, just in time to see the figures of Duke Presto and Director Hao in the distance. Kars just stood and watched until the two disappeared from his sight, and then slowly raised his head to look at the sky, and after a while, the dark clouds were thicker than before, and the cool breeze was blowing stronger and stronger.

His Majesty Kars raised his head and sighed softly, "The heavens of this imperial capital have always changed when they are said to change!"

"Your Majesty, have you really decided?" asked Bai Lao, who didn't know when he came to Kars's side, and looked at the latter with his eyes open.

"Bai Lao, look at this weather, rain will fall sooner or later. Kars turned his head to look at Bai Lao and said with a smile, as if he was not answering. "Let's go, let's go back to the palace now, when the rain really falls, it will be troublesome to leave again. ”

After His Majesty Kars finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the pavilion, and the white-robed old man followed without saying anything.

...

Outside the palace, Xiudao did not sit in the carriage specially arranged for him, but walked alone on the wide avenue, admiring the architectural scenery of the military and academic districts on the left and right, and comparing the scenery of six years ago in his memory, it was already a matter of fact. "There are only a few six years in my life. The monk sighed softly and turned to look at the palace that had just come out, remembering what Kars had said, "You and I are no longer young." With the expression on his face when he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh heavily. "Hey~"

The cultivator's gaze slowly rose, looking at the sky, at the thick layer of dark clouds, "I'm afraid it's going to rain this day," he said as he tapped his foot on the ground twice.

With the light step of the cultivator, a strange scene happened, his shadow suddenly distorted, and a black figure walked out of his shadow in the distortion and stood behind the cultivator, this person was the shadow.

"I made a mistake, I knew I should have chosen to take the carriage just now..."Shudo turned his head to look at the shadow and said.

Shadow pointed at himself and shook his head, indicating that he didn't care.

"Well, I have it. The monk shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

“...”

After being silent for a while, the cultivator turned his gaze to the palace in the distance and asked, "Shadow, did you say that Bai Lao found out that you were hiding in my shadow just now?"

Shadow didn't answer right away, but thought for a moment and nodded affirmatively.

"Hmm~ I feel that way too," Cultivator nodded in agreement with Ei's answer, he remembered that when he was greeting Bai Lao, Bai Lao seemed to glance at the floor under his feet, intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiu Dao then asked, "Shadow, how high do you say his cultivation is?"

Shadow pointed to the path of cultivation and made an upward gesture, meaning that it was higher than the path of cultivation.

"I'm already a high-level martial artist, and my cultivation has already encountered a bottleneck, and his cultivation is still above me, so in other words, the high-level upper rank is not the end of a martial artist's cultivation. The cultivator thought and analyzed.

Ying nodded again after listening.

"Then you and I can join forces to take him down?" the monk then asked.

After thinking for a while, Shadow shook his head and gestured with his hand to make a three-to-three gesture, meaning that even if they joined forces, there was only a three-percent possibility.

"What if it's a fight for your life?" a gleam flashed in the cultivator's eyes.

Ying looked at Xiudao and pointed at himself, withdrew his three fingers one by one, and clenched his fist with one hand. It means that if he fights for his life, he alone is enough.

"Hmph~ You kid is confident," Xiudao smiled and reached out to press Shadow's fist-clenching hand, "However, fortunately, Bai Lao should be on the same side as us at the moment, and the only variable is his apprentice Xiaobai," Xiudao paused, "Shadow, I have something to hand over to you." ”

Shadow looked at the monk and motioned for him to command.

"You go and ask someone to sort out Xiaobai's information, I want to know his birth, his growth experience, what he did when he was not valued by Bai Lao, how Bai Lao accepted him as an apprentice, where he has gone to experience now, what he has experienced in the experience, who he has met, etc., I want to go as detailed as possible. The cultivator looked back at the shadow and commanded.

Shadow nodded in understanding.

"Okay, then you can do it. ”

But the shadow stood still.

"Well, why don't you go yet?" asked the cultivator, puzzled.

The shadow still didn't move.

"You have something to say. ”

Shadow pointed to the path of cultivation and then to his heart, and then waved his hand.

"Don't you worry about me, don't worry, with my cultivation, who can hurt me in this imperial capital?" said Xiudao with a confident look at the shadow.

Shadow stretched out his hand and pointed to the palace in the distance, and pretended to touch his chin, pretending to look like an old man, Shadow meant very clearly that it was Bai Lao.

This time it was the turn of the cultivator to be completely speechless, and he had the feeling of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Just as Cultivator and Shadow were at a stalemate, drops of rain fell from the sky and hit the two of them. It's small, but it's dense.

"It's raining, let's go. In the end, the cultivator still couldn't make it.

"..."Shadow nodded.

The two of them walked out of the avenue that connected to the palace one after the other, and took a carriage on the side of the road, heading towards the Xiufu in the garden district.

......