People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

The old eunuch suddenly shouted, as he was an old man who had lived since the time of King Zhaoxiang of Qin and had deep feelings for the Qin state. He would never easily let go of those who harmed the Qin state.

"No, no, I'm not..."

Zhu Zhong hurriedly ran outside.

The old eunuch looked frail, but he was incredibly strong. With a simple move, he captured Zhu Zhong.

"So strong..." Zhu Zhong struggled as the old eunuch's withered hand gripped his neck.

"Let...let me go..."

"Speak! Which country are you a spy from? What are you doing around the palace!"

The old eunuch applied a little force, and Zhu Zhong's eyes bulged out, with veins bulging on his forehead and neck.

"It's...it's Lord Zhao...Gao..."

"Hmm? Little Gao?" The old eunuch's expression shifted slightly, and he loosened his grip a little.

Zhu Zhong struggled and fell to the ground, gasping for air violently, his lungs feeling like they were about to explode.

The old eunuch took out a small teapot and took a sip.

"Did Xiao Gaozi send you?"

Zhu Zhong barely managed to recover from the fear of death and said tremblingly, "Yes..."

The old eunuch shook his head and said, "This kid entered Ganquan Palace and gained the Empress Dowager's favor, but he has neglected our family all these years. He's a real scoundrel. We raised this adopted son for nothing. He's an ingrate."

He just laughed and cursed.

Zhao Gao simply didn't pay much attention to him, but whenever he had something good, he would still send it to him first.

The old guys around him were incredibly envious.

The only one to blame is their godson, who is useless and has never amounted to anything in the palace.

"Speak, what did Xiao Gaozi send you here for?"

Zhu Zhong struggled to get up, and accidentally dropped the book that Zhao Gao had given him.

"The Heavenly Sunflower Manual..." The old eunuch had excellent eyesight and spotted it at a glance.

"I didn't expect Xiao Gao to still be practicing this incomplete version, ignoring all the complete ones, really..."

The old eunuch shook his head helplessly: "Never mind, this kid's talent is higher than all of us old guys. He might really be able to complete his skills and enter the realm of a grandmaster."

Grandmaster… Zhu Zhong’s head buzzed, and he stopped stammering.

"I want to castrate myself."

"What?" the old eunuch exclaimed in surprise, "You want to go to the palace?"

"No, I just want to be cleansed!"

Zhu Zhong's expression was ferocious.

He will become a grandmaster! He will crush those who once looked down on him!

The old eunuch chuckled, "Being castrated is good; it brings longevity."

"Come on, young man, our family's cooking skills are absolutely the best in Qin. We guarantee you can have a painless cleansing after eating a dozen eggs."

……

Chapter 407 Absurd Yet Beautiful

After filling the honey jar, Cao Ze simply patted his behind and left.

After entering "wise man mode," he had a premonition.

After Xuan Jian comes to assassinate him, Lord Changping will reveal his true colors.

Tian Mi lay on the couch, completely naked.

Her full, exquisite body was dazzlingly white.

Her expression was both shy and alluring as she watched Cao Ze leave with a reproachful look, her beautiful, watery eyes seeming to overflow with tears.

She desperately wanted to bring Cao Ze back, but she had already been humiliated beyond recognition by him, and no matter how unwilling she was, she could only lie there obediently.

……

Cao Ze went downstairs and saw Wu Kuang drinking tea alone. He smiled and said, "Steward Wu is still here."

Wu Kuang said calmly, "Without the leader of the chivalrous sect returning, it's difficult for me to leave."

Cao Ze felt inexplicably embarrassed.

In the original novel, Tian Mi is Wu Kuang's wife.

While he was up there working hard, Wu Kuang was down below leisurely drinking tea. It was really a bit...

However, on the other hand, he had done a good deed, preventing Wu Kuang from becoming enemies with Sheng Qi.

He asked, "Where is the steward's sworn brother? We haven't seen him at all."

Wu Kuang paused slightly and said, "I don't know where he is."

Cao Ze smiled knowingly; whether he didn't know or didn't want to say, only Wu Kuang himself knew the answer.

"Then I'll take my leave."

Cao Ze bowed and left, while Wu Kuang raised his cup in a toast.

A figure staggered slightly as he entered the Vermilion Bird Hall, nearly bumping into Cao Ze.

"Zhu Zhong, what kind of behavior is this?"

Wu Kuang reprimanded Zhu Zhong for his rudeness.

Zhu Zhong gritted his teeth and lowered his head very low.

"Master, I was wrong..."

Cao Ze glanced at Zhu Zhong with some surprise. He had three parts of the original character's charm, cunning and stoic.

However, he was too effeminate, like that dead eunuch Zhao Gao. In the Warring States period, when women admired masculine men, Zhu Zhong was destined to be unpopular, unless he traveled back to the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, took some drugs, steamed the men, stir-fried the women, and barbecued the old and children, and had a ridiculous and wonderful time.

Cao Ze glanced at Zhu Zhong once and then forgot about him, turning and leaving the Vermilion Bird Hall.

Where Cao Ze couldn't see, Zhu Zhong slightly crossed his legs, his eyes dark and gleaming with an eerie red light, staring at Cao Ze's departing figure.

"Zhu Zhong, why are you crossing your legs like that?"

A disciple from the farming family, who was nearby, looked at Zhu Zhong with a strange expression.

Zhu Zhong snorted coldly and went straight upstairs.

If he hadn't already opened up his eight extraordinary meridians, given the force with which that old eunuch stabbed him, he would have been lying in bed for half a month, just like the little eunuch next to him.

He wants revenge; he wants to become a grandmaster!

Inside the Luosheng Hall, the Moon Goddess calmly perused the "Gathering Qi into a Blade," a technique known as the most powerful offensive technique of the Yin-Yang School.

But soon, the Moon Goddess gave up practicing this method.

The conditions for cultivation are too harsh.

No wonder only the Star Souls of past generations can cultivate.

To use the technique of gathering qi into a blade, one must first cultivate the "Star Soul Technique," and those who are capable of cultivating the "Star Soul Technique" are extremely rare.

The moon goddess, feeling restless, came to the observatory outside Rashomon Hall.

The sky gradually darkened, and the starlight became hazy.

She formed hand seals, observed the night sky, and silently calculated.

She had to stop when the moon and stars shone brightly.

Divination and divination are too mentally taxing, and given her level of cultivation, it would be difficult for her to find suitable people to cultivate the "Star Soul Technique" through divination and divination.

"Bad luck..."

Looking at the hazy image of the celestial secrets, the moon goddess felt like a ephemeral mushroom or a mayfly, parasitizing the world and drifting with the tide.

In that instant, she seemed to merge with heaven and earth, forgetting her troubles, her grudges, her senior sister and Cao Ze, even forgetting herself...

It was as if the world had fallen into silence along with her...

The Moon Goddess, inspired by a sudden inspiration, sat cross-legged on the Star Gazing Platform, her spirit seemingly emerging from her body, ethereal and boundless.

……

Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Xianyang City was as bustling as ever.

Aside from regularly visiting Zhao Ji to repair the water pipes and unclog the sewers, and keeping an eye on Ying Zheng's progress in mining and smelting silver, Cao Ze spent his time cultivating at home and sparring with Jing Ni, Li Wu, and Yan Ling Ji.

He was not worried about Xuan Jian's assassination attempt.

Even if Lü Buwei finds another grandmaster, he can still summon the old man Gongsun Long, who lives not far from his residence, at any time.

Gongsun Long, who has already reached the peak of the Grandmaster level, is virtually invincible in Xianyang unless Donghuang Taiyi comes in person.

A dark and windy night.

Cao Ze was cultivating in the courtyard as usual.

It wasn't that he didn't want to be inside, but rather that he didn't want Xuan Jian to come and not be able to find him, and then tear down his house.

He had to be prepared to deal with a husky, just like he was dealing with a mentally unstable person.

Prime Minister's Mansion.

Old Master Zheng gave Xuan Jian his orders: "Target: Cao Ze. Fight to the death."

Xuan Jian, stiff as a puppet, said, "Mission target: Cao Ze. Fight to the death."

Old Zheng nodded slowly, "Go ahead."

Cao Ze's death wasn't entirely unjust, as a master-level assassin was killed alongside him.

Xuan Jian repeated what Old Man Zheng had said.