Chapter 22: Old Friend Appears
"Since you are loyal to Emperor Jianwu, please don't come here too often, so as not to attract some followers and disturb my peace..."

Su Chen drove Xu Xiaohan out.

Outside the library.

Xu Xiaohan said nothing. He kowtowed heavily, bowed nine times, and left.

Since then.

Su Chen is still the useless guy in the library.

Three meals a day, one after another, no matter whether it is the little eunuch in black or the eunuch in blue, they all think that this job is thankless and what future can there be following a useless person.

The library was deserted and remote. As for Zhang Gui's sworn brother, well, Zhang Gui was dead, so what was so valuable about him? Deputy General Manager Xu, who was once in the limelight, also never came again, obviously not appreciating the friendship of this useless man from the library.

What future could there be in serving this untalented Sixth Red Robe? After a few days, one by one, they found ways to leave.

In this regard.

Su Chen didn't care.

I eat the meals delivered to me every day, read books in my spare time, and take care of the flowers and seeds. It's a leisurely life.

October of the third year of Jianwu.

The autumn wind blows.

After two years, the rebellion in Nanyang County was finally quelled. All members of the Xuanyang Sect were killed. Among the two first-class masters in the sect, one was killed and the other was seriously injured and escaped. From then on, the imperial court became more powerful.

No one dared to despise the last emperor in a series of three emperors in one year, Emperor Jianwu.

The army returns to the capital!

With the destruction of a major clan, Emperor Jianwu's prestige reached its peak, and no one dared to underestimate him anymore.

Deputy Chief Manager Xu was ruthless. In order to consolidate the trust of Emperor Jianwu, he used all means possible, including killing many of Zhang Gui's godsons, and took control of the wealthy business. All the military expenses for this war came from the business.

Even the East Factory took half of it.

From then on, Deputy Chief Secretary Xu became the close attendant and confidant of Emperor Jianwu, a true direct descendant.

"got windy."

Su Chen stretched lazily, looking at the gradually darkening sky, feeling a little dazed, and thought of Zhang Gui again.

There has been no news about this Director of the East Factory for two years.

Is he really dead?

hum!
The sixty-ninth stream of true energy in Su Chen's body slowly gathered and came out.

Obviously.

That ear of grass has been used.

Maybe it was Zhang Gui, maybe not...

"Empress, why did you have to come to this remote place with the princess to look for books? Just give an order and the eunuchs will naturally find the books and bring them to the princess."

The flattering voice of the eunuch could be heard from a long distance away.

Phoenix carriage!

A large number of royal guards and eunuchs escorted the phoenix carriage forward, from which stepped a graceful and elegant young and beautiful woman, wearing a phoenix crown on her head, with the extraordinary bearing of a mother of the country.

Queen of Daliang, Dugu Yue.

Wife of Emperor Jianwu.

The woman who gave birth to the prince and princess.

The second-rank general Feng, who led the effort to suppress the Xuanyang Sect and quell the rebellion in Nanyang County, was Empress Dugu's brother. He made tremendous contributions and was a staunch supporter of Emperor Jianwu, the mainstay of the Daliang court today.

The first rank status is equivalent to that of the emperor.

The second rank is the most powerful person in the court, the country, and even the imperial city.

"Bastard!"

"Where did you come from, you black eunuch? The Queen and Princess Yunyang have arrived. Why don't you quickly roll over and kneel down to pay your respects? Who is this old eunuch who brought you here? I'll skin him alive..."

The blue-robed eunuch who served Empress Dugu scolded Su Chen fiercely.

Are you here to read in the library?
away from the spectrum.

Su Chen was a little slow to react for a moment.

In all the years he had been in the library, this was the first time he had encountered people coming to the library to look for books to read. These were all ordinary books, and the real books on cultivation were all stored in the Martial Arts Pavilion. This was the first wave of distinguished visitors.

"Who are you? Why don't I know you?"

Su Chen glanced at the unfamiliar man in blue robe.

The one wearing a blue robe is naturally the manager.

however.

In the one year of chaos, three emperors came and went, and two groups of first-rank officials broke into the palace. With Xu Xiaohan in power, he eliminated dissidents and supported his confidants. It was unknown how many times the blue-robed eunuchs in the palace had been replaced.

Obviously, this is a newly promoted blue-robed steward.

"Asshole."

"I am the manager, and you are a nobody..."

The blue-robed steward even scolded him.

however.

Queen Dugu held him down, glanced at Su Chen with her beautiful eyes, and spoke slowly.

"This is the sixth red robe of the library!"

"According to the law, you don't have to bow when you see the emperor."

"He doesn't have to bow."

Red robe?

This is a steward.

The blue-robed steward was startled for a moment, his legs went limp with fear, and he almost knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Su Chen.

But he soon came to his senses.

The sixth red robe?

Could it be that the useless guy in the library, who relied on Zhang Gui's support and gave up the idea of ​​the World Martial Arts List to get the sixth red robe, but who dared not step out of the library again after Zhang Gui's death?

Ha ha.

The blue-robed steward suddenly became tough again.

What kind of red robe chief is this Sixth Red Robe?

"The Queen knows me?" Su Chen bowed and stepped forward to salute.

"The World Martial Arts Ranking stabilizes the martial arts world. You have made a contribution, so you naturally know it."

"Without the constraints of the Jianghu, Daliang will have more energy to deal with demons, hone military strength, and cultivate practitioners."

Queen Dugu didn't say much to Su Chen.

after all.

This is a world of cultivators. Even if he has the identity of the sixth red-robed steward, he can only make Empress Dugu look at him slightly more, and it is still not worth mentioning.

Queen Dugu left soon.

Only Princess Yunyang was left in the library to look through books, most of which were medical books. Two royal guards, with fourth-rank cultivation, were accompanying her, which showed how much Empress Dugu loved the princess.

In the past, the prince’s escort was only of the fourth rank.

"Hey."

"Eunuch!"

Su Chen, who was lazily basking in the sun on a recliner, was awakened by a delicate shout.

Who?
Who is calling me?

Su Chen looked around but saw no one.

When he looked down, he found that Princess Yunyang was staring at him.

Too short.

A short fifteen-year-old girl, no wonder she didn't see it.

"The princess called me?"

Su Chen looked lazy and rubbed the head of the little princess with pigtails.

"presumptuous!"

"Dare to disrespect the princess?"

Two fourth-rank guards, with long swords slung at their waists, came angrily.

Just a lazy piece of shit.

You really don't know your own weight. Do you really think you are the second-rank, honorable and illustrious chief eunuch of the time? You really don't know what you are talking about.

"Ok?"

Su Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them.

moment.

The two of them felt a chill in their hearts, and for some reason, their hands and feet became cold, and they dared not take another step forward.

"Can you give me this flower?"

Princess Yunyang, with a cunning look in her eyes, pointed to a purple flower blooming in the medicine field.

This eunuch really doesn't know what's good.

This is the fifth-grade star sea flower, which is very expensive and can be used as medicine. It actually grows here like an ornamental flower.

"of course can."

Su Chen just wanted to send the princess away and restore peace to the library.

Just a fifth-grade flower.

In the medicinal field, the lowest value thing is just given away.

After sending the person away.

Su Chen stretched his body, and seeing that there was no one around, he was about to perform a set of Thunder Body Burning Technique to see if he could break through the barrier. After the 71st explosion, he reached the late stage of the Bones and Muscles Realm.

The founder of Daliang, the foremost martial artist in the Muscle and Bones Realm, and the holder of the record for the seventy-one levels of thunder sounds.

It took three years.

Su Chen finally caught up.

This is also because the medicinal properties of these two thousand-year-old precious medicines have been exhausted.

"This Zhang-Six Golden Body Technique is really a powerful medicine. These are two thousand-year-old precious medicines. If it is a cultivation method of other physical paths, I am afraid it can at least be pushed to the peak third level, or even the second level."

“No wonder, apart from the founder, the old demon Gu Jue, no one else has cultivated to the deepest level of each realm of the “Zhangliu Golden Body Art”…”

A set of Thunder Body Boxing was thrown down.

It was getting dark.

boom!
Thunder exploded.

The seventy-first level of thunder sound finally appeared.

At this moment, eight out of ten of Su Chen's bones and muscles were stained with gold. His muscles and bones were strong, and terrifying thundering power was brewing in the surging blood flames.

It's been three years!
He has finally reached the late fourth level!

As for the path of Qi, it is still at the level of perfection of Qi in the fifth realm. I don’t know when the seed of immortality in the body will undergo the next level of change.

"Since you're here, why don't you come in?"

The golden color on Su Chen's body slowly faded away, and he turned from a terrifying master into an ordinary, harmless person in the blink of an eye.

The smell of blood is approaching.

Dressed in a shiny red robe, Xu Xiaohan's temperament had undergone a complete transformation. With a white jade token hanging from his waist and a respectful look, he appeared at the entrance of the library, holding a head.

"Master Su, I heard that this man insulted you, so I cut off his head to nourish the medicinal field..."

The person behind this head was the blue-robed steward who had insulted and scolded Su Chen during the day.

There was still a look of confusion and fear on the man's head.

Obviously.

Until his death, he never understood why the powerful Deputy Chief Executive Xu came to kill him.

"You are here for more than just this matter."

Su Chen looked at Deputy Manager Xu in front of him, and it was hard to associate him with the timid and cautious Xu Xiaohan from three years ago.

Power changes people tremendously.

"Zhang Gui..."

"He appeared."

(End of this chapter)