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The narrow corridor seemed dark and depressed. The cyan robed young man had a silver mask on his face and his boots were making crisp sounds on the ground. The silence was filled with fragmented echoes.

Ignoring the dozen or so doors along the way, the green-clothed young master walked to the end, pushed the door open and strode in.

"Young master is finally here. I've been waiting for a long time." There were a total of three men in the room. Two of them were middle-aged and one was a young man. The one who spoke was a middle-aged man.

The youth laughed, "You didn't compliment me, right?" He raised his glass and toasted to the green-robed young master, "Take a seat. There's plenty of wine to drink."

He then looked for a place to sit and crossed his left leg over his right leg, "I don't drink wine."

The young man in cyan raised his chin towards the other man. "Can I have a taste of Tang Xiao's stupid blood?"

The young man smiled and said, "That belongs to him. It's not within my range to entertain him. You can only take care of it yourself."

The green-robed young master made a 'tsk' sound as he curled his lips, "Don't cry, your attitude isn't good." He bent his body forward a little, then lifted up the cup and handed it to Tang Xiao. "Here, give me half a cup."

Tang Xiao Yu looked at the cup in his hand, and smiled. "Do you know what this is?" His face was covered with a black cloth, revealing only his eyes. His voice was hoarse.

The man in green raised his eyebrows, "It's human blood. It's used to cure Zhu Yan."

Tang Xiao smirked. "There's no cure for Zhu Yan." There was a cold smile in his eyes.

The green-robed young master smiled, "Not necessarily. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean that no one can."

Tang Xiao smirked. "If you could solve the problem, you wouldn't be sitting here."

The man in cyan said, "I am not sitting here to cure the poison. At the very least, I don't need to grovel on my knees and ask others for a way out."

Tang Xiao's eyes narrowed. "That's hard on you."

The young man in cyan slightly raised his head, smilingly said, "It's neither hard nor hard." "Same here."

Tang Xiao Yu looked at him for a moment, then handed the cup to him. "This cup is yours."

"Thank you very much." The young man in green smiled and accepted it. He then took a sip and put it aside.

"What?" Tang Xiao Yu asked. Are you afraid of poison? "

The green-robed young master shrugged and said, "How could that be? Even if it was you, it wouldn't be easy for you to poison me. Besides, I've already tasted it. There's no poison. "

"Then why don't you drink?" Tang Xiao asked. This is blood. It won't last long before it stinks. "

He rubbed the outer wall of the porcelain cup with his finger and lowered his eyes to look at the edge of the jade cup which had turned pink after being drenched by the blood, "You seem to have forgotten that I'm not the only one who was infected by the Gu."

The green-clothed gongzi pouted, "Don't say such a scary thing, how can I be the same as you? Find a group of children and infect them with Gu, raise them up and drink their blood. "Tsk tsk."

"It's just a matter of survival," Tang Xiao replied. "Who's better than anyone else?"

There was a faint smile on the young master's face, and his dark eyes looked exceptionally pretty. "That is true. However, no one would do something as simple as drinking blood."

Tang Xiao was not angry at all at the man's curses. "Maybe one day you'll fall in love with this smell."

"Coincidentally, I'm actually one of the few people here." The green-robed young man seemed to have heard Tang Xiao's words, but at the same time he simply went on. "You guys must have fought wild game before, right?" It would not be an exaggeration to lick the blood on the blade of a sword after spending a great deal of effort to obtain such a prey. However, if he caught a rabbit in his own yard and killed it, he would have to taste that taste … "That would be boring."

He tilted his head to the side to look at Tang Xiao, and smirked. "I'm not going to fall in love with this smell." "Compared to blood, I still like killing more."

Tang Xiao foolishly smiled, but didn't say anything further.

Don't cry and yawn, and ask, "I say, you two, have you quarreled enough, and have you drunk your blood? Can we get down to business? I almost fell asleep from all the waiting. "

The green-robed young master lay back and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, "Go ahead, I am listening."

Mo Mo cried and asked, "Don't you find it strange that the Puppet Palace would do such a thing?"

The green-robed young master didn't even bother to raise his head, "You're going to change masters again, aren't you?"

Don't cry and praise him, "Young Master is indeed intelligent, your words are correct."

The man in green sneered, "It seems like he is not going to be a good master either. He is just a greedy fool who is in a hurry to get what he wants."

Don't cry and laugh and ask, "Oh? What do you mean by that, young master? "

Young Master Qing Yi played with the empty cup in his hand. To be precise, I believe that the new master of your Puppet Palace wants to use the fear left behind by the blood case of the West Lake to establish his might or to disrupt the martial arts world.

Crying, Mo Jian looked at him and asked, "Young master, are you interested in sharing a piece of the spoils?"

"A share?" The green-clothed young master smiled. It was unknown if his beautiful lips were even redder after tasting the blood. "A spoonful of soup wouldn't be enough to fill my appetite. You spent so much effort to invite me here."

Don't cry, "As long as young master can eat, I will be full."

The green-robed young master looked at him with disdain in his eyes, "You can't feed me."

The man beside Mo Yu suddenly stood up and said, "Be more respectful when you speak." He reached out his hand towards the green-clothed gongzi.

The green-clothed young master's hand that was touching his chin wavered and a folding fan appeared out of nowhere in his palm. The folding fan shot out a few thin pitch-black needles that were as thin as a cow's hair and pointed the tip of the needle at the man's throat. His movements were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he was done. There was even a slight smile on his face.

Tang Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he stretched out a hand to block the man's path. "Ether. Stop right there."

The black needle that was only an inch away from Yu Gong's throat paused and retreated a bit, but it was still held horizontally in the air. Tang Xiao knew he was being treated like a favor, so he gave him a nod of thanks.

Yu Wu looked at him angrily and asked, "What are you doing?"

Don't cry when he stands up straight, only now slowly relax: "You are not his opponent."

Yu shi was startled, "What did the Young Chieftain say? Just based on this child? " As his right-hand man, his martial arts skills were definitely among the top 100 in the martial arts world. Facing such a young opponent yet being given such an evaluation, how could he be convinced?

The green-clothed young master retracted his folding fan with a smile, "Young Palace Master is too kind, I won't thank you." Her jade-like white fingers lightly gripped the fan handle, and her slender fingers seemed weak and weak, but those with high eyesight could completely see the power that those fingers possessed.

Don't cry and smile, "I'm not strict with my discipline, I've let you down."

"Sure." The green-clothed young master twirled his fingers around his fan, completely disregarding the small friction. "To negotiate a deal with the Young Palace Master, I have to show that I have some capital."

The surface of the fan was light green, and there were faint traces of ink on it. It was such a harmless fan, but Tang Xiao was still able to sniff out the scent of death in that instant.

Don't cry for a moment and think about it, "This time it's Luo Changxiu who is going to take the seat. You have contact with the government, right? I intend to give up the Ming Palace and stay in the Dark Palace. If Elder Luo wanted to make a move, he would have to bring his trusted aides with him to the mountain palace. Only half of his subordinates remained in the palace at the foot of the mountain. I need you to use the soldiers of the imperial court to attack the Ming palace, and then lend me some of your people who were hiding in the dark. "

The man in cyan smiled and said, "How can Luo Changxiu be at ease in front of his Palace Mistress?"

Don't cry lightly, "Young master is underestimating the ambition of others."

The green-robed young master tilted his head, not agreeing with his words at all. Instead, he asked, "How much?"

Don't cry and spread out your hands, "Young master and I are at least friends, there is no need to say much about the benefits and drawbacks between us. This way, there's no need to hide it anymore. I'll say payment, just look at it. First of all, the Ming palace, other than those thirty books I want to hand as a copy, I'll leave the rest for you to handle, whether it's people or the things inside, I don't want any of them. Dark Palace, aren't you interested in those twelve shadow guards? Pick two. In the future, you and the Puppet Palace can be considered as semi-cooperative and half-submissive, just like how you're used to it. I am the master of the Puppet Palace, you do not need to help manage it, but if you have any problems with the Puppet Palace, you need to help me. And I will obey your orders, you know. It's the same for the Mechanical Golems. You can use them if you don't want to reveal them to the public. The two Palace Masters each had one of the three keys. I will keep the one from the Dark Palace and the one from the Ming Palace as a guarantee for you. How about it? "

The green-robed young master raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Why are you so generous? "With this cut, your Puppet Palace will be cut in half, and you will be my subordinate."

Don't cry and laugh, "You're not generous. Even if my understanding of you is not that thorough, I have understood everything that needs to be understood. Without your help, I wouldn't even be able to touch this position, let alone keep it. The Puppet Palace had been a loser for decades, and now, all they could cut down on was rotten meat and rotten chicken ribs. It would be better not to do so. What I'm giving you is virtual power, or a right to use it for decades. After a few decades have passed, the Puppet Palace will still be mine. "

"My goal is to take back the Puppet Palace that our Mo Clan had single-handedly destroyed and to protect it as much as possible. As for being your subordinate, that doesn't matter. I know what I'm capable of, so I have to borrow some reliable power. In the dark, you're about the best fit. "I will only make a huge profit from this deal. I won't lose anything."