Chapter 1969: The Kidnapped Soul Speaker

At 8:00 PM that night, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang arrived at the imperial capital and successfully rendezvoused with Su Xiao. Baha wasn't far from the capital and would arrive in the second half of the night.

Su Xiao was currently in a two-story residential house. The status of Ninth Unit Commander didn't come with a luxurious mansion; after all, he was fighting outside all year round. This residence was just rented by Su Xiao.

The Crow's Eye intelligence organization was already in hand. What Su Xiao needed to do next was to search for the Soul Speaker with all his might. As for the Moon Goddess saying that Crow's Eye would never be able to find the Soul Speaker, that was bullshit; it was sour grapes.

Although the Old Saint King had previously "driven him out" to help him block a disaster, judging from the Moon Goddess's previous behavior, "driving him out" had an effect, at least ensuring the Moon Goddess wouldn't turn against him directly, but the actual effect wasn't great.

Su Xiao wouldn't let himself be in the siege of two old schemers, so he chose to support the Old Saint King in the afternoon and join forces to deal with the other old schemer.

Su Xiao sat at the dining table, opposite him was the little adjutant eating dinner. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was squatting beside Su Xiao's feet. Just now, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was sitting next to the little adjutant, experienced how protective she was of her food. He was almost bitten by the little adjutant, which shocked Xiang Bubu into showing an expression of "don't touch me."

"Woof~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was asking Su Xiao: "Master, where did you find this person? Is she this protective of food?"

"Secret prison."

Su Xiao threw down the documents in his hand. Clearly, what the Moon Goddess said earlier about Crow's Eye being unable to find the Soul Speaker was just a casual remark.

Crow's Eye only took an hour and a half to find the Soul Speaker and even determined the Soul Speaker's specific location. Su Xiao absolutely didn't believe that this was just found.

The Soul Speaker was in the imperial capital. To be precise, they were kidnapped here, and the person who caught them was the Eagle Marquis.

Su Xiao knew that it was impossible to ask for people from the Eagle Marquis, so he could only snatch them.

"No wonder that old guy was willing to protect me; it turns out he was waiting here. The Moon Goddess's attitude was similar. That such a big cake, that woman could endure not turning against me directly, is already very surprising."

Su Xiao muttered in a low voice. Now, he fully understood what was going on. What he needed to do next was very simple: go to Lulunfei Palace to see the Old Saint King; something big was about to happen.

"Xiang Bubu, go keep an eye on the Moon Goddess's side."

"Woof?"

"Act according to the situation."

Su Xiao rubbed his forehead. Did Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang mean 24-hour recording just now?

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang walked toward the first floor of the residential house. As soon as he reached the first floor, he blended into the environment.

"Stop eating, come with me to Lulunfei Palace."

"Right away, two more bites! No!"

Su Xiao carried the little adjutant out the door. Facts proved that in the face of absolute strength, food protection was vulnerable.

9:00 PM, Lulunfei Palace inner area, in a flower room.

The Old Saint King was wearing loose pajamas, holding a long-spouted watering can in one hand and a fine cloth in the other, wiping the dust off the stems and leaves of the flowers.

"When people get old, they just like to raise some flowers and plants."

The Old Saint King returned to the image of a kind old man. Su Xiao sat on a wooden chair on the other side of the flower room, holding a small flowerpot in his hand.

Crack~

Cracks appeared on the flowerpot. This flowerpot, which could be called an antique, couldn't be held like this at all. Su Xiao calmly placed the flowerpot on the shelf beside him.

The Old Saint King walked over upon hearing the sound. Seeing the fine cracks on the flowerpot, the hand pointing at Su Xiao began to tremble.

"Sigh~"

The Old Saint King picked up a wooden pair of tongs wrapped in fine cotton cloth and carefully corrected the position of the flowerpot.

"What is the attitude on the Goddess's side?"

The Old Saint King spoke with eyes full of heartache but didn't blame anything.

"Wanted to kill me, didn't succeed."

Hearing Su Xiao's direct answer, the Old Saint King nodded. He knew that Su Xiao had thought of the implications, so now they were on the same side.

"When will the Eagle Marquis make a move?"

Su Xiao picked up another small flowerpot. These small flowerpots were exceptionally exquisite, and the gems inlaid on them, as long as they were notarized, were at least of light gold quality.

"Put it down, put it down, put it down slowly."

The Old Saint King tapped Su Xiao's arm with the wooden tongs in his hand. Just as Su Xiao put down the flowerpot, there was another crisp sound of "crack."

"..."

"..."

The Old Saint King pressed a mechanism, and the flower rack gradually moved away from this "dangerous person," Su Xiao.

"Later. Uprooting him from the empire might be the last cooperation with the Goddess. Be careful on that side; there are very few people who can do these things for me now."

The Old Saint King sat on the chair beside Su Xiao. When discussing such things, those who were respectful were subordinates. Now, Su Xiao and the Old Saint King were a community of interests.

What the Old Saint King wanted was the supreme power of the empire, not that he was greedy for power, but in peacetime, the simultaneous existence of three imperial power-holders was almost destructive.

From the day of the ceasefire, the Old Saint King was prepared to eradicate all opponents or be eradicated by someone more excellent than him.

And tonight, one of the three giants of the empire, the Eagle Marquis, was about to be out of the game.

When Su Xiao was still in the secret prison, the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess had already begun to plan this matter. They hadn't talked, but they cooperated in another way.

Originally, Su Xiao being released from the secret prison was a move by the Old Saint King to restrain the Moon Goddess, but when Su Xiao publicly stated that he was looking for the Soul Speaker, the situation changed.

The Old Saint King had long known that the Soul Speaker was kidnapped by the Eagle Marquis to the imperial capital. It was Crow's Eye that found out about this.

Learning that Su Xiao was also looking for the Soul Speaker hit it off with the Old Saint King's plan, so the Old Saint King gave Su Xiao control of Crow's Eye. But before that, Su Xiao had to pass the Moon Goddess's test; this was an unavoidable situation.

The Moon Goddess also prepared manpower to kill the Eagle Marquis, but compared to the people on her side, Su Xiao's strength was stronger, so the Moon Goddess wanted to get rid of Su Xiao, because whoever's people got rid of the Eagle Marquis tonight would be in a dominant position in the subsequent division of power.

When the Moon Goddess mentioned the Eagle Marquis before, Su Xiao felt something was wrong, but after all, he had just arrived in this world and couldn't immediately know the arrangements of the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess.

When he came out of the Moon God Monastery, Su Xiao roughly understood what was going on, which was why he showed this casual attitude toward the Old Saint King. The Old Saint King also saw it, and it just so happened that he urgently needed someone like Su Xiao now.

When Su Xiao left the Moon God Monastery, the Moon Goddess could be described as envious, jealous, and hateful, because Su Xiao standing on the Old Saint King's side was inevitable. It was also tonight that she realized how difficult Su Xiao was to deal with.

"Kill directly?"

Su Xiao needed to confirm the last key piece of information.

"A tree whose roots have already been pulled out, of course, is to be chopped down directly."

The Old Saint King stood between Su Xiao and the flower rack, so Su Xiao wouldn't touch his precious treasures again.

"Three in the morning? Or earlier? Or wait for him to invite me?"

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the wrinkles on the Old Saint King's face deepened with laughter.

"Wait for him to invite you."

The Old Saint King didn't say what specific reason the Eagle Marquis would have to invite Su Xiao to his home, because there was no need for that.

Su Xiao walked out of the flower room. Just now, he triggered a hidden mission.

【Hidden Mission: Fall of the Eagle.】

Difficulty Level: lv. 45

Mission Information: Kill Eagle Marquis Elvis.

Mission Deadline: 12 hours

Mission Reward: Random Treasure Chest (can obtain items, equipment, skill scrolls, etc., of white to??? quality from the random treasure chest)

Mission Penalty: All attributes -5 points.

The difficulty of killing the Eagle Marquis wasn't high. This was because the Eagle Marquis had already been calculated clearly by the Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess. ===== CHAPTER 1970 =====