Chapter 154: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

Yaoguang Courtyard.

"Young Master, Young Master, how should we handle so many gifts?"

Seeing Yin Qi return, the two girls, Caiyun and Cai Yu, hurriedly greeted him.

I saw the front hall filled with all kinds of gifts, from gold and silver to silk, from paper and pen to calligraphy and painting, from knives and swords to bows and horses, etc., everything one expects to find.

Yin Qi thought for a while and said: "How about this, you each take a bolt of Su silk, Zhang Cheng and Li Huan (long-term attendants) each take a bolt of Luo silk, the four guards each take a precious sword, and the others are rewarded with twenty taels of silver. Send everything else to the storage room."

"Thank you, Young Master!"

Caiyun and Cai Yu's eyes shone, thanking him repeatedly.

Hearing this, the others were also surprised and happy, shouting for his grace.

Twelve servants moved together, and it took quite a bit of effort to move all the gifts to the storage room, filling it up completely.

At this time, a servant came forward.

In his hand, he held a sandalwood box, on which was placed a gilded invitation.

"Reporting to Thirteenth Young Master, this is a gift and invitation sent by the Yujing Guan Master."

"Yujing Guan Master!"

Yin Qi raised an eyebrow; this was the Sect Master of the Fangxian Dao, Xiao Anran.

He took the invitation and the sandalwood box, saying: "You go down. Caiyun, reward him with five taels of silver."

"Thank you, Thirteenth Young Master!"

This servant was stunned, bowing and thanking him repeatedly.

You know, his monthly allowance was only three taels of silver.

Coming to the study, Yin Qi opened the invitation; Xiao Anran first praised him for his heavenly talent, then invited him to Yujing Guan to discuss the Dao, and attached a gift.

Opening the sandalwood box, inside was a book, on the cover of which was written "Creation Annihilation Palm."

"This is..."

Yin Qi's eyes narrowed; he picked up the secret manual and flipped through it quickly.

As he expected, this was a peerless palm technique from the "Creation Heavenly Book"; how could Xiao Anran have it?

Hong Xuanji was the son of the Great Thousand World and also the successor chosen by the Creation Daoist; he had obtained the Creation Dao lineage and the broken Boat of Creation, but he very loyally sent this lineage to the Emperor of Gan.

Because of this, the Creation Dao lineage became the inheritance of the Great Gan royal family.

According to reason, Xiao Anran, as the Sect Master of the Fangxian Dao, could not possibly possess the "Creation Annihilation Palm."

But how did the other party send it to him?

There is only one answer, and that is that the person who sent the gift and wanted to see him was not Xiao Anran, but the Champion Marquis.

In the original work, Xiao Anran had long since defected to the Champion Marquis.

The Champion Marquis sent the "Creation Annihilation Palm"; he didn't need to think to guess the other party's rhetoric, nothing more than "I am the illegitimate son of the Emperor of Gan, I also have the qualification to compete for the throne, and I am the master of the Pan Emperor Sword, the destined Saint Emperor."

Thinking of this, Yin Qi showed a playful look.

This Champion Marquis is interesting.

He was beaten up by himself yesterday, and today he actually came to send the "Creation Annihilation Palm" again.

This is wanting to subdue himself!

Should he go, or should he not?

Of course, he won't go.

Yin Qi had no energy to accompany the Champion Marquis to play; he still had to continue contemplating the illusion array.

But he couldn't ignore it either.

Otherwise, with the Champion Marquis's seemingly broad-minded but actually narrow-minded temperament, he might pester him, and he didn't want to be forced to expose his strength, so he had to find some trouble for the Champion Marquis.

Yin Qi rolled his eyes, and he had a plan in his heart.

As for this "Creation Annihilation Palm," he would accept it with a smile; this was a peerless fist technique not inferior to the "Eight Desolations Divine Fist."

Next, the Crown Prince, the He Prince, and the Yu Prince also sent invitations one after another.

Regarding their purpose, Yin Qi naturally knew it clearly.

But he couldn't refuse directly, so he used preparing for the imperial examination as an excuse to decline their invitations.

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Eastern Palace.

Main Hall.

A person wearing a golden four-clawed dragon robe and a red gold crown sat on a large chair.

His appearance was sixty percent similar to the Emperor of Gan, graceful and luxurious.

His eyes were slightly closed, his eyelids showing a deep purple color, giving people a feeling of boundless overbearing majesty.

No matter who it was, they had to submit under his feet.

This person was none other than Crown Prince Yang Yuan.

Suddenly, Crown Prince Yang Yuan opened his eyes, looking at the outside of the hall with burning eyes.

"Who?"

The Crown Prince shouted, his voice echoing in the hall.

Soon, a person wearing a night suit and a mask walked in; it was Yin Qi.

Yin Qi bowed and said in a hoarse voice: "Crown Prince, don't be alarmed; I come here with no malice, just wanting to tell you one thing, and I will leave after saying it."

The Crown Prince's eyes remained cold and sharp, cold light flashing.

He seemed to want to take action, but seemed to be worried about something, and it was a long time before he said: "Oh, what do you want to say, and how can I believe what you say is true?"

Yin Qi said calmly: "Whether it is true or not, I believe the Crown Prince will verify it himself."

The Crown Prince's expression remained unchanged, saying coldly: "Speak."

Yin Qi said earth-shatteringly: "The Champion Marquis is actually the son of the Emperor of Gan, and his aim is the throne."

"What, the Champion Marquis is actually Father's son!"

The Crown Prince was horrified, his pupils shrinking.

His aura surged, like a violent storm descending, staring fixedly at Yin Qi.

Yin Qi nodded and said: "Not bad. The Champion Marquis was born to the Emperor of Gan and the Saintess of the Wenxiang Sect, Yun Xiangxiang; later Yun Xiangxiang died, and the Emperor of Gan secretly sent people to raise the Champion Marquis, and taught him the "Creation Heavenly Book," and even bestowed the supreme treasure, the Creation Gourd, upon him. The "Creation Heavenly Book" is already your royal inheritance, and has never been passed on to outsiders."

The Crown Prince's eyes flashed with brilliance, his aura unstable.

At this moment, many things that could not be understood in the past were all explained.

No wonder Father trusted the Champion Marquis so much; no matter how officials impeached him, he never truly punished the other party.

So this Champion Marquis was actually Father's illegitimate son.

For a long time, he looked directly at Yin Qi and said indifferently: "Even if he is Father's illegitimate son, the throne of Great Gan is not yet his turn to sit. If you say this to make me fight the Champion Marquis, then you are thinking too much."

Yin Qi laughed secretly, knowing that the Crown Prince had believed him.

He said meaningfully: "When a person's strength is strong enough, all righteousness is fake. Sixty years ago, Great Gan could overthrow Great Zhou by force; why can't the Champion Marquis?"

"What's more, he is also a prince."

"Furthermore, how can the Crown Prince be sure that the Emperor of Gan will not announce this matter in the future and confer the Champion Marquis as a Prince?

Also, you know nothing about the Champion Marquis's power.

According to what I know, the Divine Eagle King and Xiao Anran have already secretly defected to him, and he is now hiding in Yujing Guan.

If the Crown Prince goes secretly, perhaps you can find him.

Besides that, the Heavenly Artisan Mo Clan, the Qinzhou Han Clan, the Qingzhou Jin Clan, and the Yunmeng Ouyang Clan are all secretly supporting the Champion Marquis, marrying the women of their clans to the Champion Marquis as wives.

As for the powerful nobles in the capital, there are countless who have secretly defected to him.

Your mother's clan, the Ji Clan, is strong, but their help is limited, right?"

The Crown Prince's face had completely darkened, and a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart.

The Heavenly Artisan Mo Clan, the Qinzhou Han Clan, the Qingzhou Jin Clan, and the Yunmeng Ouyang Clan—any one of them taken out alone would not be inferior to the Ji Clan, not to mention there were four of them.

Crucially, there were also the Divine Eagle King and Xiao Anran; these were both world-famous Demon Immortals and Ghost Immortals.

How could they have defected to the Champion Marquis!?

The Crown Prince couldn't figure it out, but he didn't think Yin Qi would lie to him, because this matter could be clarified with a little investigation. ===== CHAPTER 155 =====