Chapter 50: About to grasp the key

"I'll tell you when I return the books." He patted his waist with the book.

Xue Rui rolled her eyes, her disgust showing on the surface, "Four silver coins, I spend more than that on a single trip."

"So being by His Majesty's side is such poverty?"

Tu Xing smiled, neither humble nor arrogant: "Then I'm sorry, I can't make a deal. My foundation is still shallow and I was born a commoner."

"This is all I have for now. I'll have to wait until we return to the palace to get more."

"Besides, I'm just 'borrowing' it, not buying it at that price. It's like a deposit that doesn't have to be repaid."

There is another point that I just realized. It is said to be a glimpse into the heart, but isn’t listening to the description equivalent to observing words and expressions?

Tu Xing is still good in this aspect, so this thing becomes a waste of time and effort.

I just thought: it's a magical item after all, I might as well study it to see if it has other uses.

Xue Rui scratched her head, looking uncomfortable, and was completely unable to continue the conversation. Moreover, she could see that the other party suddenly didn't want it anymore.

He immediately said, "Okay, I'll lend it to you. If you want to buy it with pure money, it will cost at least fifty silver coins."

Tu Xing laughed and shook his head. He had been so sure about exchanging information before, but now he was obviously afraid of losing money.

"Okay, then I'll see you tomorrow. If we don't meet, the next day will be fine. I won't deny it. Anyway, I'll always be by your Majesty's side."

Xue Rui couldn't wait to hand it over, and seeing the white-skinned young man take it, she took four silver coins.

I couldn't help but smile, "Then I'll go back, you go ahead and get busy."

The texture was very rough when touched. Tu Xing raised an eyebrow and said, "Okay."

The maid turned and left, walked to a door next to Celilda's room, opened it, went in, and closed it again.

Tu Xing looked around and found that there was almost no trace from the outside, just like a complete wall.

I couldn't help but look around, remembering that this was the residence of the Minister of Affairs, so it was unlikely that this was the only one that caused this, which meant that there were structures like this everywhere.

In this place with three pure walls, there won’t be anyone eavesdropping, right?

Tu Xing scanned the area with wide eyes, looking for the gap structure, confirming that it was complete, and then lowered his head to examine the flat diamond shape.

It's really old, not only is the surface bumpy, but there seems to be dirt hidden inside.

The metal corners of the buckle on the top have curled up, and you can see a little bit of the metal inner wall. It seems like it's about to fall off.

Tu Xing showed some disgust, put it in his pocket, walked back, and passed the door just now. Two guards followed him.

Zhaka leaned forward, his face full of curiosity: "What did you say? How about the magic?"

Tu Xing turned her head to face him, "She hasn't seen me before, so she wanted to talk to me alone. She has successfully obtained the introductory book."

"Oh——" Zhai Ka: "Is it easy to learn?"

As if it was a conditioned reflex, Tu Xing subconsciously looked around, "Let's talk when we get there. Let's go to the hall and check the situation."

Zhai Ka: “Yes.”

Before arriving at the place, Tu Xing wanted to check the time first, but couldn't find his bag, so he remembered that he had to go back to the bedroom first.

They turned around and seven or eight minutes later, the three of them stopped outside the wall of the hall.

Tu Xing looked at the time and found that he had arrived here two hours earlier than when he went back. He packed his bag and put it on his back.

Looking inside, we found that the number of people kneeling was roughly half of what it was two hours later, and there were four fewer guards. They must be still on their way to capture someone here.

Lukman's voice: "Your Majesty, the family of Fatima has been brought here."

From a distance, the guards and the Sultan communicated through body language, and it was still Lukman:

"Tell me what happened, about how Waji Xi used your Majesty's name to persecute your family."

"You only have this one chance, so think carefully."

The five people kneeling on the left side of the ground were whispering to each other, and suddenly a loud male voice was heard.

"Your Majesty, the people who came that day were not Waji Xi himself, but servants with signs on their waists that said 'Minister of Affairs' residence'. There were five of them in total."

"They claimed that Your Majesty wanted my daughter to enter the palace, and if we disagreed, they would resort to violence. I had no choice but to watch them enter the Minister's residence."

"The next day, a carriage headed towards the palace. I never suspected it was fake."

The voice was so loud that after these three sentences, the whole hall echoed.

Lukeman: "Do you know where your daughter is now?"

A loud voice said, "Before today, our family members couldn't even enter the mansion. We don't know where they are."

Outside the door, Tu Xing listened for a moment and lost interest.

If he was really sent to the palace, he would probably have been used by the Sultan to satisfy his bloodlust and would have died long ago.

If we dig deeper, Sudan is essentially the root cause, and the matter is bound to be a mess.

If we go further, we will find the demon behind the power and Celilda who made this happen.

As he was thinking, Tu Xing suddenly felt that he was about to grasp the key.

The intuition is related to the two things: "I can't return to the other world" and "Celilda asked for my blood."

Just as I was about to continue my deep thoughts, I heard a voice in front of me that was hard to ignore, like a speech.

Waji: "Your Majesty, I have portraits of all the women who have been presented to you so far, so that you can recall this matter. This is indeed what you promised."

Tu Xing made an unhappy "tsk" sound, his mind racing as he walked inside along the wall.

Zhai Ka and Ye Qide at the back hesitated but still followed.

The direction of entrance was facing the Sultan, while other people basically had their backs or sides to it. Except for the guards who kept staring at the door, no one else made any other movements.

Talal came towards them and asked, "Why are you here? Aren't you studying magic with Celilda?"

Tu Xing: "I have the booklet. Come and see His Majesty."

Talal's eyes suddenly became sore. "Oh, this is so sweet! Did you hear what Waji just said?"

His tone was yin and yang: "He will present the names of all the portraits of women that have been submitted as tribute."

"Your Majesty has had many men before you. Once he gets tired of you, they will just become part of the past."

Tu Xing's dead fish eyes are like Schrödinger's cat. If we don't mention it, we will just assume that Sudan has always had a pure desire for killing.

It really ruined my mood, especially since he was still nagging: "I advise you to make plans early. Having one more friend means you have another way out."

Having said that, Talal put his hands on his shoulders, pretending to brush off the dust, but in fact he was stopping to take advantage of the situation.

Tu Xing moved in the opposite direction of him, out of the range of his hand, and glanced at him.

"Can you defeat the Sultan?"

Talal was puzzled. "His Majesty is incomparably powerful. Few in the world are stronger than him, and the backlash power... It is destined that no one will be stronger than him."

Tu Xing rolled his eyes, wanting to say that he could do it. The first time he fought, he was stabbed in the heart with a dagger, bleeding profusely and without breath.

But it would be too arrogant to actually say it out loud, so he endured the stab and said, "Then what's the point of your retreat?"

"Be careful, you'll be the next one to lose your head, and you won't be able to save yourself."

After leaving the words, he stepped forward and walked along the wall to the back of the Sultan.

Sultan tilted his head slightly, "Are you awake?"

Tu Xing half lowered his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I went to Celilda's place and got the introductory manual on magic."