Thump!
Xiao Guizi knelt on both knees, his face filled with fear.
"Please spare me, Your Excellency! Every eunuch who sneaks into the Empress Dowager's palace ends up dead in the Imperial Garden the next morning, his veins frozen solid! Please spare me, Your Excellency! Please spare me..."
Upon hearing Xiao Gui Zi's words, Wei Xiao Bao suddenly shuddered.
Li Huan hurriedly asked, "Eunuch Hai, what exactly happened? Is what Xiao Guizi said true?"
Hai Dafu said, "The eunuchs who infiltrated the Empress Dowager's palace before failed in their mission and were discovered by the Empress Dowager, which is why they died!"
Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said, "Just by looking at Xiao Huanzi, you can tell he's a clever little devil. Don't worry, Father-in-law, let Xiao Huanzi and Xiao Guizi sneak into the Empress Dowager's palace. They'll definitely be able to get the valuable items you want."
Suddenly, Xiao Guizi grabbed Li Huan and held a dagger to Li Huan's throat.
"Father-in-law! If you send me to the Empress Dowager's palace, I will kill Xiao Huanzi!"
Li Huan hurriedly said, "Xiao Guizi, you dare to kill people, but you don't dare to go to the Empress Dowager's palace? You're a damn coward who's afraid of death!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Xiao Guizi kidnapped Li Huan and walked towards the door.
Grandpa Hai sneered, "Little Gui, do you think you can escape my ultimate move by using Xiao Huanzi as a hostage?"
Xiao Guizi said, "We're going to die anyway, so we might as well fight!"
He stepped out the door, pushed Li Huan aside, and ran away.
Hai Dafu suddenly flicked his wrist and swung a palm strike through the air!
"Bone-Melting Palm!"
Xiao Guizi, who was ten meters away, was struck by the palm force and immediately fell to the ground.
Wei Xiaobao exclaimed, "Wow! You can defeat Xiao Guizi from this far away! Your martial arts are superior to mine!"
Xiao Guizi's body was seen smoking and quickly turning into blood.
Wei Xiaobao was dumbfounded.
Li Huan also pretended to be extremely shocked.
Hai Dafu patted Wei Xiaobao on the shoulder: "How about my Bone-Melting Palm move?"
Wei Xiaobao closed his mouth and praised, "Absolutely insidious, unparalleled in the world!"
Hai Dafu walked over to Li Huan and patted him on the shoulder: "What do you think?"
Li Huan laughed and said, "Grandpa Hai's divine palm technique is incredibly powerful. I, Xiao Huanzi, have the utmost respect for it!"
Hai Dafu said, "When I patted you two on the shoulder just now, it was with the Bone-Melting Palm technique!"
"Huh?" Wei Xiaobao shuddered a few times. "I've also been hit by the Bone-Melting Palm?"
Li Huan exclaimed in shock, "Eunuch Hai, why did you harm me and Xiao Chunzi?"
Hai Dafu said, "If you two are cowards who are afraid of death and try to escape, you will die from the Bone-Melting Palm. If you obediently sneak into the Empress Dowager's palace and get what I want, I will undo the Bone-Melting Palm on you!"
Wei Xiaobao, with a mournful face, swayed and was about to fall when Li Huan caught him.
Hai Dafu said, "Don't worry, you two only suffered from the Slow-Patient Bone-Melting Palm, you won't die so soon! Look at your arms!"
Li Huan and Wei Xiaobao quickly rolled up their sleeves.
A green line could be seen extending upwards from the palm to the wrist.
Hai Dafu said, "Once this green line goes past your elbows, all the flesh and blood in your bodies will turn into blood!"
Li Huan feigned fear and asked, "How much longer can Xiao Chunzi and I live?"
Hai Dafu said, "At least a month."
With Li Huan's profound internal strength, he could have easily resisted Hai Dafu's Bone-Melting Palm, but he deliberately did not resist just now, allowing himself to be hit by the Bone-Melting Palm to prevent Hai Dafu from suspecting him.
Although he was hit by the chronic Bone-Melting Palm, it did not affect his bodily functions for the time being. Li Huan could easily remove the Bone-Melting Palm at any time by using his internal energy.
Li Huan asked, "So, within this month, Xiao Chunzi and I must get what the eunuch wants from the Empress Dowager's palace?"
Hai Dafu said, "That's right! If you two are lucky and get what I want tonight, I can undo the Bone-Melting Palm for you tomorrow and reward you with silver!"
Li Huan asked, "Eunuch Hai, what exactly do you want?"
Hai Dafu said, "The Forty-Two Chapters Sutra!"
Li Huan asked, "What is the 'Forty-Two Chapters Sutra'? Does the Empress Dowager practice vegetarianism and recite Buddhist scriptures?"
Hai Dafu said, "Enough with the nonsense, let's go to the Empress Dowager's palace now!"
Immediately afterwards, Hai Dafu led Li Huan and Wei Xiaobao to the Cining Palace, where the Empress Dowager resided.
The night was deep and quiet, and the moonlight was bright.
Li Huan raised his head and said, "Eunuch Hai, the courtyard wall is so high. Xiao Chunzi and I don't know martial arts, so we can't climb over it at all!"
Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said, "I'll go find a ladder first!"
Hai Dafu stretched out his hands, grabbed Li Huan and Wei Xiaobao by the collars respectively, and flew up to the big tree by the courtyard wall.
"Wow... Eunuch Hai's lightness skill is amazing!" Li Huan took the opportunity to praise.
Wei Xiaobao asked, "Awesome? What does that mean?"
Li Huan said, "They're really awesome, really amazing."
Hai Dafu said in a low voice, "Every night, the Empress Dowager goes to Kunhe Courtyard and doesn't return for an hour. You two sneak into the palace and carefully search for the 'Forty-Two Chapters Sutra' and bring it to me!"
Li Huan asked, "What if the Empress Dowager returns to her palace early?"
Hai Dafu said, "The Empress Dowager is always punctual and will not return early. You two can go find the scriptures without worry!"
Wei Xiaobao hesitated: "It's so high, how are Xiao Huanzi and I going to get down..."
Hai Dafu said, "I'll use my palm strike to send you two on your way!"
Li Huan hurriedly said, "Still using palm force? We've already been hit by the Bone-Melting Palm!"
Hai Dafu said, "Don't worry, I won't use the Bone-Melting Palm this time!"
After saying that, Hai Dafu exerted force with both palms, pushing Li Huan and Wei Xiaobao off the tree and flying into the courtyard.
Both landed safely without falling.
Li Huan laughed and said, "Eunuch Hai's palm strike was actually quite gentle."
"Yes!" Wei Xiaobao breathed a sigh of relief, saying as he walked, "I was overthinking it..."
*Thud!* Wei Xiaobao tripped over the threshold and fell face-first into the mud.
Li Huan quickly helped Wei Xiaobao up: "Xiao Chunzi, are you alright?"
Wei Xiaobao brushed the dust off his clothes: "It's alright, I'm fine! From now on, when we're alone, I'll call you Huan-ge, and you call me Xiaobao. Don't ever call me Xiaochunzi, that name is really awful!"
Li Huan laughed and said, "Okay, little treasure."
Wei Xiaobao raised his eyebrows: "Brother Huan, call me Xiaobao, not Xiaobaozi! Calling me that is even worse than calling me Xiaochunzi!"
Li Huan said, "Understood, Xiao Bao!"
"Hmm!" Wei Xiaobao looked around furtively.
Li Huan also observed the palace and found it quiet and deserted.
Wei Xiaobao said, "Brother Huan, let's split up and find the Forty-Two Chapters Sutra!"
Li Huan said, "I'll search in the Empress Dowager's bedroom; you search in the study."
"Alright!" Wei Xiaobao turned and ran towards the study.
Suddenly, a palace maid shouted from outside: "The Empress Dowager is returning to the palace!"
"Damn it!" Wei Xiaobao hurriedly returned to Li Huan's side. "The Empress Dowager has returned to the palace ahead of schedule, what should we do?"
Li Huan said, "Don't be afraid, hide first!"
He grabbed Wei Xiaobao's sleeve and hid in a dimly lit corner...
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