Chapter 140 - Night Watch

The emperor retorts. "Yes I was, and I told you to come to me first, but I guess your hunger won over coming to me first right?"

"My apologies, originally since there were two places you may be, the dinning hall was what I chose figuring it would kill two birds with one stone. Then since already here, might as well eat right?"

"That is not the point. It is simply about the fact that you broke your word. You said you would come to me first. Anyways, I forgive you, just do not make the same mistake again. A persons trust is easily gained, but once lost is near impossible to regain. Remember this for the future, and do not worry I do not hold it against you this time." The emperor explains.

Thinking on what was said, Yueliang understands, as he feels the same way. 'I hope grandpa truly does not hold this against me. I did not try to lie to him, but he is right, I did..'

Seeing the remorse and thought that Yueliang is putting into this, his grandfather feels much more at ease and trusts that it will not happen again. Either way, he does not speak, and instead lets him contemplate on this as he waits for their food to arrive.

The maid comes in with tea, and seeing the emperor thinks to herself. 'Good think I got extra, and told the chef a full meal.' Then heads over and places the cups, as well as beginning to pour the tea.

Having poured the tea, the maid steps back and kneels behind them in wait, in case they need anything. 

The emperor lifts and takes a sip of his tea and then says. "This is some good tea. Either way, since you were up and looking for me, may I take it that you are all better now? Or more specifically you are capable of doing tasks once more?"

Feeling slightly conflicted, Yue answers. "I feel more capable now than I did hours ago if that is what you mean. However, I am confused as to why my strength has gone down as well as my mental capability to think and process."

Realizing he never explained he full situation, he says. "That can be answered easily. You see, when you were in pain due to the chi running rampant in your body, as it destroyed your body, I made the call and did cripple your cultivation. Of course because I did it with care you can cultivate again, however I could not save it due to seeing that you no longer had memories of how to cultivate. Thus even if I gave you the pill to solve the problem, you could not use it to successfully subdue it, and instead cause more harm than good."

"I see, well thank you for doing that. Also, I will be taking on the mission you gave me after this meal. Although I make no guarantee on success due to my current circumstances, I will die trying if need be." Yue answers, as he understands what this mission entails.

"*sigh. While this mission is important, should you fail, it will be taken care of. But if you sacrifice your life for this it just is not worth it. Now if there were lives currently on the line than I might and I do mean possibly understand. But if someone dies, they are not really dead, just moving to the next stage of life. Thus do not throw your life away unless you deem it necessary, understood?"

"I understand grandpa." Yue says solemnly.

Hearing the sincerity in his voice, grandfather says cheerfully. "It is good that you understand, but look here comes the food."

The servants walk up placing the dishes across the table, and Yue asks. "Just curious where is sister? I am surprised she is not here with us."

Grandpa answers. "She has been out on a mission since before you went down, but she is likely just exploring. However if she is not back in 2 days, I will be sending somebody to find her. Either way, she is safe for now."

"How can you tell?" Yue asks curiously.

"It is just an ability that I have. You might gain it yourself one day. Anyways, we should eat before the food cools off." He replies.

---- About 30 Minutes Later ----

Yue gets up, having finished his meal, bows to his grandpa, and begins leaving the hall. About to take his last step down the steps, he teleports away thinking. 'So much quicker to teleport like this.'

Looking around the place it is midnight, and so he walks confidently to the nearest wall so as to not draw attention. This because you are more likely to be suspicious of someone running than walking even if they look unfamiliar.

Once at a wall, he leans against it casually as he looks around, taking count of how many guards, where the obvious traps are, and so on.

A few minutes later, Yue walks along the wall until he sees a door. Then opening it, he goes inside and seeing someone there, he walks towards him. 

The guard seeing this asks. "Are you new? Which group are you with?"

Feeling honesty was key to getting closer, he answers. "What group? I have only been here a little while. My name is Yue, and you are?"

Not sensing or noticing anything wrong, the guard says. "Take a seat, I need to confirm your identity before anything else."

"Alright." Yue says as the man turns to get a talisman from the table.

Meanwhile walking briskly up behind the guard, Yue quickly puts the man in a headlock, and drops to the floor grabbing the mans legs with his own.

As the man pulls on Yues arm and gasps for air, Yue just pulls tighter and tighter cutting off the air flow as well as blood flow in case the man does not need the air for a long time.

A few moments later, after the man stops struggling, Yue swiftly grabs a sharp rock off of the ground, and slices the mans neck. Then letting him go, he gets up, and checks to make sure the Cortaid arteries are both severed as well as the trachea. However just in case, he takes the rock and jams in into one of the mans eyes.

As the man bleeds out very quickly, Yue starts searching his body for knives or anything he can use. Finding one large knife, Yue climbs the stairs nearby to the ramparts. 

Having already seen that each of the guards on the wall are distanced about 6 meters apart, as well as a few areas where he can hide behind, there seems to be no problem. Thus he thinks to himself. 'They may be cultivators, but so long as I have the element of surprise, good tactics, and a decent weapon there should be no problem killing them all. I just hope I do not alert them, or this will be far more tricky. If it were not for the system, I doubt I would even have the strength or speed to do this as a mortal.'

Making it near the top of the stairs, he looks through the open door way. Seeing a guard coming towards him, he prepares himself in case he gets seen. As unlikely as that is, negligence will get one killed, so he stays on guard.

Watching closely, he sees the guard turn around. Thus Yue quickly moves up the stairs before grabbing the guard and slicing his neck in one fluid movement. Then dragging his body back to the stair well. 

Going back down with the body, Yue throws this one, as well as the other body in a supply closet he saw on his way in. Then he makes his way back up the stairs swiftly to ensure he can get the next one before anyone notices.

Getting back up to the top, Yue runs over behind a cauldron of oil, then waits and listens. Hearing the footsteps stop, and then walk away, Yue runs behind the next guard, a female this time. Same as the last, Yue slices her neck, and then drags the body back to the stairwell so as to avoid it being seen and the guards alerted. But this time he leaves it on the stairs because taking to long will get him caught. 

This process continues over and over until each of the guards on the wall have been taken out, then taking two of their quivers, two swords, and one bow from the dead bodies in the stairwell, he goes just out the door way, and looks down. Seeing his first target, he aims, accounts for distance, and breeze, then releases.

Letting the arrow fly, it misses just barely. However before the person can react, Yue has already corrected the mistake, and lets another fly, this time the arrow goes straight through the heart and left lung of this guard walking the dim street.

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does mission, come back, ask about sis, not there, he goes out to find her with some others