Chapter 253: The secret of the empire

A while later, Huang Feifei fell fast asleep after crying so hard, and Tang Yin laid her down on a nice bed, kissed her, and went out to get some fresh air...Her crying had disturbed his mind as well, bringing back memories of the past.

Still, there was nothing he could do.

He simply went back to Bai Lixue.

"Is big sister well?" she asked worriedly, and Tang Yin sighed a little but nodded.

"If you want to see her, she's in my room. I'll tell you the details later." He replied as he stroked her head a little, and Bai Lixue nodded.

Although she wanted to be with Tang Yin, she didn't follow him. Instead, she went to see Huang Feifei.

Tang Yin met Zhang Feiju under the boat.

"Young Master, it's a pleasure to be able to greet you." Zhang Feiju said as he bowed. S~eaʀᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Tang Yin nodded.

"I see you have improved a lot, Old Zhang. You have lived up to my expectations." Tang Yin replied, and Zhang Feiju smiled proudly and nodded.

"I am now the headmaster of the Academy, Young Master, and also the strongest in the empire. But I feel a bit stagnant lately..." He said, and after Tang Yin gave him the go-ahead to continue talking, he continued.

Telling him different things, while Tang Yin asked various questions.

"You say Li Mei and Li Mao managed to escape?" Tang Yin asked, and Zhang Feiju nodded.

"That time, they had been kidnapped. But I, Miss, and the emperor made a joint attack to rescue them. Unfortunately, they were more powerful than us and we only managed to buy time for them to escape. They went westward and most likely they didn't catch them, because in those regions the Whirlwind Sect doesn't have much of a presence." He replied, and Tang Yin nodded.

'That's the same thing that Ye Wang said...' Tang Yin thought, 'I must ask that elder, he must know more.'

"Right, Old Zhang, do you want to join my organization?" Tang Yin asked at that moment, slightly surprising Zhang Feiju, but he quickly nodded.

"Of course, Young Master. You helped me attain this strength and now I can see the time when I can take revenge, naturally, I will follow you." He replied in the affirmative, and Tang Yin nodded, not giving the matter any more thought.

After that, the two talked for a while, until they finally arrived at the hall where the emperor was waiting, together with Zu Xiaolin.

Only the two of them were here.

When Emperor Zu saw Tang Yin, he stood up with a smile and bowed slightly to him.

"Young Master Tang, I have yet to thank you for helping my daughter long ago and bringing such a good blessing to my empire, but already you are making me have to thank you for more things." Said the emperor smiling, "From the depths of my being, thank you very much for everything. I hope I can repay your goodwill." He spoke.

Tang Yin shrugged his shoulders, showing that he didn't care.

"I didn't do it for the empire, I have no special attachment to this place. You should thank Feifei instead, I only did it to protect her." Tang Yin replied, and the emperor nodded.

"What do you plan to do, Emperor Zu? The war could escalate before long and I can't stay. I will take Feifei and Old Zhang to the northwest. Besides, I will remove the order to the association and the association will withdraw if a more vicious war arises." Tang Yin said, causing the emperor to be slightly surprised.

"Are you the Senior Elder who made that request to the association?" he asked in surprise, and Tang Yin nodded.

"I was to look for a way to protect her, but she will no longer be here, so it will no longer be necessary." Tang Yin replied.

Although, that wasn't really why.

He wouldn't mind leaving that request there for a lifetime anyway, it wasn't something he cared about.

The problem was that, already that great sect wasn't paying any attention to the association and was doing whatever it wanted to achieve its goals.

Therefore, simply withdrawing the order was a better option to avoid unnecessary problems.

Still, the emperor bowed to him again.

"Thank you very much, Young Master." He spoke. Zu Xiaolin did the same.

But then they noticed that the situation might get awkward.

Especially the emperor, who after frowning, asked everyone to leave, leaving only Tang Yin.

"Follow me for a moment, Young Master." He said as he started walking towards the back of the room.

He pressed some buttons hidden in the wall, and a long-hidden staircase became visible, and they both walked down that way.

And after walking for several minutes, the emperor stopped in front of a huge door made of an extremely hard material.

He used several keys to open it and then slowly pushed it open...

A small light was visible at that moment, and then, this light expanded throughout the entire crevice of the door until the emperor opened the door fully, and immense pipes were visible before them.

Down below, there was a rather large chasm, and these pipes connected to that chasm which had like a huge flame illuminating at the bottom.

The pipes, for some reason, looked as if they were human veins and something was passing through them.

The spiritual energy here was extremely rich, and this surprised Tang Yin.

'What a great spiritual vein.' He thought in shock when he saw this.

The emperor understood his surprise, so he smiled.

"This is the greatest secret of our empire. This is why we are the youngest empire among those of the third level, but we are the strongest. And we have the greatest potential for growth."

"A spiritual vein as big as this is not an easy thing to find on this continent. Most of it was hoarded by the great sects, and this is one of the few that is still in the hands of the empires." He spoke.

"And also, it is precisely because of this, that they want to destroy us. The Great Sect found out about the spiritual vein and wanted it. Although it is not on the level of what they have, it is still better than nothing.

As long as they are patient, in tens of years or a few hundred, they could create a very powerful subordinate force of them, which will allow them to better control this region." He said again and sighed.

Tang Yin then nodded.

"So, they want to get rid of being the weakest great sect, huh." He replied, and the emperor laughed a little but nodded.

"That's right. They use various excuses to attack us, the death of that female disciple, the death of an elder, and so on nonsense, but the reality is that they are looking for this." The emperor said and then looked at Tang Yin.

There was something he wanted to ask him to do.

"Can I talk as if we were old friends? It's very hard for me to ask something from someone I don't trust, and although I know you are trustworthy, I still don't know you well enough." The emperor said, slightly surprising Tang Yin.

But the latter smiled and nodded as he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"Well, you can talk to me as if I were your good friend from a long time ago who didn't come to visit you. Come, let's look at some nice scenery." Tang Yin said as he sat on the edge of the chasm.