Chapter 66 (1/2)

Night.

The weather did not seem good. Moon was concealed behind dense, dark clouds, and the starlight also couldn’t penetrate through the atmosphere’s abdominal net.

A shadow flickered, and without cognition of anybody, arrived before the Xu family’s inner castle.

This dark figure, which had its face covered with a turban, was none other than that of He Yiming who had arrived in Xu castle five days ago.

After receiving his lodging arrangements, he’d been staying inside in a well-behaved manner like other spongers and hadn’t made conspicious moves. He was aware that Xu family wouldn’t trust a new sponger such as him and would not a.s.sign him any important tasks. Only after observing him for a while would they gradually a.s.similate him into the gigantic organization- that was the Xu family.

However, this, for him, was the optimal situation. If Xu family had instead sent him to perform some dangerous tasks or a.s.signed him in the county town, he would have felt endlessly troubled.

In these days, he’d familiarized himself with the environment of outer-castle. Such a behaviour from him not only didn’t attract any suspicion, it instead even made people trust him a little.

After familiarizing himself with the outer castle, He Yiming turned his thoughts towards the inner castle.

He didn’t have the time to go around in circles. One month was nowhere enough time to earn Xu family’s trust.

This being the case, directly stealing was undoubtedly the optimal alternative.

HIs figure faintly moved before it closely stuck to the wall. As the Internal Energy circulated inside his body, his figure, as if a huge lizard, started to move upwards.

Although the inner castle’s wall was not as exaggerated as the outer castle, it was still about four meters high. However, in ordinary, peaceful times, the security on the wall was not too strict. He Yiming’s movements remained undiscovered.

Arriving on the wall, He Yiming looked around and absorbed everything into his eyes.

Compared to the inner castle, the outer castle seemed like a patch of darkness. He could see dim candlelight coming out from various houses.

However, He Yiming’s brows slightly creased. He had no idea where to look for Xu family’s Book Pavilion. In any case, he couldn’t check every building one by one.

He sighed inwardly. His experience was too lacking. If his father or other elders were in his situation, they would surely have figured out how to find the Book Pavilion. However, he was also a bit skeptical, wondering whether his father and other elders had ever done something like this- which was crafty and sinister.

From afar, he could hear sounds of hurriedly approaching footsteps. Subsequently, in the light of a lantern, several individuals hurriedly walked past below him.

How clear He Yiming’s eyesight was? He’d immediately discerned that among these people, one figure was that of Xu Right. Feeling a bit startled, he climbed down the wall and began to cautiously follow after them.

His cultivation had already attained the tenth layer’s peak. Moreover, he’d also cultivated the Breath Restraining technique. When he concentrated all his attention at his ears, all sorts of prying eyes- be it open or secret- meant nothing more than mere decorations to him.

Moreover, Xu family’s night security was not strict at all. Based on a few spa.r.s.ely distributed sentries, they had basically no chance of discovering He Yiming’s traces.

He Yiming originally intended to keep following after them. However, as he approached closer to the courtyard they seemed to be going to, he suddenly felt danger- as if something inside this courtyard could pose a threat to him.

This feeling was quite abrupt. He stopped and thought for a moment. He suddenly figured out the cause.

Ever since he’d attained the tenth layer, he would only feel as such in the presence of his grandfather. Thus, he knew that inside this courtyard ought to be the only other tenth layer expert of Tai Cang county- Lord Master Xu, Xu Yinjie.

Currently, although He Yiming need not feel afraid of this exceedingly top-level expert, his objective this time was not to exchange blows with this person.

He decided not to go any closer. Adjusting the Internal Energy inside his body to the peak state, he concentrated all of his attention at his ears and began to eavesdrop.

If he were to be discovered by the counterpart even when he stood so far away, he felt he could only accept his fate.

As his Internal Energy reached the peak, he suddenly felt peculiar.

He’d never tried to concentrate such an immense amount of Internal Energy at his ears. Even when he’d eavesdropped the conversation between the old man and that waiter in Xu town, it had not been to this extent.

If not for the fact that the person ahead was someone he couldn’t afford to have the slightest contempt for, he would have never tried to eavesdrop from such a distance.

His earlobes were faintly swaying- as if wind was blowing beside his ears at all times.

Apparently, the voices entering his ears were no longer ordinary sounds. Instead, after going through a bizarre perception, these voices were producing a mystical scene inside his mind.

From the sound of Xu Right’s and servants’ footsteps, He Yiming could apparently hear a peculiar echo which normal people had no way of discerning. Based on this echo, He Yiming actually started to form a three-dimensional image in his mind. He could even discern the dimensions of the building.