This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

Chapter 260 Rescue

Xi Zhu's unexpected arrival caused Xiao Xingchen to frown. At this moment, he had little interest in getting entangled in the turmoil of the Imperial Palace.

However, when he caught sight of that familiar black robe, he was startled and immediately dismissed everyone, leading Xizhu into the secret room where he had once been unconscious.

This time, even Ruoxue was turned away, which displeased her greatly. However, under Xiaoxingchen's sharp gaze, she had no choice but to sit sullenly at the entrance of the secret room and stand guard for them.

"I have brought you the key figure in tonight's dramatic upheaval in the Imperial Palace."

Xi Zhu's words struck Xiao Xingchen's heart like a heavy hammer, causing his lips to twitch involuntarily.

"What exactly gives you the confidence to say such things? And why are you putting on such an attitude despite causing such a big problem?"

"Don't you want to know what exactly happened in the Imperial Palace?"

"I had no such intention. I am currently a sickly person and have no interest in anything outside of this world."

"Completely uninterested? Then why did you take in this man in black?"

"Let me correct you, it was you who took them in."

Xiao Xingchen sighed helplessly. This man in black robes had some connection to him, but he hadn't expected that under the influence of that strange ritual, he would be ravaged to such a state. He already knew in his heart that the battle within the Imperial Palace would be exceptionally fierce, perhaps even beyond his ability to intervene.

"Saving lives is the priority. After all, we've already brought the person here; we can't just let them die."

He spoke to Xizhu, and as for how to save him, that was naturally something Xizhu needed to consider. He looked around and had no idea what the black-robed man's injuries were like. He even tried to take the opportunity to lift the black-robed man's face, but a mysterious force blocked him. This further aroused Xiao Xingchen's curiosity. After knowing him for so long, what did the black-robed man look like?

Last time, the black-robed man only mentioned that the black robe was a kind of restraint, but this time it was confirmed. He looked at Xizhu with an undisguised questioning gaze.

"Why are you looking at me?" Xizhu asked, startled.

"Help! I don't know how!"

"I don't know how either,"

Are you kidding me?

Xiao Xingchen broke out in a cold sweat. This woman was spouting nonsense with such a straight face; it was really too much.

Xizhu was speechless at his smile. She glanced at the black-robed man again, hesitant. It wasn't that she couldn't save him, but that she dared not. On the way here, she had already investigated everything about the black-robed man, and his origins were pretty much known.

This highlights her high vantage point, allowing her to easily see the black-robed figure's current situation.

Saving people is easy, but what happens afterward? She was just an ordinary passerby and didn't want to get involved in those karmic entanglements. But as Xiao Xingchen said, if she didn't intervene, this matter wouldn't be easy to gloss over.

"You seem to be in a difficult position. What should I do if I want to swear now?"

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat him, he would have already cursed, "Damn it! Why didn't you plan to rescue him and bring him back to me? Isn't this just giving me a hot potato? It's obvious that Emperor Wu will be searching the whole city for this black-robed man. This is practically setting me up for disaster!"

"Well, it's not what you think. This person has a very powerful background, and I don't want to get involved in his affairs."

"Sister, even you don't want to get involved in karma, so do you think I can handle it?" Xiao Xingchen's face completely fell. She had seen people who were tricked, but she had never seen anyone as tricked as this. You are all so powerful and you don't want to get involved, so you're making me get involved in the end?

"You're alright. Someone who's not afraid of death is afraid of some karma? Let me tell you how to save him first,"

"Don't look at me with that resentful look. Think about it, how many people outside want to know what happened in the Imperial Palace? But he really knows. If you save him, you will know what's in the Imperial Palace before anyone else. Aren't you curious?"

Xizhu encouraged him,

"I think you're just curious, aren't you?"

"Don't say that. You're curious too, right? I know. Saving him is the priority, and I guarantee you won't lose out if you save him."

Xi Zhu's words made him ponder. Whether it was a loss or not was another matter, but one thing he was curious about was what had happened. Why was there such a commotion in the Imperial Palace last night? There weren't many things that could make the Martial Emperor change his expression; clearly, something had happened today.

"How can we wake him up?"

Xi Zhu was delighted, but her expression was somewhat inexplicable as she stared back and forth between Xiao Xingchen and the man in black robes.

What are you looking at? What are you trying to do to me?

Xiao Xingchen felt a little uneasy under that gaze.

"I was thinking, how did you end up with such a great deal? You should really thank me this time. Tsk tsk, if only I... never mind, you deserve this fate."

"What do you mean?"

"It means you've encountered something good. Don't look so unwilling. Do you know his background?"

"I don't know his specific origins, but I do know that his ritual techniques are very powerful. Moreover, his ritual techniques are movement techniques, extremely strange movement techniques. I can't imagine anyone who could hurt him."

Xi Zhu was taken aback, never expecting that Xiao Xingchen had actually dealt with this man in black robes. This made her hesitate even more.

"What else do you know about him?" Xizhu asked next.

"What else do you know?"

Xiao Xingchen became interested. Clearly, Xizhu knew about the Black Robe and the power behind him. Now, recalling that when the Black Robe and the Supreme One appeared, Xizhu hadn't come to Yong'an, and she was unaware of anything about the ritual.

"I can tell you what I know, but you have to tell me who he is, okay?"

“Of course, since you saved him, he is now yours. I don’t need to hide it anymore, and I believe he won’t blame me when he wakes up.”

"What do you mean by 'my person'? I dare not get close to this person, he's too eerie."

Xiao Xingchen didn't know why, but he felt that Xizhu's gaze towards him was a little strange, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He could only recount his entanglement with the man in black robes.

After recounting her first meeting with the man in black and their subsequent entanglement, Xizhu's face turned very ugly.

"You look terrible,"

"Hehe, I never expected that the Primordial Spirit Clan would all appear in Yong'an. Do you know who that Supreme Being is?"

"How would I know? I've never seen anything like that before. No matter what attack hits him, it seems to have no effect. Who knows what he is? I even doubt if he's human."

"You're right, he's not human."

"what?"

"You don't need to know too much about the specifics. Saving lives is the priority now. I have questions for this man in black, so don't delay."

"But you haven't said how to save them,"

"It's simple, just take his clothes off,"

"Undress?"

Xiao Xingchen was puzzled. This black robe possessed a mysterious power that made it impossible to touch.