26: A spy in the court!

Li Xinghe, who had been hit, covered his head and mumbled softly with a pouting mouth.

"Big Brother wants to see fox girls, just say so. I won't tell His Majesty Sister, what's there to be afraid of..."

Li Shengyuan heard this and gave him another tap on the head, gritting his teeth, "Who told you I'm afraid of your Majesty Sister? I'm here to do serious business. If you dare to say one more word, I'll send you to Grandfather right now!"

"I was wrong, Big Brother, I won't talk nonsense anymore. I'll listen to everything you say, whatever you want me to do, I'll do it." Li Xinghe said, his face turning pale.

If Grandfather really found out what he had done, he would surely be flayed alive.

Li Shengyuan's expression softened slightly, and he said indifferently, "Let's go to Minister Sun's house. Lead the way!"

"Ah? Go now?!" Li Xinghe was a bit unwilling.

But after being glared at by Li Shengyuan, he obediently complied.

Time was pressing; they didn't know when Minister Sun's people would act, so they had to investigate early.

If they were fully prepared, then everything would be over...

After leaving the Grand Secretarys Courtyard, Li Shengyuan used the Cangsheng Brush to shield their heavenly secrets all the way.

The Cangsheng Brush had absorbed years of Heavenly Dao feedback. After being shielded, even a third-rank Qi Refiner with extremely strong divine sense wouldn't be able to detect them!

Arriving outside the courtyard Li Xinghe had mentioned, Li Shengyuan, holding Li Xinghe with one hand, lightly leaped over and entered.

"Big Brother, it's over there." Li Xinghe pointed to a well in the courtyard and whispered excitedly.

"There's a passage on the side of that well. If you follow it, you can reach the underground secret chamber. Sun Xing accidentally discovered this when he fell into the well."

"I know." Li Shengyuan nodded calmly.

These passages were mostly created for excavating the underground secret chamber. Having multiple passages would provide more escape routes if something happened.

"You stay here and wait for me. Big Brother will be back soon."

After speaking, Li Shengyuan took out the Cangsheng Brush and began drawing towards Li Xinghe.

Soon, an invisible protective array enveloped him, and Li Xinghe's figure was also concealed within it.

Li Xinghe, inside the array, gradually widened his eyes, looking at the Cangsheng Brush in Li Shengyuan's hand and exclaimed.

"Big Brother, isn't this Grandfather's Cangsheng Brush? How is it with you?!"

Li Shengyuan quickly finished drawing, glanced at him indifferently, and said, "Grandfather gave it to me."

"What?!"

Li Xinghe was instantly shocked. The Cangsheng Brush, which his father couldn't even play with for long despite his shamelessness, was given to Big Brother by Grandfather?

He had also coveted this Cangsheng Brush for a long time, only touching it a few times, let alone drawing with it like Big Brother.

But soon, Li Xinghe's heart filled with joy. If this brush belonged to Big Brother, wouldn't he be able to ask Big Brother to use it in the future?

That way, during the academy exams, those troublesome essays could be written by the Cangsheng Brush for him!

So he asked excitedly, "Big Brother, did Grandfather really give you this brush?"

Li Shengyuan looked at his younger brother, seemingly seeing through his thoughts, and said indifferently, "Fake! Grandfather just lent it to me for a few days."

"Ah? Alright..." Li Xinghe was full of disappointment.

Li Shengyuan was immediately amused by this boy. After drawing the array, he said irritably, "I'm leaving this Cangsheng Brush with you for self-defense. Wait here for me to come back, and remember, don't mess with the Cangsheng Brush!"

"Got it..." Li Xinghe nodded in a somewhat deflated manner.

Then he took the Cangsheng Brush from Li Shengyuan's hand.

After grasping the Cangsheng Brush, Li Xinghe's eyes were immediately replaced by excitement.

No one in the Li family didn't want to play with this thing for a few days!

Li Shengyuan then said to the Cangsheng Brush, "Old Brush, I'll trouble you to look after this boy Xinghe. I'll be back soon."

He might have to do some unspeakable things in that underground secret chamber later, so he couldn't let the upright Cangsheng Brush follow him.

What if it discovered his secret and then refused to follow him anymore...?

The Cangsheng Brush trembled slightly, responding to Li Shengyuan.

Seeing this, Li Shengyuan also jumped into the well with peace of mind.

His feet lightly stepped on the well water, and Li Shengyuan looked up and immediately saw the passage Li Xinghe had mentioned.

"Concealment array..."

Li Shengyuan sensed traces of an array as he entered the passage. It was just that for some reason, this array had been damaged, otherwise, Sun Xing wouldn't have discovered this place.

After a quick glance, Li Shengyuan continued to explore deeper.

It was pitch black all the way, no different from a secret passage.

Li Shengyuan followed the secret passage for a quarter of an hour, with a drop of about twenty to thirty meters, and finally, he felt his eyes brighten...

He arrived outside a locked door.

This should be the secret door his younger brother mentioned.

They originally wanted to peek into the room through the light-leaking door to see the imprisoned human-pet slaves and the fox girls from the Western Regions.

However, because there were other people inside, they had no choice but to give up.

But for Li Shengyuan, these were minor matters!

Li Shengyuan closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate his cultivation.

The next moment, a small figure engulfed in flames flew out from the top of his head, and then its aura became extremely hidden, even merging into the void.

This was precisely his Pure Yang Nascent Soul!

Li Shengyuan's Nascent Soul transformed into a stream of light, passed through the door, and entered the room.

Afterward, the Nascent Soul once again transformed into a stream of light and left the room through the main door.

But very quickly, Li Shengyuan began to frown deeply.

This Minister Sun family was indeed not clean!

In the series of secret chambers beneath the Shangshu residence, there were many members of the Demonic Sect in seclusion, cultivating.

This alone, a charge of colluding with the Demonic Sect, was enough for Minister Sun's entire nine generations of relatives to be exterminated!

He just didn't know if Minister Sun was colluding with the Demonic Sect because of King Yan, or colluding with King Yan because of the Demonic Sect... Li Shengyuan fell into contemplation.

If he was King Yan's man, then he was still a subject of Great Qian after all!

But if he was a member of the Demonic Sect, that meant the extent of the Demonic Sect's infiltration into the imperial court was already very high!

Even if Minister Sun's identity was known, what about the others?!

This was very unfavorable for Grandfather and Empress Sister!

What should be done...? Li Shengyuan fell into deep thought.