264: Arriving in Kyoto

When Gu Xiaoyue woke up, the Youming Tiger was already sprinting again.

She went out of her room; Chu Li had prepared a meal for her, and everyone else was sitting in the common hall chatting.

"Eat something first; we should arrive in about half a day."

Gu Xiaoyue nodded, feeling a bit nervous in her heart, yet also feeling sorry for the Youming Tiger.

It was a pity that she had never obtained spiritual plants to restore physical strength or Mental Power; otherwise, she would definitely have fed the Youming Tiger until it was full!

However, the Youming Tiger had spatial attributes. Was it possible—to use tianling fruit to smash out an Instantaneous Movement skill for it!

This way, it could save a lot of effort in the future!

And besides, everyone—she couldn't let everyone work in vain!

Gu Xiaoyue took thirteen tianling fruits out of her Yu Beast Space and placed them on the table.

"Thank you all for the hard work of accompanying me on this trip. It's just a small gift, please accept it!"

Everyone was straightforward and didn't act coy; each person took two, leaving one left.

She shoved it directly into Chu Li's hand, "It's been hard on the Youming Tiger, so I took an extra one for you."

Even though she didn't have any ambiguous expressions or words, Charlie still raised his eyebrows cheekily and whistled, immediately receiving a glare from Shui Lingyu, He Zhichen, and even Duan Yao.

Charlie didn't know what he had done to make their expressions change so instantly.

He rolled his eyes, gave two awkward laughs, and started pretending to dance as he left the spot and returned to his room.

Gu Xiaoyue chuckled, her tense nerves relaxing a little.

She finished the meal Chu Li had prepared, and when Chu Li went to clean up the tableware, Gu Xiaoyue followed him.

"Feed the Youming Tiger until it gets the Instantaneous Movement skill; if the tianling fruit isn't enough, tell me."

Chu Li nodded, raising an imperceptible smile.

At the end of the day, Xiao Yue was still the most partial to him; he instantly felt that the hard work of the past few years had not been in vain.

Once they arrived in the capital of Damon, Gu Xiaoyue distributed masks to everyone.

There could be eyes and ears of Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi or Bai Shengrui everywhere here, and it wasn't just her who was within their surveillance range.

In less than a year, their information had probably already been investigated clearly by them.

Chu Li brought everyone out of the space and returned the Youming Tiger, which was exhausted to the point of collapsing, back into the Yu Beast Space.

Gu Xiaoyue found a small, shabby hotel that didn't require identity registration and booked a large dormitory room.

The hotel owner looked at them with a strange gaze, perhaps imagining many scenarios that shouldn't exist.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't pay him any mind; one room made it convenient for them to communicate the situation at any time.

If the boss was full of dirty thoughts, that was fine too, as it lowered the possibility of being suspected.

When it was time to pay, she opened her brain, but froze on the spot; if these star coins were transferred, it would be no different than telling the father and son of the Bai family that she was right here.

Shui Lingyu was by her side and took out a stack of paper money from the Yu Beast Space and placed it on the counter.

The hotel owner's eyes went straight immediately, his face full of fat smiling, and he hurriedly escorted them to the door of the room, saying he would send a big meal over in a while.

Gu Xiaoyue felt a subconscious resistance at the thought of Damon's food, but she didn't say anything.

She just felt that she was too used to using her brain, and she should still keep some cash on her.

Everyone rested for a while, then divided into three groups to scout the terrain and buildings of the Damon capital.

He Zhichen and Qian Ce were in one group.

Duan Yao and Charlie were in one group.

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu both wanted to be in the same group as Gu Xiaoyue.

Gu Xiaoyue thought that during the rescue, she would also need Chu Li and Shui Lingyu to be with her, so she didn't object.

They hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door and all went out.

The hotel owner pushed the big meal over, saw the sign, a lewd smile appeared on his face, and he turned and left.

Qian Ce used his brain to find a nearby car rental agency, rented a sports car, and drove around the city to take a ride.

Duan Yao and Charlie also rode with Qian Ce for a while. After it got completely dark, the two of them got out of the car, found the tallest building in the capital, and planned to start from there, using eaves-leaping and wall-vaulting to familiarize themselves with every building.

"This place is a bit strange."

Duan Yao and Charlie took the elevator to the top floor of the tallest building and walked onto the rooftop.

She felt uncomfortable all over and casually said this to Charlie.

Charlie agreed, but couldn't say why.

"Come on!"

He crouched down, carried Duan Yao on his back, used the Wind Control skill, and jumped from building to building like this.

Duan Yao didn't have the Wind Control skill; she knew some light martial arts, but it wasn't enough to support jumping around between skyscrapers that were a dozen or even dozens of stories high.

And since she couldn't summon the Azure Dragon or Vermilion Bird, she had to stay on Charlie's back and silently memorize the terrain.

Gu Xiaoyue, meanwhile, brought Chu Li and Shui Lingyu to the outer wall of the royal palace. She took out dozens of invisibility talismans for them.

"We need to stay invisible for a long time; our Mental Power won't be able to hold up, so you'll need to eat one every once in a while.

I am already very familiar with this place. I mainly want to see if I can find clues about White Gaze, and also plant some explosives.

You just need to familiarize yourselves with the environment; meet here in an hour!"

The Damon royal palace wasn't very big; at their speed, an hour was enough to circle it two or three times.

Gu Xiaoyue headed straight for the Treasure Pavilion and planted the bombs in hidden locations.

Because there were several locks here and surveillance at the entrance, there were no guards stationed here.

The servants in the palace wouldn't linger or wander nearby either, for fear of being recorded by surveillance approaching the treasure vault, as that would result in them being caught and interrogated!

She arrived at the Imperial Study and saw Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi still processing government affairs.

In these past few years, he hadn't had the divine beast blood to maintain his energy, and the treasure vault had been emptied.

On one hand, he had to maintain the stability of Damon, and on the other, he had to expand the national treasury.

Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi had aged quite a bit.

Before, when he was nearly fifty, he looked like he was only in his early thirties.

Now that Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi had just passed fifty, he looked as if he were already sixty.

A sense of pleasure welled up in Gu Xiaoyue's heart—the pleasure of witnessing Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi getting his just deserts with her own eyes.

She didn't stay long; she took a look into almost every room, but didn't discover which room White Gaze was in.

She couldn't rule out the possibility that some rooms had secret chambers, which she couldn't investigate in a short time.

Gu Xiaoyue also placed a bomb in the warehouse inside the palace where various items were stored.

When the agreed-upon time for gathering arrived, Chu Li and Shui Lingyu were already waiting for her.

"This place really is small and shabby—"

Chu Li muttered a complaint, and Gu Xiaoyue nodded with a chuckle.

"Is there a possibility that they really don't have the money to renovate it?"

For the operation and development of the entire country of Damon, Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi needed a large amount of funds for diplomacy, military, and people's livelihood.

He still had to act as an enlightened monarch on the surface; I'm afraid it wasn't just him, even Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui had given up quite a bit of their luxurious lives.

Their standard of living might not even be as good as when he was Prince Yi.

Gu Xiaoyue then took Chu Li and Shui Lingyu to the original Yi Wang Mansion to investigate.

Now, this place was not the residence of Bai Shengrui, but of Bai Rongxuan.

She wasn't sure if Bai Rongxuan had participated in the kidnapping of White Gaze, and she also wanted to go take another look at the room where Zheng Jie had previously been imprisoned.

After a few years, Bai Rongxuan had already taken a primary wife and also had two concubines.

Gu Xiaoyue stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the dining room, watching them eat dinner together; the scene was harmonious and exuded a hint of warmth.

Chu Li secretly took photos of them and sent them back to the bodyguards in the Dragon Kingdom, asking them to find out the backgrounds of these women.

In fact, Gu Xiaoyue could guess it; the imperial family is the most heartless. These wives of Bai Rongxuan were naturally all very advantageous to him, and not necessarily for love.

It was even evident that his primary wife was likely a political marriage; her eyes showed more of the demeanor of a royal family, and she was even somewhat cold.

"Who?! Who is over there?!"

A patrolling guard saw Chu Li's head. Gu Xiaoyue had thought there wouldn't be many guards here, so she hadn't used invisibility at all.

She had underestimated the guards here after all.

"You all go out and wait for me!"

She dropped a sentence and dashed toward the house where she and White Gaze had previously lived, while invisible.

It seemed that since she left, Bai Rongxuan hadn't arranged for anyone to move into this house; the furnishings hadn't changed at all, but someone would come to clean it regularly.

Revisiting the old place, Gu Xiaoyue couldn't help but smile bitterly, and she planted the bomb in this house.

No one lived here, which was perfect—

Outside, things were already in chaos. Assassins did indeed occasionally appear at Bai Rongxuan's place, and he was even somewhat used to it.

He came out of the dining room and scanned the surrounding situation with cold eyes.

Suddenly, he felt his pocket get heavy, as if someone had stuffed something inside.

Bai Rongxuan directed the guards to go look elsewhere, while he returned to his room alone.

"Meet at the place where White Gaze once lived at this time tomorrow night—Gu"