Chapter: 681

[Help me? How?]

[Actually, there is still a spy remaining within your forces here besides that Yuking.]

“What! Y...”

[Quiet!]

Zhu Taikhan almost spoke out loud but quickly grabbed his mouth to stop. He was so shocked to hear that there had been a spy and that spy still remained within his forces.

‘Is he lying?’ he thought, but there was no need for such a powerful man to lie about such a thing. If that was true, then Zhu Taikhan had to thank him.

[If what you say is true, then we must arrest them!!]

Taikhan didn’t want to play on top of the hands of these spies any longer. Yeowun shook his head.

[Why?]

[If we do that, we won’t be able to find spies within the palace.]

That was Yeowun’s true purpose. The reason why Yeowun got in the carriage was to find spies among the palace. The Blade God Six Martial clan had placed spies among all factions of Yulin to proceed with their plans. If the Imperial Palace was to be involved, it was going to be more complicated. That’s why Yeowun wanted to get rid of them first before that happened.

‘Hm... this man wants to get the roots out from it.’

Zhu Taikhan truly felt afraid of Chun Yeowun. Zhu Taikhan only thought about the spies that he can see, but Yeowun wanted to remove the roots. He was going to be a terrible enemy to have.

‘Is it right to bring him to the palace?’

Helping Yeowun sneak into the palace like this was a very complicated issue. If things went that way and Taikhan was revealed of doing so, it was bound to anger the Emperor. And this man was none other than the Lord of the Demonic Cult. Maybe it was an act of setting a monster loose in his backyard. Yeowun then continued to seal the deal.

[Don’t you want to become the Crown Prince?]

‘?!’

Zhu Taikhan became shocked.

‘How did he...’

Yeowun knew something that Taikhan only spoke about to Yon Namgun. Yon Namgun said no one was listening, so Taikhan became shocked to hear it from Yeowun.

[If we get those spies within the palace, I will hand it over to you so you can claim all the glory.]

[A-are you serious?]

[Of course. My goal is to remove them, not be awarded by the Emperor.]

Zhu Taikhan became hesitant. This was a very tempting offer. If he really found the spies hidden inside the Imperial Palace, it was going to be a very huge achievement indeed.

‘If I can do that, then maybe I will truly become closer to the Crown Prince.’

There was a month left until the ceremony. Taikhan needed something big to appease the Emperor. Taikhan then asked Yeowun,

[What will you do if I refuse your request?]

[Well, I will leave that to your imagination.]

Zhu Taikhan felt a chill running down his spine. This meant Yeowun was going to do what he wanted even if Taikhan refused. Taikhan then nodded.

‘Well, I have no choice. Let’s just think that I’m using him for my own benefit. I won’t lose anything,’ Zhu Taikhan thought to himself. Yeowun smiled.