Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

Chapter 784: Xuanniao, Shang Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, and the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan!

At this time, a sturdy man in the uniform of an ordinary postman quietly entered and presented a sealed bamboo tube. This man was the "shadow" in charge of internal liaisons in the Qingyi Society. Gao Yao dismissed his attendants, checked the wax seal, opened the bamboo tube, and pulled out a thin scroll of silk. It was densely recorded with fragments of secret letters and a summary of suspicious lists that had not been destroyed in the homes of several key targets during the operation last night.

Gao Yao's eyes quickly scanned the book. Most of the names were within his expectations. But when he saw a code and an extremely vague direction marked in an inconspicuous corner at the end of the silk book, his pupils suddenly contracted!

He had seen that code name - "Xuanniao" - in the intelligence about the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan.

"Xianyang... the palace?" Gao Yao clenched the silk book tightly, his knuckles turning white. He had always thought that the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's tentacles mainly extended to the underworld forces and some historical celebrities, and never thought that the other party might have buried the nails near Xianyang, which is now almost indistinguishable from a ruin!

A chill, even more bloody than last night, crept up Gao Yao's spine. He realized that the life-and-death chess game between him and the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, which spanned time and space, was much more complicated and dangerous than he had expected.

The trip to Xianyang will probably be a secret war that goes beyond military conquest. Xuanniao is likely to be a special organization in the hands of the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan. Gao Jianli, various assassins, and even the Blade of the Hundred Schools are all pawns of the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan in Xuanniao.

He slowly brought the silk book closer to the candle flame and watched it turn into ashes, his eyes as deep as a cold pond. "Send a message to the Qingyi Society," he whispered to the air, his voice cold, "Closely monitor everyone on the list, especially... codenamed Xuanniao."

Becoming king is just the beginning. The real storm is brewing in the invisible abyss. Gao Yao looks to the north, where is Xianyang, the pinnacle of power and the stage for his another showdown with the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan.

"I still... underestimated him." Gao Yao's deep sigh was particularly clear in the silence, with a hint of hindsight. The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan! This name, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, once again made him feel deeply daunted.

Xianyang, the heart of the empire that he had just set foot in and regarded as his own, had actually been silently infiltrated and operated by the other party for such a long time? This was definitely not a one-day job! An uncontrollable thought drilled into his mind, icy and piercing: "Could it be... He has been waiting? Waiting for the moment when I think I have succeeded and ascended the throne, and then give me a fatal blow?"

This idea was extremely tempting, as if it could explain the other party's long-term lurking patience. But in just a moment, Gao Yao shook his head violently and extinguished this idea. "No, it's not like that!" Gao Yao threw this idea behind his mind and his eyes became sharp.

He knew this opponent too well - or rather, he thought he knew him. The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's style of action has always been like a storm, emphasizing one-shot kills, and achieving the core goal with the lowest cost and the most efficient way. Looking back on the past, whether it was the undercurrents in the court, the deadly traps outside the battlefield, or even the repeated and precise assassinations against him, all clearly proved this point.

Before the imperial army completely collapsed, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's trump card never stopped pointing at Gao Yao's throat! This is enough to show that the opponent's core goal has never changed - to take Gao Yao's life! As long as he dies, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan can achieve his ultimate goal at the fastest speed and with the least variables.

"But this time... why did it change?" Gao Yao frowned, confusion entwined his heart like a vine. The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan gave up the thunderous assassination method and chose to carry out such a time-consuming and large-scale secret arrangement in Xianyang. This was definitely not his normal state.

Abnormality is a demon! This can only mean one thing: the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's arrangement in Xianyang may even be more important than the immediate assassination of Gao Yao himself! This judgment made Gao Yao's heart sink - something that could make that mysterious guy change his usual style and spend a huge amount of time and resources to manage it must involve a shocking plot.

Moreover, the clues pointed to an earlier time point. "The deployment of manpower in Xianyang...at least started when Ying Zheng was still alive..." Gao Yao muttered to himself, his thoughts quickly going back.

What was his identity at that time? A cook? A small character who even needed a county governor to gain a foothold! At that time, he was not enough for the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan to go to such great lengths to plan and deal with him. This time difference almost completely ruled out the possibility that the Xuanniao organization was originally targeting him, Gao Yao.

"Xuanniao..." Gao Yao chewed on the name of this organization with a complicated look in his eyes. He had heard about it before, and some sporadic and vague information had drifted into his ears. And the unique Xuanniao pattern made him believe it for a long time - this must be the secret pawn set up by the ambitious and suspicious Emperor Qin Shi Huang in order to control the dark side of the empire! This is the most logical inference.

Now that Xianyang was at his feet, he was able to mobilize a larger force to conduct in-depth investigations. When those dusty and carefully concealed clues resurfaced, especially when these clues were like cold iron chains, firmly locking the "Xuanniao" and the "Mysterious Yi Xiaochuan" together, Gao Yao was shocked to realize how wrong he was!

All the evidence points cruelly to a subversive truth: Xuanniao, the mysterious organization that he thought belonged to the Qin royal family, had nothing to do with Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng from beginning to end!

There is only one owner of the company—the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan who appears and disappears like a ghost and has lived for an unknown period of time!

"What a Yi Xiaochuan... What a deceitful man!" Gao Yao could not help but take a deep breath. Not only was there anger in his heart, but there was also an indescribable feeling of... admiration? Or perhaps it was the fear of facing an unfathomable opponent.

"Really smart, or...lived long enough, calculated deeply enough!" He was almost certain that the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was not experiencing this strange reincarnation for the first time. In the past reincarnations buried by time, it was hard to guarantee that there would not be "Yi Xiaochuan" or "Gao Yao" who noticed some clues. And the name "Xuanniao" was a wonderful psychological trap he set!

"The name Xuanniao... is wonderful, it's really wonderful!" Gao Yao's mouth curled up coldly. He saw through Yi Xiaochuan's intention. This name, for anyone who has traveled from the future and has a little historical knowledge, is almost instinctively misleading! What is the first reaction when hearing "Xuanniao"? Almost everyone will immediately think of it - Shang! The ancient dynasty with Xuanniao as its totem. "The Xuanniao was sent by heaven to give birth to Shang", this is a cultural imprint engraved in the blood.