Inside the Biyu Residence, it was evident that someone was living there, and their cultivation level was so high that she couldn't sense it at all.
"Yes, Biyu Residence."
Lin Yue smiled and said, "Most troubles she can solve, but unless it's absolutely necessary, don't bother her."
"Who is she?" Baili Fengzhi asked in confusion.
"You'll find out soon enough." Lin Yue replied with a mysterious smile.
Before long, Lin Yue led Baili Fengzhi to the entrance of the Biyu Residence.
This was a serene courtyard constructed entirely of green jade bamboo as green as emerald, shrouded by a profound array barrier, completely obscuring its interior.
Lin Yue walked up and knocked on the courtyard door, saying, "Senior, there's something to discuss, please come out for a chat."
Before long, the courtyard door slowly opened, revealing a stunning woman standing behind it, dressed in a moon-white palace dress and wearing a veil, revealing only her smooth jade-like forehead and a pair of tranquil eyes like still water. An unusual serpentine mark graced her brow, giving her an ethereal and otherworldly presence, like an immortal banished from heaven.
Baili Fengzhi was taken aback.
She could hardly believe it.
Hadn't Biyu Yuanjun left the Prince Mansion five years ago after arranging the array?
How could she still be in the mansion, living in Biyu Residence for five years?
Biyu Yuanjun looked at Lin Yue with a calm gaze, then asked, "Does this count as one of the three tasks I owe you?"
"Yes." Lin Yue nodded slightly, "I will be leaving the mansion for a year, and if there are any difficult issues to resolve, should my guard need your help, I hope you can assist."
Biyu Yuanjun glanced at him, speaking softly, "Xiahong Yue, remember your words."
"Of course." Lin Yue smiled and nodded.
With that, Biyu Yuanjun said no more and turned back inside.
After the courtyard door closed, Baili Fengzhi couldn't help but communicate through divine thought, "Your Highness, hadn't Biyu Yuanjun left long ago? Why is she still in the mansion?"
"Take a guess?" Lin Yue smiled.
"Could Your Highness also know her secret?" Baili Fengzhi couldn't help but say.
Back then, she too was compelled due to her half-demon secret to submit to Lin Yue, but now she no longer cared about her demon bloodline.
"Yes." Lin Yue nodded slightly, saying, "But she isn't afraid either, she just agreed to stay in the mansion to protect me until I achieve Harmonization, and I can only ask her to do three things that don't violate her Dao Heart and cultivation."
Baili Fengzhi couldn't help but be curious, "Such an ethereal and immortal-like figure, yet subjected to Your Highness, what secret could it be?"
Lin Yue slightly raised his eyebrows, saying, "I swore by my Dao Heart that I cannot reveal it, so I can't say."
"Swearing by your Dao Heart?"
Baili Fengzhi immediately said, "Then Your Highness must not reveal it, or it'll become even harder to achieve Harmonization."
Violating the Dao Heart, at worst it damages the Dao Heart, at best it crumbles the Dao Heart.
Some secret techniques use a Dao Heart oath as a trigger, and violating it can result in losing one's life.
Lin Yue glanced at her and said, "If you really want to know, I have a treasure called 'Forgetting the Dao,' breaking the oath without consequences."
"That's unnecessary." Baili Fengzhi shook her head, "Such a rare treasure, why waste it?"
Lin Yue pondered for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
Lin Yue visited the Dawn Platform to inform the Imperial Master that he was preparing to break through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier in seclusion and that he wanted to resign as Inspector.
Otherwise, issuing the Inspector's test for this year would be troublesome if he wasn't around.
However, even after resigning as Inspector, the Imperial Master gave him a Night Patrol Order position, which was still a second-grade official position.
The Imperial Master also mentioned the Eternal Night Twelve Holy Grade he wanted. After the expedition to Eternal Night, they found another Holy Grade, making it ten Eternal Night Holy Grades at the Dawn Platform now.
Lin Yue did not have enough merit at the moment, so the Imperial Master gave him ten years, naturally not urgent to exchange.
After leaving Dawn Platform, he returned to the mansion to prepare.
Externally, he declared that he was going into seclusion to break through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier and cultivate to perfection, which could normally take two to three years.
As for those who knew he was going to the mountain wilderness for survival trials, only Duke Heng and Baili Fengzhi knew.
After changing his appearance and aura with the skill "Manifesting the Multitude," Lin Yue quietly headed to the North Garden outside Di Hong City.
Di Hong City's North Garden was established by the Great Yong after its foundation, specifically enclosing a piece of wilderness north of Di Hong City with an array barrier, known as Beiyuan Mountain Wilderness.
Since then, for unknown reasons, this piece of wilderness possessed all sorts of incredible powers and harbored numerous opportunities.
To enter the Beiyuan Mountain Wilderness, one could only go through a long underground passage.
At the entrance of that passage, a large number of Imperial Family Forbidden Army troops were stationed, with the Great Commander being a Martial Saint.
Having a North Garden Token was the only way to enter.
However, even with a North Garden Token, not everyone could enter the Beiyuan Mountain Wilderness, so generally, they would be issued to a large group, sending them in waves to try.
On this day, the sky was clear, with not a cloud in sight.
At this moment, elite members of the Golden Armor Forbidden Army were all guarding the entrance of the passage.
Vice Commander Lou Kedi sat lavishly behind a stone table outside the passage, one hand grabbing a chicken leg from the table and biting it, while the other hand carefully examined a gray wooden token.
"Well, the North Garden Token is correct."
Lou Kedi placed the token on the table, looked up to study the rather ordinary-looking young man standing across from him, and said, "Li Shiyu, from Jingzhou Taiyuan City, right?"