This Void Devouring Flame seems a bit strange

"Mr. Xu Yan, that's the mansion."

Ganuo pointed to a magnificent building below and said.

The Raptor slowly landed at the gate of the mansion. The guards, who were on high alert, saluted when they saw Ganor.

"Mr. Xu Yan, please come in."

Xuwu Tunyan did not hesitate to walk in. Judging from the layout of the room, the owner of this mansion must have a high status in the royal family.

Unlike what Xuwu Tunyan had imagined, there were not many people in the room, only a few maids and an old man sitting in the middle of the room.

"Grandpa, this is Mr. Xu Yan." Ganuo said to the old man respectfully.

The old man nodded and clasped his fists towards Xuwu Tunyan: "I have heard of your great name for a long time. Please take a seat."

"Okay." Xuwu Tunyan sat opposite the old man and asked, "What should I call you?"

"Haha, just call me Old Man Gat." The old man's tone was very kind. If you weren't sitting in a place like this, people outside would probably think he was just an ordinary old man next door.

"Well, Mr. Gate, I wonder why you went to so much trouble to invite me here?" Although Xuwu Tunyan's first impression of Gate was not too bad, he would not assume that the other party was easy to get along with just based on the first impression. The inhumane devil like Emperor Hun Tian, ​​if you only look at the first impression, you would think he is a gentle and elegant scholar.

Gat glanced at the maids beside him, and they all left tactfully. Ganuo walked out the door and said something to the guarding soldiers.

When Garno came in, Gat slowly stood up and said, "Mr. Xu Yan, please follow me."

The three of them walked inside and came to the door of a small room. Unlike the spacious other rooms, this room seemed very small. There was only a table and a few chairs in the middle, and there were no windows. Even the color of the walls was very different from that of the other rooms.

"Secret room?" Xuwu Tunyan muttered. Although he didn't have claustrophobia, he actually didn't like this kind of place.

However, Xuwu Tunyan was not afraid. He could see that the wall had been treated, but if he wanted to break it, it would only take a few clicks.

After the three entered the secret room, Ganuo closed the door and each found a chair to sit down.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Xu Yan." Gat said apologetically, "Because it's inconvenient for this matter to be known to others, I have to resort to this desperate measure."

"Then Mr. Gat, aren't you afraid that I will leak the secret?" Void Tunyan said half-jokingly.

"I believe Mr. Xu Yan won't do that." Gate said with a smile.

"Indeed, but Mr. Garter, I am a rough man and do not like the process of drinking and talking, so please omit those irrelevant words. I just want to know what you want me to do."

When it comes to eating brains, Xuwu Tunyan thinks he is not as good as these royal people, so he has no interest in listening to those things. If it is something that does not affect the main plot, he can do it as well.

[Author's note: 食脑 is a Cantonese word, which means to use one's brain and wisdom. In Hong Kong comics, this word is often used to describe someone who is good at scheming and using his brain.]

"It's like this, Mr. Xu Yan, we know that you are very capable, so we want to hire you to be my grandfather's bodyguard for a period of time." Ganuo said.

"Bodyguard?" Xuwu Tunyan repeated, "You want me, a person with unknown identity, unknown origin, and full of suspicious points, to be your bodyguard? General Ganuo, this joke is not funny at all."

"Mr. Xu Yan, this..." Just as Ganuo was about to explain, Gate spoke.

"Let me speak for you. Mr. Xu Yan, you probably think this is a bit abrupt."

"Before that, I would like to ask Mr. Xu Yan, what do you think of the Yunlan Sect?"

Xuwu Tunyan could faintly hear that when Gat mentioned the Yunlan Sect, his emotions were obviously fluctuating a little.

"The Yunlan Sect? They're just a bunch of self-righteous frogs in the well. They think they are very powerful, but in fact they will be defeated immediately when they meet a tough guy." In order to verify the emotional fluctuations just now, Xuwu Tunyan deliberately said something very unpleasant. If the other party was close to the Yunlan Sect, he would definitely be unable to keep a straight face.

"It seems that Mr. Xu Yan hates Yunlan Sect."

Somewhat unexpectedly, not only was Gat not angry at all, Void Devouring Flame even felt a hint of... joy?

"I just have some problems with them." Xuwu Tunyan shrugged. "Mr. Gat, you are not simply asking me what I think of Yunlan Sect, right?"

"I really can't hide it from Mr. Xu Yan." Gat said with a wry smile, "Although the founder of the Yunlan Sect had established an ancestral precept that the people of the Yunlan Sect cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the Jiama Empire, over the years, the Yunlan Sect has been using their name and appeal to place their people in various parts of the empire. Because the procedures are all in line with the conditions, we have no way to intervene directly. These people, on the surface, work for the empire, but in fact they have been using their power to seek personal gain for the Yunlan Sect or themselves." At this point, Gat's tone was filled with a hint of anger.

"No way? As far as I know, the current leader of the Yunlan Sect is only at the Douhuang level, while the Jiama Empire's royal family has two Douhuang peaks. Under such circumstances, how dare the Yunlan Sect be so arrogant?"

Xuwu Tunyan pretended not to know the secret. He was of course aware that the two Douhuang peaks in the Jiama Empire's royal family were the elderly Jia Xingtian and the Youhai Jiaoshou whose body had been pineappled due to long-term battles. Behind the Yunlan Sect was Yunshan. Although he was a little exaggerated, he was a Douzong after all.

It's understandable that he would be so wary.

However, he intended to use this opportunity to test the other party's sincerity. If what the other party said next was true and not nonsense, then he would take the job.

"Well, that was a long time ago. The Youhai Jiao Beast has been fighting for a long time, and its strength has long been reduced to one tenth of what it was. And the guardian is old, and his deterrence to the Yunlan Sect is also declining year by year."

Ganuo's face looked a little uncertain. These words were, in a sense, imperial secrets. If Mr. Xu Yan didn't keep his mouth shut, they would be the ones to suffer.

"I can accept that, but I want to know why you hire a bodyguard? I have the right to know the reason behind it, right?"

Without waiting for Gat to speak, Ganuo hurriedly said, "Because of the actions of the Yunlan Sect, Grandpa has been committed to opposing this behavior, but naturally it has aroused the resentment of those who belong to the Yunlan Sect. Especially recently, it happened to be the day when Grandpa was going to have a public parade. For them, this is the best time to act."

"I see. Then why did you choose me?" Xuwu Tunyan grinned. The other party had said all this, which was considered to be sincerity. However, before officially accepting it, he still had to be naughty. "If it's just bodyguards, even if you can't hire three or four of the top ten strong men, one or two will be fine, right?"

"Hey, we have thought about it, but the so-called ten strongest men are always profit-seeking, especially Gu He. Everyone knows that he has other intentions in being an elder in Yunlan Sect. And he has superb alchemy skills. Among the ten strongest men, who dares to offend Gu He for us?"

Xuwu Tunyan nodded. At least for now, Gu He's medicine refining level was the ceiling in the Jia Ma Empire, and Gu He had some thoughts about Yun Yun, which was also known to everyone. Under such circumstances, the ten strongest men would naturally not risk offending Gu He to do things for them.

Thinking of this, Xuwu Tunyan couldn't help but laugh secretly. It was a pity that Gu He spent so much time and effort, but in the end, he fell in love with someone like Yun Yun. It was really pitiful.