fifth form

Chapter 2504: The Road Traveled by Hundreds and Thousands of People
"Master Li is so powerful!"

It was not long after nightfall, and some minor officials had already left Anle Palace, but senior officials near the imperial palace needed to be on duty for a period of time, or take turns to keep watch.

All the masters gathered in Anle Palace, but they were unable to defeat Jiuling Yuansheng in their trial attack.

By the time Jiuling Yuansheng found the Nine Dragon Cauldron, he was beaten to the point of vomiting in a very short time. The stark contrast between victory and defeat cannot be described in just one word.

Sima Tan stood on the high platform without moving a single movement, but his escaping yang soul was uttering in admiration.

"Jiu Ling Yuan Sheng is a great demon from the Western Regions. It is said that he was chased relentlessly by the two leaders of the Western Religion before he fled to Northern Julu Continent. I'm afraid that this old demon has never suffered such a loss when he was chased and beaten to the point of vomiting before!"

Sima Tan spoke eloquently, but also with a hint of regret.

It would certainly be satisfying to catch such a big monster and give it a beating, but he also lamented that there were few people who were good at flying, and the Han Dynasty lacked the manpower to hunt down Jiuling Yuansheng.

"It's a pity that the Peacock Kingdom is too far away from our Han Dynasty. Otherwise, we could take this opportunity to join forces with the Western Church to put an end to this disaster in one fell swoop!"

Sima Tan was well versed in ancient history and knew many secrets.

It involves tug-of-war between countries and holy places, and all parties are trying to maintain an extremely delicate balance, and there is also no shortage of mutual hatred.

For the holy land of the demon race, the idea that the strong are respected is deeply rooted in people's minds, and the situation of monkeys scattering when the tree falls is particularly obvious.

It is extremely rare for Jiuling Yuansheng to be beaten. Once he is caught by his enemies, it almost means that the huge Jiuling Holy Land will fall apart.

He sighed several times, feeling that no one could take advantage of this at the moment.

"Few people should know that Li Jinwei lost the Heaven-shaking Arrow. How did Jiuling Yuansheng suddenly know about it?"

Zhang Xuezhou put down the "Dafeng Jing" in his hand.

He had known for a long time that Jiuling Yuansheng would come to the palace, and he had specially found a seat to watch the show.

However, Zhang Xuezhou was somewhat surprised that Jiuling Yuansheng suddenly stopped being wary of Li Guang. After all, few people knew that Li Guang's Sky-Shock Arrow was confiscated by the Empress Dowager. His Majesty did not take the Sky-Shock Arrow with him when he entered Yangling, and he was still wary of Li Guang.

However, Yangling is filled with evil spirits and zombies. It is rare to find someone who is not afraid of being contaminated by the evil spirit and takes away the Sky-shaking Arrow.

Li Guang could not go to get the arrows, but other people should not know this news at all.

Jiuling Yuansheng mentioned that the Sky-Shock Arrow had been taken away by someone, which even surprised Zhang Xuezhou.

"I didn't expect that the biggest loser at the Empress Dowager's funeral would be Guard Captain Li!"

The fact that the roof of the Anle Palace was cracked after being stepped on by Jiuling Yuansheng was not a big deal. This trivial matter could be repaired by gathering craftsmen in a few days. However, Li Guang's trump card was exposed, which undoubtedly hit his weak spot. It would be difficult for him to maintain the deadly threat of a top shooter in the future.

"Li Guang is the guardian of Weiyang Palace, and Your Majesty has been implicated. However, Captain Li's stance is problematic. It is hard to say whether weakening the threat will be good or bad for Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought about it and felt that this was roughly the case.

As for whether there would be any unexpected events following the funeral of the Empress Dowager, that was not something Zhang Xuezhou could guess.

The Immortal Court might send out powerful monks to Anle Palace to snatch the Nine Dragon Cauldron, or use gentle means to obtain it, or borrow it to have a look like Jiuling Yuansheng did.

After all, what the Immortal Court needs is the Nine Cauldrons, not the Nine Dragon Cauldron.

As long as enough information is obtained from the Nine Dragon Cauldron, taking away the Nine Dragon Cauldron is not a necessary thing to do.

But it is difficult to know whether a confrontation will occur.

As long as they can safely get through this short half month, everything will be fine for Zhang Xuezhou and the others. "Why did the Immortal Court and the three holy places in Northern Juluzhou intervene in the Nine Dragon Cauldron incident at almost the same time, and they both pointed to the Nine Cauldrons? Could it be that Your Majesty has joined forces with the Immortal Court?"

If we go back a little further, Zhang Xuezhou still has no idea what is involved.

He began to look through other types of classics in Qilin Pavilion and also devoted his attention to searching, trying to find some classics that could be of benefit to him.

There are hundreds of thousands of volumes of classics on the first floor of Qilin Pavilion, and there are not many fewer volumes on the second floor, and there are more volumes further up.

It is a difficult task to search for what you need among the numerous bamboo slips, especially for someone like Zhang Xuezhou who is wandering aimlessly.

For Zhang Xuezhou, his cultivation has reached the level of supernatural powers and he has formed his own style of practice. The classics he has practiced are mostly extraordinary. It is extremely difficult to make up for the deficiencies, and it is even less likely that he can replace or surpass them in practice.

Searching for a technique is not difficult, but the difficult part is that Zhang Xuezhou practices it to master it and suits his own style.

Simple techniques are easy to practice but difficult to apply to other levels, while profound techniques are difficult to practice. Only complicated techniques that are practiced by few people but have miraculous uses meet Zhang Xuezhou's requirements.

"The Yin-Yang Sorrow and Joy Curse?"

For Zhang Xuezhou, who originated from the Yin-Yang School, he is more sensitive to the content of the Yin-Yang school.

After carefully selecting and choosing, when he stepped into the third floor of Qilin Pavilion, Zhang Xuezhou finally found some content that interested him.

Sima Tan's mention that his own practice involved the Yin-Yang School was not just boasting, but Qilin Pavilion did contain content about the Yin-Yang School.

These contents are not the orthodox inheritance of the Nine People Sect and the Nine Heavens Sect, but belong to branch factions.

More than ten years ago, the Han Dynasty issued an order to search for monks of the Yin-Yang school, so as to use the aura of related practices to search for Zhu Bugui and Jinchang. At that time, there were hundreds of applicants.

There are certainly many of these people who are out to make a living and cheat people of their money, and quite a few of them do have some connections with the Yin-Yang School.

Not every Yin-Yang Sect practitioner can accept the endless internal fighting. Some seek to promote transformation and thus break away from the Yin-Yang Sect to form their own faction, thus avoiding being caught up in it.

To this day, Zhang Xuezhou has not seen any successful people, but there are obviously many Yin-Yang practitioners rushing on this road.

"My fellow brothers, sisters, uncles, and forefathers, thank you so much!"

What Zhang Xuezhou regretted most was that there were only a few Yin-Yang practitioners, even though he kept pushing them in the real world.

There are few practitioners, which means that trial and error has become a luxury, and profound practice has become a delusion.

Zhang Xuezhou has been waiting for Ren Anran to practice and reach supernatural powers so that they can help each other move forward.

He never imagined that there were so many bamboo slips related to the Yin-Yang School left in Qilin Pavilion.

Not to mention plagiarizing these predecessors, the contents of these monks can undoubtedly be used as various references, which may be beneficial, or eliminate errors in practice, or bring about analogies.

There are no top-level cultivators in the Yin-Yang family's branch, but those who can leave content in the Qilin Pavilion, even if they have not reached the realm of supernatural powers, are at least in the realm of transformation, which is only one level away. This is also the realm where cultivators deduce the most theories.

"It's worth picking up this key, Your Majesty!"

This is why the advantage of dynasty inheritance far exceeds that of sect inheritance.

What was a difficult task for Zhang Xuezhou and others had already been accomplished by hundreds of people in the library, who also left behind records of their life experiences.

While flipping through the bamboo slips in his hand, Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the nearly a thousand volumes of related content piled up next to him.

He only felt that the reward for investigating matters related to Empress Dou was something he had never expected, and it also gave him a feeling of finally getting a rain after a long drought.