Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 698 The action begins

As for what the good news was, Princess Ankang did not tell them clearly.

The Meteor Crater operation is imminent, so it is better to be careful.

Things are made secret, and words are leaked.

Princess Ankang comforted several princes, and then went to find Princess Yanzhao.

Princess Yan Zhao was the most patient and was still practicing peacefully in her room.

Upon hearing that Princess Ankang was visiting, Princess Yanzhao came out to meet her.

"Ankang, what do you want to see me for?"

Princess Yan Zhao asked directly.

"Royal sister, there is something I want to tell you."

Princess Ankang said this and looked at Li Xuan in her arms.

When she saw Li Xuan nod slightly, she told Princess Yan Zhao about what happened in Fuhu Temple.

"Royal sister, if this matter gets out, I'm afraid not many people will dare to come to Jiangnan Road."

"Is there such a thing?"

Princess Yan Zhao couldn't help but frown after hearing this.

Princess Yan Zhao may know more about the things happening in the martial arts world.

After all, she had been practicing outside for many years and had visited many famous sects.

Especially the major martial arts holy places, she basically visited them all.

Princess Yan Zhao has a more intuitive understanding of these prominent forces in the martial arts world.

Princess Yan Zhao thought about it carefully, and then said to Princess Ankang:
"If this matter really spreads in the martial arts world, it might discourage some people who want to join in the fun."

"But Buddhism will never give up!"

"Ankang, you may not know these Buddhist monks. When faced with a situation where good and evil cannot coexist, they are extremely united."

"After all, the most important thing they use to attract believers is the concept of good and evil."

"If this news really spreads in the martial arts world, I'm afraid King Zheng will just shoot himself in the foot."

"Although the Floating Cloud Temple usually keeps a low profile, if they really start fighting, they are the most domineering martial arts holy place."

"Those monks talk about exorcising demons and defending the Way, but they don't care about your rules. They will kill you and then go back to the mountain to continue their practice, regardless of whether you are the King of Zheng or not."

It was rare for Princess Yan Zhao to speak in such a tone, and the three little ones were all stunned.

"real or fake?"

According to Princess Ankang, Fuyun Temple has not made any move so far.

Of course, it is possible that Fuyun Temple is still unaware of the good things that King Zheng has done.

But Princess Ankang watched several masters being humiliated for such a long time, and for a moment it was hard for her to believe that Fuyun Temple could act so domineeringly.

"If that's the case, this matter will spread throughout the martial arts world and attract the attention of Floating Cloud Temple. Then King Zheng will be finished."

"But we have tried to contact Floating Cloud Temple before, but there is still no news."

After Monk Chengche was attacked by the fire demon from the Western Regions, Master Shanliao and Master Chenghai sent a message to Fuyun Temple, but there has been no result so far.

"The place where Floating Cloud Temple is located is impossible for ordinary warriors to go up. At least fourth-grade warriors are needed to go up and down."

When Li Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but look shocked.

"Where the hell is this Floating Cloud Temple built?"

"You need to have fourth-grade strength to go up the mountain. How can we recruit disciples?"

Princess Ankang also thought of something and couldn't help but ask Princess Yanzhao for advice.

“That’s why there is a saying about wandering monks in Floating Cloud Temple. On the one hand, it maintains the influence of Floating Cloud Temple in the martial arts world, and on the other hand, it recruits disciples with predestined relationships to go up the mountain.”

"But this time, the wandering monks of Floating Cloud Temple have not heard any relevant news for a long time."

Princess Yan Zhao looked thoughtful.

"Could something happen?"

Princess Ankang guessed.

"It's not impossible. Although the wandering monks are generally the most outstanding disciples of the Floating Cloud Temple, there is no guarantee that there won't be any accidents."

Princess Yanzhao nodded, agreeing with Princess Ankang's guess.

"Royal sister, I hope you can use your connections to find out whether this matter has spread in the martial arts world."

"If possible, it would be best to inform Floating Cloud Temple of the evil deeds done by King Zheng."

Princess Ankang said sincerely.

"Okay, I'll let Uncle Wei take care of this matter." Princess Yan Zhao agreed.

After seeing Princess Ankang off, Wei Changli appeared in the room.

"Your Highness, this matter..."

Wei Changli's tone was full of embarrassment.

"Don't worry about the Wu family!"

Princess Yan Zhao raised her hand to stop Wei Changli from saying the next words.

"It's called sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, but it's just a cowardly act."

"They thought that the weak Daxing would make it easier for me to ascend the throne of the empress, but they didn't know that I had no intention of ruling a weak and devastated country."

"The Twin Saints did not end the chaos and establish Daxing by weakening their enemies."

"As the descendant of the Twin Saints, how can I bring shame to my ancestors?"

"Being too smart is never a good thing."

Princess Yan Zhao spoke in a firm tone.

Wei Changli looked at Princess Yan Zhao like this and for a moment he didn't know how to say anything to dissuade her.

Although Empress Wu had told them before their southern tour not to pay too much attention to the Wu family.

But if we confront them so blatantly, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future.

After all, it was only after the Wu family gained power that they produced Princess Yan Zhao, a martial arts genius.

Wei Changli had been following Princess Yan Zhao for many years, and he vaguely knew in his heart that the princess was not interested in this.

But the expectations of her family have been on her shoulders since she was born, and it is not something that can be shaken off just like that.

Seeing that Princess Yanzhao had made up her mind, Wei Changli did not try to persuade her any further.

"As ordered, Your Highness."

Then Wei Changli disappeared from the spot and went to carry out Princess Yan Zhao's orders.

After speaking to Princess Yanzhao, Princess Ankang took Li Xuan to report to Emperor Yongyuan.

When Emperor Yongyuan heard that there was another Taoist master, he couldn't help but smile.

Finally, there is some good news.

"Father, I wonder when we will launch the operation on Meteorite Crater." Princess Ankang asked with concern.

"Maybe in these few days. It depends on Prince Zheng." Emperor Yongyuan answered casually.

Princess Ankang nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Emperor Yongyuan knew that she asked this question because of the monk Chengche.

Now that Fuhu Temple has been destroyed, Monk Chengche is mentally frustrated and unable to join the battle for a while.

If they take action before Monk Chengche recovers, Monk Chengche will inevitably be unable to keep up.

It’s better to do this kind of revenge in person.

……

Two days later.

Emperor Yongyuan received a letter sent by carrier pigeon.

“I really went there.”

He received news that King Zheng had appeared in Jiangping Village and was leading local officials to actively respond to the locust plague.

Regardless of whether he was really doing the work or not, at least King Zheng did put in the effort to appear to be doing it.

Emperor Yongyuan had previously removed the Imperial Household Department's surveillance of Prince Zheng, but he did not give up on using ordinary people.

There are ways to pay someone to do something for you, especially if the other person has no idea what you are doing.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs spent money to inquire about the locust plague in Jiangping Village, but its purpose was still on Prince Zheng.

But the information dealers in the world don’t care about these things. If someone wants to know about the locust plague, they just ask for information about the plague.

This matter is now a new thing in Guanglin Prefecture, so it is not surprising that someone is asking about it. However, this source of information is not reliable and cannot be fully trusted.

But in the current situation, it is good to have this source of intelligence.

"Gather the men and attack the Meteorite Crater tonight."

Emperor Yongyuan gave instructions to Wang Xi who was standing beside him.

Wang Xi immediately took the order and left.

In a short while, the main personnel for tonight's operation gathered in Emperor Yongyuan's room.

Li Xuan, two general managers and Tang Nu.

In addition, there is another special person, Ren Chunsheng.

"Ah Xuan, you are in charge of this operation."

Emperor Yongyuan made a shocking statement right at the start.

"I?"

There was obvious confusion in Li Xuan's voice transmission.

"You have been into the Meteorite Dragon Pit once, and there are many people from the underworld helping you in this operation. They are more or less here because of you. It would be inconvenient for others to take charge."

"Don't worry, the two stewards will fully assist you in command."

Manager Shang and Zhao Feng smiled and nodded at Li Xuan.

After hearing this, Li Xuan felt a little relieved.

After all, he had never commanded so many masters before.

Moreover, the action of breaking through the Meteorite Crater is of great importance and may determine the final outcome.

It can be said that Li Xuan has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders this time.

But what Emperor Yongyuan said also makes sense.

For this operation, only two stewards and Tang Nu, three top-third-rank masters, were sent out from the palace.

The other masters all came from underworld forces.

Nilubaier, Master Shanliao, Master Chenghai and Taoist Priest Sanxi.

Li Xuan still didn't know whether Monk Chengche could participate in tonight's operation.

His physical condition has recovered well in the past two days, but his mood is a little too low.

But as his body recovered, his mental state was not as precarious as before.

So recovery is a foregone conclusion, it just depends on how many days it takes.

If Monk Chengche was not ready, Li Xuan didn't want to take him.

After all, this is a battle between the top three ranks, and any mistake could result in death.

Li Xuan counted with his fingers. In addition to the two special beings, him and Ren Chunsheng, there were three masters from the palace and four masters from the martial arts world, a total of seven warriors of the third rank.

It is indeed a powerful force.

But even so, Li Xuan still had no confidence in breaking through King Zheng's base camp.

“Why not focus your efforts?”

Li Xuan couldn't help but ask.

Emperor Yongyuan and the masters around him did not take action.

Especially Wang Xi, who is in the pseudo-heavenly realm.

"Ah Xuan, you heard from the Meteorite Crater that King Zheng will soon unlock the seal there and can no longer delay."

"No matter what the purpose of breaking this seal is, we must stop him."

"The Meteoric Dragon Pit and King Zheng must not be allowed to reunite."

Emperor Yongyuan stretched out his two index fingers and placed them in front of Li Xuan, then slowly widened the distance between the two fingers while speaking.

"You guys go break through the Meteorite Crater. It would be best if you could destroy it directly, so that King Zheng has no chance of success."

"I am stationed in Guanglin Prefecture and intercepted Prince Zheng who rushed to the Meteorite Dragon Pit after receiving the news."

It seems that Emperor Yongyuan plans to divide his troops into two groups tonight.

"And we can't just put all our eggs in one basket. Don't forget that Ankang and his men are also in the southern tour team."

Li Xuan nodded silently.

Emperor Yongyuan was right. If they concentrated all their strength to break through the Meteorite Crater, what would happen to Princess Ankang and the others?
If you go with them, you will be involved in the battle between the top three grades.

With their strength, the aftermath alone could take their lives.

Therefore, Emperor Yongyuan's arrangement was indeed the most reasonable.

When Prince Zheng knew that something had happened at the Meteorite Dragon Pit, he would definitely not get too entangled with Emperor Yongyuan. He just wanted to rush to the Meteorite Dragon Pit as soon as possible to rescue them.

Emperor Yongyuan could not only protect other people in the southern tour team, but also take advantage of Prince Zheng's anxious mentality and seize his flaws.

At that time, it would be best if we could delay King Zheng until Li Xuan and his men succeed.

Even if we can't stop King Zheng, we can still cut off a piece of his flesh when he passes through the city.

Between Yunlongkeng and Jiangping Village, the city is the only way to go, unless King Zheng chooses to take a detour.

But in the critical situation of Meteorite Crater being attacked, would King Zheng choose to waste time and take a detour?
Li Xuan and Emperor Yongyuan discussed the details of tonight's operation.

Li Xuan had once before experienced entering the Meteorite Dragon Crater.

Their main task tonight is to break through the outer trap and then launch a surprise attack on the observation house in the mountains.

Last time, Li Xuan only saw a second-grade water warrior and a third-grade formation master.

The true qi attribute of the formation master was not revealed, so Li Xuan was unable to judge the other party's attribute.

In their team for tonight's action, there is Master Shanliao, a second-grade earth-type warrior. It will be no problem for him to suppress the second-grade water-type warrior on the opposite side in terms of attributes.

You know, Master Shan Liao is a second-grade expert who is skilled in transforming his state of mind into armor. Ordinary second-grade experts can't get any advantage from him at all.

In addition, although Manager Shang and Master Chenghai are still only at the third-grade realm, with the help of Li Xuan, they can even cross the grade and briefly control the second-grade masters.

They are numerous and powerful, and the five elements are gathered together, and they also have the help of Li Xuan's Yin and Yang Qi.

Even though the Meteorite Dragon Pit was guarded by the Pseudo Heavenly Dao Realm from King Zheng's side, they still dared to break in.

But according to Li Xuan and Emperor Yongyuan's guess, Prince Zheng might have brought a powerful person of the Pseudo Heavenly Dao Realm with him.

As for the possibility that King Zheng had more than one Pseudo Heavenly Dao Realm expert under his command, they did not even consider it.

If King Zheng really had so many top masters, why would he have endured until today? He would have been unable to hold back long ago.

After agreeing on all the details, Emperor Yongyuan took out a conch and handed it to Li Xuan.

"Ah Xuan, this conch can maintain the connection between you and me, but it may fail in some special environments, such as in the formation under the Meteoric Dragon Crater."

"When I talk to you through the conch, it will vibrate first. You can naturally hear the sound when you put it to your ear. It doesn't matter if you don't hear it immediately after the vibration. The sound will be retained for a while."

"Given the distance between the Meteoric Dragon Crater and the city, we should be able to have a real-time conversation."

Under the guidance of Emperor Yongyuan, Li Xuan held the conch and tried it.

He followed the method taught by Emperor Yongyuan and meowed twice at the conch.

Soon, Emperor Yongyuan's conch began to buzz.

After Emperor Yongyuan picked up the conch, communication was established inside the conch in Li Xuan's hand, and Emperor Yongyuan's voice also sounded inside the conch.

Li Xuan meowed a few times, then put the conch on one of his ears. After experimenting several times, he found that the communication was stable.

"Ah Xuan, you have very sensitive five senses, so you don't have to listen to it like that."

Emperor Yongyuan looked at the conch shell crookedly fastened on one of Li Xuan's ears, like a small hat, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

Li Xuan smiled embarrassedly.

He just wanted to see how the conch made sounds, so he put his ear inside.

There is a magical power inside the conch that produces a special resonance, which makes the sound come through.

Li Xuan thought that there must be some kind of power like a formation hidden in it.

After explaining the use of the conch shell, Emperor Yongyuan urged them to take immediate action.

Li Xuan did not delay and took the two stewards and Tang Nu to the inn and Qingyan Pavilion in the city.

Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Princess Ankang and Yu'er to be careful and to go to Emperor Yongyuan and Princess Yanzhao immediately if any situation occurred.

Finally, Li Xuan secretly told Sharon:
"If the situation is critical, you must protect both of them."

Li Xuan said, touching the cat's paw mark on the back of Sharon's hand.

"Master Xuan, don't worry. Sharon will protect you with her life!"

(End of this chapter)