Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

"I don't know about that." Mo Han shook his head. "Perhaps they have some special means to detect the whereabouts of the Chaos Artifact."

"No matter what, we can't let them get the Chaos Artifact!" Luo Chen said firmly, "Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"That's right." Qingshuang nodded in agreement, "We must stop them!"

"But what should we do now?" Mo Han asked with a frown, "These people from the Holy Church are powerful and numerous. We are no match for them at all."

"It's definitely not possible to fight head-on." Luo Chen pondered for a moment and said, "We must outsmart them."

"Outsmart?" Mo Han and Qing Shuang looked at each other, both puzzled.

"Yes, outsmart them." A sly light flashed in Luo Chen's eyes. "Since they want to use the Chaos Artifact to revive the 'Holy Lord', then we will start with the Chaos Artifact and destroy their plan!"

"What you mean is..." Qingshuang seemed to understand Luo Chen's thoughts.

"That's right." Luo Chen nodded. "Since the Chaos Artifact is so important, maybe we can take the initiative to find the Chaos Artifact and then hide it or destroy it. In this way, they will not be able to revive the 'Holy Lord'."

"That's a good idea!" Mo Han's eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "As long as we find the Chaos Artifact, it will be like strangling their throats. Then, they will have no choice but to let us slaughter them!"

"But where exactly is the Chaos Artifact in the palace?" Qingshuang asked the key question.

"This..." Luo Chen and Mo Han were silent. Although they knew that the Chaos Artifact was in the palace, the palace was so large that finding the Chaos Artifact was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"It seems that we have to act separately." Qingshuang said suddenly.

"Act separately?" Luo Chen and Mo Han were both a little surprised.

"That's right." Qingshuang nodded. "The three of us have our own strengths. We should divide the work and cooperate to improve efficiency."

"How do you plan to divide the work?" Luo Chen asked.

"Mo Han and I will be responsible for finding the whereabouts of the Chaos Artifact." Qing Shuang said, "Mo Han is proficient in mechanical arts, and I... am more familiar with the layout of the palace. If we work together, we should be able to find some clues."

"What about you?" Mo Han looked at Luo Chen.

"Me?" Luo Chen was stunned, then he chuckled, "Of course I am responsible for...well, responsible for supporting you."

"Support?" Mo Han and Qing Shuang were both speechless. This guy, to put it nicely, is supporting, to put it bluntly, isn't he just hanging around?
"Don't look at me like that." Luo Chen shrugged. "My strength is low, so I can't help you much even if I join you. It's better for me to stay outside and keep an eye on the situation for you and get some information."

"Okay." Mo Han shook his head helplessly, "Then you stay outside and keep in touch at any time."

"No problem!" Luo Chen assured, patting his chest.

"Let's act now without further ado." Qingshuang said, then turned and walked towards the depths of the underground palace.

"Wait!" Mo Han suddenly called her.

"What's wrong?" Qingshuang asked, turning around.

"Are you...are you familiar with the Imperial Palace?" Mo Han hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question in his mind. He always felt that Qing Shuang's familiarity with the Imperial Palace seemed to be beyond the common people's cognition.

"Yeah." Qingshuang responded lightly without further explanation.

"You... have you been to the palace before?" Mo Han continued to ask.

"No." Qingshuang shook her head.

"Then how could you..." Mo Han wanted to ask more, but was interrupted by Qingshuang.

"Now is not the time to talk about this." Qingshuang's tone remained calm, but a hint of subtle complex emotions flashed in her eyes, "We should find the Chaos Artifact first."

After saying that, she no longer paid attention to Mo Han and walked straight forward.

Mo Han looked at Qing Shuang's back, frowning, his heart full of doubts. But he knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it, so he could only suppress his doubts temporarily and follow.

Luo Chen looked at the backs of the two people leaving, smiled and said to himself: "These two guys are so mysterious, they must be hiding some secrets from me. But, forget it, everyone has some secrets. As long as they don't cheat me, it's fine."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the underground palace.

The three of them split up and launched their own investigations.

Qingshuang and Mohan searched carefully in the underground palace, trying to find any clues about the Chaos Artifact.

Luo Chen left the underground palace and wandered around the palace, trying to find out information.

Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, two hours had passed.

Qingshuang and Mohan still found nothing. Apart from those men in black robes, they found nothing else in the underground palace.

Luo Chen also found out some information, but they were all insignificant gossip and were of no help to their actions.

Just when the three of them were at a loss, Qingshuang suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Mo Han asked.

"Here..." Qingshuang pointed to an inconspicuous corner and said, "Something seems to be wrong here."

"Something's wrong?" Mo Han walked forward and carefully observed the place Qingshuang pointed, but did not find anything unusual.

"Is there any problem here?" Mo Han asked.

"I don't know either." Qingshuang shook her head, "But I always feel that there seems to be something hidden here."

As she spoke, she squatted down and examined it carefully.

Seeing this, Mo Han also squatted down and started searching with Qingshuang.

The two searched carefully for a long time, and finally, Qingshuang found a tiny trace on a stone brick.

"This is..." Qingshuang's eyes lit up, as if she had discovered something.

"What is this?" Mo Han also came over.

"This seems to be an ancient text." Qingshuang said, "I have seen it in an ancient book before."

"Ancient text?" Mo Han frowned. "What's written on it?"

"Let me see..." Qingshuang carefully identified the words on the stone bricks. After a moment, a look of surprise appeared on her face, "Found it!"

"What did you find?" Mo Han asked hurriedly.

"The clue about the Chaos Artifact!" Qingshuang said excitedly, "This records the sealed location of the Chaos Artifact!"

"Really?" Mo Han also became excited, "Where is it?"

"Nine Dragon Tower!" Qingshuang said word by word, "The Chaos Artifact is sealed in the forbidden area of ​​the Imperial Palace - the Nine Dragon Tower!"

"Nine Dragon Tower?" Mo Han frowned, "What is that place?"

"The Nine Dragon Tower is a forbidden area in the imperial palace. It is said that there are nine evil dragons suppressed inside. It is extremely dangerous. No one except the emperor is allowed to enter." Qing Shuang explained. "Then what should we do?" Mo Han asked, "We can't just force our way in, right?"

"Of course we can't force our way in." Qing Shuang shook her head. "It's also written here that nine special keys are needed to open the seal of the Nine Dragon Tower."

"Nine keys?" Mo Han's face turned ugly. "Where can I find these?"

"Don't worry." Qing Shuang comforted, "There are some clues about the key recorded here. We just need to follow the clues and we should be able to find it."

"Okay." Mo Han nodded, "Then let's go find the key now."

"Yeah." Qingshuang responded, and then she and Mo Han started looking for the key according to the clues recorded on the stone bricks.

On the other hand, Luo Chen was still wandering around the palace.

Suddenly, he saw a palace maid walking stealthily towards the imperial garden.

"Strange, why is she going to the Imperial Garden so late?" Luo Chen was puzzled and followed her quietly.

After the palace maid arrived at the imperial garden, she looked around and made sure that there was no one around. Then she took out a piece of paper from her bosom and stuffed it into the gap of a rockery.

After doing all this, she left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Luo Chen hurried over and took out the note from the gap in the rockery.

When I opened it, I saw the words: "Kowloon Tower, first key, midnight, Imperial Garden."

"This is..." Luo Chen's eyes lit up, and he was secretly delighted. "Could this be the clue about the key?"

He looked at the sky and saw that there was still some time before midnight, so he decided to wait here.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was midnight.

Luo Chen hid in a dark place, quietly observing the movements in the imperial garden.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the imperial garden. It was the palace maid from before.

She walked to the rockery, took out a key from her arms and inserted it into a hole on the rockery.

With a "click", the rockery slowly opened, revealing a secret passage.

"There really is a secret passage!" Luo Chen was delighted and was about to follow, but suddenly stopped.

"No, how did this maid know the key was here? Moreover, she seemed to know everything about our actions. I'm afraid there must be something fishy going on!"

A hint of vigilance flashed in Luo Chen's eyes, and he decided to wait and see what the situation was and what this palace maid was trying to do.

After the palace maid entered the secret passage, she quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Luo Chen waited for a moment, and after making sure that the palace maid had gone far away, he quietly followed her.

He walked along the secret passage and soon came to a spacious stone chamber.

In the center of the stone chamber, there was a stone platform, and on the platform, there was a key!
"Is this the first key?" Luo Chen was delighted and was about to go forward to get it, but suddenly stopped.

"No, how can this key be obtained so easily? There must be something fishy going on!"

A cunning light flashed in Luo Chen's eyes. He did not go forward to get the key directly. Instead, he took out a stone from his arms and threw it at the key.

With a "whoosh", the stone hit the key.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
Suddenly, countless arrows shot out from all around the stone chamber and shot towards the key on the stone platform!
"It must be a trick!" Luo Chen was shocked and quickly dodged.

The arrows hit the stone platform, making a "ding-dang-dang" sound, and smashed the keys on the platform into pieces!

"That was a close call!" Luo Chen secretly rejoiced that he did not rush forward rashly, otherwise, he would be the one shot into a hedgehog.

"Who is this palace maid? Why did she do this?" Luo Chen was full of doubts.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the stone chamber: "As expected of Luo Chen, he is indeed very alert."

Luo Chen was startled and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw that the palace maid had appeared in the stone chamber at some point and was looking at him with amusement.

"Who are you?" Luo Chen asked in a deep voice.

"You will soon find out who I am." The maid smiled and said, "But before that, I have a gift for you."

After saying that, she took out a note from her bosom and threw it to Luo Chen.

Luo Chen took the note and opened it. It read: "Nine Dragon Tower, second key, Chou hour, library."

"This is..." Luo Chen narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "What on earth does this palace maid want to do?"

"Okay, my mission is accomplished." The maid said, "Now it's up to you."

After saying that, she turned and walked out of the secret passage.

"Wait!" Luo Chen stopped her, "Why are you helping me?"

Luo Chen stopped the palace maid who was about to leave, with a puzzled look in his eyes.

He really couldn't understand why this mysterious palace maid helped him time and time again.

The maid stopped and looked back with a smile that was cunning and helpless: "Do I need a reason to help someone? Maybe I just like you?"

"Do you like me?" Luo Chen's mouth twitched. What kind of reason was this? He didn't believe that this palace maid would risk her life to help him for such a nonsensical reason.

"Believe it or not." The maid shrugged, not seeming to care about Luo Chen's suspicion. "However, I advise you to find the other two keys as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the people of the Holy Church react, you will be in trouble."

"Wait!" Luo Chen said hurriedly, "You haven't told me who you are? And why did you betray the Holy Church?"

"My name is Ling'er." Ling'er said softly, "As for why I betrayed the Holy Church... you will know it later."

"Ling'er..." Luo Chen muttered to himself, remembering the name in his heart. He looked at Ling'er, his eyes still full of doubts, but he also knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it.

"Okay." Luo Chen nodded, "Then let's go find the other two keys first. But you have to tell me, does the Holy Church have other undercover agents in the palace?"

"Yes." Ling'er said without hesitation, "Besides, they are all very powerful, you must be careful."

"How powerful is it?" Luo Chen asked.

"At least... they are much stronger than what you are facing now." Ling'er's tone became serious, "So, you must not act rashly, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

"I understand." Luo Chen nodded, secretly alert in his heart. It seems that this palace is far more dangerous than he imagined.

"Okay, that's all I have to say." Ling'er said, "I should go now. Remember, at Chou time, in the library, the second key." (End of this chapter)