After all the sacrifices have been made to speed pass, who is still practicing hard skills?

Chapter 291: Transaction with the Queen
In a restaurant somewhere in the capital of Yue State.

Qi Tianhe, dressed in a green robe, stood with his hands behind his back, looking towards the direction of the Yue Palace with a frown, a trace of fear and worry flashing in his eyes.

After the last battle, he tried his best and, under the cover of the Red Blood Demon Lord, escaped from the Palace of the King of Nanyue before the formation was activated, although he was intercepted by a grandmaster halfway.

However, the strength of both sides was only comparable. Without anyone's help, no one could stop him. He took the opportunity to escape from the capital of Nanyue and went to the agreed location.

I thought that since the Red Blood Demon Lord had made such a solemn promise before, he must be very confident.

But he waited and waited, but nothing came.

In my heart, I already knew something was going to happen.

And now, twenty-four hours, a full two days, have passed since they worked together to seize the Nanyue treasure house, but from beginning to end, there has been no news from Jiang Che and the Red Blood Demon Lord.

what does this mean?
It means they were trapped inside the palace of the King of Nanyue.

So, Qi Tianhe changed direction again, concealed his breath and changed his appearance, and came here again, thinking about how he could help them.

He had secretly investigated before. At this moment, the Palace of King Yue did not seem to have any changes, but in fact, it was loose on the outside but tight on the inside, with all kinds of formations activated.

Even the King of Nanyue stopped attending court.

Moreover, he also sensed an aura that made his heart palpitate. He knew that the aura should be the great master at the peak of divine power who sat in the palace of the King of Nanyue.

He has been guarding the royal city all the time, looking for the traces of Jiang Che and the Red Blood Demon Lord.

And he is currently helpless.

After all, his cultivation was still too weak.

Even if he took action now, he would not be able to let the Red Blood Demon Lord and Jiang Che escape, and he would most likely fall into it, because the realm gap between them was too great between a grandmaster at the peak of the divine aspect.

He is no match at all.

If it was just the Red Blood Demon Lord, then he naturally wouldn't pay so much attention to it and would most likely just walk away. After all, it was just a transaction between the Red Blood Demon Lords.

But the key point is that Jiang Che is also inside.

The Qi family now values ​​Jiang Che very much and will never allow him to die easily. They will try every possible means to rescue him, and this is the only chance now.

The plan was to ask the head of the family, Qi Zhengnan, to take action and hold back the strong man in the palace of the King of Nanyue, so that they could leave safely.

What made him hesitate was that he couldn't contact the head of the family at the moment. This place was more than ten thousand miles away from Yunzhou.
The round trip would take at least several days.

And if he left rashly, what if Red Blood Demon Lord and Jiang Che found an opportunity to leave, wouldn't he be unable to support them?
Therefore, Qi Tianhe was a little hesitant at this moment.

After thinking for a long time, he made a decision.

After waiting for another day, if the Red Blood Demon Lord still hasn't made any movement, it means that the other party is hiding very well and there is no need to worry about being found in the short term. He can also return to Yunzhou with peace of mind.

Go and ask the head of the family for help.

Just as Qi Tianhe had thought, the Nanyue Palace was indeed loose on the outside but tight on the inside. Inside the palace, teams of soldiers in full armor were patrolling non-stop. Two great masters of divine physiognomy were stationed there, waiting for them to show any trace.

At this moment, they are in a dilemma.

Only the Red Blood Demon Lord knew how great the danger was this time. He knew very well why Qi Pingdao of the Nanyue Palace and the old man guarding the treasury had such an attitude.

It’s all because of the dragon vein.

Trapping him now is the easiest way.

It can even be predicted that as long as they don't reveal their traces, the other side will never relax.

Jiang Che even suggested that if he used his last talisman incarnation, he could buy time for them, but this suggestion was rejected by the Red Blood Demon Lord without hesitation.

It is said that the man outside is a genuine grandmaster at the peak of the Divine Aspect, while the talisman in his hand can only rival a strong man in the middle stage of the Divine Aspect at most. The two are not on the same level at all.

The winner may be determined in just one encounter.

This method should never be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Are we going to be trapped here forever?"

Jiang Che said in a deep voice.

Although he is still very young, being trapped forever is not a big deal. People outside will find their traces sooner or later, and they will be even more passive at that time.

"Don't worry, since you are so important to the Qi family, Qi Tianhe should not leave alone. I guess he is probably still in the capital trying to figure out a solution.

We have to wait for an opportunity. You still have a Hidden God Talisman in your hand, which can be used at a critical moment. Combined with my breath-hiding method, there is still a chance."

The Red Blood Demon Lord transmitted the message.

More than ten feet below the pond, Jiang Che, clad in blood-red armor, was like a stubborn stone. He did not emit any breath at all. He lay quietly with his arms outstretched, without responding to the words of the Red Blood Demon Lord.

I was thinking about the opportunity in my mind.

We cannot place all our hopes on the strong men outside who cannot be found. The Red Blood Demon Lord said that the other party possesses a great magical power, the Divine Eye that can see through delusion. If he comes here, he will definitely be able to find their trace.

Therefore, you must find an opportunity to give it a try.

If there is a good opportunity, with the help of the Hidden God Talisman and the last Spirit Talisman Incarnation, they are not without a chance to escape from here.
"Someone's here again."

Suddenly, the voice of the Red Blood Demon Lord sounded in Jiang Che's ears.

"who is it?"

"Meet the Queen."

"Meet the Queen."

Dressed in a bright red palace dress, the elegant Queen of Nanyue looked straight past the soldiers around her without paying any attention to them. She walked up to a pavilion in the center of the pond with several palace maids and a dozen soldiers transferred from other teams, and slowly sat down.

There was no trace of emotion in his eyes, he just quietly looked at the lotus in the pond.

This was the lotus she planted in the second year after she married to Nanyue. At that time, Baiyue was in turmoil. The King of Nanyue knew that she was the sister of the new emperor of Zhou and did not dare to neglect her in the slightest. He specially expanded the original pond several times.

For her to enjoy and relax.

It's not that she really likes lotus, but there was a lotus pond in the palace where she grew up, and she was using it to reminisce about the past.

If the prince had not failed in his bid for the throne, she would not have fallen into the land of barbarians.

Although she acted harmless over the years, and even when the King of Nanyue tried every means to prevent her from having a child, she never showed any resentment.

Because in fact, in her heart, she also despised the Baiyue countries from the bottom of her heart.

They are not worthy of possessing the noble bloodline of the Great Zhou royal family.

It was precisely under the premise that the King of Nanyue and she were resisting each other that, except for the first few years, they always kept their distance, neither far nor close, not at all like a couple, and were very distant.

They seem to be respectful to each other, but in fact they are on guard against each other.

As to why she came here.
Well, of course, it was because of the thieves who broke into the palace two days ago.

About twenty years ago, when she was picking a lotus, she accidentally used her spiritual sense to detect something wrong at the bottom of the lotus pond. Someone had set up a very obscure formation there.

If she had not been born with a strong spiritual sense and possessed rare treasures, it would have been difficult for her to discover the formation below.

Later, after her covert investigation, she found that the entire palace seemed to be unaware of this and had no idea that someone had set up a formation inside the palace.

For some unknown reason, she did not reveal the news to anyone at the time.

As decades passed, she had long forgotten the strangeness of this place.

But the intrusion of the Central Plains thieves before made her vaguely think, is the other party hiding here?
After all, from the intelligence she had obtained, Qi Pingdao, who was in charge of the Nanyue Palace, and the gray-robed grandmaster who was in charge of the treasury, had been investigating all the time, and the Nanyue King had been paying close attention to the matter.

This means that the other party has never been found and is hiding somewhere in the royal city or even the royal palace.

Her purpose was to borrow the South Vietnam Dragon Vein from the other party.

Over the years, she married into the Kingdom of Nanyue and on the surface she was indeed a non-aggressor, but secretly she also cultivated some power, which even extended beyond the palace.

Naturally she knew that more than a hundred years ago, the Red Blood Demon Lord cut off a section of the dragon vein of the Nanyue Kingdom and escaped. Originally, she thought that she could not count on it, but she just got the news yesterday.

The secret realm of Red Blood was opened, someone broke in, and fought his way out.

Judging from the information she had known so far, she knew that the person who broke into the treasury of the Nanyue Palace was the Red Blood Demon Lord, and she wanted to make a deal with him.

Of course, the premise is that the other party is really hiding under the lotus pond.

After thinking for a moment, the Queen of Nanyue glanced at the palace maid behind her, held her forehead, and said lightly:

"I am a little tired and want to be quiet for a while. You can leave first."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Several palace maids bowed in unison and retreated to a distance.

The Queen of Nanyue slowly closed her eyes and released a wisp of spiritual consciousness that flowed downwards.

"Oh no, the woman outside has discovered us."

Suddenly, the Red Blood Demon Lord cried out in surprise, sensing that a spiritual consciousness was accurately probing towards his hiding place, and hurriedly gave a reminder.

Jiang Che was also shocked by this, but then he became ruthless:
"Since things have come to this, why not take advantage of the opportunity to kill now."

"Hmm, wait a minute. The woman outside seems to have other ideas. She didn't alarm the others, but instead sent out a ray of spiritual consciousness."

"Isn't this also a backup plan you left behind?"

"I am not interested in women."

While the two were talking, the Queen of Nanyue's spiritual consciousness finally arrived here, and confirmed that the other party was hiding here. In order not to arouse the other party's hostility, she also directly covered the other party with spiritual consciousness and sent a message.

"Don't do it, I won't do it to you."

"who are you?"

Jiang Che, who took over the power of the Red Blood Demon Lord, opened his eyes and communicated with the other party through his spiritual consciousness.

"Ji Honglian."

"Ji Honglian"

Jiang Che's heart moved slightly, he felt that he seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but before he could think about it, the other party sent him another message.

"You can also call me Queen of South Vietnam."

Now, Jiang Che finally understood why he felt a sense of déjà vu. He had heard this name from Princess Ning before. She was the seventh princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the sister of the current emperor, and now the Queen Mother of Nanyue.

And he had always had some speculations, thinking that there should be some connection between the Queen of Nanyue and the Ning Wang Mansion, but the Ning Wang's wife had always been very wary of the power of Nanyue.

There was no hint of revelation, so he couldn't be completely sure.

"It turns out to be the queen. I wonder if the queen has suddenly sent her spiritual sense to me, is there something she wants to say?" Jiang Che understood that the Queen of Nanyue did not alarm anyone and quietly released her spiritual sense.

There must be a purpose.

"I can help you leave the Nanyue Palace."

"So, what is the price I need to pay?"

Jiang Che was delighted at first, knowing that his chance to escape was coming, but he soon became alert, thinking that the other party must have some purpose in helping him for no reason.

"Red Blood Demon Lord, I want to discuss a deal with you."

"What deal?"

"You have a treasure that was taken from the Kingdom of Nanyue. If you give it to me, I will help you leave the Palace of Nanyue in return." Ji Honglian directly stated her purpose.

"Which one are you talking about?"

"Haha, don't you know which one, Brother Chixue? The King of Nanyue and Qi Pingdao went to such great lengths to find you, of course, it's for that treasure."

Ji Honglian continued to deliver the message.

"How can I trust you?"

Jiang Che passed on the message without asking the Red Blood Demon Lord.

"You hiding here is not a long-term solution. Qi Pingdao will find you sooner or later. My residence has been explored and is very safe now. If you believe me.

Later, I will find a way to let a dozen soldiers jump into the lotus pond. You will take the opportunity to take action, hide his body, and quietly put on his armor to cover up your breath.

Come back with me first."

"Senior, how about making a deal with this woman?"

Jiang Che asked for the other party's opinion.

After all, until now he still didn't know what the treasure in Ji Honglian's mouth was, and the other party had been playing charades, which made him a little suspicious.

"Promise her for now. If it doesn't work, kidnap her. Ji Honglian is the princess of the Great Zhou. Both the King of Nanyue and Qi Pingdao must take her safety into consideration."

The voice of the Red Blood Demon Lord was heard.

"Okay, that's it."

Afterwards, Jiang Che agreed to the deal with Ji Honglian.

Inside the pavilion, Ji Honglian's lips curled up into a smile, and she glanced at the dozen or so soldiers around her who were transferred from various armored guards. A spirit fox slowly poked its head out from between her sleeves.

'Boom. '

The fox spirit fell into the lotus pond.

Ji Honglian suddenly pretended to be shocked and angry, and said coldly:

"What are you still standing there for? Everyone, jump in and catch the spirit fox. The first person to catch the spirit fox will be rewarded with ten Yuanjing."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Several voices rang out one after another, and then more than a dozen soldiers jumped into the lotus pond with joy on their faces, constantly trying to capture the figure of the spirit fox, but no one noticed.

Silently, a person slowly sank into the lotus pond without even the slightest struggle.

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