Sister-in-law: I’m really not a fool anymore

Inside the imperial palace, due to the orders of the lord, Murano Yamaguchi, the palace had already begun to strengthen its defenses!

However, the entry of these martial arts experts into the palace subtly provided more nourishment for the king-level evil spirits!

Those powerful guards closest to the palace all had the same reaction.

"Old Zhang, what's wrong with me today? I feel so weak and listless, like I have no energy... Something is draining my life force..."

"Yeah! Me too. I feel a sense of oppression in the air. How strange! Could it be that that foolish genius from Great Xia came to Japan and used some kind of secret technique?"

"Hmph! That's definitely it. Everyone be careful!"

The Japanese guards naturally shifted the blame onto Ye Fan, never considering that their ruler was no longer the ruler he once was!

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When Ye Fan, Yamada Keiko, and Akita Yui entered the inner palace, a group of officials were already waiting for them at the entrance.

Upon seeing Ye Fan and his group arrive, a group of people immediately came to greet them.

"Your Highness, you've finally arrived! I'm so glad you're alright!"

"Congratulations! Congratulations! The King has just announced to the entire nation that you are the sole Crown Prince!"

A group of people quickly surrounded Keiko Yamada, some genuinely congratulating her, others feigning flattery.

As a guard in the First Prince's residence, Ye Fan was injured, and immediately people from the palace took him to receive treatment and recuperate!

Now that the eldest prince has entered the palace, Ye Fan no longer needs to worry about his safety.

Ye Fan left with a few guards, enjoying the peace and quiet!

Ye Fan entered the palace primarily to investigate the whereabouts of the evil spirits and resolve the issue of the king-level evil spirits.

As for the internal affairs of the Japanese Imperial Family, Ye Fan had already arranged everything, so there was no need for him to do anything.

Following the guards to the medical facility, the physician gave Ye Fan a quick treatment of his "wounds" before leaving him alone in the room.

Without any hesitation, Ye Fan vanished from the room in a flash. Then, in the palace, he killed a patrolling guard captain, took his clothes and appearance, and, carrying a token, pretended to patrol the entire palace.

Ye Fan activated his Demon Eyes once more and discovered that the closer he got to the royal palace and the emperor's bedchamber, the more concentrated the black threads became. The fluctuating black mist also grew thicker!

The place where the evil spirits are sealed is located beneath the king's bedroom.

Ye Fan frowned slightly.

How can we sneak into the palace without disturbing the guards?
Ye Fan's Demon Eye quickly scanned the garden and then discovered a hidden door, a tunnel leading to the king's bedroom.

Is this the tunnel where the Japanese emperor had his affair?
Ye Fan didn't care about anything else. He quickly opened the hidden door, then concealed his aura and headed towards the palace!

As they approached the palace, the tunnel began to extend upwards. Ye Fan's Demonic Eyes could briefly penetrate the rock walls, and he could already see that just a few meters away, behind the wall, lay a spacious underground space!

Within the space, there were still some residual fluctuations of the sealing formation.

That must be the place where the evil spirit is sealed! Ye Fan frowned, but how could he enter the underground sealed place without causing a big commotion?

Burn it with the flames of a torch? Absolutely!

But the intense heat of that burning flame will surely attract the attention of those above.

When Ye Fan approached this place, he sensed that a super powerful psychic energy expert was gathered in the palace!
However, the situation was different from what Limu had previously investigated.

Under normal circumstances, this person with such mental energy fluctuations should be a King-level evil spirit... but what Ye Fan sensed was actually a normal human being, seemingly cultivating.

What kind of person could be cultivating in the royal palace of the Japanese emperor?

The ruler of Japan?
Ye Fan's mind raced, considering the possibilities...

The Japanese imperial family was ordered to suppress evil spirits, which is why the Japanese imperial palace was built on a sealing formation.

Now that the evil spirit's sealing formation has been unsealed ahead of schedule, and considering the surge in the king's strength, Ye Fan has a bold guess: perhaps the king of Japan and the evil spirit have reached some kind of agreement.

Because, if the Japanese imperial family hadn't unsealed the formation and released the evil spirit, even a king-level evil spirit couldn't have been unsealed so quickly...

Ye Fan quickly thought about it and, seeing the Three Thousand Red Silk Overlord Body appearing on his fingers, instantly had an idea!

These red silken bodies are extremely slender, yet incredibly powerful. They can silently penetrate these rocks, easily prying them apart without making a sound.

In this way, Ye Fan wouldn't need to use his teleportation ability...

The powerful cultivator in the king's palace was also above the Nascent Soul realm, likely stronger than Ye Fan. Ye Fan dared not act rashly; unless he launched a preemptive sneak attack, he wouldn't dare to confront his opponent head-on!

call!
The three thousand red silk overlord bodies quickly burrowed into the rock, and with just a few slight twists, the hard rock in front of them turned into dust. The dust was then pulled back by the red silk overlord bodies and piled up in the tunnel, forming a dust mountain. In front of Ye Fan, a passage more than one person wide appeared.

Ye Fan quickly entered the passage, and after walking only a few meters, a huge cavern space suddenly appeared before him!
This situation was remarkably similar to what Ye Fan had witnessed in the ancient martial arts world of Great Xia.

A huge skeleton of an ancient ferocious beast stands on the ground, and beneath the skeleton, there is a broken array that faintly shimmers with light!
Even more terrifying, those countless black threads, shimmering with thick smoke... all gathered on the beast's skeleton, then transformed into a black mist as thick as a bucket, spreading upwards!

Through the stone slab above his head, Ye Fan sensed that a person was sitting upright right above him, frantically absorbing the black smoke.

The smoke contains the power of the soul, the power of thought, and boundless vitality.

The key point is that Ye Fan used his Demon Eye to observe the person above, and when Ye Fan saw the person's face, he was so shocked that his mouth dropped open...

"It's him! It really is the lord of Japan, Murano Yamaguchi!"

Ye Fan's heart tightened!
This is a king-level evil spirit that has been unsealed and has merged with the ruler of the Japanese imperial family. Moreover, it seems that Murano Yamaguchi voluntarily offered his body!
No wonder Murano Yamaguchi had already arranged for the crown prince in advance and dug a huge pit here?

Ye Fan only sensed for a moment that the strength of this villager was at least above the seventh level of the Nascent Soul stage. In addition, Xie Chong had a lot of combat experience and techniques. Ye Fan was probably no match for him in a head-on confrontation. How could he launch a sneak attack on him?

Ye Fan frowned in thought!

Meanwhile, the King-level Evil Spirit cultivating in the King's palace seemed to have some realization as well. "Hmm? Why do I have a slightly uneasy feeling?" (End of Chapter)