Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 550 A Sudden Change, the Battle Horn Sounds (Seeking Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month)
Chen Jie had just come out of the house when he heard the door behind him burst open, and then he saw Basong with a face full of anger.

Then he turned around, looked at Basong, and said with a smile, "Oh, Grand Preceptor, it's been a long time."

When Basong saw that Chen Jie was dressed as a maid and had a maid's disguise on his face, he was furious and said, "Zhu Chongba, how could you, a dignified man, do such a despicable thing?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie laughed and said, "Hahaha, Grand Preceptor, you and I are enemies. Enemies shouldn't be so hypocritical. What means can't be used?"

"This is merely a disguise; the methods to come may be far more ruthless. I hope the Imperial Advisor will enjoy it to the fullest!"

Chen Jie wasn't bad at talking, so he directly retorted.

Upon hearing this, Basong angrily retorted, "There's no future! Today, I will make you lose your life here. My Holy Church is not a place like yours, where you can come and go as you please."

After saying that, Basong leaped into the air and charged at Chen Jie. Upon seeing this, Chen Jie said, "Grand Preceptor, I don't want to fight you today. Farewell!"

After saying that, Chen Jie didn't linger. He leaped into the air and rushed out. Seeing Chen Jie move so quickly, Basong was furious and shouted, "Form an array!"

With a shout, the entire Holy Church immediately activated its protective formation. The formation wasn't particularly strong, but it was enough to hold Chen Jie back for a while. If Chen Jie's steps were blocked, Basong could rush up and engage in a fierce battle with him.

Chen Jie didn't want to fight Basong right now. After all, Basong had two substitute straw men and two lives to use, while he only had one life. It wasn't worth risking his life for him.

Therefore, Chen Jie did not stop at all. However, at this moment, the protective formation in front of him was already set up. Instantly, flames shot into the sky and formed a wall of fire in front of him. This wall of fire instantly blocked Chen Jie and slowed down his speed.

Basong rushed up from behind and roared, "Bastard, take this punch!"

After saying that, he threw a punch. This punch was extremely terrifying, with immense power, and it clearly contained the power of the Nine-Headed Willow. It was a punch filled with rage.

[Soaring Fist]

Basong threw a punch at Chen Jie. Chen Jie's path in front was blocked by the great formation, and Basong had already thrown a punch from behind. Seeing this, Chen Jie knew that he had no choice but to use some means. So Chen Jie roared, "Divine Dragon Tail Swing!"

At this moment, Chen Jie directly used the move "Divine Dragon Sweep Tail" from the Eighteen Palms of Dragon Capture.

The Dragon's Tail Swing is currently the second strongest move among Chen Jie's Eighteen Palms. Seeing a dragon swinging its tail underwater gave Chen Jie a deeper understanding of this martial art.

At this moment, Chen Jie used the Divine Dragon Tail Swing, and the next moment, the roar of the divine dragon appeared in the air.

The next moment, a golden dragon, several dozen feet long, soared into the sky, looking down upon the earth amidst the clouds and rain, and looking down upon all living beings.

Seeing this, Basong didn't dare to be negligent at all. He immediately activated his inner energy, and the next moment, he threw a punch, which sent a three-headed giant snake soaring into the sky. The three-headed giant snake then attacked the golden dragon.

With its gaping maw wide open, the three snake heads each contained the elements of wind, fire, and thunder, which gathered frantically. Then, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out the three elements directly at the dragon.

Sensing this scene, the dragon in the air immediately swung its tail violently.

With a deafening roar, the giant dragon unleashed immense power by whipping its tail, colliding violently with the three-headed serpent.

A terrifying explosion suddenly rang out.

boom!
Amid the explosion, Basong was thrown back two steps by the force of the blast, while Chen Jie used the momentum to reach the weakest point of the protective formation. Basong looked at Chen Jie and said, "Zhu Chongba, we didn't have much of a grudge to begin with, but you actually killed my substitute. This grudge cannot go unavenged. Even if it costs me my life, I will kill you here!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie smiled slightly and said, "Grand Preceptor, don't be so heartless. I didn't come here today prepared to fight you to the death."

"If you don't fight me to the death, do you think you can just stay out of it? Today, you only have one fate: death!"

The Imperial Advisor roared angrily, but Chen Jie chuckled and said, "Heh heh, in this world, as long as I don't want to fight, no one can force me to fight!"

"Such arrogance! I'm going to push you today, what can you do about it?"

Basong said in a cold voice, clearly showing that he was truly angry. Chen Jie looked at Basong and said, "Hehehe, very well, it seems that the Grand Preceptor is very confident in himself."

"Perfect, I'm also very confident in myself."

Then Chen Jie said, "How about we make a bet?"

Basong squinted and asked, "What are we betting on?"

Chen Jie said, "Let's bet on whether I can escape from here today."

Upon hearing this, Basong's gaze sharpened, and he asked, "What are we betting on?"

Chen Jie chuckled and said, "What is there for the Imperial Preceptor to gamble on?"

Basong said, "I bet I can kill you in a few moves. Kid, you're going to die today, so stop talking nonsense!"

After saying that, Basong charged straight at Chen Jie, followed by a furious shout: "Die!"

After saying that, Basong rushed up, his face full of anger, his fists clenched tightly, looking like he wanted to punch Chen Jie to death.

Seeing this, Chen Jie's lips curled up slightly and he said, "Hehe, Grand Preceptor seems to be in a hurry. But although I know you are in a hurry, you'd better not be."

Basong: "Zhu Chongba, stop talking nonsense. Even if you ramble on and on, I'm still going to kill you!"

With a roar, Basong unleashed a powerful punch at Chen Jie: [Earth Dragon Rush!]

As the voice roared out, a massive earth dragon appeared directly behind Basong. The earth dragon blotted out the sky and seemed to possess boundless power. It then charged directly at Chen Jie.

"Die!"

Ouch...

The earth dragon roared and charged towards Chen Jie, seemingly intending to kill him with its breath. Chen Jie watched the attack approach, a slight smirk appearing on his face. The next moment, Chen Jie suddenly waved his hand in front of him and said, "Goodbye!"

Basong didn't understand the meaning of Chen Jie's action, thinking it was some kind of martial arts technique. He stared at Chen Jie and said, "What trick are you trying to pull now!"

After saying that, he threw a punch, but before the fist energy arrived, Chen Jie suddenly disappeared into thin air.

boom!
Without pausing, the fist struck the protective formation in front of him with tremendous force. The protective formation took the full force of Basong's punch. Boom!
The entire formation trembled violently, causing the earth to shake!

The walls of the Holy Church's palace trembled violently under this blow, demonstrating the astonishing power of the punch.

But such a powerful punch failed to hit his target, Chen Jiu Si.

Basong's brows were furrowed and his eyes were blazing with anger; it was clear he was truly enraged!

But what he didn't understand even more was, where was Zhu Chongba? Where was that damned Zhu Chongba?

Basong gritted his teeth and looked around angrily. People can't just disappear into thin air. Why did the opponent vanish the moment he attacked?

Could he have magic? Impossible, how could he possibly have magic?

Basong thought to himself, his eyes filled with doubt.

But after scanning the protective formation again and again, round and round, he still couldn't find Chen Jie, which made him even more puzzled. Where was he?
What about people?

Thinking this, Basong was filled with doubts, but just then, a voice suddenly came over, startling Basong awake.

"Hey, Imperial Advisor, are you looking for me?"

The voice wasn't very clear, but it sounded quite harsh to Basong's ears because it was full of provocation.

At this moment, Basong suddenly looked up and was shocked to see that outside the protective array, a person was standing there. He then reached out and tapped the light membrane of the protective array in a cheeky manner, saying, "This array is really good, it's sturdy enough."

Ah!
Basong's eyes widened when he saw Chen Jie: "You, how could you be outside!"

Yes, how could Chen Jie be outside?

This brings us to Chen Jie's new skill: a combination of Martial Arts Domain and the Qiankun Great Technique. The resulting skill is this teleportation technique. He uses the power of the Martial Arts Domain to create distance, and then uses the Qiankun Great Technique to teleport, thus achieving the bug-like ability to ignore obstacles and move through short distances.

That's right, it's really buggy. For example, this protective array has a light membrane that's only half a meter thick, but Chen Jie's martial arts domain is already three to five meters long. As long as Chen Jie gets close to this protective array, he can pass through the light shield of the protective array in front of him through his martial arts domain and teleport directly out.

Chen Jie, looking at Basong inside from outside the great formation, said, "Grand Preceptor, that's enough for today. Don't bother seeing me off."

As he spoke, Chen Jie turned to leave. When Basong saw that Chen Jie was about to leave, he roared angrily, "Zhu Chongba, you stop right there! If you're a man, you stop right there!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie waved to the back without turning around and said, "Say whatever you want, I'm not going back anyway, goodbye!"

After saying this, Chen Jie immediately left, and the soldiers outside did not dare to stop Basong at all.

Basong then roared, "Remove the great formation for me!"

"Yes, Master, but... but it will take the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!"

"what!"

Basong was furious. He swung his fist and slammed it hard onto the light barrier. The barrier shook violently. If Basong were to launch another five or six such attacks, the barrier would probably shatter.

However, Basong could not do that, and the reason was simple. First, these five attacks would consume a lot of his internal energy, which would greatly reduce Basong's combat power, and that was not allowed.

Secondly, this protective formation was painstakingly built by Basong, and he absolutely couldn't bear to see it destroyed like this.

It was for these two reasons that Basong was so annoyed, even in a state of impotent rage. He had no way to open the protective formation and chase after them, so he could only get angrier and angrier. That damned Zhu Chongba killed one of his substitutes and ran away like that. Did he still have any face left?
"Ah~"

Basong was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his frustration, so he could only let out an angry roar, a roar filled with resentment, anger, and a deep sense of powerlessness.

Yes, he was powerless. He had really tried his best, but the result was obviously not good. This made Basong extremely depressed, but he had no way to solve the problem.

All I could do was shout it out, and in that shout was mostly a feeling of helplessness and profound powerlessness. Sigh~
After an incense stick's time had passed, the protective formation was activated, and Basong no longer had any intention of pursuing Chen Jie. An incense stick's time had already passed; given that much time, Zhu Chongba, unless he was an idiot, would not wait for him to catch him.

Therefore, rushing to arrest people now is pointless.

Thinking this, Basong took a deep breath and adjusted his mindset. Just then, someone came forward to report that all the exits of the Holy Church had been tightly sealed off, leaving no loopholes for the other party to enter without being detected.

There is only one possibility in this situation: the murderer must have infiltrated the Vatican beforehand.

Then everyone searched again and found that the monk Xuantong was gone. In Xuantong's room, there was only a naked woman, and Xuantong was nowhere to be seen.

Upon hearing this, Basong immediately understood. It must have been that Zhu Chongba had disguised himself as Xuan Tong and followed him into the Holy See. Thinking of this, Basong couldn't help but feel very disappointed in his own actions.

He claims to be the number one person in Siam, yet he couldn't even see through the other party's disguise. How useless!

Thinking it over, Basong began to recall when Zhu Chongba had switched places with Xuantong.

When did it start?
Was he replaced from the very beginning, or when he was looking for me in the middle, or was he replaced by Zhu Chongba after I returned to Yuanshui Temple with Xuantong?
This is just too hard to guess.

Basong thought for a moment and then said, "Someone, go and find the painter."

Upon hearing this, the followers behind him immediately went to fetch the painter, who was soon brought over. Basong said, "Paint as I say!"

"Yes!"

Soon a wanted poster for Siam was drawn up, and then Basong immediately had it posted throughout the capital. At the same time, he ordered all his followers to go out and find any strangers who spoke fluent Chinese and bring them back for interrogation.

He would never give Zhu Chongba any chance to breathe; he was determined to kill him by any means necessary at this moment!

So the warrant for the capture was immediately issued, and the entire capital city sprang into action!

Not far from the Holy Church, on a small street, a person was eating a local specialty, pineapple fried rice, when a group of people rushed over, the leader holding a wanted poster.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding people immediately moved away, after all, these were people from the Holy See.

Then the group went directly to the front of a restaurant, brushed paste on the wall, and stuck it there.

Chen Jie was eating pineapple rice and mingling in the crowd. He then disguised himself again, this time as a local, wearing local clothes. He blended in without saying a word, and the ordinary people couldn't see through his disguise at all.

So Chen Jie mingled with the crowd and watched. Then his gaze fell on the wall, where he saw a piece of paper with a portrait on it.

Chen Jie looked at it and thought it must be an arrest warrant.

Why? The reason is simple: the portrait on the wanted poster is of himself.

Moreover, since ancient times, there have been only three common types of paper with images and words: the first is wanted posters, the second is celebrity posters, and the third, which Chen Jie has seen, is funeral photos used to represent the deceased.

A celebrity poster? Obviously impossible. The concept of a celebrity doesn't even exist in this world.

Secondly, there were the photos of the funeral hall. Chen Jie had never seen photos of funeral halls hung on the street.

That leaves only one possibility: an arrest warrant. Moreover, Chen Jie seems to recognize the person in the portrait.

Isn't this me?
As Chen Jie thought this, he became even more certain that this was not a photo of a funeral hall, because the person in the photo was himself.

It should be an arrest warrant.

Why "should"? Because he didn't recognize the words on the wanted poster. It seemed to be a local type of mosquito, looking like little tadpoles swimming around.

Chen Jie stared at the words in front of him, completely bewildered.

However, Chen Jie couldn't ask any questions because the poor Siamese people around him were all speaking their Siamese language, which Chen Jie couldn't understand at all. He could only blend into the crowd and follow the expressions of the locals.

In fact, Chen Jie didn't understand anything, so all he could do was smile awkwardly.

At this moment, the person who posted the notice spoke a few words in Siamese to the crowd below, and everyone seemed very excited. Then, the people from the Holy Church left.

Seeing this, Chen Jie already had a general understanding of their situation. He knew what the wanted poster said without even looking at it; it was nothing more than that.

They claim to be notorious thieves and offer a hefty reward for reporting them.

[Wanted Notice]

[There is now a notorious bandit named Zhu Chongba, who is seven feet tall, has a very imposing appearance, and speaks with a Han accent; he is a Han Chinese.]

[His crimes are heinous; he has murdered several members of the Holy Church. Anyone with information is requested to immediately inform the Holy Church. Regardless of whether he is dead or alive, he will be rewarded with 100 acres of land, 1,000 taels of gold, and his clansmen will be promoted to noble status...]

At that moment, somewhere, a towering figure was seen reading a wanted poster on the wall, accompanied by a burly man.

The two men exchanged a glance, and the burly man said, "My lord is wanted by the authorities?"

The man resembling a black tower said, "Yes, it should be."

"The situation seems to be much more complicated now!"

At this moment, the burly man immediately spoke up. Hearing this, Black Tower said, "We need to find Master Chen as soon as possible, otherwise things will become even more difficult."

"Okay, then let's not delay any longer."

As they spoke, the burly man and the Black Tower nodded in unison.

Since this wanted poster has been put up in the capital, our lord should also be in the capital. Hei Ta said, "Brother Dingbian, the capital is so big, where are we going to look for him?"

Du Xiong said, "Let's go to the inn."

"But the inn is already surrounded by the people from the palace. Wouldn't it be like walking into a trap if we went there now?"

Upon hearing this, Du Xiong said, "Let's not go into the inn. Let's wait outside and call out to the lord when we see him. Don't let him fall into the palace's trap."

Upon hearing this, Black Tower said, "Alright."

As they spoke, the two headed straight for the inn. These two were none other than Du Xiong, whom Chen Jie had left behind to protect Zhao Fachai, and Hei Ligu, Zhao Fachai's personal bodyguard.

The two of them talked and then arrived near the inn.

After reading his wanted poster, Chen Jie headed towards the inn and soon arrived at the street where the inn was located.

However, as soon as Chen Jie entered the street, he noticed that it was unusual. Although the people coming and going were still busy, Chen Jie could keenly sense that there was an involuntary feeling about them.

It was as if they were forced to do this by someone.

Chen Jie's heart skipped a beat; it seemed there was a problem here.

So Chen Jie stopped rushing to the inn and instead circled around it to see what was going on. Then, he spotted two suspicious figures in an alley not far from the inn.

The reason they were called sneaky is because these two people moved very quickly. Ordinary people would definitely not be able to catch them, but in Chen Jie's eyes, their method was a bit clumsy.

Chen Jie then flashed behind the two men and patted Du Xiong on the shoulder.

Suddenly, Chen Jie saw Du Xiong pull out a short spear from the side and thrust it directly at Chen Jie.

Seeing this, Chen Jie dodged and then grabbed the head of Du Xiong's spear, saying, "Me."

Upon hearing this, Du Xiong stopped and looked at the unfamiliar man in front of him. He recognized the voice from before as his lord's.

"My lord?"

Du Xiong asked in confusion, and upon hearing this, Chen Jie replied, "If it's not me, then who is it?"

After saying that, Chen Jie glanced at the dark ancient road and asked, "Why aren't you staying at the inn? What are you doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Du Xiong immediately said, "My lord has been in trouble. Zhao Facai has been captured."

Ok?
Chen Jie was taken aback by these words, then looked at Du Xiong and asked, "They've been arrested?"

Du Xiong said, "Yes, they've been arrested."

"What happened? You were all there, how did he get arrested?"

Chen Jie looked at Du Xiong and Hei Ligu with a puzzled expression. Upon hearing this, Hei Ligu said with a bitter face, "It's all my fault. I'm useless."

Chen Jie looked at Hei Ligu with surprise and asked, "What...what does this have to do with you?"

Du Xiong said, "This can't be blamed on Hei Ligu. After you left yesterday, I went out to find out about you today. Soon after I left, the inn was surrounded."

"It was that traitor who did it."

Hei Ligu said, and upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Hei Ligu and said, "Traitor?"

"That fake emperor in the palace, it was him. He came here and kidnapped the prince. I was no match for him and was injured by him before I escaped. The prince was then taken directly to the palace by the fake emperor."

"Moreover, that false emperor left a message saying that he would hold a sacrificial banquet to heaven on the night of the full moon, and that he would use the prince's heart to sacrifice to heaven at the banquet to show his greatness and legitimacy."

(End of this chapter)