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Chapter 172: Fate of Immortality

"Catch assassins!"

Ziwei Mountain.

In front of the mountain gate.

Chen Sanshi, who was in charge of the outer patrol, suddenly heard shouting from all directions.

"Catch assassins!"

"Crash-"

"boom!"

I saw a figure falling from the sky.

"General Meng?"

Chen Sanshi pretended to be confused and asked, "What happened?"

"There are assassins, and there are quite a few of them!"

Meng Quji said solemnly, "I will go ahead and chase them. General Chen and his men will take a shortcut. We must intercept them on the official road 20 miles away!"

"it is good."

Chen Sanshi agreed: "Xuanjia Army, search for the assassin!"

Black Armor Army.

It is only responsible for peripheral security.

The Jinwu Guards will not leave Ziwei Mountain easily. Theoretically speaking, if any problems arise, the Xuanjia Army should be held responsible.

But Chen Sanshi knew it clearly in his heart.

Where is the assassin?
It was nothing more than the beginning of a mutiny, and the purpose was to divert his force.

"Deng Feng."

Chen Sanshi instructed: "The terrain nearby is complicated. Let the brothers form small teams and search separately. If they find anything, use the whistling arrows as a signal."

"it is good!"

soon.

The Black Armor Army dispersed.

Chen Sanshi also took advantage of the chaos to disappear into the darkness, changed his appearance, and turned into a bald-headed man. He walked through the mountain gate as if he was familiar with the route, returned to Ziwei Mountain, and headed straight for the palace.

……

Ziwei Palace.

Mianyue Gate.

Entering from this gate, you can go directly to the Yun Palace where the emperor rested at night.

In front of the Mianyue Gate.

Zhu Jianliang, the lieutenant general of the Jinwu Guard who was in charge of guarding this place, stood by the door, holding the sword at his waist and closing his eyes to rest, but he was wondering in his mind when he could go home and reunite with his wife and children in the capital.

"Kaka!"

The sound of armor colliding could be heard.

Another team of Jinwu Guards came in a hurry.

"Old Pan?"

Zhu Jianliang opened his eyes and greeted him with a smile: "Old Pan, why are you here? It's not time to change guard yet, right?"

"I'll take your place today."

Pan Cheng said, "I have some personal matters to take care of tomorrow, you can take my place then."

"Oh?"

Zhu Jianliang didn't rush to agree: "Brother Pan, it's been a turbulent time recently, so it's not easy to make adjustments. If something goes wrong, I won't be able to explain it clearly."

"It doesn't matter."

Pan Cheng's tone became more polite: "I have already informed Commander Jiang. If you don't believe me, you can go ask him."

"Row."

Zhu Jianliang yawned, waved his hand and was about to lead his men away: "Then let's go drink."

But just as he passed by these people, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Old Pan?"

Zhu Jianliang drew his sword slowly and silently: "Why do these people look so unfamiliar? There are no new members among the Jinwu Guards who came to Ziwei Mountain this time."

"Just stop asking."

Pan Cheng frowned and said, "We are brothers who have been through life and death together. Please be flexible. I really have something to do tomorrow."

"What's going on? Is this a celebration party?!"

"Keng——"

Zhu Jianliang suddenly drew the long sword from his waist, and the cold light flashed to the opposite side at lightning speed.

But at the same time.

There was a disguised Jinwu Guard with a purple mist bursting out of his body, as if wrapped around him like a close-fitting armor. He blocked the full-strength sword attack with his bare hands.

"This……"

Zhu Jianliang couldn't believe it: "Magic?!"

"Pfft-"

At the moment he was shocked, Pan Cheng's knife had already pierced his heart: "Brother, I wanted to let you go, I'm sorry!"

"Ho ho..."

Zhu Jianliang fell to the ground with his eyes open, and died with his eyes open.

It’s a pity that such a commotion happened.

After all, I couldn't enter the bedroom silently.

Hundreds of Jinwu Guards nearby reacted in time and shouted words like "There is an assassin".

"boom--"

A fire broke out in the palace.

In front of the Mianyue Gate.

Soon, thousands of Jinwu Guards gathered.

"What a courage!"

"Pan Cheng, what are you going to do?! Are you an assassin too?"

"..."

Pan Cheng said in a high-pitched voice: "Your Majesty is old and confused, surrounded by treacherous ministers, so that he has deceived the emperor and caused our country to be in ruins. We are here to purge him in obedience to the will of heaven!"

"You want to rebel?!"

"Who is the mastermind behind you?!"

"..."

No answer.

Yuchi Lingjie, deputy commander of the Jinwu Guard, shouted, "Come here, take them down!"

"General!"

"Oh no……"

During the conversation.

The subordinates came to report in a panic.

"Zhendong Army!"

"The Zhendong Army has rebelled!"

"..."

"What did you say?"

Yuchi Lingjie's eyes were like bells: "Rebellion?! How many people are there!"

"do not know……"

"It's too dark to see clearly!"

“There are people everywhere!”

"..."

"Report——"

"General!"

"I got the news! There are eight thousand people!"

"Meng Quji transferred 12,000 men away an hour ago, and the remaining 8,000 men headed straight for Ziwei Palace!"

"..."

"Meng Quji?!"

Yuchi Lingjie cursed: "How dare this turtle general do this!"

"Meng is steady in his actions, but he will never hesitate when faced with a problem!"

Meng Quji appeared silently, holding a spear: "Take them all down!"

The entire Ziwei Palace.

There are only three thousand Jinwu Guards, and they are scattered across the four palace gates.

They were soon surrounded.

"Make way!"

Meng Quji's loud voice resounded throughout the Ziwei Palace: "We are all brothers, and I don't want to harm your lives. As long as you don't resist, everything will be the same as usual after dawn!"

"Meng Quji!"

Yuchi Lingjie pointed his two maces at him and cursed, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"It's just a rebellion."

Meng Quji said calmly: "General Yuchi, surrender!"

"Fuck your mother!"

Yuchi Lingjie waved his arms: "Brothers, kill them for me!"

The melee begins.

"Stop, stop!"

in the dark.

A man in a red robe came hurriedly.

Yan Maoxing, who lived at the foot of the mountain, somehow got the news and arrived in time.

Several followers of the Xianghuo Shen sect were about to take action on the spot.

But he was stopped by Meng Quji.

"Meng Quji!"

Yan Maoxing walked straight up to Meng Quji and asked, "Are you crazy?"

"General Meng is not crazy!"

Gao Bo, the military secretary who was also wearing a scarlet robe, also appeared in person: "General Meng, we must rise up in rebellion!"

"Gao Bo, okay! I knew you wanted to rebel a long time ago, but..."

Yan Maoxing stamped his feet and said, “I just never thought that Meng Quji would be hanging out with you guys!
"Meng Ergou!

"Have you forgotten, if it weren't for my father, there wouldn't be a martial arts champion like you!

"Even your name, Meng Quji, was given to you by my father!"

"Get rid of the disease, get rid of the disease..."

Meng Quji repeated the two words, and then said: "At the beginning, Lord Yan changed my name to mean to eliminate the chronic disease of the court, but now... you are the disease! Meng has a clear conscience for this trip!

"Commander Jiang, come out, I know you've been watching!"

"呲-"

Along with the sharp sound of a long sword dragging on the ground, the commander-in-chief of the Jinwu Guard, the Martial Saint Jiang Yuanbo, walked out of the darkness. He did not take action, but wherever he passed, several soldiers of the Zhendong Army died suddenly.

"boom!"

Spears and swords collided.

It's like the sound of a huge bell in the sky.

The fight between the Martial Saints begins.

"Master Yan!"

Gao Bo rolled up his sleeves and said, "I also know a little bit about boxing!"

"Boom!"

He raised his hand and punched twice, beating the followers around Yan Maoxing to death.

At this moment.

The two Martial Saints were fighting fiercely with each other, and the Zhendong Army was also in a melee with the Jinwu Guards.

Yan Maoxing's only remaining guard was also gone.

He was immediately panicked: "Vulgar! A gentleman should use his hands instead of his mouth! What are you going to do?!"

"stop!"

……

In chaos.

One after another, figures entered the palace smoothly and headed straight towards the sleeping palace.

Chen Sanshi, transformed into a bald man, appeared in front of Cao Fan.

"Hero Zhang!"

Cao Fan was overjoyed: "They have already started! How about you and I go and kill Chen Sanshi while the chaos is going on?"

"Boy."

Chen Sanshi glanced at him: "Are you so anxious to kill him?"

"nature!"

Cao Fan gritted his teeth and said, "Chen Sanshi and I are sworn enemies. Master Zhang, didn't you promise me?"

"I will certainly do what I promised you, but before that..."

Chen Sanshi raised his eyebrows and said, "There is one more important thing to do. I have found the place where Taizu's relics are. If I don't take them tonight, I'm afraid I won't have another chance."

"Hero, have you found it?!"

Cao Fan was surprised.

There were so many of them, and they searched Ziwei Mountain for a month but didn't find any clues.

So this mysterious hero Zhang found what he said he would find?
"Of course!"

Chen Sanshi told him: "Boy, you have to think clearly about what is more important!"

"..."

Cao Fan pondered in silence.

tonight.

It is the night of important decisions.

If you succeed, you will have it solved once and for all.

If we lose, no one in my father's line will be spared.

If I could get the relics of Taizu, maybe I could help my father.

As for Chen Sanshi...

It won’t be too late to kill him after the big thing is accomplished.

"Master Zhang, what do you think of this?"

Cao Fan made up his mind: "Let's go get the treasure first, then go to the palace to help my father, and finally go together to kill Chen Sanshi."

"Very good!"

Chen Sanshi praised: "Boy, I can see that you still have some courage."

"Thank you for the compliment, hero!"

After encountering a major event in his life, Cao Fan became extremely humble overnight: "Tonight, I will rely on you, the hero!"

He also wanted to try his best to please the person in front of him. If he could establish a good relationship with him, he might be able to become a great help to him in the future.

Think back on it.

He grew up in the imperial palace and had a first-rate talent for cultivation. Moreover, he was the eldest grandson of the Cao family. Therefore, everyone who saw him had to address him as "Your Highness the Crown Prince". He was used to looking down on others and was therefore too arrogant!

At the beginning, his behavior of competing with Chen Sanshi in Liangzhou was extremely childish.

If you don't deliberately make things difficult for others, even if you can't become friends, you won't have one more enemy.

He has grown!

Fortunately, it is never too late to mend the fence!
After killing Chen Sanshi and getting rid of this great threat, we must be respectful to others in the future.

"Boy."

Chen Sanshi asked, "How many people are you going to take with me?"

The reason why he wanted to take the other party with him.

On the one hand, since you are not a member of the Cao family, it is very likely that you will not be able to take the treasure away.

On the other hand, Cao Zhi and the people from Xunxian Tower should also take action.

It is relatively safer to mess up the situation completely than to deal with a sect alone.

do not forget.

His "brother" Cao Zhi even wanted to trick him over.

Who knows if there are any traps.

"These few will follow me."

Cao Fan said.

behind him.

There are Yunxiaozi, Lingxuzi, Cui Congyi, and seven or eight followers of the Xianghuo Shen sect.

"almost."

Chen Sanshi waved his hand and said, "Let's set off now without delay!"

He led the way.

A dozen people followed behind.

Soon they arrived at the deep pool at the back mountain.

As expected, the people from Xunxian Tower have arrived.

It was still Eunuch Lao who led the group, but he was in disguise and did not reveal his true identity. The other people in Xunxian Tower also had their faces covered, so their faces could not be seen clearly.

"Hero Zhang?!"

The old eunuch asked, "Why are you here?"

"Of course I'm here to get something!"

Chen Sanshi made a simple inventory.

There are also more than a dozen people in Xunxian Tower.

He asked, "Fellow Daoist, this Immortal Cave was discovered by me, why are you like this? Are you planning to eat it all by yourself?"

"Haha~"

Eunuch Lao denied, "How could that be? I haven't entered the water yet because I'm waiting for you. If you don't come, I'll send someone to invite you, but..."

He said vigilantly: "Why did you bring so many people here, what is your intention?"

"This is the current emperor's grandson, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Chen Sanshi knew that the other party knew the truth, but he still introduced: "According to my judgment, it is impossible for Taizu's relics to be taken away without someone from the royal family, so I asked for your help."

"This senior."

Cao Fan said, "The treasures below are those left by my Cao family's ancestors. What you are doing... I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

Cui Congyi, Yun Xiaozi and others made preparations for action.

"Oh?"

Eunuch Lao sneered: "Your Highness, are you planning to fight us?"

"Boy."

Chen Sanshi reminded: "There is a stone door at the entrance of the secret room, and this Taoist friend can open it. Now time is running out, so I advise you not to waste time here."

"Haha~"

finally.

Cao Fan made a decision: "Senior, please don't misunderstand me. Since we are all indispensable, let's make friends."

"Well, His Royal Highness is very generous."

Eunuch Lao tried to probe: "But... it's not appropriate for so many people to go down together, right?"

At last.

Everyone's eyes were on Zhang Laizi, waiting for his answer.

"How about this."

Chen Sanshi cleared his throat and raised his chin and said, "My fellow Daoist Liao Shizhong, Cao Fan and I will go down together, and the rest of us will wait here. This way, it will be a guarantee for everyone. In case of any accidents, there will be someone to pick us up."

"I'm OK."

Eunuch Lao said with a smile: "My Taoist friend and I are friends of life and death. If it weren't for my Taoist friend last time, I'm afraid I would have died down there. I trust my Taoist friend."

"Sir..."

Eunuch Feng and others were a little nervous.

After all, to them, both Zhang Laizi and Xunxianlou were actually strangers.

The reason for cooperating with Zhang Laizi was because he was afraid that he knew the secret and he had no idea of ​​his strength.

They didn't even know that the person in front of them was from Xunxian Tower.

"It doesn't matter!"

Cao Fan made a decisive decision: "I will go with them. General Cui, you wait here first."

"What you got, how about this?"

The eunuch said: "If we can divide it equally, we will divide it equally. If we can't divide it equally, we will share it together."

"What are you waiting for!"

Chen Sanshi signaled the two to go into the water first, and then he walked slowly into the pond from shallow to deep and disappeared.

"Your Highness, you have changed so much."

Eunuch Feng looked at the lake and said, "If it were in the past, there would be no way I would make such a compromise. That is something left by our great ancestor. How can I share it with outsiders..."

"Your Highness did the right thing, but this can only be a temporary solution."

Cui Congyi said in a deep voice: "The current situation does not allow us to waste too much time here, and we don't know the background and strength of these people. At least we have to wait for the things to be taken out. While there is still time, Eunuch Feng, you should ask General Fan to come over. The relics of Taizu are also very important and cannot fall into the hands of outsiders."

"I'll go right away."

Eunuch Feng disappeared.

"Blessings and Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!"

Yun Xiaozi chanted the Taoist name: "After tonight, I believe that His Royal Highness will undergo a great transformation and will surely become a wise ruler in the future."

Two groups of people.

Xunxian Tower and Xianghuo Shen Sect began to confront each other beside the lake.

……

Chamber of Secrets.

Shimen.

"Buzz, rumble—"

Eunuch Lao used the same trick again and successfully opened the stone door. Then the torches in the corridor lit up one by one, exactly the same scene as the last time he came here.

Neither he nor Chen Sanshi was in a hurry to go in.

After standing at the door for a long time waiting for a cup of tea, they walked inside side by side.

Soon, they arrived at a spacious passage and saw the wooden man of Cao Xie who almost took their lives last time.

Cao Xie during the Ma Slave period and Cao Xie during the Zongmen period turned into a pile of rotten wood and scattered everywhere. The remaining three, from the period of contending for hegemony, the period of seeking immortals, and the period of first ascending the throne, returned to their original positions.

"T-Taizu?!"

Cao Xie, who had just arrived, was deeply shocked after seeing these wood carvings and the words on the inscriptions.

It wasn't until he saw the last statue, the head at his feet, that he was shocked.

"What...what's going on?!"

"Who dares to be so disrespectful to our Cao family ancestors..."

These words.

Cao Fan didn't say it out loud.

He probably guessed that Zhang Laizi and others had been here before, but were unable to take things away, so they dragged him here.

"Bang bang bang!"

Cao Fan straightened his clothes, knelt down in a standard posture, and kowtowed three times solemnly: "Ancestor, I am an unfilial grandson and I am sorry to bother you."

After doing all this.

He then carefully picked up the head and placed it back on the dragon throne.

"You two, let's continue."

After walking forward for another hundred steps, I saw the stone platform again.

"Longyuan Sword!" Cao Fan recognized it at a glance. "This is the magic sword that Taizu used to break through 2,000 armors. The wooden box next to it... should be the immortal fate that Taizu left for future generations. Hmm? Why don't you two come over?"

He turned around and saw that Zhang Laizi and Eunuch Lao were keeping a certain distance from each other.

"Boy."

Chen Sanshi said, "The statue of your ancestors will attack us. Try to see if you can get the things back. Be careful."

"Buzz!"

The words fell.

The Longyuan Sword began to vibrate.

Streams of transparent mysterious energy gushed in and then fell on the three wooden sculptures like rain.

The wood carving comes alive!
The three wooden sculptures moved towards Cao Fan almost at the same time.

"Great Grandfather!"

Cao Fan was at a loss as to what to do, so he knelt down and kowtowed again: "I am a descendant of the Cao family, not a thief who covets the relics of the great ancestor. Please understand my words, great ancestor!"

however.

No matter what he said, the three wooden sculptures did not stop.

Among them, Cao Xie, who was a general at the time, had already raised his wooden sword and slashed at him.

"Get out of the way!"

Chen Sanshi's He Miao Knife came out at some point and collided with the wooden sword. In just a moment, he could hardly hold on. Fortunately, the eunuch Lao next to him did not sit idly by and took action in time. He pushed forward with his palm wrapped in the internal energy, and together they worked together to block the attack.

Then, the two of them cast spells in perfect harmony.

A sword energy technique, plus an ice blade formed by condensed frost.

Under the simultaneous attack of two spells, General Cao Xie staggered back, with a large piece of his chest exploded. But this time, he was not damaged. He just stiffened for a short while before continuing to move towards them.

"This wood carving is very strange!"

Chen Sanshi noticed.

There are mysterious runes hidden on them, which are somewhat similar to the jade pendant that Cao Fan gave him. No one knows where Sheng Taizu got them from, but they are so powerful.

Moreover, there is no way to accurately classify the strength of the wood sculptures using the martial arts realm of the secular world.

In short, as time goes by, each one becomes more difficult to deal with than the last.

Seeing that the other two wooden sculptures were about to arrive, Eunuch Lao cast a spell to delay them while shouting, "Daoyou, what should we do? Why don't we withdraw first and think of a solution later?"

"Do not."

Chen Sanshi vetoed.

Tonight is the best time to take advantage of the chaos. If it is any later, it will only be more difficult.

"Boy!"

He ordered, "Give me your hand, and let's try again."

"Keng——"

The He Miao Knife flashed and cut a deep wound on Cao Fan's palm.

Chen Sanshi was thinking.

Since Cao Xie was leaving something for future generations, he wouldn't kill him when his descendants came, right?
But after all, wood carvings are not living people, so I had to try using blood.

If that still doesn't work
It means there are other ways, so we have to give up temporarily.

General Cao Xie, who had been repelled earlier, came back again. Chen Sanshi and Eunuch Lao joined forces to resist him, and Cao Xie also followed suit and struck out.

The moment his blood touched the wood carving.

General Cao Xie began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye. First, the wooden sword in his hand fell out of his hand, followed by his arms, legs, and even head. In just three or four breaths, he was completely turned into a pile of rotten wood.

"Bah-"

After confirming that it was useful, Chen Sanshi unceremoniously slashed Cao Fan several more times to create bigger wounds to make the blood splash. This was the case with General Cao Xie alone, and his subsequent search for immortals and ascension to the throne would probably be even more powerful.

There was no need for them to risk getting in close contact.

Blood gushed out and successfully splashed onto the remaining two wooden sculptures, successfully resolving the crisis.

"You are really resourceful, fellow Taoist!"

The eunuch exclaimed: "Let's get the treasure!"

The three of them walked forward cautiously.

The journey of more than a hundred steps took only a cup of tea.

Fortunately.

Without encountering any more traps, they successfully arrived in front of the stone platform.

"Om~"

The cold light of the Longyuan Sword was dazzling and it was vibrating continuously, while the black box beside it was dead silent.

"Cao family's heir, you go!"

The old eunuch said coldly: "Bring the box here and open it."

"it is good."

Cao Fan agreed.

He didn't dare to use his hands, but instead used his Green Dragon Crescent Blade to push the black box over.

The box was about the size of a dinner plate.

After careful observation, it was basically confirmed that it was an ordinary box. The copper lock on the outside was also affordable for ordinary people. Cao Fan simply cut it lightly with the blade of a knife and successfully opened the box.

"Squeak-"

There were three things in the box.

The first one was a jade tablet, the second one was a book, and the last one was a letter without an envelope.

“Take it out and let me see it!”

Cao Fan held his breath and took out the envelope with his blood-stained hands. He was relieved when he found that no hidden mechanism was triggered.

The note contained the following:

“I call myself an immortal, but at the last moment, I still have concerns about the country that I have worked so hard to build for decades, as well as my flesh and blood, so I left behind this dried-up paradise.

"What is contained in the box is the opportunity to seek immortality and ask for the way.

"There is a common saying in the martial arts world, 'The master leads you to the door, but practice is up to you.' The same is true for the path to immortality.

"This is all I can leave for you.

"The key to the fairyland, the way to ask the way, and half of the country.

"Go southeast out to the sea, to the end of the world, and you will reach the place where you can seek immortality. Opportunities and risks coexist, so remember, remember.

"Finally, I wish our Cao family a prosperous dynasty that will last for thousands of years and last forever."

Finish reading the letter.

None of them spoke.

Instead, he digested the contents of the letter as quickly as possible.

A blessed place?

There actually is a paradise under the deep pool, but it has dried up?
Does this exhaustion refer to spiritual energy?

Has there ever been spiritual energy here?

Or something else?
Then, the focus of the letter is three things.

The key to the immortal world, the way to seek the truth, and half the country.

The first two should refer to the book on the jade tablet in the box, and the last half of the country...

Are you referring to the Longyuan Sword?

as well as.

Going out to the southeast sea, to the ends of the earth, can you enter the fairyland?

"Cough cough!"

Eunuch Lao cleared his throat and said, "You two, it looks like the contents of the box cannot be divided equally. We can only share them."

"Snapped!"

Chen Sanshi closed the box and said, "If that's the case, let's go out first."

"This sword..."

Cao Fan's eyes were full of longing: "Shall I pull it out?"

"Buzz!"

Several people were discussing.

The trembling of the Longyuan Sword not only did not stop, but became more and more violent, as if it was coming alive.

The black pearl in Chen Sanshi's arms also felt something.

But it's still the same as before.

Every time he tried to control it, he could personally feel the connection between the sword and another person.

Not Cao Fan!

If it weren't for the Qi-Watching Technique, Chen Sanshi would never have allowed the Cao family to touch the sword. The risk was too great, and no one knew how powerful the sword would be when it was unsheathed.

But he was sure of it now.

The one who established a connection with Longyuan Sword was definitely not Cao Fan.

"Go try it!"

As Eunuch Lao spoke, he secretly mobilized his spiritual energy, ready to kill the person in front of him at any time.

After getting permission, Cao Fan jumped onto the stone platform, took a deep breath, and suddenly grabbed the hilt of the sword with both hands. He used all his strength and blood, and veins bulged all over his body. However, the Longyuan sword did not come out at all. Instead, he himself was hit by an inexplicable force and was blown away.

He got up in a panic and said, "No, you two, I can't pull out this sword."

"I'll try!"

Eunuch Lao was a little nervous about leaving his back to others, but under the huge temptation, he still chose to step forward.

Anyone can see it.

The value of the Longyuan Sword is probably no less than the things in the box.

Aura emerges.

Chen Sanshi couldn't see clearly what kind of magic the other party was casting.

In short.

After a lot of trouble, Eunuch Lao was almost injured.

He had to step down.

"Fellow?"

The old eunuch asked, "Do you want to give it a try?"

"No."

Chen Sanshi knew he couldn't control it just by relying on the Qi-observing technique.

Once you get what's in the box, you're done.

It's just this sword...

suddenly.

He thought of one thing, connected all the recent events together, and then looked at the increasingly active Longyuan Sword in front of him, and suddenly realized something.

"not good!"

"Come on!"

Chen Sanshi shouted.

"Fellow Daoist, who will keep this thing?"

The old eunuch narrowed his eyes.

"Leave it to Hero Zhang!"

Cao Fan suggested: "It's most suitable for him to hold it."

for them.

Zhang Laizi is the middleman and has no power outside.

"Ok."

Eunuch Lao did not refuse: "Daoyou, please!"

Chen Sanshi picked up the box.

The three of them left the cave as quickly as possible and returned to the surface of the pool.

shore.

The two groups of anxious people finally waited for them to come back.

"How is it?" Cui Congyi asked, "Did you get the treasure of Taizu?"

"Ah."

Cao Fan nodded.

"Fellow!"

The eunuch shouted, "Now that we have the things, shouldn't we share them here as agreed?"

Chen Sanshi nodded.

But at the same time.

He noticed that the people in Xunxian Tower exchanged glances, and then the spiritual energy in some of them began to mobilize and circulate.

Suddenly.

Chen Sanshi felt a chill in his heart, and then a nameless fire burned all over his body.

He was really ready to share.

But these people obviously don't have this plan!

"boom!"

A sword energy technique was released with a loud bang.

Kill anyone who wants to attack on the spot before they reach Xunxian Tower.

"Daoyou, what do you mean?"

The eunuch turned the tables and said, "You actually wanted to kill people and rob them!"

While he was speaking, he was forming seals with his hands at no time, and immediately a round of ice blades cut towards him.

Another sword energy collided with it, and they canceled each other out, and neither could hurt the other.

"We all know what a powerful person you are!"

In a hurry, Eunuch Lao almost forgot to control his speech: "So it's just like that, why don't you act quickly and get rid of Cao Fan and the others together!"

"I have known for a long time that you have bad intentions!"

Purple armor rose from the bodies of Yun Xiaozi and others, and they rushed forward to kill them.

"..."

Cao Fan was shocked. He had not yet broken through to the Tongmai level and was unable to help in the current situation.

"boom!"

Chen Sanshi stomped his foot and was about to retreat to the chaos next to him.

See this.

Eunuch Lao led the four people from Xunxian Tower away from the battlefield and chased after them alone.

"Keng!"

The seedling knife flashed by.

Successfully killed a disciple of Xunxian Tower.

Aura is precious.

Naturally, not everyone can practice immortal arts.

Among the five people who chased after him, only two of them had relatively strong spiritual energy in their bodies, and they both seemed to be high-level officials of Xunxian Tower.

"do not be afraid!"

Eunuch Lao said to his companions: "This man attacked me twice, but he only has one attack spell and no other abilities. If you and I work together, we can definitely kill him!"

The two of them cast spells at the same time, one used an ice blade while the other formed a seal. Two iron chains grew out of their hands and attacked Chen Sanshi who was dozens of steps away, leaving him with no way to avoid it.

Chen Sanshi had taken action before, and on one occasion, he even tried to save a eunuch's life, but the other party took it as a test of his strength.

"That's all."

"I shouldn't have trusted you at all."

Before the rabbit makes a sudden move.

A jade pendant floated up in front of him, emitting a blazing red light. In the night, it looked like a piece of molten iron, then burst into red flames, like a dragon's head, spitting out several fireballs in the blink of an eye.

"what?!"

Eunuch Lao was horrified.

They watched helplessly as their spells vanished into thin air the moment they came into contact with the fireball.

Then the fireball came in front of him with unstoppable force and speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.

"Boom boom boom——"

The two high-ranking officials of Xunxian Tower were completely devoured the moment they came into contact with the strange fire, like burning straw. They couldn't even hold out for two breaths before only ashes were left. The ashes then drifted away in the night wind and merged with the soil and trees.

at the same time.

Martial Saint Fan Tianfa also hurried over, followed by two high-ranking members of the Xianghuo Shen Sect.

"Boom!"

Chen Sanshi simply used up all the strange fire stored in the jade pendant, which was already in limited quantity.

Two more fireballs.

Several people in Xunxian Tower were burned to death.

Only two or three people were left and fled, and their whereabouts are unknown.

"This……"

Cao Fan and Wu Fan, Tianfa and others who rushed over were deeply shocked by the scene before them.

"Hero Zhang!"

"He is truly an immortal!"

Cao Fan was dumbfounded.

Even Fan Tianfa was quite fearful and stayed a hundred steps away, not daring to get close.

Chen Sanshi calmly put away the broken pieces of the jade pendant.

This thing...

It is really not disabled.

In addition, the strange fire was extremely powerful and the jade pendant could not withstand it.

Even if it had stopped just now, there is a 99% chance that it would have been damaged.

and so.

Chen Sanshi might as well use them all to deter the people of the Xianghuo Shen Sect and prevent anyone from having any bad intentions. If it really didn't work, he could only use up the rest of his sword skills all at once and take the opportunity to escape.

But apparently, it worked.

After seeing the strange fire, everyone's face was filled with awe.

"I will save these things!"

Chen Sanshi put the books and jade plaque in the box into his arms, looked at everyone, and said calmly: "Who is in favor, who is against?"

"No objection."

Fan Tianfa said, "Master Zhang, keep it for now. The most urgent thing right now is to go to the palace. The holy monks should be there soon. There is no time to waste."

"Come on!"

A group of people, leading the followers of the Xianghuo Shen Sect, rushed towards the direction of the Ziwei Palace.

Chen Sanshi followed them at first, using the skill of [hiding his breath] quietly, and then when he was almost at the place, he suddenly turned and disappeared.

joke.

These people were waiting to kill "Chen Sanshi" after dawn.

Would Zhang Laizi really go and risk his life to help?

and……

The reason why he was in a hurry to leave the cave was because he suddenly figured out something.

I'm afraid the scale measuring the outcome of tonight's game has already tilted.

"Deng Feng!"

Chen Sanshi gathered the Xuanjia Army who were still searching the mountain: "Order all the brothers to follow me back to Ziwei Mountain!"

……

Ziwei Palace.

The black-robed monk walked side by side with Lu Ji towards the Taizhen Hall where the emperor slept. Behind him followed several high-ranking members of the Xianghuo Shen Sect and a hundred elite soldiers of the Huben Army who had stayed behind secretly.

Along the way.

Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed on the spot.

When they were about to reach their destination, they stopped for a moment.

Fan Tianfa and others arrived in time.

Then, there are all the people involved in this operation, from top to bottom in the court.

There were military generals, eunuchs, Tiger Guards, Jinwu Guards, and even some senior civil servants with high status...

Some of these people were in the light, and some were in the dark.

But at this critical moment today, they all surfaced, determined to go all out and end everything once and for all.

"Why can't I see Chang Sun Xusheng?!"

The black-robed monk fiddled with his Buddhist beads and said, "The masters of the Jinyiwei haven't shown up either."

"Holy Monk."

Fan Tianfa said, "The Jinyiwei were not responsible for guarding the palace, and a considerable number of them are still searching for Li Gong in the city. According to the time calculation, they will arrive within half an hour."

"Amitabha, let's hold on tight."

"and many more!"

Cao Fan interrupted, "Where is Hero Zhang?"

“He was here just now!”

When everyone turned around, they found that the person had disappeared.

"Being fooled!"

Fan Tianfa was furious: "This person got the Taizu's relics, it seems that he is not going to help us!"

"Amitabha, let him go. I didn't count on him anyway."

The black-robed monk was unexpectedly calm. "This Zhang Laizi is extremely powerful. It's great that he doesn't oppose us. As for the Taizu's relics, I will mobilize all the people in the sect to search for him after the matter is completed. We will find him sooner or later. Let's focus on the present and take action."

"Crack!"

Two more eunuchs on night watch fell.

There is no more obstacle ahead.

The black-robed monk motioned for everyone to follow him, and without any rough movements, he gently pushed open the mahogany door.

"Squeak-"

Inside the palace.

Candlesticks burned all night long, filling the large space with warm sunshine. It was not until the door was opened and the night wind poured into the hall that the light began to flicker.

In the empty hall.

The old emperor in Taoist robes sat cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes closed in meditation.

He did not react to the people who slowly poured into the hall, as if he had completely entered another world and was unable to sense any movement from the outside world.

"Amitabha, I greet your majesty!"

The monk in black put his hands together and performed a Buddhist ceremony.

The rest of the people also followed suit and knelt down to pay homage.

"I will see you, Your Majesty!"

"..."

then.

The bedroom fell into silence.

"Your Majesty the Emperor."

The black-robed monk said, "I know you can hear me."

The long and clear voice echoed in the bedroom.

"Yesterday the flowers were in full bloom, today the flowers have fallen and the branches are empty."

"Growth and prosperity are due to the beauty of spring, while changes are due to the wind of one night."

"Time outside the world is precious, and who can control the birth and death of the world?"

"The ups and downs of a hundred years have passed by... just like a dream!"

The poem is finished.

Emperor Longqing finally slowly opened his eyes.

He looked at the densely packed armor and the blood-stained weapons in front of him. To everyone's surprise, his face was as calm as a lake, and his voice was even calmer, no different from the past:
"My dear friends."

"You came to see me late at night, what's the important matter?"

(End of this chapter)