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Chapter 16: Seeking Immortality and Asking for the Way
"Numerous noble families never thought that this might be a bait. Lord Zhang knew about it when he first saw the painting market. This prince is very curious, where did Lord Zhang get the information from?"

Li Yu looked at Zhang Rui with an unfriendly smile.

Zhang Rui smiled and replied, "Your Highness, the most urgent thing is to deal with your situation first, what do you think?"

Li Yu's face froze when he heard this, and his smile slowly faded.

He didn't like the look of the county magistrate. He seemed gentle and modest, but in fact, he had an inexplicable arrogance. He looked at himself like this, and everyone else like this. Deep in his eyes, there was a sense of condescension.
"Master Zhang is right." Qin Fang said directly, "I regret not listening to Master Zhang and running away with Xia Xuezhou without permission. Now we are ambushed and all the guards are wiped out. And I don't know why, no matter how hard Qin tries, he can't get rid of the pursuit. I think it has something to do with the existence that can control all the painting spirits that Master said, right?"

"I think so." Zhang Rui nodded. "Sir Qin, you are a master of martial arts, and your speed is far beyond that of ordinary painting spirits. Theoretically, it should be easy for you to lead His Highness away from the pursuit."

Just now, at the signal of Murong Yunji, he saw with his own eyes that Qin Fang was carrying the prince on his back and running at a speed of at least 300 yards per hour. Even a Porsche was not as fast as him. The strength of the warriors in this world was really extraordinary, they were simply supermen!
"But painting spirits recognize scents. Once your scent is remembered, the existence of the painting spirit that controls it will be remembered by all painting spirits. So as long as there are painting spirits within a ten-mile radius, they will be attracted by the scent. You won't be able to escape no matter where you run."

"So that's it!" Qin Fang looked down, and sure enough, in less than a moment, a lot of green-eyed painting spirits gathered at the foot of the mountain and were crawling towards this side frantically.

"Master Zhang, do you have any solution?"

"Yes." Zhang Rui took out two drops of black blood from the jade box. When the blood solidified, it looked like two black pearls.

"This is?"

Zhang Rui did not hide the "blood of the painting spirit".

"Is this useful?"

"Take the essence and blood. It will only take half an hour for you to become half a painting spirit. The smell will naturally dissipate. As long as you are not marked with the smell again, you will not be tracked."

The two of them frowned when they heard this. Chen Xiao laughed when he saw this. He didn't expect that he would see this beast turn into half human, half ghost in his lifetime?

"After becoming half human, half ghost, how can I recover from this?"

"As long as you haven't completely turned into a ghost, you have a chance to recover." Zhang Rui whispered, "But the premise is that it can't last too long. After drinking this thing, you must use the blood exchange method to force it out of your body within four hours. Otherwise, once you turn into a ghost, there is no possibility of you becoming an adult."

"This..." Qin Fang looked at Li Yu with some embarrassment. In this situation, in order to save his life, he obviously had no choice, but because of the noble bloodline of His Highness, he was afraid that it would be difficult to convince him.

"Okay!" Li Yu smiled, jumped off Qin Fang's back without hesitation, took the ghost blood from Zhang Rui's hand and swallowed it in one gulp.

Is a ruthless person
Zhang Rui's eyelids jumped. The Third Prince he had written about before was a madman. In order to seize the Queen, his methods were frighteningly vicious. When he was writing about him, he naturally made him as perverted as possible in order to attract the audience's attention. But now that he was facing him face to face, he didn't want to have any further entanglement with such a person.

"Sir Zhang" Qin Fang saw that the prince had eaten it, so he had nothing to worry about. But suddenly, he saw a very strange smile on Zhang Rui's face.

"why are you laughing?"

Everyone: "."

Zhang Rui: “.”

WTF! !——
"Your Highness, it's time to take your medicine."

In the Yuchi family's home in Beihai City, the man of noble status was tied tightly to the bed. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in a very miserable state. Where was the noble demeanor of a crown prince?

"I don't want to drink."

The middle-aged man who brought the medicine had a very complicated expression on his face when he saw this. The crown prince who was once full of vigor and vitality had now fallen into such a state. He looked dozens of years older, even more like an old man than His Majesty. Even if one was strong-willed, it would be difficult to accept it. It was rare that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not collapse.

The position of the crown prince in this dynasty is extremely stable. His Majesty and the Queen are deeply in love. His Majesty hastily appointed the crown prince when the crown prince was only a few years old, which shows how much he dotes on him.

Over the years, he has recruited top Confucian scholars to teach the prince, allowed the prince to set up his own government and recruit staff, and even several times he let the prince govern the country on the pretext of being unwell and going to the royal garden for recuperation. This approach of completely trusting the prince has made it clear to the world that the next crown prince has been decided, and there will be no more troubles. It also allows court officials to take sides early and pave the way for His Royal Highness the Prince.

Who could have thought that something like this would happen.

"Uncle, how long will it take?"

"Your Highness should not be so pessimistic. Master Tian is on his way and will surely find the murderer who secretly released the plague for Your Highness. Your Highness must cheer up."

"You shouldn't do this." The prince looked at the ceiling with dull eyes, as if he had lost all his life. The middle-aged man didn't say anything. He knew what the prince was talking about. If the sorcerers wanted to perform the forbidden spell without the support of the Yuchi family, it would be impossible. But he could never admit to such a serious crime. Even if it was discussed later, it would be the fault of those staff members.

If the news of a city's people offering sacrifices were to spread, they would surely be cursed by the whole world. Even the Yuchi family, with thousands of years of accumulation, would not be able to bear it. But they had no choice because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not die.

The Yuchi family is now extremely powerful, and is on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, His Majesty trusts them very much and does not have any suspicion. However, that is when the Crown Prince is still alive. His sister, the Queen, can no longer have children. Once something happens to the Crown Prince and other princes need to be supported to take power, then this overly powerful relative of his would be a threat. Even if the current His Majesty does not take action against them, the new Emperor will take action against them.

The Yuchi family has come to this point, they can only move forward and not retreat. If they take a step back, they will be on the brink of collapse!

"How is my uncle?" the prince sighed.

"Father he" The man's face turned even uglier when he mentioned his father.

His father was the most talented person in the Yuchi family in the past hundred years. When he was still young, he led the emperor, who was not yet the crown prince, to make countless military achievements in the northern border, and made the barbarians of Northern Qi terrified. Not only did he have outstanding military capabilities, but his personal martial arts talent was also excellent. His father was only fifty years old, but he was already recognized by the world as the strongest under the Grandmaster. He was only one opportunity away from becoming a Grandmaster. Once he succeeded, as a royal relative and with a Grandmaster in charge, the Yuchi family would undoubtedly be the number one military family in the next hundred years!

But all this was on the verge of collapse under the calculations of that group of crazy people.
The plague was extremely strange and bizarre. Even such a powerful father could not avoid it. He had laughed three times now, and his flesh and blood were festering. If his family had not locked him up with cold iron, he would have died of self-mutilation like those who were infected.

But everyone knows that locking it by force won't work for long.

"This forbidden technique was not without results," the man took a breath and said, "We found several mysterious strong men. Their bodies have been well preserved. As long as the sorcerer who can use the medium technique in His Highness's mansion arrives, he will surely find some clues."

"Master Tian?" The prince smiled bitterly: "That man is very cunning, but he may not be dragged aboard by you guys."
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“Tsk tsk, they are truly the most powerful army in the world!” Outside Beihai City, a man in gray used some unknown means to see the entire Beihai City clearly on a water mirror.

"It's indeed extraordinary." A green-eyed woman in white next to her looked at the army defending the city gate in the mirror, and a hint of admiration flashed in her cold emerald eyes.

Those soldiers experienced a bizarre epidemic, the tragic deaths of citizens throughout the city, and the passing of their loved ones. Under such blows, they still stood their ground without changing their composure. It is no wonder that such a tenacious army was invincible on the battlefield in the north.

"It's a pity that such a good army followed the Yuchi family."

"Isn't it because of the Yuchi family that we have such an army?"

"Maybe." The gray-clothed man stretched and said, "What's going on over there? Tian Ye can't really be taken to Beihai City. We didn't expect that the guys in the Prince's Mansion would be so bold and dare to use forbidden magic. Several elders died before they could retreat. If their identities are discovered, it will be troublesome."

"The painting market has already been cleaned up. All passages are blocked. No living person can get out!"

"The painting market is so big, are you sure that everything will be safe?" the man asked with a smile.

"Are you doubting the Lord's ability?"

“I dare not.” The man waved his hand and said, “It’s just that my master has calculated that there are variables in this incident.”

"variable?"

"Well, it was a sudden change." The man put away his smile and his face became a little solemn: "My master has never encountered such a situation. The person in the change appeared out of thin air without any signs, and was able to change his fate abruptly. It's a bit like..."

“A bit like what?”

"The reincarnation of an immortal."

"Immortal?" The woman laughed, "There are immortals in this world?"

"Just because you don't know doesn't mean it doesn't exist." The man shook his head and looked at the gray sky: "Have you never thought about where those unreasonable evil spirits in this world come from?"

"What you said is strange. Why? The birth of your race in this world is natural, but the appearance of people like us is an evil and unreasonable thing?"

The man smiled upon hearing this and said nothing more. Some things are meaningless to explain in detail to these guys who only see the world from a narrow perspective. Most things in this world conform to the law of reincarnation, except these evil spirits, which are obviously some kind of unreasonable existence. Their appearance is like creating suffering for mankind out of thin air, more like some kind of fabricated product.

"I'm very curious, why does your master cooperate with us?" The woman looked at the other party curiously.

"My master," the man said with a smile, "is a man who seeks immortality and Taoism. Everything he does is naturally for the sake of seeking immortality and Taoism!"

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