Start with a red name

There must be a reason why Geng Xuan spent so much time and effort to "give" a full fifty points of bad luck to Xiao Jingwen instead of anyone else in Wuyou Palace.

His purpose was not just to kill Xiao Jingwen.

Now, Geng Xuan has a better understanding of the power structure in Wuyou Palace and is no longer as ignorant as he was in the beginning.

Generally speaking, the top levels in Wuyou Palace can be divided into the "old palace master's faction", the "new palace master's faction", and the "veterans faction".

The Left Envoy Xi Hanyue, the Right Envoy Xiang Ling, as well as the Sifang Hall Master, Dingxing Hall Master, and Zhan Hall Master, these high-ranking palace officials who wield great power and authority, all grew up during the time of the old palace master.

When the old Palace Master died and his son, the new Palace Master, took the throne, their foundation in Wuyou Palace would have been established. Even if some of them had not yet taken the position of Hall Master, they were all recognized as the only candidates for the next Hall Master.

After the new palace lord took office, he promoted and appointed palace eunuch Xiao Jingwen, as well as many high-ranking officials who held core positions in the Acropolis, all of whom were "factioned by the new palace lord."

He is someone truly recognized by the current Palace Master.

Strong men like Xi Hanyue and Xiang Ling who grew up during the reign of the old Palace Master will inevitably have a lot of scrutiny towards the new Palace Master who has just taken office.

This is a world where strength speaks louder than words. As the new helmsman, it is inevitable that you will be scrutinized and even questioned before you demonstrate amazing strength.

Because they were unsure of the new palace master's abilities, they held on to the power in their hands even tighter.

In their view, such an approach is naturally understandable.

But in the eyes of the new palace master, this was considered "childish".

This is also the confidence of the "New Palace Master Faction" headed by Palace Envoy Xiao Jingwen to target the "Old Palace Master Faction" everywhere.

If such a situation happened in other gangs, it would undoubtedly be extremely stupid, even a suicidal act.

It takes time to cultivate and grow. Before the newcomers become truly strong, no matter how many ideas they have in their minds, they have to keep them to themselves and not show their teeth at every turn.

But Wuyou Palace is different.

They have mastered the "Marrow Refining Peak Synthesis Technology", which allows them to produce a group of powerful people at the peak of Marrow Refining level in a short period of time.

The only problem is that Wuyou Palace has limited resources. In addition, due to the unique atmosphere of Yuanzhou, each force has a default "ceiling", and the number of peak marrow refining masters that Wuyou Palace can support is also limited.

It can be said that one carrot, one hole.

Even if other carrots want to get promoted, if the position has already been occupied by the carrots who arrived earlier, the "new carrots" who want to get promoted later can only be anxious.

This is what makes Wuyou Palace different from other forces. Other gangs gain strength first and then have a "position".

Only when your cultivation strength improves, your status will follow.

But in Wuyou Palace, the situation can sometimes be reversed.

You can have the "position" first and then the strength.

——The path of first having strength and then having a "position" also exists in Wuyou Palace.

In this situation, after sensing the new palace lord's inclined attitude, wouldn't the newcomers who want to replace the old guy and get the opportunity to take over go crazy and cause trouble?
This time, Xi Hanyue, Xiang Ling and other five members of the "Old Palace Masters" were all killed by Geng Xuan. Even their direct subordinates were "packed up and sent away" by Xiao Jingwen and his men.

The Wuyou Palace, which originally had no vacancies at all, suddenly became as empty as a wilderness.

This is naturally an unprecedented victory for the "New Palace Master Faction".

As long as they can fill these "carrot vacancies" in time, Wuyou Palace will successfully pass the transition period and enter the next generation.

At that time, there would no longer be the term “new and old palace masters” in Wuyou Palace.

But now, these "carrot spaces" have not been filled.

After this incident, although the "Old Palace Master's Faction" was severely damaged and no longer had any chance of making a comeback in Wuyou Palace, it was not completely eradicated.

Moreover, it is impossible to truly eradicate it.

After all, the "old palace master" is the father of the "new palace master".

When the "new palace master" truly establishes his authority in Wuyou Palace, it will be impossible for him to completely eliminate the subordinates left to him by his father.

Moreover, there is also a "veteran faction".

If we really want to classify them in a broad sense, they can actually be classified as the "Old Palace Master Faction".

However, up to now, the disputes between the "new" and the "old" within Wuyou Palace have basically been limited to the infighting within the "synthetic reform faction".

These are all infightings among high-ranking officials in the palace who grew up through "acquired synthesis".

The "veteran faction" includes the "self-reliance faction" centered around the Chuan Gong Hall.

That is, this group of people are not "acquired talents" but "born geniuses".

There are also people like Cai Zeyuan who do not participate in palace affairs and focus on studying their own skills. They are a group of technical geeks that neither the "new school" nor the "old school" dare to offend in the slightest.

Although the Pigeon Training House and the Neiwei House have different natures and functions, they are quite similar to the Caizhe House in their respective fields.

It seems that he does not have much power in Wuyou Palace and is only focused on managing his own piece of land, but he is the important core reason why Wuyou Palace is so powerful.

Although they were not concerned about the specific affairs within the palace, they basically stood by and watched the dispute between the "new" and the "old".

But it is impossible to say that they have no opinions of their own.

Especially when such internal strife affected the foundation of Wuyou Palace, posing the risk of the entire ship capsizing.

Now, in Wuyou Palace, the old order is crumbling, but not completely.

A new order was about to be established, but it was not yet fully established.

The people in Wuyou Palace were at their most turbulent.

However, due to the influence of traditional concepts, although the current Palace Master is the core, the negative emotions that stir people's hearts will first focus on Xiao Jingwen.

Looking at it from another angle, this is the "gunpowder" that covers the entire Wuyou Palace and can explode immediately with just a slight touch.

If he successfully passes this stage, Xiao Jingwen will most likely become a powerful figure in Wuyou Palace, second only to the emperor.

But before that, he was always labeled with negative labels such as "a sycophant", "a lucky recruit", and "a man who takes advantage of others' power".

In Wuyou Palace, there were countless people cursing him day and night, wishing he would die the next moment.

What's more, he now serves as the Palace Emissary of Wuyou Palace, so his "name" and "reality" match each other.

Geng Xuan seemed to have injected bad luck into Xiao Jingwen alone, but the bad luck would not be limited to him.

Sitting at the core hub of the Wuyou Palace, he is like a converter between "public" and "private".

——He is not only the master of himself, but also an important part of Wuyou Palace and occupies a core position.

The bad luck will partially affect himself, and will also spread to the Wuyou Palace organization with him as the source.

……

He flew over the city wall and stuck his body to the outer wall.

Standing more than thirty meters above the ground, I was looking down from above and gazing slightly into the distance at the road I had come from.

Geng Xuan saw thousands of red flowers about two miles away, like bright flower buds blooming in the night sky, eye-catching and ostentatious.

Geng Xuan jumped off the city wall, his body like a giant bird, and silently fell into the jungle dozens of meters away.

After a while, he reunited with Tang Caizhu, Xue Zhiheng, the two elders of the Xu family and others.

When Geng Xuan appeared, Xue Zhiheng was watching from afar the outline of the towering Acropolis standing on the land ahead.

Under the moonlight, it was not very clear and only a rough outline could be seen.

But the more this happened, the more heavy-handed he felt.

When he saw Geng Xuan appear, he asked without any hesitation:

"Boss Su, the Acropolis of the Worry-Free Palace is just ahead. Now, can you announce your plan?"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the dark night crowd behind him, which numbered over a thousand and had already stopped.

"You won't let us attack the city like this, will you?"

He had been cheated too many times by "Su Ruiliang" tonight. When the time came, he remembered those "unreliable" operations of "Su Ruiliang".

Geng Xuan shook his head and said, "Of course not. Let's take a break first. We've been on this journey for such a long time. Let's consider attacking the city after everyone has recovered."

Xue Zhiheng opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Geng Xuan.

He said in a deep voice:

"According to reliable information I received, there is a high probability that there will be chaos in Wuyou Palace tonight..."

As he spoke, he swept his eyes over several people and said vaguely: "The level involved may be very high."

Hearing these ambiguous words, several people's hearts suddenly began to beat wildly.

The eyes that Xue Zhiheng and the two elders of the Xu family looked at Geng Xuan became much more eager.

And there was more emotion in Tang Caizhu's eyes.

At the beginning, her greatest hope was to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and behead the core leaders of Wuyou Palace. She never expected to capture the entire Acropolis of Wuyou Palace.

But now, such a possibility seems to be within reach.

"Now, listen to my orders." Geng Xuan said suddenly.

Everyone stood up straighter quietly.

Geng Xuan said, "Senior Sister, Captain Xue, and the two elders, you will come with me into the city later."

Several people nodded and did not disobey the order, but the two elders of the Xu family showed hesitation on their faces.

Geng Xuan looked at them and said soothingly:

“Don’t worry, this time we go in, first of all, we will observe the movements in the city and confirm the specific time to take action.

If there is really unrest among the high-ranking officials of Wuyou Palace, we will seize the opportunity to strike, try to catch them by surprise and create the greatest results.

You two don't need to fight against the peak marrow refining masters of Wuyou Palace, you can just pick those in the late marrow refining stage or even the middle marrow refining stage, do it according to your ability."

After hearing what he said, the expressions of the two elders of the Xu family softened a lot.

As they get older, they rarely fight with others, especially life-and-death fights at the same level, and they have "quit" doing that for who knows how many years.

But let them bully the weak and even sneak attack some younger generations who are one or two realms lower in strength.

They are confident that my sword is not at all disadvantageous!
Geng Xuan looked at the few people next to him who were in the late stage of marrow refining.

His gaze passed over Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan, and fell on the other nine people in the late stage of marrow refining.

Among these nine people in the late stage of marrow refining, five were from the Blood Fang Group and four were from the Xu Family.

“You will all come with me into the city later.

Wait until we create a big commotion in the core area of the city and attract the attention of all the strong people in the city.

You are responsible for quickly dealing with the guards on the city wall and opening the city gate.

...I have just checked and there are less than fifty guards on the city wall.

Moreover, their strength is average.

There are only two fighters at the marrow refining level, and both are in the early stage of marrow refining.

With the abilities of the nine of you, if you cooperate with each other and go all out, you can even resolve the battle quickly without alerting other people in the city."

This can also be regarded as Geng Xuan's experience in employing people.

By transferring these nine people who have great prestige in the Blood Fang Group and the Xu family, Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan, the only two people in the late stage of marrow refining, whose combined combat power is comparable to that of a person at the peak of marrow refining, can firmly grasp the control of this team of more than 1,300 people.

This will prevent the situation where after he leaves, these temporarily put together forces become internally unstable and hinder each other.

Among these three parties, Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan, who are also remnants of the "Red Heart Gang", are undoubtedly the most determined and unwavering in their determination to take action tonight.

The most core leader is beside him and is "controlled" by him personally.

The largest base is under the control of Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan. For a while, the nine people who are left alone have no choice but to leave immediately and become "lonely ghosts" with no roots or support, or to carry out his orders seriously.

Moreover, he did not assign them tasks that were too difficult, and they could be completed relatively easily within their capabilities.

After listening to Geng Xuan's arrangement, the nine people only considered it for a moment before nodding and saying, "Yes!"

Geng Xuan finally said to Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan:

"You two will be stationed outside the city, responsible for maintaining order in the team and keeping an eye on the movements inside the city. Once they take action against the guards on the city wall, lead the crowd into the city immediately!"

The two girls nodded and said, "Yes."

“Once you have taken control of the city wall, arrange for some personnel to guard it to prevent anyone from escaping during the chaos.

The rest of you should follow the tactics you are familiar with and attack all threatening targets in the city..."

At this point, Geng Xuan thought of the possible chaos at that time, and did not force them to continue fighting in formation, but instead fought in the way that best suited their previous habits.

“This Acropolis is so big, it’s impossible for us, with more than a thousand people, to take care of it all.

Killing the enemy is one thing, but on the other hand, you must be careful to identify targets that are truly threatening and not kill them blindly.

For those who are determined to resist, we must fight resolutely; for those who are determined to escape, we can actively drive them to the central area.

As for how to distinguish them, it depends on your experience. "

At this moment, a man from the Xu family suddenly said:

"If someone surrenders, will we accept him?"

Geng Xuan hesitated when he heard this.

The man continued:
"If everything goes according to what you said, we can really deal a huge blow to those people by surprise.

But our numbers are limited after all. As far as I know, there are nearly 10,000 people in the Acropolis of Wuyou Palace.

Although not all of them are from Wuyou Palace, many are family members and servants, but those who can live in the Acropolis basically have some level of cultivation.

If we are determined not to surrender, even a trapped beast will still fight, let alone a city of nearly 10,000 people?

If they all rise up to resist, it will not only cause us huge casualties.

With the limited manpower we have, we can't possibly handle it all, and many will definitely flee the city."

Hearing this, Geng Xuan fell silent again.

According to his true intentions, he naturally didn't want any captives from Wuyou Palace.

But what the Xu family man said was also true.

If we resist in desperate situations, we will inevitably cause more casualties to our own side.

Geng Xuan naturally didn't care about this.

However, such a situation will inevitably make the Blood Fang Group and the Xu family's tactics more conservative, and they will choose to save their lives over killing the enemy, which in fact creates the effect of "letting go in battle."

Moreover, the Wuyou Palace fortress is so large that if the people inside the city are determined to escape, relying on more than a thousand people is indeed a bit stretched.

As the battle continues, with casualties on our side and those scattered throughout the city, there will be even fewer people available for interception.

Therefore, after eliminating the interference of one's original intention.

A little consideration will reveal that accepting surrender is the most appropriate option.

Tang Caizhu, Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan, the three girls standing next to them, all changed their expressions when they saw Geng Xuan was silent.

Tang Caizhu even wanted to say something, but before she could speak, she shut herself up again.

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and said:
"Surrender is acceptable, but the surrenderer must immediately swear allegiance to me.

Then let them join the battle and be at the forefront of killing the enemy."

The Xu family man was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth to say something.

The younger of the two elders of the Xu family suddenly spoke up:

“Master, this is a good idea.

Those people in Wuyou Palace know best how many evil things they have done.

If we accept their surrender easily without any conditions, they will become uneasy and prone to have wild thoughts. "

The man from the Xu family also nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Geng Xuan glanced around and said:
"Okay, that's the general arrangement. As for how to implement it, it depends on how the situation develops at that time. Everyone should adapt to the situation."

After a while, Zheng Qingyan and Yan Wenxuan led more than 1,300 soldiers from the three coalition forces to continue staying outside the Acropolis.

Geng Xuan led Tang Caizhu, Xue Zhiheng, the two elders of the Xu family, and nine people in the late stage of marrow refining, and quietly passed through a "temporary passage" formed due to too few guards, and silently approached the bottom of the city wall.

The city wall, which was more than thirty meters high, was not difficult for their group to climb.

Even the person who is least good at physical agility can use the strength of the ten fingers of both hands to grab the steep wall and climb up.

After safely crossing the city wall and entering the city again.

Geng Xuan did not let the nine late-stage marrow refining cultivators follow him deeper into the city, but instead asked them to hide near the city gate.

What they have to do next is to pay attention to the movements in the city, and eliminate the guards and seize the city gates at the right time.

After making all the arrangements, Geng Xuan led Tang Caizhu, Xue Zhiheng, and the two elders of the Xu family into the core area.

None of these four people are easy to deal with.

Not to mention Xue Zhiheng, who was able to single-handedly create the Bleeding Fang Group in a dangerous place like Yuanjing, and had almost no obvious shortcomings in any aspect.

Although the two elders of the Xu family are old, "old people are wise and old horses are cunning". As long as they are not in a head-on fight with strong men of the same level, their performance will not be worse than any strong man at the peak level of marrow refining.

When it comes to body movements and concealing whereabouts, Tang Caizhu is the most unfamiliar.

But she was able to make up for this deficiency with her more powerful strength, but the consumption would be slightly greater.

Considering that she was the main force in the upcoming battle, and Geng Xuan had a plan that was gradually being perfected in his mind, as he led the four people deeper into the city, he was also looking around and observing.

When passing by a mansion, the sight finally caught my eye.

With a slight turn, he led the four people and slipped in.

……

Inside the mansion, in a courtyard.

There was a stone pavilion in the courtyard, where four people were sitting together, talking in low voices.

Apart from the four of them, there was no one else around.

Not only was there no one in this courtyard, but there was also no one in the courtyards adjacent to it.

This was obviously intentional, to prevent anyone from overhearing their conversation.

The four people who were talking in a low voice together did not notice that there were five more pairs of eyes in the yard, looking at them with scrutiny and curiosity.

After a while, Tang Caizhu, Xue Zhiheng, the two elders of the Xu family and the other four nodded slightly to Geng Xuan, then rushed out together and rushed towards the stone pavilion in the courtyard.

When the alert one among the four people in the pavilion realized the danger and wanted to confirm it more carefully.

Four big hands clasped the four heads tightly almost at the same time.

As the four men released their power from their palms, the four men whose heads were restrained had their internal strength instantly crushed, and their bodies immediately became "involuntary".

Among these four people, the one captured by Tang Caizhu was in the late stage of marrow refining, and the other three were also in the middle stage of marrow refining.

In Wuyou Palace, he is considered an absolute high-ranking figure.

Now, they were like chickens with no control over their own fate. Tang Caizhu, Xue Zhiheng, the two elders of the Xu family and other four people each carried one and walked towards four different directions in the yard.

Geng Xuan allowed them to use their own methods to interrogate the four people. He paced to the vicinity of the stone pavilion, looked around the pavilion, and his eyes fell on a piece of ground that was slightly naturally sunken.

A moment later, the four figures that had dispersed from the four corners of the courtyard walked towards the stone pavilion again, each holding a corpse in his hand.

But if you stare at the four people, you will be surprised to find that the original Tang Caizhu, Xue Zhiheng, and the two elders of the Xu family have disappeared.

The four people who were carrying the four corpses clearly had the same appearance as the corpses they were carrying.

——Reaching the peak of marrow refining means that the skin and flesh refining have reached at least 95%.

Normally, the levels of skin and flesh refining would be even higher.

This means that the practitioner's "skin" and "flesh" have basically completely "come back to life".

Such a strong person, even if he has not practiced any skills in disguise, can achieve the effect of disguise by forcibly manipulating the changes in muscles and skin.

What's more, for a strong person of this level, the core principle is the disguise skill of controlling the skin and muscles. There is no need for deliberate practice, and basically they can learn it once.

For example, at first glance, there are no obvious flaws in the four people in front of you.

However, it is only at "first glance".

If someone who is very familiar with the four people observes carefully, he or she can still see the differences in their body shape, posture, and skin color.

Compared with Geng Xuan, who has mastered the perfect disguise technique and perfect bone shrinking technique, he is still far behind.

However, in such a night environment, it was enough for the four of them to "hide the truth".

Just now, the four of them took one person to interrogate separately. They not only replicated the other person's appearance and voice, but also mastered the other person's basic identity, which was enough for use.

The four men with different appearances each carried a still-warm corpse to the stone pavilion, and saw a deep pit in the corner of the pavilion.

Geng Xuan, who had transformed into Fang Yong's appearance, said to the four people, "Throw them all in."

"puff!"

"puff!"

"..."

With four puffs, four bodies were thrown to the bottom of the deep pit.

Geng Xuan filled the soil quickly.

The four wanted to help, but were stopped by him.

Soon, he successfully filled the deep pit.

After he filled the last handful of soil, he patted it down gently, examined it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Even for people who come in and out of this courtyard all year round, it is difficult to find any signs that this area has been dug up and filled in.

Four bodies were clearly added to the bottom of the deep pit, but the slight depression in the restored ground still existed. Only with precise measuring tools could it be discovered that the ground had risen by nearly one centimeter.

The reason why Geng Xuan was able to achieve such attention to detail was because he continuously absorbed the Blood Fang Group and the Xu Family, two groups of temporary gang members, which brought him 104 points of white luck.

A great war broke out at Qingyuanji, resulting in the deaths of more than two thousand people on both sides in a short period of time. This happened some time after Tang Caizhu and others became temporary gang members and brought him 32 points of white luck.

Geng Xuan judged that the great battle in Qingyuanji broke out at this point in time, and with the 32 points of black luck eliminated from the 32 points of white luck, it was likely to have played a crucial final role.

After the outbreak of this war, in a short period of time, there were no hidden dangers around Qingyuanji that could bring him 104 points of bad luck.

On the contrary, I am in Yuanjing. With Yuanjing's foundation and size, not to mention 104 points, even 1,400 points of black luck are enough to brew in a short period of time.

This is also the reason why Geng Xuan attacked Wuyou Palace without stopping after absorbing the Blood Fang Group and the Xu Family.

If you delay for a moment, other disasters might come to you.

Even if he chose to attack Wuyou Palace and actively eliminate the calamity, in order to make the outbreak of the calamity as favorable to him as possible, Geng Xuan also tried his best to pay attention to details.

The purpose is to prevent Fang Yong and the four corpses in front of him from becoming a link in the "chain of disasters", so that the disaster that eventually breaks out will occur in a direction that is unfavorable to them.

……

Looking at "Su Ruiliang" who restored the ground to its original state with his own hands, the four bystanders had other thoughts in their minds.

They all thought of the battle in which "Su Ruiliang" killed six people at the peak of marrow refining.

It is said that the six peak marrow refiners used various methods to disguise themselves and blend into a group of representatives from various parties in Yuanjing, and successfully approached "Su Ruiliang". If it weren't for the sudden emotional breakdown of the Xu family's concubine, who exposed herself on the spot and eventually exposed the Xu family's whereabouts, it is very likely that they would have found the most suitable opportunity to ambush and kill.

The means by which the five peak marrow refining masters of Wuyou Palace had failed in his hands were now borrowed by "Su Ruiliang", who used the same means to deal with Wuyou Palace in reverse.

It really feels like a tit-for-tat relationship.

As for such "sinister and despicable" means that are not fair and aboveboard at all, the four people's biggest feeling is -

Excited and looking forward to it.

Get ready to try!

Geng Xuan took a quick look and saw that the four of them had gradually become aware of their role as "predators". He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed out of the courtyard.

……

Xiao Mansion, study.

"Snapped!"

Xiao Jingwen casually threw a document aside, leaned back in his chair, and gently pressed his forehead with his hand.

Originally, he devoted himself to his work, but now he felt inexplicably uneasy and irritated, and could no longer concentrate.

I reluctantly sat there for a while, but my condition was getting worse and worse, and I couldn't concentrate on the work at hand at all.

The more he tried to concentrate, the more his mind became out of control, and all sorts of random thoughts flashed through his mind.

Personal, Wuyou Palace, Yuanzhou, and even Jiuzhou...

"Bang bang bang."

Just then, there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Who?"

Xiao Jingwen, who was leaning back in the chair, did not stand up or open his eyes. He asked directly with an impatient tone.

"Master, it's me." An old voice sounded outside the door.

"Uncle Liu? Didn't I tell you not to disturb me when you have nothing to do?" Although there was still some unhappiness in his tone, he suppressed it a lot.

"The palace master has sent an envoy to request a meeting outside the mansion." The old voice outside the door continued.

Xiao Jingwen, who was leaning back in the chair with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

He stared at the opposite wall for a few seconds with inexplicable eyes, then suddenly stood up and walked outside.

"Squeak-"

Xiao Jingwen, who had regained his composure, opened the door, looked at the old man in front of him, and said calmly, "Take me there."

Soon, Xiao Jingwen saw a man in the living room and asked, "What's the matter?"

The man bowed to Xiao Jingwen and said, "The Palace Master wants to see the Palace Envoy."

Xiao Jingwen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Why do you want to see me so late at night?"

The man said, "I heard that some urgent news related to the Xu family came from Yuanjing City."

Xiao Jingwen was startled, then nodded gently: "Okay, I'll go right away."

As he said that, Xiao Jingwen was about to walk out of the living room.

At this moment, the man who was reporting with his head down suddenly said, "Palace envoy, wait a minute."

Xiao Jingwen paused.

"The Palace Master has other instructions." said the man.

Xiao Jingwen slowly turned around and looked at the man.

The man glanced at Xiao Jingwen and suddenly said softly: "The Palace Master said that he is waiting for you in Zi Luo Palace."

When Xiao Jingwen heard this, he was suddenly shocked.

After a long time-

"Palace Envoy."

At the gentle call of the man in front of him, Xiao Jingwen regained consciousness, and his eyes were already covered with severe frost.

The man said nothing more. After bowing respectfully, he was about to leave.

Suddenly, Xiao Jingwen asked, "What was that look in your eyes just now?"

There was an extreme coldness in his words.

"Ah?" The man looked puzzled.

"Let me ask you, what was that look in your eyes just now?"

Xiao Jingwen took a step forward, stared at the man in front of him with cold eyes, and asked coldly.

"Ah, Palace Emissary, you..."

Xiao Jingwen didn't say anything else, but just stretched out his palm and slapped the man in front of him on the chest.

"Oh!"

The man in front of him flew out immediately, passing through the void, and flew directly out of the yard from the living room.

Then with a "bang", he fell heavily to the ground.

The inexplicably depressed and irritated thoughts that had been brewing since I was in the study suddenly became a little better after this palm strike.

After slapping him, Xiao Jingwen did not walk out directly, but said, "Uncle Liu, prepare some water. I want to take a bath."

"Yes, young master." The old man standing in the shadow of a corner, like a wooden man, answered.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xiao Jingwen, wearing a moon-white robe and exuding the unique fragrance of purple rose, boarded the carriage.

With the sound of clattering horses, Liu Bo drove a carriage pulled by two mysterious horses out of the Xiao Mansion and headed towards a group of palaces not far away.

About quarter of an hour after the carriage left, the man, who had been lying in the yard like a corpse for half an hour, suddenly spat out a large mouthful of black, smelly blood.

The man woke up slowly, feeling that his internal organs were severely damaged and on the verge of complete disintegration.

In addition, there was an extremely cold dark poison that spread throughout the body as the blood flowed, causing the vitality in the flesh, blood, and bones to wither away bit by bit.

As the inspection progressed, the look in the man's eyes changed from fear to despair, and then from despair to gnashing hatred.

"Xiao-Jing-Wen!"

A moment later, the man put his hand on his chest, held on to the wall, and limped out of the Xiao Mansion.

Looking at the palace complex not far away, he gritted his teeth, turned and walked in another direction.

Not long after, the man arrived at the headquarters of the Chuan Gong Hall.

After knocking on the door for a while, a young man who looked to be in his twenties appeared at the door, looked at him in surprise, and said:
"What are you doing here?"

The man said: "Ahem... ahem... I want to see the old hall master!"

The young man was startled and shook his head, "Isn't this inappropriate?... With your status, meeting the old hall master privately is not a good thing for you!"

The man opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly he let out a "wow" and spurted out a mouthful of extremely smelly black blood.

The young man was shocked. The man put his hand heavily on his shoulder and said with difficulty, bloodstained: "Take... me... to... see..."

The young man, who was afraid that the man in front of him would die, panicked and said quickly: "Okay, I'll take you there..."

The next moment, he took the man and rushed away into the distance.

……

Deep in the Acropolis, in a quiet mansion.

An old man with white hair and a youthful face sat in the first seat with his eyes closed. There was a cup of tea next to him, but he didn't move at all.

Beside him, the current head of the Chuan Gong Hall was half-sitting on a chair, looking awkward, neither sitting nor standing.

Next to him, there were two people kneeling on the ground, facing the old man with white hair and a youthful face, and knocking their heads heavily on the ground.

"Please help me, ancestor!"

The old man sat with his eyes closed but did not move at all, not even his eyelids moved.

This strange situation lasted for a long time, and the current master of the Transmission Hall, who was half-sitting on his seat, said awkwardly:
"Master, I will take them out then..."

The first old man finally spoke: "If you come to me with something again in the future, don't come."

"Ah——" The current head of the Transmission Hall looked aggrieved. He looked at the old man and was about to explain something.

Suddenly, two people rushed in from outside, and there were two consecutive "thumps", one of them knelt on the ground and the other fell to the ground.

The current head of the Transmission Hall looked at the two people who suddenly appeared with a look of astonishment, not knowing what to say.

The old man who was sitting at the first table with his eyes closed frowned twice, and finally couldn't help but open his eyes and said angrily:

"When did I become a vegetable market?"

The young man kneeling on the ground didn't say a word. The man who fell to the ground struggled to kneel up. Before he spoke, he let out a "wow" and spat out a mouthful of smelly black blood to clear the way.

Sure enough, this mouthful of blood is more effective than any words.

The old man stared at the pool of black blood that was rapidly spreading with a fishy smell, his eyes fixed and his brows furrowed.

"Old Hall Master, please save Wuyou Palace!
If you don't take action, Wuyou Palace will be destroyed!"

The man who spat out a mouthful of black blood suddenly fell to the ground, begging in tears.

After hearing this, the old man frowned and said unhappily: "Don't talk nonsense, this trick won't work on me!"

The man lying on the ground crying didn't dare to look up, he shook his head and said:

"This is something that you, old hall master, don't know. If you knew, you would definitely not say that."

The old man's expression gradually turned cold. He didn't say anything, but stared at the man on the ground.

"Old Hall Master, have you ever thought about why the Palace Master has so many beauties in her harem but has not given birth to a child yet?" the man on the ground suddenly spoke.

The old man's expression froze, and then his face suddenly changed.

Two quarters of an hour later.

The old man with white hair and a youthful face couldn't suppress his emotions. He snorted coldly and slapped the table beside him.

"Bam—"

With a dull thud, the entire table turned into powder in an instant.

He stood up from his seat and strode out of the house.

The current hall master who was sitting next to him quickly stood up and chased after him.

He was brought to see the old man and asked the old man for help, but he never got a single word of response. Afterwards, as the man came to complain, the two men knelt on the ground without saying a word, as if they were invisible.

At this moment, they suddenly looked up and looked at each other, and saw ecstasy in each other's eyes.

Soon, the two of them rushed out of the mansion.

But they did not follow the old hall master and the current hall master and go to the Zi Luo Palace together.

Instead, the troops split into two groups and rushed in different directions.

As the two of them quickly flew through various places in the city, the Acropolis, which had seemed generally quiet under the night sky, began to "wake up" little by little.

Figures kept coming one after another, with expressions that were either solemn, gloomy, or excited, into the palace complex in the center of the Acropolis.

Everyone’s goal is very clear——

Purple Palace!
The palace, which was once heavily guarded, is now useless.

The guards, however, stepped aside one by one and did not dare to stop the intruders at all.

During this process, five figures, mixed in with the crowd in this strange atmosphere, entered the hall unhindered.

A guard looked up and saw that they were all familiar faces in the palace, so he turned his eyes away and ignored them.

……

Liu Bo drove the carriage out of the Xiao Mansion. With a rumbling sound, the carriage arrived outside the target palace.

The loyal guard glanced at Liu Bo who was driving the car, then lifted the curtain and looked inside.

Meeting Xiao Jingwen's frosty eyes, he quickly lowered his brows respectfully, lowered the curtains, and let the carriage go into the hall.

“Da da…da…”

When the sound of horse hooves completely disappeared, the carriage stopped at the foot of the long steps.

"Master, we're here." Uncle Liu, who was driving, said softly.

The curtain of the carriage was opened, and Xiao Jingwen, wearing a moon-white robe, got off the carriage and walked up the steps.

On both sides of the steps, purple vines are still charming even in the severe winter, with leaves that are more eye-catching than blooming flowers.

Walk up the long steps and through the half-open palace door.

It can be seen that there are no lights in the temple.

The quiet moonlight, which was condensed and concentrated through special means, appeared brighter and blended with the pearl light of the night pearl with a faint purple luster.

It exudes a wonderful luster without a trace of worldly air.

Bathed in this wonderful luster, the hall seemed to have turned into a quiet underwater world. In a trance, one could even see the rippling waves.

Xiao Jingwen's eyes, which were originally as cold as frost, gradually faded away after witnessing all this, and became quiet and empty bit by bit.

"Jingwen is here?" At this moment, a slightly strange voice came from the hall.

This originally somewhat strange voice unexpectedly fits in harmoniously with the atmosphere in the hall.

Xiao Jingwen said respectfully: "Palace Master, I'm here."

"Come in quickly." The strange voice urged.

Xiao Jingwen stood at the door without moving, and said, "I heard that something happened to the Xu family?"

"Well, the Xu family members who were originally staying in the villa suddenly disappeared... Hey, let's not talk about these disappointing things at this time, Jingwen, come in quickly..." the weird voice urged.

Xiao Jingwen was silent for a moment before saying:

"Palace Master, we have already agreed on this at the beginning, and you have also promised me that from now on..."

"Ah!" A faint sigh suddenly came from the hall, interrupting Xiao Jingwen's words.

"I suddenly felt a little upset tonight, and a lot of random thoughts came to my mind for no reason.

I want to find someone to talk to and relieve my stress, but after thinking about it, I can only think of you...

Jingwen, you are the one who knows me best in this world.

Just chat casually, don’t think too much about it.”

Xiao Jingwen suddenly felt some inexplicable emotions in his heart.

He thought about his inexplicable annoyance just now, and thought to himself, could this be a case of telepathy?

At this moment, a purple silk ribbon, like a spirit snake, quietly emerged from the hall and cleverly wrapped itself around Xiao Jingwen's body.

"Hey, I caught you." The strange voice said with a hint of pride.

As he spoke, the silk ribbon exerted force and carried Xiao Jingwen into the hall.

The force of the silk ribbon binding him was not very strong. If he was determined, he could get free with a slight shake.

But Xiao Jingwen allowed the silk ribbon to drag him deeper into the hall.

The waves are rippling, not like the human world.

The two people who were roaming harmoniously in the foreign world had long forgotten the passage of time.

At this moment, there was a loud "boom", like a thunderbolt from the sky, which forcibly split open the corner of the world that the two had carefully constructed.

The two people who were about to travel hand in hand in a foreign world were so frightened that their three souls left their bodies and their seven spirits were shaken.

When they woke up, without caring about anything else, they saw an old man with white hair dancing wildly, with a tangible energy around his body that looked like lightning.

He stared at the two of them with wide eyes, and shouted angrily with great anguish:
"You, you... beasts!"

The old man originally wanted to say something, but in the end, it turned into a pure, cursing vent.

The Lord of Wuyou Palace saw the opportunity the fastest. He waved his hand lightly, and a long purple silk came over like a spirit snake and wrapped around his naked body.

At the same time, there was another long purple silk that wrapped around Xiao Jingwen, who was in a similar situation as him and was lying on the ground, not daring to look up.

The old man did not stop the Wuyou Palace Master's actions, but when he saw another long purple silk was about to wrap Xiao Jingwen.

He waved his hand angrily.

"hiss--"

With a crisp sound of tearing silk, the long silk was torn into pieces by the violent force released by Xiao Jingwen's wave of his hand before it could wrap around the naked Xiao Jingwen.

The original whole piece of purple silk turned into pieces of broken silk, floating around Xiao Jingwen, like a purple rain.

"Since you have decided to be a beast, why are you still wearing clothes and covering up your shame? Just stay naked!" the old man shouted.

Xiao Jingwen lay on the ground, not daring to look up, respond, or stand up.

Only the naked body was trembling in humiliation, trembling madly.

Seeing his lover being humiliated like this, Palace Master Wuyou finally exploded and shouted:
"Zhang Zhengfeng, don't push your luck!
I won't bother with you about what happened tonight, and don't try to take advantage of your age here.

Get out of here, get out of here right now!"

The old man was stunned at first after hearing his roar, with an expression of disbelief on his face, and then he laughed loudly, pointing at the Lord of Wuyou Palace, and said:

“In order to allow you to take the position smoothly, I will immediately hand over the position of Hall Master after you succeed the Palace Master.

From then on, he no longer asked about the affairs of the palace.

He let you mess up the entire Wuyou Palace without saying a word.

Now, you say I'm taking advantage of my age?
Good, good, very good!
I'll let you know right now what it means to take advantage of your age!"

As he spoke, he suddenly shouted:
"What are you hiding for? Come out here, everyone!"

The next moment, light footsteps were heard, and the current master of the Transmission Hall was the first to tiptoe into the hall.

He came behind the old man, took a quick glance at the situation in the hall, then quickly retracted his gaze and whispered:
"Master...Master, please calm down. Can we talk about it tomorrow?

You and the Palace Master are both angry now, how about we go out first..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish his peacemaking words, he was slapped hard in the face.

Facing this fierce slap in the face, he clearly saw it, but he did not dodge at all and was actually slapped.

The moment the slap hit his face, there was a look of relief in his eyes.

The old man withdrew his hand, glanced at the other people who tiptoed into the hall, and suddenly said to one of them: "Give me your sword."

"what?"

Hearing this order, the man was inexplicably panicked.

But before he could react, the impatient old man stretched out his hand and grabbed the sword at his waist into his palm.

"choke--"

The old man drew out his sword directly, and the sharp sword flashed a cold light.

He stared at it and nodded with satisfaction.

Then he swung his hand and nailed the sword to the ground beside the naked Xiao Jingwen.

He said to the Lord of Wuyou Palace calmly:

"Now, draw your sword and kill this... beast.

If you do as I say, Palace Master, you will do as I say!

If you don't want to do it and insist on protecting him, that's up to you.

However, you should not be the palace master anymore. Wuyou Palace has nothing to do with you anymore.

Take your little wife and get out of here right now. From now on, you can do whatever you want!"

The Lord of Wuyou Palace stared at him with an absurd expression and said, "Are you kidding me?"

The old man squinted at him and said, "Do you think I'm in the mood to joke with you now?"

As he spoke, he looked around and saw a crowd growing larger and larger without him noticing.

With a half-smile, he said, "Perhaps you can ask them, do they support me or you?"

The Lord of Wuyou Palace followed his gaze and looked at the others.

At first, some people looked away.

But gradually, these people's attitudes became firm, and their eyes became firm as well.

In other words, those who were able to rush into this hall at this time already had a clear intention in their minds before entering.

Now, under the gaze of Lord Wuyou Palace, he has only become more determined.

Upon seeing this, the Lord of Wuyou Palace seemed to be deeply shocked and staggered back two steps in disbelief.

The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

But in the ears of the Lord of Wuyou Palace, it seemed as if he heard an overwhelming cry.

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

After a long silence, the Lord of Wuyou Palace slowly raised his head and looked at the long sword on the ground.

But the first thing he saw was not the sword, but a pair of sad and heartbroken eyes.

Xiao Jingwen, who had been lying naked on the ground without looking up, slowly raised his head at some point and was staring at him without blinking.

……

Geng Xuan, who quietly entered the hall among the crowd, saw such a strange scene.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Lord of Wuyou Palace walking slowly forward step by step.

The attention of everyone in the hall was either focused on the Lord of Wuyou Palace, on the sword, or on Xiao Jingwen.

Apart from these three, there seems to be nothing else that concerns them.

In this atmosphere, Geng Xuan walked to the side of the vigorous old man with almost no hindrance. (End of this chapter)