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Chapter 348 The Forbidden City

September 15th.

Ever since Sword God Ximen Chuixue accepted Sword Saint Ye Gucheng's challenge to a duel at the Forbidden City to determine their swordsmanship.

In an instant, the capital was in turmoil.

People from all over the world flocked to the scene. Among them were powerful figures who commanded respect in their respective regions, leaders of sects with centuries-old traditions, and reclusive masters from the martial arts world. They couldn't resist coming to witness this battle.

After all, these are Sword Saint Ye Gucheng and Sword God Ximen Chuixue.

With the help of various forces, the battle at the Forbidden City became an unparalleled battle in the history of the martial arts world for hundreds of years.

Surrounded by countless fanatical martial arts figures.

Even though the place where they challenged each other to a duel was the Forbidden City, the pinnacle of imperial power, even for the Ming Dynasty which ruled the entire country, had to make concessions and distributed thirty bolts of silk, allowing thirty martial arts masters to go to the Forbidden City to watch the battle.

Anyone else who dares to approach will be killed without exception.

To prepare for this once-in-a-century decisive battle, a full 60,000 elite imperial guards have gathered in the capital, along with numerous palace experts who have completely surrounded the palace.

To say that not even a fly could get in would be utter nonsense.

Even the most skilled martial artist would be no match for the elite Imperial Guards.

They also find themselves constantly besieged.

Can they kill ten, a hundred, or a thousand people?

Moreover, they were fully armed Imperial Guards.

The true elite in the military are the fully professional armies that are completely detached from production. They have the best resources and equipment, and the most rigorous training. Each one of them is equivalent to four or five of those ragtag troops.

In a real battle between two armies, such a professional army would be able to crush those ragtag troops with a single charge.

The two are not even in the same league in terms of overall quality.

The current emperor only has about 200,000 troops under his actual control, which is the most fundamental guarantee for him to maintain his rule and preserve his throne.

This time, he mobilized a full quarter of his forces to surround the palace. The sheer force of his presence was like that of an army of hundreds of thousands, for any martial arts master would have to back down.

Under a hail of arrows from tens of thousands of soldiers, even someone as skilled in light footwork as Lu Xiaofeng would not be able to survive such a dense rain of arrows.

It was precisely because of this deterrent power that even the countless martial arts masters in the world could only admit defeat and obediently submit to the imperial court's arrangements to compete for those thirty bolts of silk.

It was nearing dusk, the night was deep and still, and a sense of oppression filled the air.

Many martial arts masters carrying silk came to the outside of the Forbidden City. Gazing at the tens of thousands of imperial guards in armor, they couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

Soon, after being inspected by the commander of the Imperial Guards, they arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony by virtue of their silk.

However, this commander of the Imperial Guards was clearly bad at arithmetic and failed to notice that there were extra pieces of silk.

In fact, these thirty pieces of silk were all specially made and exclusive to the royal palace.

There were no other silks available in the world, so the commander of the Imperial Guards didn't bother to count them; he simply let people in as long as they confirmed that the silks were from the palace.

Inside the Forbidden City, Lu Xiaofeng walked side by side with Hua Manlou, glancing into Hua Manlou's eyes from time to time. Originally, while investigating cases in various places, he also helped Hua Manlou find a way to treat his eyes.

Suddenly one day, Hua Manlou sent him a message saying that he had regained his sight.

Moreover, he felt that Hua Manlou's martial arts skills were beyond his comprehension, but this was a secret belonging to his friend, so he naturally wouldn't pry into it.

On the contrary, he was extremely pleased, because he thought Hua Manlou was a kind-hearted person.

The suffering he had endured in the past should not be his responsibility, but he was also a little curious. "Hua Manlou, why did you push for this duel...?"

That's right.

Among the forces driving this duel was the Hua family, to which Hua Manlou belonged.

He had gone to great lengths to promote the battle; this was the first time he had ever seen Hua Manlou do something like this.

Looking up at the summit of the Forbidden City, Hua Manlou sighed and muttered to himself, "After this night, the world will change drastically!"

"The world has changed drastically? Although after this, it will determine whether the sword of Chuixue or the sword of Ye Gucheng is sharper, which has been the subject of much debate in the martial arts world."

"But it won't cause a drastic change in the world..."

"Look around here, how many more people have appeared?" Hua Manlou scanned the area, knowing that this was originally supposed to be a rebellion by the Prince of Nan.

He had been on guard from the beginning, but he never expected that the group leader in this world was actually Ye Gucheng, who was supporting the Prince of the South.

The group leader didn't tell him what would happen, only that tonight he would perform a miracle in front of everyone, driving the development of the entire martial arts world.

Given the group owner's methods, Hua Manlou certainly wouldn't doubt it since he said that.

Lu Xiaofeng glanced around and was stunned, as if struck by lightning.

This is far more people than the silk he sent out.

Suddenly, the amount of silk fabric doubled.

There's only one explanation.

These people are carrying real ribbons.

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He seemed to have thought of something, unless one of his brothers had the audacity to sell it.

This token is already worth 50,000 taels of gold outside.

People die for wealth, birds die for food.

now.

Lu Xiaofeng frowned. "Hua Manlou, do you know something?"

However, he suddenly felt very uneasy.

This sudden increase in the number of people.

And what Hua Manlou said.

His intuition told him that tonight, under the full moon in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, at the very moment of their decisive battle, something astonishing would surely happen, perhaps even more astonishing than the battle itself.

Wei Ziyun, the head of the imperial guards responsible for security, came to Lu Xiaofeng's side and questioned him about why there were so many extra people.

Lu Xiaofeng admitted that he didn't know either, and told Wei Ziyun his speculation.

Wei Ziyun's face was ashen. The reason they let people in was because they knew that a large number of people would come to watch the decisive battle, and it was better to let them pass than to block them.

Now that these people have entered, there's no way to verify the authenticity of their tokens. Should we expel them? That would inevitably cause conflict, which is the last thing the Emperor wants to see.

"Lu Xiaofeng, I'm going to send more men. You keep an eye on things for me," Wei Ziyun said in a deep voice.

After saying this, he left the Hall of Supreme Harmony as soon as possible. He needed to double the manpower to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, otherwise, if anything happened, it would be a huge disaster.

As Lu Xiaofeng watched Wei Ziyun's departing figure and then glanced at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, his heart began to grow heavy.

What will happen tonight?

Just then, someone exclaimed in surprise.

"It's Ximen Chuixue! Ximen Chuixue is here!"

Ximen Chuixue has been missing from the martial arts world for almost three months.

Finally, I've arrived here.

He strode over from the Jade Belt Bridge over the Jade Belt River outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Dressed in white, she was like a painting, like a banished immortal, and slowly walked towards us.

(End of this chapter)