Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

2.24 His Majesty the Emperor and his aunt join hands to fight against facial paralysis [with color insert]

Su Luoxue was still interrogating Jin Shun, learning from him about the Jin family's past and their involvement with the Taibaitu. However, before she could ask more questions, she sensed the spiritual energy fluctuations of the battle within the city.

It was just that Cheng Ying had set up a formation outside the Jin Mansion to block the fluctuations of spiritual energy. Although the formation was destroyed due to the battle between Ji Xian and Cheng Ying, it also meant that Su Luoxue only sensed it now, causing her to arrive later than the puppet.

Ji Xian was familiar with Su Luoxue's spiritual power, and Su Luoxue was also familiar with Ji Xian's. She immediately recognized that it was Ji Xian who was fighting, and judged the scope and distance of the battle. It was exactly the Jin Mansion!

Su Luoxue immediately gave up the interrogation and rushed to the Jin Mansion as quickly as possible.

In fact, Ji Xian's battle rhythm was very fast. After a while, the puppet arrived and joined forces with Cheng Ying to besiege Ji Xian. However, Su Luoxue arrived just as quickly. When she arrived, Cheng Ying was just gathering strength.

Su Luoxue did not interrupt her because she noticed the protection around Cheng Ying, so she mobilized her own spiritual power and the power of the Xutian Sword, and slashed out a sword array.

Using the means of Wen Tianlu, he directly froze Cheng Ying's attack and protected Ji Xian.

Su Luoxue was really angry at this time. Not only was she angry that Ji Xian ran away without permission and put herself in danger, but she was even more angry that these two Dieying's Yangshen killers dared to attack Ji Xian!

Su Luoxue showed no mercy and burst out with powerful spiritual power to attack Cheng Ying and the puppet.

Ji Xian also joined the battle and joined forces with Su Luoxue to fight the enemy.

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue grew up together, practiced together, and knew each other well. Although they had never fought together, when they did, they had an unprecedented tacit understanding and fluency.

Cheng Ying's helper was a puppet, a magical weapon crafted from the corpse of the second leader of the Die Ying clan. Although it retained its original strength, Cheng Ying still needed to distract himself to control it during actual combat.

If it's two against one, it's nothing for Cheng Ying to control the puppet.

But now, facing enemies of the same level, it would be difficult for Cheng Ying to deal with two enemies at the same time without having the advantage in numbers.

But Cheng Ying did not retreat. He fought Ji Xian and Su Luoxue head-on, and continued to fight even when he was at a disadvantage.

This made Ji Xian wonder if this expressionless girl had another trick up her sleeve, just like she had been answering every question and talking to delay time.

But no matter what tricks she has up her sleeve, just kill her before she can use them!

As a result, the two sides engaged in a head-on battle in Jiangdu City, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

Even the garrison troops and Sky Fox Guards in Jiangdu chose to retreat immediately after arriving, staying away from the fight between the powerful Yangshen and not getting involved.

"That's a battle between Yang Gods. We can't help them for now. Block the surrounding area and evacuate the people. We'll attack after the enemy is exhausted!"

The captain of the Sky Fox Guard gave the order.

Soon, two hours passed and the battle was still not over.

Ji Xian launched a fierce attack, Tianxue Ji and the Death Sword thrust out at the same time, flashing two rays of light, one red and one gray. The red light was as hot as a raging fire, and the gray light was as cold as a ghost that was haunting the soul!

Cheng Ying stepped back, waved his hand, and threw out a talisman, forming a circle in front to block the attack.

But in just a moment, Su Luoxue flashed behind Cheng Ying and swung the dark Xutian Sword towards Cheng Ying's neck. Cheng Ying reacted quickly and immediately turned around to block the sword with the Feiying Sword Bow.

Ji Xian pierced Cheng Ying's talisman with her two swords and continued to rush forward, but Cheng Ying summoned puppets to resist Ji Xian.

"There are flaws."

Su Luoxue noticed that Cheng Ying's spiritual power fluctuations began to become unstable, so she burst out with spiritual power, rolling up a stream of fire as bright as starlight, and with a sword, she violently knocked away Cheng Ying's Feiying sword bow and slashed at her.

Every cultivator who breaks through to the Tiangang realm and above will have protective qi. The higher the level of cultivation, the stronger the defense. After reaching the Yangshen realm, one can directly resist almost all means of attack.

Su Luoxue's sword hit Cheng Ying's protective qi, severely injuring Cheng Ying and knocking her away.

In the distance was a riverside pier. Cheng Ying was knocked out and fell heavily to the ground.

Ji Xian fought with the puppet, and after a short confrontation he gained the upper hand. He also slashed the puppet with a sword, knocking it away.

The Red Moon Puppet flew out, like a puppet that had been freed from its strings, and fell to the ground with a "thump", motionless.

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue were stunned.

This situation means that the person controlling the puppet has given up control of the puppet.

What does that mean, does she want to surrender?

Ji Xian pointed her sword at Cheng Ying: "Hey, are you surrendering?"

But Cheng Ying ignored Ji Xian, got up from the ground, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The next second, the Red Moon Puppet that had fallen to the ground moved on its own, stood up from the ground, and stood straight in the same place like a sculpture.

Ji Xian's perception was very sharp, and she instantly sensed that something was wrong with the puppet.

"The puppet has changed its controller."

Ji Xian immediately said to Su Luoxue, and Su Luoxue nodded: "She has accomplices."

The sky was now much brighter, and the sun was rising slowly, emerging from the surface of the river at the riverside pier.

The light of dawn hit Cheng Ying, and she slowly stood up from the ground. Her face, which was originally obscured by the shadow of her hood, became clearer in the sunlight, revealing the flawless face of a beautiful girl.

But her face looked very cold, and combined with Cheng Ying's clothes and temperament, someone who didn't know her would think she was a ghost.

There was no expression on his face, he just said calmly: "The test is over, I won't fight anymore."

"Testing?"

"I only wanted to test your strength, so I fought with you until now. Now that the test is over, I'm leaving."

"Humph, you just leave when you say so. Do you think this is your home?"

Ji Xian sneered and pointed his sword at Cheng Ying: "The Taibai Map is still with you, how can we let you go? Besides, even if there is no Taibai Map, I will not let you go. You are a wanted criminal of the Great Zhou!"

After hearing Ji Xian say this, Su Luoxue looked at him and asked, "Is the Taibai map on her?"

"Correct."

"......"

Su Luoxue remained silent, her gaze turning to Cheng Ying, a fierce energy emanating from her body. As someone who knew the Taibai Diagram well, she knew exactly what secrets lay within. This item must not fall into the hands of anyone else, especially the remnants of the Daxuan faction!

Cheng Ying stood there without saying anything, but just reached to his waist with his left hand and took out a waist bag.

Then she swung her waist bag hard, and the contents flew out, full of talismans! ! ! !

"not good!"

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue attacked immediately.

"burst!"

Cheng Ying pinched his fingers and shouted, and all the flying talismans were detonated!

These talismans are really varied, including flowing fire talismans, strong wind talismans, mountain talismans, yin and yang talismans... and many other kinds of talismans, and there are almost no duplicates.

Cheng Ying is a very reliable killer. He understands his mission very well and is also aware of the risks of action and combat.

For her, the most important task is naturally the Taibai Map. As for her killing Ji Xian, in fact, Ji Xian's identity as the Emperor of the Great Zhou is secondary. The main reason is that Ji Xian saw the Taibai Map, and Cheng Ying wanted to kill him to silence him.

Now that Su Luoxue has arrived and failed to silence the witness, Cheng Ying still chooses to fight with Ji Xian and Su Luoxue, purely to test the strength of these two.

After all, the outside world has spread rumors about these two people as if they were supernatural, but few people have seen them in person.

Cheng Longjiu once taught Cheng Ying the principle of knowing yourself and your enemy, and Cheng Ying is now implementing this principle.

After the two hours of fighting, she already had some understanding of Ji Xian and Su Luoxue's strength, so there was naturally no need for her to stay any longer.

She also prepared a way to save her life and escape, and the simultaneous explosion of these talismans was just one of them.

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I got the chapter wrong before. The chapter for which illustrations were prepared in advance is chapter 2.24.

2.25 The Emperor's Aunt: I'm so worried about you...

Cheng Ying finally ran away.

The talismans she flung out were all different, and all contained Yang Shen-level spiritual power, showing she had prepared them well in advance. The force of their simultaneous detonation was enough to flatten the entire street. Ji Xian and Su Luoxue could only retreat and resist, allowing Cheng Ying to seize the opportunity and escape.

Ji Xian could no longer sense the spiritual fluctuations of her and the puppet. They must have hidden their own fluctuations and auras. Moreover, before their spiritual fluctuations disappeared, Ji Xian also sensed that she and the substitute puppet ran in separate directions.

If this is the case, then there is no way to be sure who has the Taibai Map. Even if you have the ability to find them, you may not be able to get the Taibai Map.

Cheng Ying is really a smart man. He can even plan a complete escape plan.

"Damn, she got away."

Ji Xian swung her sword to break the talisman explosion, and looked around, but there was no trace of Cheng Ying and the puppet at all, and she could not even feel the fluctuation of spiritual power.

At this moment, the surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the sound of water by the river and the sound of the wind.

The sun rises slowly at dawn, and the sunlight gradually hits the riverside, illuminating the night.

Su Luoxue put away her sword and walked towards Ji Xian in front of her.

Hearing the footsteps of Luoxue behind him, Ji Xian suddenly panicked. She realized that now that Dieying was gone, Luoxue's only target was herself.

Ji Xian quickly turned around and smiled frivolously: "Luo, Luoxue, you..."

'Snapped! '

A crisp slap was heard, and Su Luoxue slapped Ji Xian hard in the face.

Ji Xian covered his face and took a few steps back, but Su Luoxue stepped forward and grabbed Ji Xian's collar, then suddenly hugged him.

Ji Xian was at a loss for a moment, and only heard Su Luoxue in her arms say softly: "I'm so worried about you..."

Ever since she knew that Ji Xian was in danger of being targeted by Dieying, Su Luoxue's heart had been hanging, and she had been worried about Ji Xian's safety. This emotion had been suppressed for a long time, and at this moment it was completely released.

"......"

Ji Xian was silent for a moment, the expression on her face changing from frivolity and panic at the beginning to one of guilt. Finally, she gently hugged Su Luoxue and stroked her hair: "...I'm sorry for making you worry."

There was no one around, and the two of them hugged each other for a long time by the river. The sun slowly rose, and its warm rays beat down on them, enjoying the quiet moment.

If there were officials from Chang'an around at this time, they would definitely not believe their eyes.

Su Luoxue, the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who was second to none and impressed the entire court, had just slapped Emperor Ji Xian, and now she was hugging him like a little woman, refusing to let go for a long time.

......

After a while, the Tianhu Guards and Jiangdu officers and soldiers, realizing that the battle was over, rushed over and found Ji Xian and Su Luoxue.

Upon seeing Ji Xian, everyone immediately knelt and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, we pay our respects to you. Long live the Emperor!"

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the Sky Fox Guards and officers stood up, and Ji Xian looked at them, waved his hand and ordered: "Search the entire Jiangdu area for traces of the Butterfly Shadow Killer. If you find any traces, report immediately!"

"According to the order!"

Then, all the Tianhu Guards and Jiangdu officers and soldiers retreated, leaving only Ji Xian and Su Luoxue by the river.

Su Luoxue looked at Ji Xian and said to him seriously, "I will immediately report the news that Dieying took the Taibai Tu to the Seven Generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as Master and the Prime Minister. This matter cannot be delayed."

"Luoxue, do you know what Taibaitu is?" Ji Xian asked doubtfully.

"Yeah. I know."

"I'm surprised. How did you know this? Even I, the emperor, didn't know."

"Master told me this once when he was chatting with me after drinking too much."

".....This thief is old and cunning!"

Ji Xian couldn't help but curse, and then said: "Then Luoxue, tell me, what exactly is this Taibai Map, and why do the Jin family and Dieying value it so much."

"it is good."

Su Luoxue nodded, and then told Ji Xian about the Taibai Map: "The Taibai Map is actually related to the founding sword immortal of your Ji royal family, the sword immortal Ji Taibai."

"really."

Ji Xian was not surprised at all. Taibaitu, just hearing the name, it seemed like it might be related to the sword fairy Ji Taibai.

.......

This story can be traced back to more than 700 years ago, during the Eight Kingdoms Rebellion before the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

During the Eight Kingdoms Rebellion, the Ji brothers launched a local militia uprising in Chang'an Town, and eventually unified the country and founded the Zhou Dynasty, ushering in an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity.

The poet and swordsman Taibai was also considered the best martial artist in the world at that time, although people still think so now.

Ji Taibai's world-famous weapons and martial arts are the Galaxy Sword and the Galaxy Nine Heavens Art. In fact, anyone who knows Ji Taibai's deeds knows that Ji Taibai did not have these things on the battlefield of the Eight Kingdoms Rebellion.