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

"Hey, look, Taniguchi!"

At this time, a soldier standing at the entrance of the valley noticed the situation and immediately pointed outside the valley.

Many soldiers looked in the direction of the noise and saw a Taoist priest in a white robe slowly approaching from the plain outside Medicine King Valley. A strong wind blew from behind him, stirring up sand and rocks. He looked as if he were the might of a million-strong army.

But he himself was looking at the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou in the distant Yaowang Valley with a kind smile.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou were all shocked when they saw the Taoist priest in white robe.

They all knew this person, he was a remnant of the Daxuan faction, he was Yangshen!

"It's him!"

"Quick, beat the drums and meet the enemy!"

The Great Zhou army immediately assembled, took up their weapons, and formed a battle formation, ready to deal with the powerful enemy.

The Taoist priest in white robe waved his sleeves, and instantly several dark rays of light flew out from his sleeves, transforming into terrifying spiritual power like demons and monsters, rushing towards the Medicine King Valley.

The soldiers of Yaowang Valley immediately joined the battle and fought with the Taoist priest in white robes.

Although the Taoist priest in white robes was a cultivator at the Yangshen level, there were tens of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in the Medicine King Valley in order to make up for the lack of combat power of Ji Xian, Su Luoxue and others.

A single Yang Shen could defeat ten thousand troops, but the White-robed Taoist priest now faced nearly ten thousand opponents. With the army arrayed at the entrance to the valley, it was enough to hold him back!

The Taoist priest in white robes cast a spell on the spot, and more and more strange spiritual attacks rushed towards the valley entrance, as fierce and terrifying as a storm.

"Quick, gather the elite soldiers in the valley and kill that guy for me!"

The army commander waved his sword and gave orders, intending to mobilize more elite soldiers from the valley to kill the white-robed Yang God on the spot.

The soldiers also received the order, and soon more elite soldiers of the Great Zhou rushed over from various locations in the valley and gathered at the southern entrance of the valley, intending to gather the strength of the army to kill the enemy.

However, what they don’t know is...

On the cliff to the north of Yaowang Valley, a dark figure jumped to the top of the mountain, which was hundreds of feet high. From the top of the mountain, he looked down at the Great Zhou army that was rushing to the southern valley entrance.

This person was wearing a pitch-black robe and windbreaker, the same size as Cheng Ying and the puppet. They both wore hoods, casting a shadow that made it impossible to see their features. However, their body shape was basically the same as that of the puppet.

The only difference is that the Red Moon Puppet's weapon is a red long sword hanging on his waist, while this man's weapon is two red short swords hanging behind his waist.

"Humph, the soldiers of the Great Zhou are really easy to deceive."

The black-robed man said this, then leaped into Medicine King Valley. He came directly to the statue of Tianxueji and slapped the chassis, activating the mechanism and entering the Sword Tomb!

......

At this time in the underground palace, the battle has not yet ended, whether it is the battle between the four Yang Gods in the underground palace square, or the fight between the Sky Fox Guards and the Butterfly Shadow Killers in the main hall.

"Ok?"

Ji Xian made a strange sound and looked up at the top of her head.

There is a rock wall above the head, but a star map array is engraved on the rock wall, so the purple pattern is full of bright stars, just like the night sky.

However, Ji Xian was not looking at the star map array on the rock wall, but at the ground above it.

Ji Xian's perception detected the movement in the Medicine King Valley a hundred meters above. He heard the footsteps of a large number of soldiers and the fluctuations of spiritual power. He also sensed a strong spiritual pressure, which seemed to be at the level of Yang Shen.

At this moment, Ji Xian understood.

The Great Zhou army in Yaowang Valley fought against enemies at the Yangshen level!

Is it Cheng Longjiu, the leader of Dieying?

If this person really came here, the situation would be a bit troublesome.

It wasn't that Ji Xian and Su Luoxue couldn't do anything to him. Although the Great Zhou's Yang Gods in the Yangzhou area were either guarding important towns or too far away to arrive, Su Luoxue had already dispatched a large number of troops from Jiangdu. With the defense of Medicine King Valley, combined with his strength, he might not be unable to defeat the Butterfly Shadow Three Yang Gods.

But Ji Xian and Su Luoxue were currently trapped in the underground palace of the Sword Tomb, so they had to hurry back to the surface. Otherwise, the Great Zhou forces in Medicine King Valley would suffer heavy casualties, and rivers of blood would flow.

Although Cheng Ying was injured and had to control the puppet at the same time, she was no ordinary person. Even if Ji Xian had the upper hand, it would be impossible to end the battle in a short time.

I can't care about them anymore, I must hurry back to the ground and reunite with the army.

As for Cheng Ying and the puppet, there is no other entrance or exit in this underground palace anyway, so they can't escape if they are left here.

Even if they chased out and joined Cheng Longjiu, it would be nothing more than a fight to the death between the two sides. But even so, with the support of the Yang God on the side of the Great Zhou, the casualties of the army would be much smaller.

The fierce battle was still going on, but Ji Xian's brain was working rapidly. While responding to Cheng Ying's attack, she had already thought about all these things and soon came to a conclusion.

So, he shouted to Su Luoxue, "Luoxue, the army on the ground is fighting with Yangshen!"

The words were very concise, but the meaning was conveyed clearly. Su Luoxue could figure it out with her smart brain.

After hearing Ji Xian's words, Su Luoxue's brain started working rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she understood Ji Xian's words, and her thoughts were basically the same as Ji Xian's.

Su Luoxue thrust her sword into the ground, sending a wave of cold air like an ice lotus through the ground. It froze everything around her, instantly forcing Cheng Ying and the puppet to retreat.

Then Su Luoxue leaped into the air and sent a message towards the main hall: "Sky Fox Guards, listen to my orders! Meet up with His Majesty and I and return to Medicine King Valley!"

Although he didn't seem to be speaking loudly, his voice was so melodious that it could be heard just enough to reach the main hall of the underground palace.

Upon hearing Su Luoxue's voice, the Sky Fox Guards, who were engaged in a fierce battle with Die Ying, immediately took command. The leading captain repelled the Die Ying assassin with a single strike of his sword, then shouted to his colleagues, "Everyone, retreat!"

The Sky Fox Guards immediately withdrew from the battle and went outside to meet up with Ji Xian and Su Luoxue.

2.37 His Majesty the Emperor: You are really good at showing off

After the Sky Fox Guards reunited with Ji Xian and Su Luoxue, they each used their own moves, and powerful attacks swept towards Cheng Ying and the puppet, forcing them back.

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue seized the opportunity and led their men out of the underground palace, preparing to go to the ground to meet up with the army.

At this moment, Dieying's killers also chased out from the main hall and soon saw Cheng Ying and the puppet in the underground palace square.

"Three leaders!"

The Butterfly Shadow assassins immediately rushed to Cheng Ying's side, bowed to him and asked, "Third Chief, what happened to you? You look seriously injured. Are you okay?"

"No problem."

Cheng Ying's face was covered in blood, but she wiped it with the back of her hand, leaving bloodstains all over her face. Her beautiful face looked like a demon, but she didn't care. There was no expression on her face, as if she wasn't hurt at all.

If it weren't for the fact that she could still talk to people normally and react to things, others might think she was also a puppet.

The assassins of Dieying were used to Cheng Ying's personality, so they asked again, "The Fox Guard and the Great Zhou Yangshen both ran away that day. Did the three leaders give chase?"

Cheng Ying didn't answer, but instead asked: "Did you find anything?"

"not yet."

"Then go back and continue looking, and complete this task first."

"Yes."

For Cheng Ying, completing her mission is always her top priority, and she would never act rashly. But perhaps there is no such thing as rashness in her emotions.

Cheng Ying's mission this time is to find something in Ji Taibai's sword tomb. Before finding something, everything else has to take precedence over this mission.

So Cheng Ying led his men back to the main hall of the underground palace and continued searching.

Ji Xian and the others rushed back to the ancient tomb area of ​​the sword tomb, returned through the star map corridor, and went through the same traps they encountered when they came here.

As the saying goes, the first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar. I went back the same way and tried again, but this time I was much faster than the first time I came in.

Soon, Ji Xian and the others broke back into the tomb hall part of the Sword Tomb Ancient Tomb, which is also the largest area in the entire ancient tomb.

Originally, this tomb hall contained numerous mechanical puppets, animated as if alive. However, after Dieying and Da Zhou's successive attempts, only one in ten puppets remained, practically all of them destroyed.

When Ji Xian and others arrived here, they found someone coming from the opposite passage.

Through the light from the spirit crystals in the main tomb hall, Ji Xian and Su Luoxue could gradually make out the newcomer's clothing and figure. He was wearing a pitch-black leather robe and windbreaker with a hood, and two scarlet daggers were tucked behind his waist.

This person's build and clothing were almost identical to the Red Moon puppet's, and even the spiritual energy they emitted was of the same nature. The only difference was that the black-robed man had two swords tucked behind his waist, while the puppet had a long sword.

When Ji Xian saw the man in black robe, she took a breath and her first reaction was that the Red Moon Puppet was catching up with her.

But he denied his idea the next second.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

No matter how powerful the puppet was, it was impossible for it to appear in front of them in an instant without being noticed by himself and Luoxue, and run faster than them.

The man in black robe raised his head after entering the tomb hall. His face, which had been unclear due to the shadow cast by his hood, could finally be seen clearly at this moment.

He had eagle-like golden eyes, a handsome and cold face with a gloomy expression, and sickly pale skin, looking almost exactly like the Red Moon Puppet.

But at this moment, the man in black robe actually laughed out loud, and stared straight at Ji Xian and Su Luoxue.

This is definitely not a puppet!

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue were certain and affirmative.

Because the puppet is a dead object and has no independent consciousness, it is impossible for it to show any expression or emotion, and it is absolutely impossible for it to laugh like the man in black robe is now.

In that case, the other party can only be one person!

The Red Moon Puppet was the stand-in for Cheng Longjiu, the leader of the Butterfly Shadow, and now a living person who looks exactly like him has appeared. Isn't this enough to explain the problem?

He is the leader of Butterfly Shadow, Cheng Longjiu, one of the strongest people in the world!

"How can it be!"

But Ji Xian shook her head in disbelief and said, "We have left nearly 10,000 troops stationed in Yaowang Valley. Even Cheng Longjiu can't break in so quickly."

Medicine King Valley wasn't very large, so it was quite crowded with a 10,000-man army stationed there. However, this was also the reason why the Great Zhou could secure Medicine King Valley so tightly that even someone with the highest Qinggong skills couldn't sneak into the Sword Tomb unnoticed.

Therefore, even Cheng Longjiu had to fight his way through the Great Zhou army before he could enter the Sword Tomb Ancient Tomb.

But there are so many people in the Great Zhou guarding the valley and the sword tomb. Let alone tens of thousands of soldiers, even if you have tens of thousands of wooden dummies, it will take Cheng Longjiu half a day to chop them all down.

As soon as Ji Xian sensed the battle on the ground and the spiritual pressure of the Yang God, he and Su Luoxue immediately led their men back the same way, preparing to return to the ground to meet up with the army and then fight a decisive battle with Dieying.

In this situation, no matter how fast Cheng Longjiu was, he could at most break through the siege and reach the entrance of the sword tomb, where he encountered Ji Xian and others.

But now, Cheng Longjiu actually appeared inside the sword tomb!

Impossible, how could it be so fast!!!

Su Luoxue's thoughts were similar to Ji Xian's. At this moment, she stared at Cheng Longjiu with sharp eyes, pointed her sword at him and asked, "You are Cheng Longjiu, right?"

"Haha, that's right." Cheng Longjiu laughed twice: "You must be Su Luoxue, your face looks so much like your sister."

"......" Su Luoxue ignored him and asked again: "How did you manage to appear in the ancient tomb so quickly? Obviously..."

"Hey wait!"

Su Luoxue hadn't finished speaking when Ji Xian interrupted her.

Su Luoxue turned to look at Ji Xian after hearing the voice, but Ji Xian looked up at the ceiling: "The battle on the ground... is still going on."

Yes, still fighting.

Ji Xian's perception was such that she could clearly sense that the army of Yaowang Valley was still fighting, and that the spiritual pressure of the Yang God was still there, which meant that the battle had never ended and was still going on.

"Haha, as expected of Tang Lin's son, his perception is as good as hers. He can even sense what's happening above ground from a hundred meters underground." After hearing Ji Xian's words, Cheng Longjiu stopped playing dumb and said, "It's okay to let you know. The Great Zhou army in Yaowang Valley has been drawn to the valley entrance and is currently engaged in battle with our people."

"Lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Ji Xian said in surprise.

"Haha, Tiger? That's out of the question. You guys from the Great Zhou are just a bunch of idiots. You can even fall for such a simple trick."

Cheng Longjiu smiled and shrugged, his tone full of sarcasm.

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue now understood completely.

Their original plan was to station troops at Yaowang Valley. If Cheng Longjiu arrived, they would immediately hold him back. Once Ji Xian and Su Luoxue arrived, they would immediately gather all their forces to fight Dieying. Even though Dieying had three Yang Gods, Ji Xian and Su Luoxue had an army of nearly 10,000 as backup, so they wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

Even if Cheng Longjiu has appeared in the ancient tomb, it will not be a problem for Ji Xian and Su Luoxue to retreat with their strength, and the situation of a decisive battle will still be the same.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Longjiu was able to attract all the Zhou soldiers in Yaowang Valley to the valley entrance, luring the tiger away from the mountain, thereby loosening the defense in the valley and giving Cheng Longjiu the opportunity to sneak into the Sword Tomb Ancient Tomb.

The fact that the Great Zhou army was able to be attracted to fight the enemy at the valley entrance only meant that the bait target appearing at the valley entrance was of considerable value and was enough to attract the attention of the Great Zhou army.

The fact that Ji Xian can still feel the spiritual pressure of the Yang God level on the ground also proves this point.

Cheng Longjiu smiled grimly, stretched his hands behind his waist, and slowly pulled out the two Blood Night Blades. A sharp and bloody murderous aura emanated from his body. "Haha, when Cheng Ying sent me the letter, I was a little skeptical. But I didn't expect that the Emperor of the Great Zhou and the Prime Minister would actually show up in Yangzhou. This is really a coincidence."

"Since we have met here, please, Emperor and Prime Minister, have some fun with me!"

Cheng Longjiu raised his sword as he spoke. A crimson spiritual pressure surged and spread, instantly filling the entire tomb hall. Although the Sky Fox Guards were elite, they were not Yang Gods after all. For a moment, they felt an immense pressure and were terrified.

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue immediately raised their weapons, ready to fight at any time.

Although the atmosphere was tense and serious, Ji Xian still said something that destroyed the atmosphere, cursing, "You are really good at pretending."