PDLP Chapter 248 Multiple Parties
Chapter 248 Multiple Parties
In Daoist cultivation, the term "True Person" is exclusive to Daoist cultivators in the Longevity Realm.
It turns out that the Taoist priest who asked Xu Huaihua the question was actually a long-lived immortal.
After hearing this, Master Xuanchen turned to look at the person standing shoulder to shoulder with him and smiled.
"Chief Constable Guan, this time we'll rely on your henchmen to catch the bait."
"If the bait gets away, or if a big fish gets off the hook, we can't afford to take the blame."
It turned out that the person beside him was Guan Zhenyu, the chief constable of the Six Doors, who was also a martial arts master and could stand on equal footing with him.
Guan Zhenyu had a solemn expression and an unmistakable smell of blood on him, but he still managed to force a smile when facing Master Xuanchen.
"Rest assured, Master. With the Six Doors and the Star-Picking Tower working together, there is little that cannot be accomplished."
"Within a radius of a hundred miles, the escort agency's team ahead has the strongest vitality and the most martial artists. I have already sent someone to mix the item that the zombies like the most into their ranks."
"If that person doesn't appear, fine, but as long as he's not far away within a hundred miles, it will definitely follow the scent and find him."
"At that time, we'll be like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; we'll definitely succeed in catching that person..."
He looked embarrassed. "Capture and capture" were terms commonly used by the Six Doors (a government agency), but they were clearly inappropriate to describe the deceased emperor.
"Please take him back to his final resting place, so that he may share the burden of the Holy Emperor..." Master Xuanchen immediately took over the conversation.
Guan Zhenyu nodded emphatically.
"Yes, that's exactly it."
Neither of them mentioned the dangers of the group that had been used as bait during their conversation.
Clearly, for the sake of the emperor's grand plan, the lives of a few were not a concern.
The two then exchanged a few more words via telepathy.
During the conversation, it was mentioned that when the Jinghe Mausoleum was involved in the incident, five Grandmasters of Golden Marrow and Taoist priests went to try to spy on the layout of the imperial mausoleum.
Just then, the Shadow Stone emitted a sharp cry, alerting the Martial Saint of Zhenling, who rushed over and engaged in a fierce battle.
The Martial Saint was seriously injured. He killed several of them on the spot and captured two others alive. He has already interrogated them and found out that the force behind them is the Chen Kingdom, a mortal enemy of the Shun Kingdom for hundreds of years.
Unexpectedly, less than two months later, the audacious Chen Kingdom resorted to its old tricks again, sending people to sabotage Jinghe Mausoleum.
Unfortunately, the treasure was damaged, and the Martial Saint of Zhenling was both terrified and furious. He was ruthless and left no survivors.
Moreover, the bandit leader and another martial arts master bandit escaped, and the woman has been searched throughout the city but has not been found. She is probably no longer near the capital.
Yesterday, my subordinates reported that they seemed to have a clue about the late emperor's remains, and they even sent the fabric fragments back to the capital overnight by fast horse.
After they asked an old nanny from the palace to identify it, they confirmed that it was the fabric from the burial robe that Emperor Jinghe wore when he was buried.
Therefore, the two led their men and rushed there overnight, under the stars and moon.
The two hoped to complete this mission successfully so as to give Emperor Yongchang an explanation.
Shun Kingdom really can't withstand too much turmoil.
There is a village about ten miles outside the town.
The largest brick house in the village is the residence of Li, the local landlord.
However, the sun was just rising.
The courtyard was quiet as usual, filled with the heavy scent of sandalwood.
Inside, the plump cook and the wealthy Li were fast asleep, embracing their fat wife, seemingly unconscious.
Even the mules and horses in the stables lay on the ground, snoring loudly and sleeping soundly.
A tenant timidly stepped forward and knocked on the door.
The sun has been blazing lately, and there's been little rain, so the streams flowing around the village have become much shallower.
His family's fields were in the most remote area, and he wanted to borrow Li's mule to carry water, otherwise this year's harvest would probably be ruined.
The door creaked open.
An old man with bare arms walked out from inside, dressed in black silk and wearing fast boots.
He had a square face, thick eyebrows, and his face was covered with wrinkles. His hair and beard were gray, but his eyes shone with a sharp light, and he exuded a fierce aura. He was an unfamiliar face.
Although the man was old, the tenant instinctively felt that the man in front of him was very fierce and had a menacing aura. He was afraid that even the most ruthless rascal in the village would not be able to mess with him.
"What is it?" the old man asked sternly.
"I am a tenant farmer of Master Li's family in this village. I would like to borrow a mule..." the tenant farmer replied tremblingly.
The old man waved his hand impatiently.
"Master Li has matters to attend to today, please come again tomorrow..."
Boom!
The door slammed shut, and the tenant, feeling humiliated, didn't dare say anything more and retreated sheepishly.
That person is a distinguished person, looking even more like a gentleman than Master Li. However, he speaks with a foreign accent. I wonder what important matter has happened in Master Li's family?
If Master Li is in a bad mood tomorrow, then we'll be in trouble.
The old man dismissed the tenant and turned back to the main hall.
An old man in black robes sat in the main seat of the hall, his face sinister and his triangular eyes fixed on an insect in his hand.
He unleashed his magic power, which flowed into the insect's body. The insect, black and resembling a bamboo section, was stimulated by the magic power and spat out a large white bubble.
Within the bubble, the figures of the Yuanwei Escort Agency's caravan could be seen disappearing into the distance, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
A woman sat on a chair on the other side, intently watching the old man perform his magic.
This woman was extremely beautiful, with a silver lotus-shaped ornament on her forehead, giving her an ethereal air.
However, a maid stood behind him with a charming face and a blush on her cheeks. When she saw the old man enter, she blinked at him with eyes like autumn waves.
After dismissing the tenant, the old man didn't look at the maid. He came in and knelt heavily on the ground, kowtowing so hard that the bricks on the ground banged loudly.
"Sent them away?" the woman with the white lotus hairpin asked casually, her gaze still fixed on the bubbles the insect had produced. "Who was that? Is there any danger?"
"Your Holiness, it's a tenant farmer who wants to borrow a mule from this wealthy landowner," the old man said without uttering a word.
"Hmm... Get up..." the woman with the floral decorations nodded.
The old man then got up and stood at the door.
His vital energy was so strong that he had reached the Grandmaster level, yet in this hall, he was acting as a doorman like a servant.
I don't know how much time passed.
The bubble popped with a "pop".
The insect's black color seemed to have faded, and it was not as lively as before; its body had shrunk considerably.
Clearly, spitting out bubbles just now must have taken a toll on it.
The sinister old man smiled with satisfaction and pointed the ring in his hand at the insect.
A tiny, rotating black hole appeared on the surface of the ring, and the insect burrowed inside.
It was as thick and long as an index finger, but it managed to squeeze into the ring effortlessly.
The woman with the white lotus flower hairpin next to him immediately laughed.
"The Yin Protector's insect-based Gu technique has become increasingly masterful."
"As long as the person who ate the Gu is in the team, we can sense their location and real-time situation from dozens of miles away."
"The Guardian's Gu technique is even more convenient and powerful than the magical treasures of aristocratic families..."
The sinister old man, known as the Yin Protector, replied with a forced smile.
"Saintess Ruyan, you flatter me."
"If it weren't for the fact that the Holy Sect's Left Protector led the sect's elite forces to a complete annihilation in one battle, with only one Guardian Vajra who had lost all his martial arts skills escaping, there would have been no need for me, the lone Right Protector, to be mobilized..."
"Holy Maiden, you should try to persuade the leader when you have time. Our White Lotus Holy Sect is not as well-off as the main sect."
"When they give an order, we have to do everything in our power to do things for them."
"Those local warlords haven't even pacified Jiangbei Province yet, and they're already urging us to hastily destroy the feng shui of the imperial mausoleum and ruin the capital's spirit-suppressing array."
"And the result? Our sect's elite forces, built up over decades, were destroyed in an instant..."
It turns out that the many experts who caused a great disturbance in the imperial tomb were indeed from the White Lotus Sect.
Mo Xinlian had been following and eavesdropping for half a month, and this intelligence was quite accurate.
That was the Holy Sect's Left Protector, a Vajra Martial Saint, and several hall masters—a veritable elite force.
The plan was originally meticulously crafted.
After luring away the Martial Saint Zhenling, the four hall masters used their entire essence, blood, magic power, and true energy to activate the Four Symbols Formation, trapping him inside.
The Left Protector entered the treasure peak to activate the corpse energy on Emperor Jinghe's body, and then refined and controlled it.
Meanwhile, the Guardian Vajra, a martial saint, was responsible for blocking the reinforcements arriving from other imperial tombs during this time.
It can be said that everything is foolproof.
To everyone's surprise, the first half of the game did indeed proceed as planned.
Later on, things went wrong.
The Martial Saint, who had escaped, said that he didn't know who had used such a superb escape technique to sneak into the treasure peak right under his nose, without his knowledge.
If it weren't for him stealing the Left Protector's True Brush and emerging from the tomb, and casually erasing the array gate, the Left Protector would have been trapped in the treasure peak instead.
The guardian deities were unaware that someone had ever entered the area.
He hastily threw a punch, but she nimbly dodged it. Just then, a group of imperial guards arrived and surrounded him, attacking him. The woman then took the opportunity to escape.
Enraged, the guardian Vajra Martial Saint immediately slaughtered countless tomb guards and even tried to blast open the treasure's summit with his fist.
Who would have thought that the design of the Imperial Treasure Peak was actually tailored to the Martial Saint's vigorous and powerful energy, with an array inside to prevent him from succeeding.
at this time.
Another Martial Saint on duty, along with two True Immortals, also rushed over. It turned out that this was after the Shadow Stone incident.
Emperor Yongchang directly ordered the Martial Saint True Man at the Wanshou Mountain Imperial Mausoleum to double his duties and to be on duty every night.
Thus, this guardian Vajra could only escape by using the life-burning evil technique to unleash his strongest attack against three equally skilled opponents.
However, the price he paid was that his inner energy sea shattered afterward, and his earth-shattering martial arts skills vanished into nothingness.
When the Saintess Ruyan spoke rudely to the Right Protector, her face stiffened, and she then forced a smile as if nothing had happened.
"It's all for the great cause of the Holy Church."
"Nothing in this world is ever completely foolproof."
"The death of the Left Protector, the Vajra Protector, and several hall masters is heartbreaking for both the leader and me."
"However, as long as we handle this matter well, our sect will have a stronger voice with the main sect."
"If the headmaster provides more resources, we can recuperate for more than ten years and cultivate another group of experts."
"For the long term, let's overthrow the Shun Dynasty and establish the Lotus Mother's Heavenly Kingdom on Earth."
Ruyan cursed inwardly that the old Right Protector was arrogant and domineering, relying on his seniority and strength to not take her seriously.
If the sect leader's direct descendants hadn't been almost wiped out, and the sect hadn't been unable to send out any more strong individuals, why would we need to use a lone ghost like you?
Seeing his expression, Yin Ciyou snorted coldly in his heart.
If it weren't for the matter of heaven on earth, why would I help you fools?
The atmosphere between the two was somewhat silent.
If it weren't for the matter of heaven on earth, why would I help you fools?
The atmosphere between the two was somewhat silent.
Saintess Ruyan coughed and looked at the alluring maid behind her.
"Susu, you and Chai Qing go patrol outside the village. If you see anything unusual, report it immediately..."
"Yes……"
Su Su bowed and withdrew with the old man at the door.
The two went out the door, and Su Su touched the old man's chest.
"You heartless bastard! Before you got what you wanted, you were like a cat that had been stealing fish, circling around me day and night."
"Once you get what you want, you never cherish it again."
"Why haven't you come looking for me at night these past few days?"
Chai Qing gave a bitter smile.
"My Susu, how could I dare to go to you?"
"Every time I go, you drain my energy. If you keep doing that, my newly ascended Grandmaster realm will drop again..."
"Hmph, I don't care..."
If Yang Silang were here, he would definitely stare wide-eyed.
There were three "old acquaintances" of his in the courtyard.
The body was replenished by Tong Baisui, who appeared in the Qing Palace as Ruyan and Susu, as well as Chai Qing, the former deputy general of Gongzhou Prefecture.