Lu Bai and Eunuch Bai were sitting under the pavilion, enjoying the scenery and chatting, waiting for darkness.
After a while, the maids of Fengqi Palace brought several plates of dishes, which the queen asked the imperial kitchen to cook as a special treat for Lu Bai.
Lu Bai thanked him and chatted with Eunuch Bai while eating.
Eunuch Bai drank a cup of wine and asked Lu Bai what he had found in the inner treasury.
Lu Bai shook his head, "It's unbelievable. In the palace, under the protection of the masters in the inner study hall, all this money disappeared. I really can't find much about it."
Eunuch Bai sighed, "Even Mr. Lu is stumped, so it seems this case is very difficult."
He had a sad look on his face, "The emperor was so angry that he didn't sleep all night. Later, he hurriedly announced that Miss Hong had entered the palace, and then he calmed down the emperor. If he can't find the money -"
Eunuch Bai did not speak, but sighed with lingering fear.
The emperor loves money as much as his life.
Now that the money is gone, many people are going to lose their heads. The emperor may have more ideas to plunder people's wealth and anointing in the future, and he doesn't know how many people will be forced to die by then.
Lu Bai drank a glass of wine and thought about the money in his mind.
What was stolen was the emperor's inner treasury. The emperor loved money, and the money in the inner treasury was probably lost to the sea. Lu Bai thought that if he could get it - forget it, don't be too greedy, it would be good if he could get half of it.
Not to mention being rich in the world, at least when it comes to carrying forward the sect, it will not be stretched.
Lu Bai's current Haoqi Sect is still in the initial stage, and it is supported by private salt business and salt mines. Even so, Lu Bai already feels a little strenuous.
Apart from other things, just talking about the medicinal wine for cultivation, the herbs used to brew the medicinal wine every day cost Lu Bai a lot of money.
Sometimes it is no wonder that the eight major sects want to establish secular forces in the court. Without the support of this money, I am afraid that the eight major sects will not be able to achieve their current prosperous situation.
But is the only way to cultivate spiritual practice is to exploit the people and plunder their fat and anointing?
Lu Bai thinks yes, this is the only way.
In a world where there are immortals and spiritual practitioners, exploitation will definitely exist for a long time. But the difference is that exploitation also has methods and methods. Now it is completely possible to earn the price difference without middlemen, and at the same time come up with more ways to make money.
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The wine in Lu Bai's hand went into his throat, and it became a little cold. He woke up and felt that he had thought too far.
The most important thing for him now is to solve the case.
During the chat, it gradually became dark. After the lights were turned on in the palace, Lu Bai stood up, took a sip of wine from the wine gourd around his waist, stretched out, "Okay, I'll start arresting the murderer."
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He asked the eunuchs and maids to stay away.
Eunuch Bai was curious and insisted on staying where he was to watch Lu Bai catch the murderer.
Lu Bai smiled and left him alone.
Although he would use blindfolding methods later, he also knew that it was impossible to block everyone's eyes in this large hall, and the people in the inner study hall were definitely staring at him.
Fortunately, Lu Bai already had a perfect plan.
He stood in the middle of the ruins and moved his hands. The mist that rose due to the misty rain quickly filled the ruins. In less than a quarter of an hour, the ruins were completely hidden in the mist.
This spell is called Fog. It is a very simple spell that can be used in Xiaoyao Realm. It is not surprising.
Then, Lu Bai took out a talisman from his arms.
This talisman is a ghost-calling talisman. As the name suggests, it summons nearby ghosts.
I heard from the City God that these female ghosts were all palace maids who died in the Qingxin Palace. They had been lingering around for a long time, took photos of them, and then put them away. This case would almost be solved.
Lu Bai thought like this, and waved the ghost-calling talisman in his hand. The ghost-calling talisman ignited without fire, turning into curls of green smoke and dissipating in the mist. Then the mist rolled, and many streams of mist rushed towards Lu Bai, causing the water mist to flow for a while.
There were many changes. Then, the mist gradually turned into the appearance of a woman in palace clothes, emerged from the mist, and moved closer to Lu Bai.
The figures transformed into these mist are lifelike, and the doubts on their faces are clearly depicted.
"Who, who is summoning us?" The women in palace clothes whispered.
"Lu Bai, the envoy of Nanzhen." Lu Bai took a step forward. In an instant, the fog around him was completely cleared, and he appeared among the female ghosts in palace clothes with clear eyes. "I was ordered to investigate the case of the fire in Qingxin Palace."
"There's a fire in Qingxin Palace?!"
"He can see us."
"Is this man a Taoist priest?"
"Run quickly?"
After some chattering, several women in palace attire realized and wanted to stay away from Lu Bai.
However, it's too late now.
Under the effect of the ghost-calling talisman, they couldn't get too far away from Lu Bai. Even if the mist's figure wanted to leave, it would be pulled back by the mist. They were trapped in the realm of the ghost-calling talisman.
"I advise you to stop struggling and cooperate with me in handling the case," Lu Bai said.
The female ghosts in palace costumes also knew they were trapped.
A middle-aged palace maid with a ponytail said: "Sisters, we are trapped. If we want to escape, we must get rid of him first!"
She looked at Lu Bai sternly, "Don't back down, we are not afraid of death, how can we not do anything to him?"
She waved her hand, "Everyone come together!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and a fire whip slanted out from her arm and hit Lu Bai. Then, several sisters started to attack in unison, some spitting fire, some using fire swords, and some urinating fire -
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Uh, this is so indecent, Lu Bai was too embarrassed to look at it, so he could only cover his face with his hands.
As for the incoming fire——
The fire wrapped around Lu Bai's body and covered him. When the flames disappeared, the maids suddenly discovered that Lu Bai was standing there safe and sound, still covering his face with his hands, and even the corners of his clothes were gone.
This is exactly the spell Lu Bai learned after entering the semi-immortal realm - sitting on fire means that he will not burn even if he enters the fire.
The female ghosts were all shocked.
After a while, the middle-aged palace maid said: "Well, I saw that the servant knew how to cover his eyes when the weak girl was urinating. She can be carved from rotten wood. Sisters, spare her and let's retreat quickly."
Having said that, she actually felt guilty.
If Huo Huo can't help Lu Bai, they really have nothing to do with Lu Bai, and they can see that the person in front of them is definitely not something they can offend at their level.
Lu Bai put his hands down and said, "Don't bother."
He casually took out a ghost-expelling talisman, flashed, and then returned to the same place. When everyone was confused, they saw the middle-aged palace maid's mist-like figure trembling, but it was absorbed by Lu Bai's ghost-expelling talisman.
Under his command.
Lu Bai didn't have many ghost exorcism talismans at hand now, so he used a move to capture the thieves and capture the king first. He held the palace maid in palace attire in his hand, and these female ghosts were left to his disposal.
"I ask you, did Peach Blossom Temple instruct you to burn the Qingxin Palace? Apart from burning the Qingxin Palace, did they do anything else in the Qingxin Palace?" Lu Bai asked.
The middle-aged palace maid tried her best to resist, "I can't say, I can't say, I can't say - it's Peach Blossom View -"
In the end, the middle-aged palace maid could not resist the power of the ghost exorcism charm.
But she had just spoken.
call!
An invisible sword whizzed through the air, cutting the fog that Lu Bai had laid down with magic into two pieces like tofu in the fog. Then it passed through the body of the middle-aged palace maid and stabbed straight at Lu Bai.
This sword strike was so fast that it happened in the blink of an eye. If Lu Bai blinked, he would be doomed.
Lu Bai's hair stood on end.
For the first time, I felt death coming.
"Pro!"
Lu Bai almost subconsciously used his ultimate trick: Domain!
Lu Bai usually uses his realm to imitate the same realm in the real world, so as not to be discovered by the gods or others in the sky that his magical power is completely different from the rules of this world. At the same time, in order to avoid his own space and the creation of a soap bubble of his own rules.
He was discovered by the rules of the current world, thus squeezing his soap bubble and extinguishing him.
But now Lu Bai has these taboos.
Faced with this sudden move, Lu Bai knew that he could only leave the world and avoid this fatal blow by putting himself in his own soap bubble.
boom!
Lu Bai almost touched this invisible sword.
At least in the eyes of the female ghosts, the sword touched Lu Bai, and then Lu Bai disappeared. Then the invisible sword energy fell on the ruins of Qingxin Palace, and then exploded, creating a large and deep pit.
Then, smoke and dust rolled over the huge pit, like a bomb exploding, and a mushroom cloud rose.
Among the female ghosts who were close, the unscrupulous ones were blown away almost instantly, and some of them turned into smoke and dust, and were beaten to the point where their souls flew away.
Further away, the wind and dust swept down, and tables and chairs flew over.
The little eunuch serving beside the big eunuch Bai didn't say a word and was blown away.
Eunuch Bai took three steps back. In order to stabilize his body, he pulled out a few silver needles at some point. There was red thread in the town, and in his time, it weaved something like a spider web. Then the silver needles were inserted into it.
On the ground, the net was firmly fixed, and the net covered Eunuch Bai's figure.
He looked at the ruins of Qingxin Palace in the billowing dust, with a look of horror on his face. He never imagined that such a change would happen. Suddenly, Eunuch Baiwai heard a roar, coming from the direction of Fengqi Palace.
Fengqi Palace!
Eunuch Bai was shocked. He had just received the news secretly that the queen was pregnant.
It's just that this matter is not trivial. Eunuch Bai has not told the emperor yet. If something goes wrong now, then——
Eunuch Bai was worried when he suddenly saw a white crane burst out of the sky, roaring loudly, and then went straight up to the sky, away from the billowing smoke and dust.
"On this white crane——"
Eunuch Bai saw it. Bai He was carrying the queen and a maid on his back.
call--
Eunuch Bai breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly looked back and saw that the mushroom cloud was slowly dissipating, and the surrounding scene slowly appeared in his field of vision - looking around, it was all broken walls and ruins.
When Eunuch Bai was young, he experienced a major earthquake and saw the entire city and its walls collapse. It was a terrible sight. But that scene was far from the tragic scene in front of him.
The pavilions and pavilions that were still standing just now were all turned into powder.
The direction where they used to be looked like it had been plowed by a huge iron plow in an irregular manner, with ravines and crisscrossing ravines on the ground.
peel.
There was a slight sound like a soap bubble bursting, and then Lu Bai appeared out of thin air again.
Lu Bai was very embarrassed.
He was missing an arm, cut off from the shoulder, and blood was dripping down his clothes. Lu Bai's hair, which had always been well taken care of by Gu Qinghuan, was also messed up. When the wind blew, it was scattered in the air, looking like a madman.
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Lu Bai wiped the blood on his face with his right hand, "I should have thought, how could there be no people from the inner study hall involved in this case? Damn, I thought you were so loyal -"
call out!
A gust of wind roared in, and the sound of hunting drowned out Lu Bai's voice.
Then, among the dense dark clouds in the sky, a sword suddenly appeared. The sword seemed to be rubbed in the clouds. The sword was very small at first, smiling like an earpick on a key, but in the blink of an eye, it changed into something special.
It's as big as a dagger.
Eunuch Bai's eyes widened.
Only then did he realize that it was not that the sword was small, but that the sword was tall. This sword had actually enveloped the entire palace and even the entire capital. Fortunately, the sword's intention was on Lu Bai, so they didn't.
Feel the invisible pressure of the sword.
Eunuch Bai lowered his head and looked at Lu Bai, with a complicated expression in his eyes.
He knew who had taken action. One of the ancestors in the inner study hall was in the Ascension Realm, and because eunuchs could not ascend, he had probably stayed in the Ascension Realm for a long, long time, perhaps a hundred years.
Facing his ancestors who have only been in the Ascension Realm for hundreds of years, can Lu Bai really survive?
A generation of genius is going to die here?
Eunuch Bai was completely confused.
Although the sword intent in the sky was still unsheathed, the thick sword intent was already piercing his body like a drizzle. Almost in an instant, countless blood pillars appeared on Lu Bai's body, and he was instantly dyed red.
Lu Bai's clothes.
But this was just a flesh wound. What really made Lu Bai uncomfortable was his spirit.
It was as if his soul had been fried on a barbed iron plate. The heat, stinging pain, and dizziness all surged up, making Lu Bai unable to see his surroundings. He even didn't know where he was.
Fortunately, he is in the semi-fairyland.
He is only one step away from the realm of this unknown ancestor of Neishu Hall, and there is still a chance to resist.
His eyes were red and bleeding, and he looked up at the sky.
then--
He smiled contemptuously, and the talisman in his hand ignited without fire.
Wow!
The rain suddenly started to fall heavily, washing away the dust on Eunuch Bai's face.
He remained unmoved, but carefully stuck out his tongue and caught a drop of rain——
No!
Eunuch Bai's eyes widened. This was not rain, but wine.
He came down from the net he had woven and looked at the sky with inexplicable horror. He saw a ravine across the entire sky suddenly appeared in the cloud mountains behind the huge sword, and a glow appeared in the ravine.
The wine rain fell from the ravine.
The ravine slowly widened.
People in the palace and the capital raised their heads in unison, like fish in the water, looking at the world above the water through the window in the gully - there was a door above the clouds.
Knock on the Immortal Gate?!
Just when Eunuch Bai thought of this, he suddenly shook his head, no, no, this door is much grander than the legendary Kuxian Gate, because this door is not made of white marble, but made of red clouds, and above the glow there are
Blue birds and white cranes circle.
At this moment, there is a person standing under Yunxia's door.
The people below couldn't see his face or figure clearly, but they could feel the unparalleled power and holiness in him. They saw this man casually throwing something into the ravine, and then turned back to Yunxia Gate.
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After this loss, the glow also lost its luster and returned to darkness, leaving only darkness under the ravines in the clouds.
No, there is one more thing.
That thing was as small as a star, shining with a faint light and falling rapidly——