Yan Huan wandered around in the enchantment circle for three whole days. He tried his best and could not get out of the magic circle.
If Liang Gongping were trapped in the enchantment formation, he would probably be able to find the exit in half a day.
But Yan Huan doesn't have this ability. Zhuque cultivators are not afraid of injury, but are afraid of this method of testing their perception.
The array was not very big, almost a mile in diameter. Yan Huan could not walk or fly out. He could only wander between a piece of loess and a pile of rocks, completely unaware of the rules of the array.
At noon on the third day, Yan Huan finally found a life-saving straw.
Under a stone as tall as a man, there is an apricot kernel.
This apricot kernel was of great help. Yan Huan used the art of growing all things to make the apricot kernel grow crazily. After an hour, the apricot kernel grew into an apricot tree more than thirty feet tall.
Yan Huan allowed the roots of the apricot tree to continue to grow until they were completely deformed, causing the roots to spread outside the magic circle.
He followed the longest fibrous root and walked out of the magic circle.
There are many ways to break the enchantment array, and this is considered the most laborious method.
After exiting the ecstasy array, Yan Huan found himself in a deserted countryside.
After flying more than a hundred miles, Yan Huan finally saw a house. When he landed, he asked, "This is the boundary of Yanzhou."
This is too ridiculous, it has all reached the East China Sea!
Yan Huan rubbed his brows and smiled bitterly.
Yanzhou is more than two thousand miles away, how did we end up here?
No need to ask, this is a trick played by Liang Gongping and Taibu. They used the Yin and Yang magic circle to push me away, and then destroyed the blood tree secretly!
Let's wait until we return to the capital to settle the accounts with them.
Yan Huan can fly ten miles in two breaths, and the road of more than two thousand miles does not seem too far away.
But the skill cannot be turned on all the time. Yan Huan has to take a breath after flying three to five hundred miles.
The more I thought about it, the more angry I became. By the time I flew to the capital, it was already late at night.
I originally planned to go back to the Suzaku Palace, have something to eat and drink water, and then go to the Canglong Palace to settle accounts, but when I arrived in the capital, I found that the Suzaku Palace was surrounded by the Canglong Guards.
Yan Huan was furious, landed in front of the Suzaku Palace, and shouted at Liang Jixiong: "What do you want to do?"
"What did I do?" Liang Jixiong said angrily, "I was about to ask you, where is Elder Shengci?"
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In the Zhonglang Courtyard, it took Chang Decai less than half a day to make the young eunuch brought back by Xu Zhiqiong obedient and answer every question.
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "What is your name?"
"My name is Lu Qun. When the prince was alive, he always called me Xiao Qunzi."
Little skirt?
This seems a bit...
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Do you know about the blood tree planted by King Huai?"
Lu Qun said: "The blood tree, is it the tree that can talk?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded.
Lu Qun continued: "I know this. The prince has planted nineteen talking trees, and he asked me to write down each one."
Nineteen trees?
so much!
I'm afraid this little eunuch is lying, right?
If he saw one or two trees, it would be reasonable. He had seen all nineteen trees? And he was asked to write them down? How could King Huai tell a eunuch everything about such a confidential matter?
"If you are afraid of being beaten, just say it clearly that I will not beat you. If you dare to lie to me, I will hand you over to Lao Chang."
Lu Qun sobbed and said, "I didn't lie to you. When the prince was alive, he cherished me very much and said he would never be able to leave me for a moment."
"Can't we leave for a moment?"
"Even if you enter the palace, you have to take me with you."
Yes, I did carry him with me all the time.
King Huai’s orientation is too...
How did he give birth to Liang Yuming?
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Do you know what the blood tree is used for?"
Lu Qun said: "I know that tree can produce sap like blood. Drinking the sap can improve your cultivation.
I was originally not very talented and had a hard time even entering the rank. After drinking the sap, I was promoted to the eighth rank in three years.
There is also Hua Chenghui, who originally only had the eighth level of killing and was also untalented. Just because he was loyal to the prince, he drank the sap and spent five years cultivating to the fourth level."
Can blood trees improve cultivation?
No wonder there are so many masters under King Huai, even the fourth-grade killing methods appear. It turns out that they were all cultivated by him using blood trees.
"I heard that King Huai has ten masters under his command. Are these people trained by King Huai?"
Lu Qun shook his head and said: "There are six of them who were trained by the prince, but those like Mr. Xiao, when they went to the prince, their cultivation level was not low."
Master Xiao? Situ Xiao?
Why have I met so many people named Xiao recently?
"Who is Situ Xiao?"
"I don't know his name. I only know that this person has a fifth-level Yin-Yang cultivation level and a seventh-level Killing Dao cultivation level."
The fifth level of yin and yang, the seventh level of killing!
This person is Xiao Songting!
The former green light man in charge of the office was the bastard who let Liang Yuming go and killed the old red light Yi Xulu!
This guy is still alive and has been following King Huai!
It’s not unusual for him to follow King Huai, but are Xiao Songting and Xiao Situ the same person?
In addition to following King Huai, is this guy also involved with other organizations?
This is a ruthless character. Besides him, there is Feng Shaoqing and the mysterious man who escaped with Xiao Songting. Who is this man?
Xu Zhiqiong asked Lu Qun to describe the characteristics of the top ten masters one by one. Before Lu Qun finished describing Hua Chenghui's characteristics, something in Xu Zhiqiong's ears kept trembling.
Lin Qianniang left a piece of osmanthus petal in Xu Zhiqiong's ear. The petals trembled, which proved that Qianniang was urging Xu Zhiqiong to go back.
Xu Zhiqiong told Chang Decai: "Ask the identities of all ten masters and give me a list! Also ask about other things related to King Huai!"
Chang Decai nodded and said: "It's not difficult, I'm just worried that no one will take care of Shi Shuangliu."
"Leave it to Yang Wu first!"
Chang Decai couldn't believe Yang Wu: "If I leave it to him, I'm afraid that Miss Shi won't be able to protect herself."
Yang Wu said angrily: "What are you talking about? Is she as handsome as you? Isn't it enough for me to have you?"
Chang Decai gritted his teeth and said, "Believe it or not, our family will cleanse you right now?"
…
Xu Zhiqiong returned to the East Palace, and the prince was looking for him anxiously.
"Where have you gone? Something happened in Suzaku Palace!"
"If something happens to the Suzaku Palace, what does it have to do with us?"
This is Xu Zhiqiong's inertial thinking. Everything that happens in Daxuan seems to have nothing to do with the Suzaku Palace.
Inferring from this, what happened in the Suzaku Palace seems to have nothing to do with Daxuan.
But this time the situation was different. There was a conflict between the Suzaku Palace and the Canglong Palace.
"Elder Shengci Liang Gongping and the eldest uncle of Zhuque Palace went to Ponu Garden to check the blood tree planted by King Huai, but the eldest uncle came back and Elder Shengci did not come back!"
What does this mean?
The eldest uncle of Zhuque Palace killed Elder Shengci?
After killing Elder Shengci, why did he come back if he didn't run away? This is too arrogant!
Was this really done by Uncle Da Zong?
"What is his purpose for doing this?"
The prince also found it puzzling: "I think it was the eldest uncle who discovered the blood tree, and Elder Shengci deliberately concealed it. The two of them had a conflict, and the eldest uncle accidentally injured the elder."
accidental injury?
What hatred or grudge?
As for being so cruel?
What makes Xu Zhiqiong even more puzzling is why Uncle Zong has such a strong sense of justice? Why does he have to keep an eye on the blood tree?
The prince knew this well: "Planting blood trees is a special method of Chaos and Impermanence. Among all countries, Chaos and Impermanence are evil ways. It is a huge scandal for a country's royal family to have an affair with evil ways, and it may even become a trigger for war." Truth."
"Yu Xianguo wants to go to war with Daxuan?"
"That's not true. Emperor Yu Xian and Da Xuan have an alliance with Xuan Yu. The two countries will not easily go to war."
"What is the Xuanyu Alliance?"
"The covenant made between Daxuan and Yu Xian stipulated three things. First, the two countries will never go to war. Second, Yu Xianguo can build the Suzaku Palace in Daxuan Prefecture County to cultivate Suzaku Taoists. Third, Suzaku cultivators must guarantee Daxuan has had good harvests year after year,
The territory of Daxuan is 30% less than that of the previous Daqian, but the number of people is several times that of Daqian, and it is also much richer than Daqian. The Suzaku cultivators have contributed a lot to ensuring that Daxuan has good harvests year after year!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Does this covenant really count? Liang Yuming colluded with the Gu sect and recruited thousands of Gu warriors to usurp the throne, but this does not count as a war with Daxuan?"
The prince shook his head: "This is a matter of the Gu sect and has nothing to do with Emperor Yu Xian."
Xu Zhiqiong became more and more puzzled: "The Gu sect is already within the territory of Yu Xian Kingdom, how can it be said that it has nothing to do with Emperor Yu Xian?"
"The situations of Yu Xianguo and Daxuan are different."
The prince told Xu Zhiqiong about the situation of Yu Xianguo. Simply put, the situation of Yu Xianguo was similar to that of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty that Xu Zhiqiong was familiar with. Emperor Yu Xian was the nominal emperor, but Yu Xianguo was in a state of separatism among the heroes.
The entire Yu Xian Kingdom is under the control of the true god Suzaku, but the Suzaku cultivators are concentrated in the hands of Emperor Yu Xian, but Emperor Yu Xian's own strength in Yu Xian Kingdom is very limited.
The Gu sect is a branch of the Suzaku Dao, and it is also a part of the Suzaku Dao. The Gu sect is more powerful than Yu Xianhuang, and they do not obey Yu Xianhuang's orders.
Therefore, the grievances between the Gu Sect and Daxuan are not directly related to Emperor Yu Xian. The Gu Sect tried to usurp the throne of Daxuan, but the eldest uncle of the Suzaku Palace turned a blind eye because the eldest uncle was originally from Emperor Yu Xian.
Xu Zhiqiong was astonished: "If the chaos is like this, does the Suzaku God not care about it?"
The prince sighed: "As far as I know, the true god Suzaku has been sleeping for many years, and the stars under his command have their own agendas, which led to today's chaos."
Is the Suzaku God sleeping?
The prince continued: "Over the years, the Yuxian royal family has adhered to the orthodoxy of Zhuque Shengdao. Although it is unable to control the government, the Zhuque Palace has done its best in Daxuan to ensure that Daxuan has good harvests year after year.
However, Daxuan did not give Yu Xianhuang much help. Yu Xianhuang was quite dissatisfied with this. He must have used the blood tree incident as a threat to gain more support from Daxuan.
If Daxuan does not agree, Emperor Yu Xian will not dare to fight with Daxuan, but Emperor Yu Xian will spread this matter to the surrounding countries, and then Daxuan will be the target of public criticism and may be besieged."
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said: "It makes sense in theory, but Uncle Zong's approach is confusing. Since he wants to gain support, what does it mean to kill Elder Canglong?"
The prince sighed: "Yan Huan has a hot temper, and Elder Shengci likes to fight with Xini. If the two argue fiercely, it may really lead to death!"
If this matter is not handled properly and Da Xuan and Yu Xian fall out, future harvests will not be guaranteed, but Xuan people will starve!"
Having said this, the prince looked worried.
Xu Zhiqiong was right. The prince truly cared about the people of Daxuan.
But the key to this matter depends on how Emperor Zhaoxing handles it.
During the discussion, Zhong Shen came to see the prince: "Your Highness, there is fear of something happening in the capital. Your Majesty ordered Xu Zhiqiong to return to the Deng Yamen immediately to assist Shi Xun, maintain order, and prevent anyone from causing trouble!"
Transfer me back to Zhang Deng Yamen?
Xu Zhiqiong was trying to figure out Emperor Zhaoxing's thoughts.
What he was worried about was definitely not someone causing trouble in the capital. If Canglong Palace and Suzaku Palace really started fighting, Xu Zhiqiong's role would be very limited.
I was transferred to the palace before to prevent me from continuing to pursue the blood tree.
Now, King Huai is taking the blame for the blood tree incident, and he transferred me away because he was worried that I would stay with the prince and cause trouble in the palace.
Emperor Zhaoxing was really cautious.
There was an imperial edict and he had to obey it. Xu Zhiqiong left the palace overnight. Before leaving, he repeatedly told the prince: "Don't leave the East Palace if it is not necessary. Be careful!"
With the protection of bell ginseng, the prince's safety should not be a big problem.
But Xu Zhiqiong himself is hard to say.
Emperor Zhaoxing did not dare to kill me because he was worried that the True God White Tiger would be angry.
But if we really get into a fight with the Suzaku Palace and use the hands of the Suzaku cultivators to kill me, even if the White Tiger True God has fire, he cannot spread it on Emperor Zhaoxing.
The prince must be careful, I must be more careful than the prince.
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In front of the gate of Zhuque Palace, Liang Jixiong shouted angrily: "Yan Huan, let me ask you again, where is Elder Shengci?"
Yan Huan said: "How many times do I have to answer you? I don't know where Elder Shengci is. He and I have both fallen into the trap of a traitor. If you really care about his safety, and be calm and discuss countermeasures with me, you
If you keep messing around here, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Liang Jixiong shouted: "I am waiting for you to fall out and trample your Suzaku Palace to the ground!"