Daoguang was shining in the sky outside the city of God, and there had even been fights between the fourth rank, but in the palace inside the city, everything was business as usual.
The eunuchs and maids were doing their jobs calmly, and the guards were meticulously guarding their posts. There was peace in the imperial city, as if it was another world.
suddenly--
"Boom!"
A thunderbolt exploded in the air, and purple thunder crashed down, landing deep in the imperial city, breaking the peaceful and even solemn atmosphere.
"Escort!"
"Escort!"
"Thunder fell on Xuanyuan Terrace! Your Majesty is at Xuanyuan Terrace!"
The palace suddenly became noisy, and a large number of guards rushed towards the place where the thunder struck. A series of majestic qi machines appeared all over the imperial city, sweeping away the storm.
For a time, there was no peace anymore, only chilling.
Until a voice sounded.
"I'm fine with you, please step back."
The majestic air machines immediately receded like the tide.
At the same time, deep within the imperial city, there was a boundary with rolling mountains and surging rivers. It was clearly located within the imperial city, but it felt like it was in a mountainous land.
On one of the big mountains, there is a bronze platform built on the mountain. It is magnificent. Today, I am standing on this platform, looking at the sky.
There are still a few faint thunder marks on the high platform, and green smoke is rising.
"The fourth child left and died in Baoji Cave."
When the old emperor spoke, he spoke with the slowness and calmness common to the elderly. He did not seem to feel sad at all for the death of his heir, but remained calm as ever, "I have given him a chance, but it is a pity that he did not win."
Use it."
"I let him discover the secret book, deliberately confusing the heavenly secrets and covering it up for him, so that he could successfully open the Baoji Cave. In the end, as the opener, he died inside. It's really embarrassing."
At this point, the emperor's voice wavered, but it was not because of the fourth prince's death, but because of his shame.
It seemed that the emperor had no superfluous feelings for this biological heir, and was only indifferent from the beginning to the end.
"Fortunately, His Majesty has backup plans, doesn't he?"
The same plain voice sounded on the Xuanyuan stage, and a breeze stirred up the green smoke, "The sky is thundering. It seems that the fourth prince took action against my nephew. But judging from the intensity, he did not succeed.
My nephew is not dead... I just don’t know whether the fourth prince died in his hands or in the hands of others."
"Jiang Li..." The emperor said this name for the first time, "Let Qin Tian inspect it later."
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Within Baoji Cave.
Li Qinglian watched the impunity disappear and couldn't help but sigh: "Have a good life."
The Daoguang of the ginseng fruit tree is still there, but the tree is no longer accessible. It is unknown whether the remaining ginseng fruits can be obtained. It is better to leave with the fourth prince's belongings.
At any rate, the fourth prince also collected three ginseng berries, plus the other items he placed in the mustard ring and the Dao fruits that exploded, it was already an astonishing amount of wealth.
But having said that, who can dare to say that he is not interested in other ginseng fruits, as well as ginseng fruit trees with a grade of up to second grade?
If it were anyone else, I'd probably try it a little more to see if there were any benefits, instead of just leaving.
After saying that, Li Qinglian looked at Bu Yusheng, "It seems like you and I are the only ones left."
Jiang Li is still in Dunjia World, his situation is unknown, and he has not been seen coming out.
I think he paid a heavy price to deal with the Fourth Prince and Zuo Zhao and is recovering from his injuries, or...
"Aren't you afraid of Jiang Li watching the fire from the other side?" Bu Yusheng said coldly.
There is indeed such a possibility.
Not only Jiang Li, but also the impunity may be sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, so as to benefit from the fisherman.
Jiang Li stayed hidden, but who knew he still had some strength.
Although he has left, who knows whether he will return.
Moreover, they may also make a sneak attack when the two of them are fighting, and the primary target of the sneak attack is Li Qinglian.
Who told him that there was a fifth-grade Tong Yuanzi over there.
At present, among everyone, Tong Yuanzi is probably the only one who has the chance to get the ginseng fruit tree.
"Tong Yuanzi Temple Master suffered a move from the Fourth Prince. Now he can barely suppress the injury. He can't make a move."
Unexpectedly, Li Qinglian shook his head and said very openly: "Li is just using Tong Yuanzi Temple as a guise to make you have some scruples."
After all, he is a fifth-grade person. He keeps hiding in the dark and does not take action, which will make everyone feel scrupulous.
This is like Jiang Li's trump card. When he doesn't show it, everyone is afraid. Once he uses it, there is no such scruple.
Li Qinglian flicked his sword and said calmly: "And Li didn't attack you just to get this tree. For Li, the harvest from this trip is enough. The real reason for attacking you is to let this tree
That’s the end.”
The sword circled around him and turned into a lotus shape. Li Qinglian pinched his sword fingers and the sword light suddenly appeared, "Kill one person in ten steps."
The figure flickered, which seemed to be a confusion of perception and a dislocation of space. The sword light seemed to teleport. When the sword light was seen, the sword was coming.
The cold edge was cutting the flesh and blood of his neck. At that moment, Bu Yusheng's breath froze, and he felt an extreme coldness spreading from his neck to his whole body.
too fast!
This sword was simply too fast, as fast as light and lightning, leaving no one with time to react.
Although the seamless heavenly clothing is indestructible, it cannot show its powerful defense in areas that are not covered.
No one thought that Li Qinglian had such a trick, so that Bu Yusheng faced death in this situation.
Just when Bu Yusheng felt that death had never been so close, a white-gold light suddenly lit up, and there was a sudden sound of gold and iron rubbing against each other. The sword light and Bu Yusheng passed each other, not far behind him.
The silhouette of Li Qinglian was transformed into a figure.
"Sure enough..." Li Qinglian showed a look that he knew he would be like this.
He turned around and saw that Bu Yusheng's body had been shrouded in white light, and the pure golden energy was protecting her body. In the sky, a crack quietly appeared, and the clouds were drifting into the cave heaven.
This is not Bu Yusheng's life-saving means at work.
Although she still has one move left, given her current situation, if she were to forcefully use her ultimate move, she would collapse first.
This is an external force protecting Bu Yusheng.
That external force broke through the protection of the Cave Heaven Paradise, penetrated the light of the ginseng fruit tree, and then transmitted through induction through the air, injecting the golden energy into Bu Yusheng's body, blocking the sword.
"Second-grade Taoist weapon, plain cloud flag." Li Qinglian looked at the cracks that appeared in the sky and said almost word by word.
The treasure of the Kunxu Immortal Palace, the plain cloud boundary flag containing the Taoist Fruit of the Queen Mother of the West, appeared here, breaking through the Taolight of the ginseng fruit tree, which was also of the second grade, and broke into the cave heaven paradise here.
There was only a faint trace of blood on Bu Yusheng's neck. That sword light did bring her a fatal threat, but blocked by the plain cloud boundary flag, it was unable to take away Kunxuxian.
The life of the palace heir.
Bu Yusheng's life was saved.
But because of this, the Cave Heaven Paradise was breached.
In that crack, an unparalleled sharp light penetrated like a sharp knife, and a pure white flag was descending here.
And at the same time, streams of magnificent energy poured in from the cracks, constantly opening the gaps.
Here, the Cave Heaven Paradise was broken through, and the fourth-grade outsiders took action at the first moment, tearing open the gap and breaking through the Dao Light.
Li Qinglian was right, this trip was over, and the rest was no longer a matter for them.
With Bu Yusheng's life, the people of Kunxu Immortal Palace who were guarding outside were forced to put an end to their trip to the Cave Heaven and Paradise.
Bu Yusheng was covered in white light and looked back with disbelief. He couldn't imagine that Li Qinglian would notice the existence of the plain cloud boundary flag.
However, somewhere in the main hall of the Taoist temple, a figure shrouded in white mist quietly appeared. Looking at the flags descending from the sky, he received the explanation from the master, "The name Taibai of Zhenjun Taibai comes from the fourth-grade Taoist fruit.
Mr. Taibai Xing."
Taibai Xingjun, the Golden Star Lord of the West, the essence of gold, masters the killing power of generals with swords.
Even though the Taibai Jinxing described in Journey to the West appears to be kind-hearted, in fact, this person can be classified as a god of war.
True Monarch Taibai practices the Golden Virtue Swordsmanship, and the Taoist Fruit of the Queen Mother of the West, in addition to being a symbol of Kunyin, is also the god of the Golden Element. The two are of the same origin. Li Qinglian is suspected to be the incarnation of True Monarch Taibai, and can sense the existence of the plain cloud flag.
Within reason.
The plain cloud boundary flag is fluttering, the sky and the earth are bright, mist is everywhere, the clouds are billowing, and they are moving towards the ginseng fruit tree.
At the same time, a sword light shot up into the sky, narrowly avoiding the scattered clouds, turning in the air, and then threw it towards the crack.
"This Li Qinglian, he is also familiar with the ways of the universe. Maybe he was not involved, but came in on his own initiative." Tianxuan said when she saw this scene.
‘In other words... no one will be involved in the opening of the Cave Heaven Paradise this time?’ Jiang Li was a bit dumbfounded.
Li Qinglian used a special method to voluntarily enter the Cave Heaven Paradise when it opened. Tong Yuanzi and Jiang Li were actively involved by the fourth prince, and it was Jiang Li who escaped the law.
The probability of being involved in other people's affairs did not actually happen.
In this way, it also represents one thing.
——That is, half of the blame for the death of the fourth prince lies on himself.
If he hadn't dragged Jiang Li in, he might not have died.
Without Jiang Li, it might be difficult for the fourth prince to break through Ji Jiji's level, but he would never be in the situation he is in now.
"It's really your own fault."
He deliberately planned this step, but died miserably before succeeding. The most important thing is that the person who killed him was let in by himself.
The fourth prince was a smart man, but the way he died was so stupid.
"The only regret is that I still don't know where the pearl hidden in the casket is..."
Jiang Li looked at the ginseng fruit tree in the distance and said softly.
At this time, the cloud sky was pressing down, and thousands of white clouds and Daoguang were in contact, colliding endlessly.
The plain cloud boundary flag is dealing with the ginseng fruit tree. It has been hidden until now just to appear at the critical moment and seize the fruit tree. Now it is forced to be exposed, but judging from its appearance, the envoy still wants to try it.