Volume Two Chapter 202: Breaking into the Palace at Night
After Liu Ming thought about the affairs of the Black Spirit Society and the Three Princes' Mansion again, he still felt a headache! It hurt.
According to what Hu Chunniang said, this third prince may be the backstage of the Black Spirit Society, and maybe even the entire Three Princes' Mansion is the home base of the Black Spirit Society.
His original plan to sneak into it to find the secret could only be put on hold for the time being.
Otherwise, even though he believed that his strength was not comparable to that of ordinary Dzogchen disciples, he never wanted to end up being besieged by more than a dozen black spirit envoys at the same time after being discovered.
In this way, he does not need to rush into the Three Princes' Mansion, but first needs to verify whether the disappearance of the disciple who was appointed to supervise the Barbarian Ghost Sect is really the fault of the Black Spirit Club.
As long as he can find evidence, he can wait for the support from the sect to arrive and use the power of thunder to wipe out the Black Spirit Guild.
By then, without the black spirit to secretly cause trouble, it will be easy for him to enter and exit the Three Princes' Mansion.
Although Liu Ming had already made a plan in his mind, he still thought about it carefully and felt that there was no big problem with the plan, so he let out a breath and put the matter behind him.
At the next moment, he turned it over with one hand, and suddenly there was a thin white book in his hand, with the words "Thirteen Judgments of Puppet" printed on the cover.
This is exactly the basic puppetry technique that he bought from the underground market two days ago. It does not involve any profound techniques, but only some practical techniques for controlling puppets.
Even people who have never practiced fruit puppetry before can easily control puppets after reading this book.
Of course, this kind of manipulation method cannot be compared with the real Nine Aperture Sect disciples, and it does not involve other aspects of the puppet method.
Those disciples of the Nine Aperture Sect must learn more than just simply controlling a few puppets. They must also be able to refine and strengthen the puppets. Even if their own puppets are destroyed in battle, they must be able to repair them as quickly as possible.
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But Liu Mingdi knew all of this very well.
The reason why he bought this book was that the puppet spells recorded in the book were simple and easy to learn.
It just allows it to easily activate the puppet beast...
He flipped through the classics in his hand page by page, with a thoughtful look on his face.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly closed the book in his hand, closed his eyes and meditated quietly for a moment before shaking his sleeves, and two light blue balls rolled out from it.
Liu Ming made a seal with one hand, stared at the two balls with his eyes open, and thrust out one finger at each of the two balls.
"Puff" and "puff" twice!
After the two balls trembled, they suddenly began to undergo a vague transformation, and in the blink of an eye they transformed into two blue wooden birds with four wings on their backs.
It was the two puppet beast trophies he got from the Ninth Prince Keqing he killed not long ago.
Although these two wooden birds cannot be compared with the puppet beasts of the core disciples of the Jiuqiao Sect that he had come into contact with before, they are also extremely rare and exquisite among casual cultivators.
If he can control it freely, he will immediately have a flexible way to deal with the enemy when fighting with others.
Of course, the most important thing is that it does not take him a few days to become familiar with this method.
In the following time, Liu Ming was mumbling words, his index and ten fingers on both hands were trembling slightly, and two blue wooden birds followed the movements of his fingers, crookedly rising into the air, and flying high and low in the secret room.
In the next half month, Liu Ming studied alchemy under the guidance of Fan Baizi, while practicing in the cave to become familiar with the manipulation of the two wooden puppets.
Before we knew it, it was the day of the royal ceremony that Hu Chunniang had mentioned.
Although the woman told him to just wait for her news, Liu Ming thought about it and quietly went down to Xianxia Mountain at noon.
For some reason, he always felt that Hu Chunniang's trip might not go well, so he still had some plans to support her.
When he appeared in a tea shed not far from the palace, he had transformed into a tall and strong man with a fierce look on his face.
Liu Ming drank a pot of tea that he ordered and sat in the tea shed waiting quietly.
The location of the Xuanjing Imperial Palace is quite clever - one side is next to a large lake that Xuanjing is famous for, the other side is next to the Xuanjing Guards Barracks, and the other side is a special area where the residences of many clans and princes of the royal family are concentrated.
On one side is the palace gate facing the center of Xuanjing.
The area where Liu Ming is located is on one side of the area where the royal family members are located. The other three sides are either heavily restricted or extremely heavily guarded.
If Hu Chunniang succeeds in leaving the palace, she will most likely have to hide out from here.
Time passes little by little!
Liu Ming was sitting in the tea shed and could even vaguely hear some noise coming from the high walls of the palace. It seemed that the royal ceremony had been successfully held.
At this time, groups of armored guards patrolling back and forth appeared near the palace.
It seems that also because of the grand ceremony, the entire palace has been a little more alert than usual.
Liu Ming slowly sipped the tea without changing his expression. One pot of tea can last for more than two hours.
After drinking three pots of tea, the sky turned completely gloomy.
Liu Ming took out a piece of loose silver from his body, put it on the table, and left the tea shed expressionlessly.
After a meal, he took a picture of the invisibility charm for himself and appeared at the exit of an alley not far from Jinpeng. He was half-leaning against the nearby wall while looking at the palace in the distance without moving.
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After the hustle and bustle during the day, the palace seemed very quiet at night. Except for the occasional "bang bang" sound, there was no other sound.
Liu Ming was not in a hurry when he saw this and remained silent where he was.
After an unknown amount of time, an earth-shaking loud noise came from the palace, followed by a clear cry, and an astonishing sword energy soared into the sky from the center of the palace.
Then the entire palace was completely boiling. Under the bright lights, countless guards poured out from all over the palace and rushed towards the explosion of sword energy.
When Liu Ming saw this, his eyes flashed, but he was not in a hurry to take action immediately.
As a result, after a while, after bursts of explosions, suddenly another sword energy rose into the sky from the palace, and it seemed to be not far from the outer wall of the palace.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ming no longer hesitated and moved towards the high wall of the palace like a ghost.
When his body swayed and he appeared silently on the high wall, he looked towards the chaos and saw a white shadow rushing towards him under the protection of two formidable sword lights.
Near Bai Ying, there were more than a dozen practitioners with different levels of cultivation, using various talismans to attack Bai Ying furiously.
Although this kind of attack could not break Bai Ying's defense at all, it also greatly reduced his movement speed and made him unable to break out of the siege immediately.
At this time, there were vaguely other Jin Ling Keqing from further away, driving towards them one after another.
Seeing this situation, Liu Wu no longer moved his figure, and turned into a black shadow and shot straight towards the battle group.
At this time, all the practitioners and guards were attracted by the white shadow, and for a moment they did not notice that there was another stranger outside.
When Liu Ming saw this, he was overjoyed and without saying a word, he made a hand gesture with both hands. A little fire appeared in front of him, and a red fireball suddenly appeared out of thin air. It just rolled around and turned into a huge water tank. At the same time, there was a hot breath.
Open in one roll.
But as a result, several nearby cultivators immediately sensed it.
One of them turned around quickly and couldn't help being surprised when he saw the huge fireball in Liu Ming's hand:
"Who are you? Why have I never seen you before... No, this thief has companions to support him."
This person only asked a few questions, and then he immediately woke up and shouted.
But at this moment, Liu Ming flicked his wrist, and a huge fireball buzzed towards the crowd on the opposite side.
The other cultivators were reminded that when they turned around and saw this situation, they still thought of continuing to besiege Bai Ying, and they all screamed and shot away.
There was a "boom"!
The fireball exploded in the crowd, and the rolling flames rolled out in all directions, and a vague mushroom-shaped fire cloud rose into the sky.
The two Jin Lingke Qings, who moved slightly slower, screamed and turned into ashes as soon as they were covered by the fire cloud. Even the dozens of Qi Refiner guards nearby were not spared from the same fate.
However, Bai Ying took this opportunity and suddenly put his two swords together, and turned into a giant sword energy that rushed out of the fire cloud, and reached Liu Ming's side in just a few flashes.
"Junior brother, please go quickly. There are actually strong men from the sea clan in this palace. I was poisoned by their poison before I could guard against it. I must find a quiet place to heal immediately." Bai Ying is a woman wearing a bone mask. She can see clearly
After Liu Ming's expression, he was startled for a moment, but he soon came to his senses and spoke quickly in a low voice.
Listening to the voice, it was Hu Chunniang.
But as soon as the woman finished speaking these two sentences hastily, she suddenly groaned and spat out a ball of black blood, which almost dyed most of her white clothes red. Then her delicate body shook, and she turned over and fell down.
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"Sea Clan!"
Liu Ming was shocked when he heard this, but with a flick of his sleeves, he rolled up the girl's waist, and with another pull, he hugged her fragrant and delicate body.
Hu Chunniang's body was limp and she had no resistance at all. It was obvious that she had no idea what was going on.
Liu Ming stomped his feet without hesitation, and took the woman like a crossbow and shot out of the palace.
At this time, those Jin Lingkeqing who had been frightened back just now became extremely angry and chased away one after another.
However, Liu Ming, who had taken the Sky-seeking Grass, was already faster than most people could imagine. Liu Ming's body only swayed a few times before he swooped out from the high wall of the palace.
When Jin Lingkeqing chased him to the city wall in anger and shock, Liu Ming had already disappeared among various tall buildings.
They couldn't help but look at each other!
"Immediately send people to seal the four gates. The thief who broke into the palace has been injured and will never be able to leave Xuanjing in a short time." At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from behind.
These Jinling guests were startled, and when they looked back, they saw a big man with blue hair and purple beard looking at them coldly.
"Yes, Commander Qiu! We will immediately notify the guards of the four gates and seal the four gates immediately!" A Qi Refiner guard who seemed to have a high status immediately stepped forward and respectfully agreed.