With the return of a large number of King Wu Zunwu and the martial law order issued by the royal family, Tianling City, which has become the recognized imperial capital, suddenly became tense. The streets and alleys were filled with heavily armed patrol teams. Citizens tried to avoid going out as much as possible, and even the bustling streets
The streets are no longer lively as usual.
The four gates of the Imperial City are open for a limited time for three hours every day, and are closed during the rest of the time.
Tang Yan and others arrived at Tianling City before dark, and walked into the long-awaited ancient city among the ranks of a chamber of commerce. This chamber of commerce belonged to the Intelligence Office of the Great Zhou Empire, and its mission was to provide disguise and cover for Tang Yan and others.
Furthermore, with the sorcerer Niya here, the difficulty of entering the city would not be a problem for them.
"Does King Zhou Ling really think of himself as the emperor?" Walking on the sparsely populated 'bustling' streets, Matthews made no secret of his murderous intent, and his sharp eyes penetrated through the layers of buildings, reaching deep into the inner city.
The towering palace complex.
Niya reminded: "Restrain yourself. There are two semi-saints inside the palace. The semi-saint souls in the Holy Spirit Temple are very powerful and can capture excessively strong emotional fluctuations. We should try to restrain ourselves and not expose it in advance."
"Uncle Qingwu, how many martial arts masters are gathered in the imperial city?" Tang Yan frowned and stared at the imperial city area. He could vaguely see the irregular accumulation of heaven and earth energy high in that area, and there were signs of strong fluctuations. This was too much power.
It is a natural phenomenon caused by the gathering of people without restraint.
At least it shows that the intelligence of the Dragon Scale Force is correct - a large number of warriors have gathered in the imperial city, and King Zhou Ling is likely to be preparing a special operation.
Nian Qingqing closed his eyes slightly, breathing calmly, and looked towards the imperial city. After a moment, he nodded and said: "Two semi-saints, more than sixty Martial Lords, among whom there are ten third-level Martial Lords, and the number of Martial Kings
There are over five hundred.”
"What a strong lineup!" Even Zhaoyi was shocked by the number of strong men in the imperial city. Even if thrown into the vast Central Plains, such a lineup would be enough to sweep across an area, let alone the remote southern wasteland.
"It seems that King Zhou Ling is planning a big event." Nalan Tu's delicate face was quite calm, and he calmly accepted the looks from everyone: "On the way here, I stood where King Zhou Ling and the Holy Spirit Temple were.
After thinking about it from another perspective, assuming that they really value Biennan, they will definitely try their best to preserve the integrity of this land, including the natural landforms and urban structure, as well as the people's livelihood.
In this way, they would not want to resolve their grievances through national war or cause anger and resentment.
If enough strong men can be mobilized to use it again, like now, the best way is to target the main areas and main figures of the Zhou royal family, carry out lightning raids, and remove the top leaders one by one, which is equivalent to directly cutting off the entire empire.
The lifeblood of the Zhou Empire, relying on absolute power to come in force at this time, the entire Biennan will easily fall under control.
Judging from the current situation, it is no surprise that they probably want to take such an action plan. Two Half-Saints, 60 Martial Lords, and 500 Martial Kings are enough for them to sweep through the top leaders of the Great Zhou Empire."
"I agree with Nalan's speculation that King Zhou Ling and the Holy Spirit Palace have summoned all the powerful men to gather together, probably for final discussions, and that they are only a few days away from launching an attack.
It's getting dark now, so I suggest you sneak into the Imperial City at night to find out what's going on, so that you can at least learn about their action plan so you can be prepared."
Niya truly appreciates Nalantu's delicate way of thinking and unique reasoning perspective.
Nalantu shook his head slowly, but his expression became slightly solemn: "I am 80% sure that they are preparing to use a lightning raid to end the Biennan separatist regime, but the question is, what kind of temptation makes the Holy Spirit Temple in
Bian Nan invested so much manpower and energy. What purpose drove them to control Bian Nan regardless of losses.
In addition to the collapsed mysterious underground ancient city cemetery, there must be other aspects!
I suspect that the reason why the other half-saint from the Holy Spirit Temple went south to Binhai was not to sneak into the Great Zhou Empire in a detour, but to go straight south to the ocean. There may be other purposes there that can reveal the Holy Spirit Temple's insistence on controlling Biannan."
"Nalan's analysis is very thorough. All the way from Jiulong Ridge to now, the more I think about the Biannan incident, the less simple it becomes. The focus now is not only to kill King Zhou Ling to solve the Biannan incident, but also to find out the secret of the Holy Spirit Temple.
The real purpose.”
Tang Yan had serious doubts about the purpose of the Holy Spirit Temple. After Nalan Tu's careful and evidence-based examination, he became more certain of his judgment - the problem lies in the coastal area, or even in the desolate southern sea area.
Nalantu said: "It's pointless for us to speculate randomly here. The focus is to find out more information as soon as possible. I suggest we split up tonight, but we still have to be cautious if we want to sneak into the imperial city."
Tang Yan said: "There are only two and a half saints in the palace, so it won't be a problem for us. In this way, you guys will explore the outside while Uncle Qingwu and I enter the imperial city separately. We will act after dark and meet up at midnight. Try to stay hidden, otherwise
Don't expose it until it is absolutely necessary. I don't want to scare the snake in advance, remember the purpose, not only to destroy King Zhou Ling, but also to find out the purpose of the Holy Spirit Temple's deployment in Biannan."
"I'm in charge of the southern city." Matthews made a direct choice. The appearance of Tianling City has not changed much from the Imperial City of Dros. He lived in the southern city for a period of time when he was young. During the Imperial City Guard War,
, is also responsible for the south, has feelings for it, and is very familiar with it.
"I'm in charge of the north."
"I'm in charge of the east."
"Leave the west to me."
"Leave other scattered areas to our evil dragon troops."
Niya, Zhaoyi, Nalantu and the evil dragon troops each made their own choices.
Everyone first followed the team of the Chamber of Commerce back to a courtyard located in a hidden part of the outer city, and settled down temporarily. After a short rest, when the sky darkened and the imperial city became a little more lively, Tang Yan and others immediately left and took advantage of the night to sneak around.
Every corner of the ancient city.
The evil dragon troops are proficient in spying and have rich experience in performing tasks. There is no need to worry about their whereabouts, and Tang Yan and others are even more extraordinary. Even the weaker Nalan disciples are all second-level martial masters, and the rest are either third-level or half-level.
Saint, or directly saint.
While Niya and others dispersed to investigate, Nian Wuqing was the first to sneak into the palace.
Tang Yan then sneaked in with the hidden 'ghost'.
The palace complex is very large, and the Royal Guards are patrolling everywhere. The security is very tight, and armored warriors can be seen marching in groups everywhere.
If you feel it carefully, you can find that the aura of the Venerable appears in each area one by one, forming a fishnet shape covering the entire palace.
Tang Yan and Guiying moved forward together, trying to avoid patrolling teams, and appeared in important areas such as main palaces, harems, and academies. However, after many rounds, they did not find the scene they expected.
It was not until half an hour later that Tang Yan, guided by Langya, discovered a special figure in a special place - King Zhou Ling!
Imperial City, Zoo!
King Zhou Ling has been staying here since the afternoon. As the war approaches, he likes to stay here more and more to savor the blood and killing.
The lightning sneak attack battle is coming. Once the ruling power of the Zhou royal family in various places collapses, the entire fertile land in the south will become its own territory.
At that time, the yellow robe wraps around the body, the crown descends, and the laurel crown of "Eternal Emperor" will finally fall on his head.
Although King Zhou Ling has a deep palace and secretly resists the Holy Spirit Temple's too strong intervention against him, he still can't help but feel excited when he looks at the glorious glory of the 'Eternal Emperor' that is just around the corner.
"The entire territory of Biannan will be transformed into my territory, and hundreds of millions of subjects will surrender to me!" King Zhou Ling stood by the fence, staring at the bloody fight between two groups of wolves in the zoo below, clenching his hands tightly,
A surge of pride flourished.
But he didn't notice that somewhere in the sinful man-made garden below, two figures were sitting casually among the branches, staring at him coldly through the shadows of the trees and through the dark night.
"...King Zhou Ling..."
Tang Yan stared at the familiar figure with an expressionless face, but a clear murderous intention silently gathered in his eyes. Deep in his mind, he could not help but sketch out various scenes from that year, from the frame-up in the psychedelic forest to the chase, from the murder in the Giant Elephant City
From brutal fighting to escape, and then to the national war in Dros.
My own downfall, Don Qiong's misfortune, and Elinda's tragic death all directly stem from this man!
Granny Li of the Rao family, Venerable Huoying, and the younger members of the family all died under this man's butcher knife!
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a blood feud!
Even if Tang Qiong escaped from danger, Alinda was resurrected, and he and the Rao family were doing well, it would not be enough to offset the original sins committed by King Zhou Ling.
"You have made me experience regret and pain for more than ten years. It's finally time to repay. King Zhou Ling, let's take our time and we won't let you die easily!"
Tang Yan restrained the murderous impulse in his body very well. Now is not the time to kill him, and he has no intention of letting him 'repay the blood debt' easily!
At this moment...
"Your Majesty! Urgent letter from thousands of miles away!" A trusted general came quickly from a distance and handed the letter to King Zhou Ling with a solemn expression.