Xuanyuan Lingwei's expression changed, and she couldn't help shouting: "If we set off half an hour ago, the fourth brother might not have been killed yet. If we rush there now, we might be able to save the fourth brother!"
Seeing Xuanyuan Lingwei's anxious look, Liang Yan had a calm expression, waved his hand and said: "Your Highness, please be patient. According to Yilu, Xuanyuan Qi is not in danger of his life for the time being."
"Huh?" Xuanyuan Lingwei frowned, but after thinking about it carefully, she quickly understood what Liang Yan meant.
In the final analysis, this partisan dispute is still a power struggle between her and the second prince Xuanyuan Haoyu, and Xuanyuan Qi's life and death will have little impact on the entire situation.
The reason why the second prince captured Xuanyuan Qi was just to hope that he would not help Xuanyuan Lingwei, and having such a hostage in hand would also give him an extra layer of protection.
As long as Xuanyuan Lingwei doesn't show up for a day, Xuanyuan Qi will not die.
"However, even if the fourth brother is not in danger for the time being, we cannot sit idly by and ignore his arrest. After all, the fourth brother still has a lot of evidence that can help us testify against the second brother!" Xuanyuan Lingwei said with a firm face.
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"Of course, I didn't say not to help him. I just need to know the details of my opponent before taking action."
Liang Yan pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Cao Ying and asked: "Shopkeeper Cao, you run Chunfeng Tea House here and are Xuanyuan Qi's backbone. You must be well-informed, but do you know that there are still people around the second prince?"
Who are the masters?"
"this."
Cao Ying thought about it while replying: "Xuanyuan Haoyu himself has the cultivation level of the middle stage of Tongxuan, and there are many experts around him. But three days ago, it seemed that in order to capture His Highness, he had already sent out the experts around him.
Most of the time, even Tianwei Divine General has dispatched his troops. Now around Xuanyuan Haoyu, there are at least nine true monarchs of Tongxuan Realm, and ancestors above Huajie Realm, in addition to Confucian God General Ling Chongxiao, there are also
There is a mysterious 'Luo Shen'."
"Is there another one?" Liang Yan frowned slightly.
You must know that the monks in the Transformation Tribulation Realm are all ancestors of one party, and they can be said to dominate one party. Before coming here, he guessed that Xuanyuan Haoyu probably only had the "Confucian God General" around him, but he did not expect that with all the masters available, this person would
There is actually another monk in the Tribulation Realm next to him!
"Xuanyuan Haoyu's background is really profound."
Liang Yan thought to himself, and then asked: "Shopkeeper Cao, who is the origin of this 'Luo Shen'? What is his strength? How many difficulties have he overcome?"
He asked several questions in a row, but Cao Ying looked troubled, shook his head and said: "Cao is not clear about this. In fact, the existence of 'Luo Shen' is not the information collected by our Chunfeng Teahouse, but
His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince told us. According to him, this 'Luo Shen' is very mysterious. She is not a local monk in Xuanyuan Territory, but comes from outside the territory, but she is regarded as a guest by Xuanyuan Haoyu and respects her very much!"
After hearing Cao Ying's answer, Liang Yan's brows furrowed even deeper.
Things were far more complicated than I expected.
If it were just Confucian God General, the opponent was severely injured in the battle at Luofeng Temple and was invaded by Jingyuan's evil spirit. He would not be able to recover within seven or eight days. And he had already used the "Eight Divisions of Evolution" to destroy the body.
Most of the evil spirit was suppressed, and with the one ebbing and the other ebbing, the opponent could be defeated in less than a hundred moves.
But now there is a "Luo Shen" with mysterious origin, which makes Liang Yan feel hesitant.
If the other party is just a monk who has just overcome the first and second difficulties, then he will not be afraid of facing the two of them. But if the other party, like Ling Chongxiao, is also a monk who has overcome the first disaster, then he will definitely not be afraid of this trip.
Can't get better.
"With our current strength, we can't say we are sure of victory. We have to find some allies." After a long silence, Liang Yan suddenly sent a message to Xuanyuan Lingwei.
"Allies?" Xuanyuan Lingwei raised her brows slightly, glanced at Cao Ying, and secretly sent a message to ask: "Brother Liang, didn't we already look for him just now? The Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce is unwilling to take action, and the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce has been banned.
The Jialan Chamber of Commerce has been arrested, and now looking at the entire Guangling City, no one can help us."
After hearing this, Liang Yan smiled slightly.
"Your Highness, you have forgotten someone."
"who?"
"The Lord of Guangling City, Zhu Youqing!"
"he?!"
Xuanyuan Lingwei's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe it.
"Brother Liang, are you kidding? Three days ago, you had a battle with him at Luofeng Temple. I remember that Zhu Youqing was hit by your sword energy. He is still recovering from his injuries, so how can he help us?"
"This time, that time."
Liang Yan shook his head and said via voice: "Princess, you don't know. Just now I pretended to be Guo Tong and tricked Lin Dong along the way. I learned that Zhu Youqing has been placed under house arrest in his own city lord's palace. He is the deputy sect leader of Haotian Sect.
, I don’t want to involve the sect in the royal struggle, but I don’t want to offend the second prince. If the second prince gains power, then the life of Haotian Sect may not be easy in the future.”
"You're saying that he doesn't want to see his second brother take power now. If we persuade him, he will probably help us?"
After listening to Liang Yan's analysis, Xuanyuan Lingwei's eyes lit up and there was a hint of excitement on her face.
"This is just a possibility." Liang Yan's face remained unchanged, and he still said through voice transmission: "Just in case, you stay here, and I will go alone to meet the Lord of Guangling City for a while, and I will act according to the opportunity.
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"That's it. That's fine, then Brother Liang will do it for you!" Xuanyuan Lingwei nodded.
The communication between her and Liang Yan was all done through sound transmission. Although the two of them had already decided on a strategy, the people around them, including Tan Youli, Zishan and Cao Ying, were unaware of it.
"Shopkeeper Cao."
After finishing the transmission, Liang Yan turned his head, looked at Cao Ying, and said, "Before the fourth prince left, did he tell you where in Guangling City he was going to attend the banquet?"
"No, the Fourth Highness was taken away by Xuanyuan Haoyu's envoy. Even he himself didn't know where exactly." Cao Ying shook his head, his face looking very ugly.
"There is no need to worry about this." Xuanyuan Lingwei said at this time: "After these few days of hard work, I have completely tamed the Rakshasa Demonic Cow. As long as I cast a spell to make it remember the spiritual root of Yew, it will soon be
Tracking the second brother’s location.”
"good!"
Liang Yan nodded and said: "In that case, then you all stay here and cast spells to control the Rakshasa Demonic Cow. As for Lu, go out now and come back in half an hour!"
He and Xuanyuan Lingwei had already made a plan, but they didn't say it clearly at this time. Cao Ying saw this and was very sensible and didn't ask any more questions. He just cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Taoist, go ahead with peace of mind. We will fight to the death to protect the safety of the Sixth Princess!"
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"Here comes the shopkeeper Cao!"
Liang Yan returned the gift with his hand, and after saying goodbye, he turned around and left the Chunfeng Tea House.
The tea house and the City Lord's Mansion are both in the north of the city, and the distance is not too far. After Liang Yan came out, he picked the small streets and alleys and walked not long before arriving near the City Lord's Mansion.
I saw a magnificent white palace with hundreds of monks patrolling around it. However, these monks were all wearing silver armor. They were obviously no longer from the city lord's palace, but monks from the Xuanyuan Army.
Liang Yan observed from a distance for a long time, and suddenly raised his hand to perform a magic spell. His entire figure turned into a gray light, taking advantage of the patrol of hundreds of monks, and disappeared into the high wall of the white palace from the middle.
The moment the gray light entered, subtle ripples were produced in the surrounding restrictions, but the ripples were so small that even the monks patrolling nearby were not aware of it.
The next moment, countless fine sword energies emerged from the gray light, like drizzle, instantly smoothing out the surrounding restricted fluctuations.
To say that the restrictions in the City Lord's Mansion are extraordinary, even if a monk from the Tribulation Realm comes, he may not be able to sneak in silently.
But Liang Yan stepped into the Sword Infant Realm, and with every move he made, everything could be turned into a sword. Just now, he condensed the water-shaped energy around him and turned it into fine water swords. In just an instant, he suppressed the fluctuations caused by the restriction without any trace at all.
Breath leaks out.
After Liang Yan sneaked into the city lord's mansion, he did not show up. He used the Tianji Pearl to hide his aura and walked directly through the wall.
In about a few breaths, he arrived outside a separate courtyard. It was quite quiet here. No servants entered the place, but he could vaguely hear the sound of someone talking.
Liang Yan's expression moved slightly, and he quietly approached the other courtyard, only to hear a rough voice coming from inside:
"His grandma is a bitch! That kid bullies people too much! In terms of Taoism and practice, he has just entered the middle stage of Tongxuan, why should he point fingers at me? I really can't stand this bitch!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him sighed: "Brother Ouyang, please say a few words. In the current situation, as long as His Majesty does not leave the confinement, the power of the second prince is enough to cover the sky with one hand. Be careful that trouble comes from his mouth!"
"Huh, what are you afraid of? This is the city lord's palace, and there are restrictions around it. How can he grow an ear here?" The rough voice from before muttered, but his confidence was obviously lacking.
When Liang Yan heard this, his heart moved. He suppressed his aura with the Tianji Bead and quietly jumped onto the wall.
Looking around, I saw only five people standing in the other courtyard. One of them was a middle-aged man with a slightly bald head and scars on his face. He had a terrifying appearance.
It was this person who spoke first just now.
There were four people standing beside him, including a young man with a long sword on his back, an old man with gray hair and a childlike face, and two beautiful young women, one charming and the other beautiful.
Among these five people, the one with the worst cultivation is the pretty and lovely female cultivator, but she is also in the early stage of Tongxuan, and the other four are at least in the late stage of Tongxuan.
Liang Yan lay on the high wall and listened patiently for a few words. He found that almost everyone in the courtyard was venting their dissatisfaction with Xuanyuan Haoyu. Among them, the rough man was the most excited. At this time, he turned around and walked toward the courtyard. shouted one of the attics:
"City Master Zhu, now Xuanyuan Haoyu covers the sky with one hand, and even Guangling City has not let go, and has uprooted all our foundations here. How will the seven northwest sects develop in this way? City Master Zhu, please come forward and uphold justice for us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the octogenarian old man with gray hair and boyish face next to him also said: "Brother Ouyang Daoist is right! City Lord Zhu, Xuanyuan Haoyu will definitely retaliate, because he suppressed our seven northwest sects because of the slightest misunderstanding back then. Our seven sects If the same energy connects the branches, if this continues, it will be very detrimental to the Haotian Sect."
"snort!"
There was a cold snort from the attic, and after a while, the two wooden doors were slowly pushed open, and a half-hundred-year-old man wearing brocade clothes and a beaded curtain and feather crown walked out in a hurry.
Zhu Youqing!
Liang Yan, who was standing on the high wall, narrowed his eyes. The old man coming out of the house was exactly the target he was looking for on this trip.
At this moment, Zhu Youqing's razor-like eyes swept over everyone, and finally he sighed and said: "Xuanyuan Haoyu has gained power, do you think I feel good? Think about the time when Xuanyuan Haoyu and Xuanyuan Lingwei fought with each other, we can still do it We remain neutral, but the power of the Sixth Princess has been gradually disintegrated over the years, and now Xuanyuan Haoyu's family is the only one. Back then, our seven northwest sects offended Xuanyuan Haoyu, and now they have to settle the score!"
As soon as he said this, everyone present looked dim. After a moment of silence, the plump and charming female cultivator suddenly said: "No matter how strong Xuanyuan Haoyu is, in the final analysis, he is only in the middle stage of Tongxuan, and Zhu City Lord, you are already the ancestor of the Transformation Tribulation Realm, doesn’t he even give you face?”
"Haha, Elder Yun, do you really not understand or do you pretend not to understand?"
Zhu Youqing showed a strange look on his face, and sighed: "Guangling City is no longer under the control of me, the city lord. When you came in, didn't you see so many Xuanyuan troops outside? Xuanyuan Haoyu said on the surface To put it nicely, these Xuanyuan troops came here to act as guards while I was recovering from my injuries. Haha, in fact, they are not here to monitor and place me under house arrest?"
After hearing Zhu Youqing's words, the faces of the five people present were extremely ugly.
"He doesn't even pay attention to City Lord Zhu now. It seems that the good days of our seven northwest sects are coming to an end," the young man carrying a long sword said in a harsh voice.
"That's not necessarily the case!"
A voice suddenly sounded from outside the courtyard.
"who?!"
The faces of the five monks in the Tongxuan Realm changed slightly. They turned around and looked in the direction of the entrance of the courtyard. They saw a man in gray clothes walking slowly into the courtyard.
"Who are you? What's your motive for daring to sneak into the city lord's mansion?!" The young man carrying a long sword was the first to shout.
"Hmph, what nonsense are you talking to him about? We need to capture this person with suspicious origins first!"
The rugged man took a step forward, held a spell in his hand, and was about to use his magical power when he heard a deep voice behind him shout:
"Everyone stop it!"
The five people in the courtyard were slightly startled, and turned around to look around. They saw that Zhu Youqing was not angry, but had a solemn expression on his face. He cupped his hands towards the visitor and said:
"Fellow Taoist, you are well. We had a quick farewell last time, but you still don't know your surname?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked horrified, with only one thought in their minds:
"Did I hear you correctly? This talent is only in the middle stage of Tongxuan, and City Lord Zhu actually calls him 'fellow Taoist?'"
