The night was gloomy, and there was no moonlight at all. If it weren't for the red lights hanging on the street, I might not even be able to see the road clearly.
Taiyue City is still under martial law, and the soldiers take turns defending without daring to slack off at all. General Wei Beichen, the general of the auxiliary state, was wearing golden armor and had been standing on the city wall for several days. No matter how the sun and the moon turned, he did not move at all.
In the corner under the city wall, Ye Ling quietly revealed half of his body. His consciousness scanned the patrolling soldiers on the wall, preparing to find an opportunity to leave the city.
This Taiyue City is guarded by a large formation, and the walls on all four sides are heavily guarded. If you are not careful, you will alert the enemy. This is why Ye Ling would rather sneak into the palace than leave the city easily.
After making up his mind, Ye Ling dodged, climbed onto the clouds, quietly crossed the wall, and crouched in the shadow.
This section of the city wall was patrolled by several groups of soldiers, all of whom were at the Huiling Realm. Ye Ling took advantage of their opportunity to patrol the route and climbed up.
Immediately afterwards, they had to find a way to break through the big formation outside. This formation was created by the Taizu of the Daqian Dynasty, and with subsequent generations of blessings, it has become a god-level mid-level formation.
The most amazing thing about this formation is that ordinary people can pass through without obstruction. Monks need to go through the city gate below. If Ye Ling intends to cross the wall through the air, he will definitely be sad and alert the person in charge of the formation, that is, the guard general Wei Beichen. .
Although the formation was blocking the front, fortunately it was not fully activated. Ye Ling gritted his teeth. Perhaps with his full blow, he could open a gap and take the opportunity to escape.
The two teams of patrolling soldiers faced away, and Ye Ling took the opportunity to stand up. The wooden sword in his hand was filled with sword energy. The innate energy was almost completely mobilized from the Dantian, covering the sword blade, constantly cutting the surrounding void.
The aura around Ye Ling's body was restrained, and the general trend of the sword was hidden, waiting for the last moment to use all his strength.
At the same time, Wei Beichen, who was standing on another city gate, suddenly opened his eyes. The veteran who was at the peak of the Immortal Realm had already noticed Ye Ling's movements.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, a middle-grade Taoist weapon, a cold moon bow, and a flowing arrow floated in front of him. Wei Beichen stretched his bow and set an arrow. The bow's fruit was like a cold moon in the blue sky, growing from missing to full.
The flowing arrow turned into a silvery white line, like a meandering stream. It was not a straight line and could bend freely. It cut through the sky under the night and shot towards Ye Ling.
Ye Ling was so focused on controlling the power of the sword that he didn't notice it for a moment. By the time his consciousness noticed it, it was already too late.
Wei Beichen's arrow carried the power of the Immortal Realm and completely locked onto Ye Ling, making him unable to move for a moment.
Just waiting for this critical moment, a large frying pan, black as ink and flowing with Taoism, flew over from nowhere and stood in front of Ye Ling.
The flowing arrow in mid-air was moved by some unknown force and slightly deviated from its orbit. However, it still hit the wok and broke a small hole.
The wok then shrank in size, becoming an ordinary size, and flew down not far away.
"Hey, boss lady, the wok is leaking. We won't be able to cook tomorrow!"
When Ye Ling heard this, he saw that it was Fatty Yang, the cook in the shop, standing in the clouds, regretting his wok.
"This brat caused all the trouble. Let this brat pay for it!"
The landlady also walked over. Her eyes, one black and one white, turned into a yin and yang cycle. There seemed to be infinite truth in them, which made people unable to look directly. It was these yin and yang eyes that caused Wei Beichen's death arrow to deviate from its trajectory just now.
Ye Ling smiled slightly. He never thought that the proprietress and the others would help.
However, he was not allowed to think too much. Wei Beichen, who was standing on the city gate in the distance, drew his bow again and fired three arrows towards the three of them.
Three white lights streaked across the sky, and even the void was broken from its orbit, collapsing and falling like fragments.
"This old boy isn't done yet!"
The landlady's eyes were clear in black and white, and her yin and yang eyes were working with all their strength. An invisible Tao force formed a restraint in the void, pulling the flowing arrow in another direction.
Fatty Yang waved his hand from behind, causing the wok to rise in the wind, and directly caught the three arrow feathers in the pot. Then, a huge frying spoon was controlled by the cook, triggering the sky fire to stir-fry in the pot, just like a normal cook. Cooking is generally the same.
Wei Beichen, who was standing on the city gate, raised his brows and murmured to himself: "Yin Yang Eyes, Devil's Braised Spoon, I haven't seen these heresy in how many years."
The soldiers patrolling on both sides were naturally alerted. They sounded the gong and rushed towards Ye Ling with shouts.
Unexpectedly, a cane swept away in mid-air, knocking a dozen soldiers to the ground, and then a foot several feet tall fell on the city wall, destroying the gate tower and blocking the way.
With his crutch on his side, the waiter's body fell from the clouds, and his big foot was put back into his empty pants. He smiled at Ye Ling and said, "You don't even say a word when you leave so late at night, so we can see you off!"
The corner of Ye Ling's mouth raised, and the wooden sword in his hand suddenly dropped. He used the Heaven-Destroying Sword Technique with all his strength. The edge of the sword broke through the chaos and split the void.
The originally invisible formation was shaken by the sword, appearing colorful, and then shattered like glass under force, revealing a gap.
Ye Ling immediately stepped out and successfully escaped from the formation, followed by the proprietress and others.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the formation was fully activated, and a sky-shaking and earth-shaking momentum suddenly rose, causing many monks in the city to be alarmed and come outside to check.
On top of the city gate, Wei Beichen drew his bow to his side and looked towards the direction Ye Ling left: "Yin Yang eyes, a magic spoon, a crippled foot, and a boy who wields a sword, I can still explain it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy general ran over and said, "General, do you want to send someone to chase him immediately?"
Wei Beichen turned and left without looking back: "I have been ordered to protect the capital, but I have no obligation to go out of the city to chase the bandits. Send the order, strictly guard the four gates, and kill anyone who leaves the post without permission!"
"The last general takes command!"
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In Taishi Liang's house, Liang Jingyi leaned on the recliner and closed his eyes to rest. Not long after, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the night sky outside the court, then slowly lay down again.
Not long after, Left Prime Minister Zhou Qing walked in, bowed his hands to Liang Jingyi, and then said: "Ye Ling escaped."
Liang Jingyi did not respond. Zhou Qing continued: "Wei Beichen deliberately let him go. He clearly didn't take the cabinet seriously!"
Liang Jing didn't answer, but asked: "I heard that the prince has arrived in Qing'an City?"
Zhou Qing was stunned when he heard this, then nodded again and said, "I arrived this evening. King Xiaoyao traveled hundreds of miles from the city and traveled two thousand miles to greet me."
Liang Jingyi said slowly: "Now that the prince has arrived in Qing'an City safely, it's time for us to go back to the cabinet."
Zhou Qing said in a deep voice: "Disciple heard from Gao He that His Majesty wants Jia Chengdao to be appointed as the Right Prime Minister, his grandson Jia Ying will join the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Li Taiyue will also join the cabinet to implement reforms."
Liang Jingyi's expression did not change, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty can't think of any new tricks. Zuo Fengyuan and He Lanyi don't dare to be Wang Yuanzhong, but how can this old fox like Jia Chengdao be obedient? He wants to wait in peace until he can survive the disaster. , I’m afraid it’s very difficult.”
Zhou Qing's face darkened and he said coldly: "Are they going to take action over there?"
As soon as Liang Jing opened his eyes, he stood up and walked out of the court: "No matter which side wins, the world of Daqian will always have the surname Baili, but nothing can happen in this world without us!"
Looking at the night sky, Liang Jingyi said again: "It's better to let Ye Ling go. It's better to have Xu Zheng stand in front and make trouble than us."
…
In the woods outside Taiyue City, Ye Ling gave a long salute to the three proprietresses and said: "I will never thank you for your kindness. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay you!"
The landlady had closed her yin and yang eyes, and now she was back to normal. She said with disbelief: "The poor boy only knows how to talk and use his empty tricks. I don't believe a man's lies. This kind of deception is enough last time!"
The other three people all knew who the landlady was talking about, but the waiter and the cook snickered secretly. Ye Ling's heart tightened and he couldn't help but ask: "Woman landlady, why don't you go to Qinglin City to see him?"
The landlady's ears turned red and she spoke a little faster: "Mom, am I the kind of person who can't live without a man? I don't want to go to him. I'm just waiting for him to come to me. If he doesn't come, I will Just find someone to marry and make him regret it for the rest of his life!"
After saying that, the landlady turned around and left angrily.
The waiter laughed, then walked up and patted Ye Ling on the shoulder and said, "When you come back, help me with the work for a few days. The boss lady won't give me a day off, and I won't even have a chance to go out to ask for a blind date with my wife."
Ye Ling smiled and nodded.
The cook carried the pot and said with a sad face: "Help me find a good pot, otherwise I won't be able to cook smoothly."
"Definitely!" Ye Ling nodded heavily.
As a result, the four of them parted ways. Ye Ling used Xuantian Afterimage and soon arrived at a small town a hundred miles away.
There is also Qingyi, Master, in the town. But Ye Ling stayed outside the town for a while and never went in to say goodbye to them.
Under the night, Ye Ling's figure stood on the clouds, not knowing how far away from Qishan...
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Qing'an City is located in the northernmost part of the Daqian Dynasty. It is the fief of Baili Qianshan, one of the four royal kings of Daqian, King Xiaoyao.
A carriage was driving on the road, and the driver was Baili Haoyue's driver, the statue-like old man in cloth.
In the car, the hundreds of miles of sky were wrapped in a big fur, blocking the wind and cold coming from all around.
He leaned against the window and looked out at the vast snowfield, seemingly unaware that a layer of frost had formed on his eyelashes.
The setting sun fell on the snowy field, looking particularly golden and bright, but the cold wind was raging, making it not feel warm at all.
In front of the carriage, there is a group of people parked, and on the throne in all directions, there is a middle-aged man sitting: "Wearing a purple gold crown on his head, wearing a dragon fur coat; he has the dangers of mountains and rivers in his chest, and the conspiracy of the world in his belly; he is sitting in the desolate and cold land, leisurely There is no need to seek anything; if you are outside the hustle and bustle, how can you worry?"
This person is the Xiaoyao King of Daqian, hundreds of miles and thousands of mountains away.
The carriage stopped not far away. Baili Changkong coughed lightly and walked down. He saluted Baili Qianshan and said, "I trouble you to come to greet you. How dare you, Changkong."
Baili Qianshan stepped forward to support Baili Changkong and said: "You are walking so slowly on the road. Do you really don't want to live anymore and just want to die?"
Baili Changkong didn't answer, and turned to look at the setting sun, with a complicated look on his face. He sighed quietly and asked, "Uncle Emperor, do you know which one is farther between the sun and Taiyue City?"
Baili Qianshan also sighed and said: "You know why you ask."
Baili Changkong shook his head and lowered his eyebrows: "The sun can be seen at a glance, but I am afraid that I will never be able to see Taiyue City again in this life."
