Domineering
Chapter 476 Shooting down the sun
Chapter 476 Shooting Down the Sun (Please Subscribe for Monthly Pass)
On the same day, under the Wanganjing Imperial City, the core area of the Twelve Capitals Tianshenlong Township National Array.
Emperor Jianyuan stood in the center of the formation, looking at the twelve huge dragon pillars around him, his handsome and majestic face was distorted and gloomy.
This place should have been majestic with dragon aura and shone with red light.
In particular, the dragon pool in the center should have been transformed into a rainbow, like a huge pillar of red gold.Countless illusory red dragons circled above it, their momentum was majestic, swallowing Hongni with arrogance.
But now, the 'water' in that pool is at least one-third less!
The dragon aura in the entire Twelve Capitals Tianshenlongzhen Kingdom Great Formation is also much thinner, and its brilliance is dim.
Emperor Jianyuan's strength has not declined, but his dragon energy reserves have decreased significantly.
They disappeared inexplicably, and flowed to unknown directions.
Emperor Jianyuan spent a day and a night inspecting the entire magic circle, but he still couldn't figure out what caused it and where the dragon energy went.
Emperor Jianyuan clenched his fists, his eyes almost shot out materialized flames, and his body was full of strength.
who is it?What exactly caused his dragon energy to disappear?Is someone stealing his dragon spirit, stealing his national luck?Who is he?
At this moment, the twelve red dragon souls on the twelve dragon pillars all wailed for a while.
Their soul shadows twisted violently, and bloodstains overflowed from the dragon pillar.
"Your Majesty, haven't you found out the reason for the loss of Dragon Qi?"
At this time, a strong and deep voice came from afar.
An incarnation of the national teacher Yu Kunlun suddenly appeared behind Emperor Jianyuan.
He glanced around and frowned imperceptibly: "If Your Majesty really can't find out, maybe you can ask the world's experts in magic arts to help."
He himself is the world's top magician, known as "Shu Ding Shan He".
However, Yu Kunlun knew that Emperor Jianyuan would never allow him to touch this 'Twelve Capitals of Heavenly Gods and Dragons Township Great Formation'.
Emperor Jianyuan trusted him, but he was not lacking in defense.
"I've already looked for it. The one was still on the list 120 years ago, but I can't see why."
Emperor Jianyuan looked at those dragon pillars with cold eyes: "But I know them, so I must know where the dragon energy went."
The national teacher Yu Kunlun sighed softly when he heard the words: "These red dragons are strong-minded, and they are only limited to the use of the divine deeds for His Majesty. It is almost impossible for His Majesty to use torture to make them speak. If you force them too much, it will hurt Your Majesty instead." fundamental."
He changed his voice: "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't need to care too much. As long as the world is peaceful, the dragon energy savings here can be recovered within a month at most. We still have time, and it will not be too late to investigate slowly."
Yu Kunlun knew that what Emperor Jianyuan was really worried about was the transfer of destiny and the fate of the country.
But right now, that's all he can do to comfort him.
Emperor Jianyuan hummed dissatisfied, and finally withdrew his oppression of the twelve red dragon souls.
The "Twelve Capitals of Heavenly Gods and Dragons Township Great Formation" are related to his life.
Therefore, if the twelve red dragons are damaged, it will also damage him.
Then his eyes became contemplative: "Master, the loss of dragon energy here is related to the changes in the current situation in the world? Is it related to the defeat in Huizhou?"
When Emperor Jianyuan said this, another burst of anger grew in his chest.
A few days ago, he planned to dispatch the Grand Master Dugushou, temporarily distracting Dugushou from the battlefield due to an accident in the northwest, and then forcibly intervened in the battle situation, and ordered the "General Zhengdong" Shi Xuan to be the commander, commanding 150 million troops in Huizhou, Trying to annihilate a part of the Far East Ice City to severely set back its momentum.
However, Shi Xuan, the general who conquered the East, was greatly disappointed. He was defeated in the battle two days ago and lost more than 22 troops.Among them, [-] died in battle, and the rest were defeated by the Far East Ice City and scattered among the mountains.
"It's absolutely impossible."
Yu Kunlun shook his head resolutely: "Theoretically speaking, the ebb and flow of the situation in the world will indeed affect His Majesty's secret law of the emperor's way. However, the defeat in Huizhou did not hurt his muscles and bones. He tried his best to hold Huizhou.
The eastern front is still stable, the battle situation has not changed drastically, and my Daning has a vast land and rich resources, with profound cultural heritage, Grand Master Dugu has been training soldiers and horses, at most half a year, we can get another 370 million elite troops. "Dang Top Ten Money" has also been initially issued. In the past two years, I have no worries about money, food and materials in Daning.So in theory, the past two years should be the time when His Majesty's luck was at its peak. "
Emperor Jianyuan frowned, and then handed a letter in his hand to the national teacher Yu Kunlun: "Then what about adding this?"
It was the letter talisman sent to him by Xiao Hongchen, commander of the Tianya Jinyiwei.
Emperor Jianyuan's first emotion after seeing it was anger.
He didn't expect Chu Xisheng's stick to be so difficult.
This time, that person went off the field in person and contacted all parties, but he failed to put Chu Xisheng to death.
Emperor Jianyuan's second emotion was panic, which made his whole body cold.
"this--"
After Yu Kunlun read the content of the letter, he was also puzzled and frowned: "It may be possible! But your majesty, these first-rank divine sects would never be so unwise to support a disciple of the phaseless divine sect. They Could it be that he is willing to be controlled by the Wuxiang Shenzong?
Besides, how can the matter of supporting the dragon be so easy to support?Once it changes, the disaster will be far-reaching.Just like what Commander Xiao said, there must be some reason for this, or it is not known if it is forced to.As long as Commander Xiao continues to pay attention to this matter, I expect that all parties will spare no effort to put Chu Xisheng to death in front of the third rank. "
Emperor Jianyuan didn't speak, but his expression became even colder.
He was lost in thought, his eyes dimmed.
After a while, Emperor Jianyuan laughed at himself: "This statement is reasonable, but I lost my inch in panic."
This man changed his voice again, and asked sincerely: "National Teacher, Huizhou was defeated, and the current situation is not as good as expected. We want to let Wenzhuyi enter the game, and I'm afraid it will be more troublesome. What good strategy do you have?"
"His Majesty has really done a poor job in this matter in Huizhou. He is too concerned."
Yu Kunlun sighed, with a hint of reproach in his words: "What kind of person is a sword that can overwhelm the city? She can lead the survivors of Zhenhai, open up such a situation overseas, and accumulate a military force that is almost half as big as that of Daning. How smart is her military strategy?" Same as Xiao Ke?
If His Majesty wants her pure yin energy, he can only draw it slowly, there is absolutely no rush.Experts compete for the front, showing no flaws.For the current plan, it is still necessary to invite Grand Master Dugu back as soon as possible.Only a grand master can deal with the front of the army with a single sword.
Yu was there, firstly, he was not good at military strategy, and secondly, he had no time to distract himself, so he still had to invite the grand master to take charge of the overall situation.Your Majesty, the grand master is someone who cares about the big picture, as long as you are sincere, he will definitely not refuse. "
Yu Kunlun's "main body" is now in Huizhou, and he has played against Yi Jian Qing Cheng Wen Zhu Yi twice.
However, he is only a magician after all, and his frontal combat power is not as good as martial arts, so it is still very difficult to deal with it.
If the one-sword Alluring City hadn't been concerned about the two super-grade martial arts lurking in the dark, and also lacked stamina, he could have killed him a long time ago.
However, Wen Zhuyi has already seen through the foundation of his skills, and he will definitely be targeted in the next battle, and the situation he faces is bound to be a hundred times more dangerous.
This time Yu Kunlun came here with a distracted body, urging Emperor Jianyuan to invite Dugu Shou back as soon as possible.
"Teacher—"
Emperor Jianyuan felt a headache when he thought of this.
He issued three edicts in a row in the past two days, asking Taishi Dugushou to go to Huizhou and regain control of the army, but they were all rejected by the Taishi, and even the eunuch who delivered the edict was thrown out.
But Emperor Jianyuan knew in his heart that as long as he went in person at this time and asked the grand master Dugushou to continue to preside over the battle, he would definitely be able to invite Dugushou.
On the one hand, the grand master did have emotions; on the other hand, he was forcing him to bow his head, let him further release power, or make a promise not to interfere in the war in the east.
"I'll think about it first, I won't let the national teacher wait for a long time—"
Just when he said this, Emperor Jianyuan suddenly felt a violent shaking of the surrounding ground, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had collapsed.
Even the incomparably strong formation of the Twelve Capitals, the Heavenly God and the Dragon Township, was full of dust and sand, falling down in a rustle.
He was stunned for a while, and anger appeared in his eyes, and he looked in a certain direction.
"Lu Chen! You are so brave!"
This gigantic earthquake originated from the direction of the "imperial prison", which is the so-called sky prison among the people.
It was someone who used a powerful magical technique, thunder, to blow up the defensive magic circle of the prison, and forcibly broke into it.
Emperor Jianyuan trembled with anger.
There has been no good news these days.
He rose directly from the sky and flew towards the exit of this underground space.
State teacher Yu Kunlun looked dignified.
He is just a distracted body, unable to participate in the battle.
However, he still followed closely behind Emperor Jianyuan.
"Your Majesty, be careful. Lu Chen's combat power can be ranked among the top three in the heaven list, and he may still be higher than me. Those guards on duty don't need to be too harsh."
This Sword Rumeng really chose a good time.
He and Grand Master Dugushou are not in Wang'an City, and many big insiders also have their own important tasks, and they go out to Beijing for business.
Emperor Jianyuan snorted and escaped faster and faster.
In fact, Yu Kunlun didn't dissuade, and he didn't intend to vent his anger either.
Except for a few first ranks in the palace, who can guard against the sword Rumeng Lu Chen?
Even he, the Son of Heaven, was ignorant before Lu Chen launched an attack.
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Just when the imperial prison exploded, Ji Qianqian was also outside the imperial city.
She was stunned, and stared in the direction of the jail with a dumbfounded look.
But as early as when he sneaked into the imperial city, Ji Qianqian felt that something was wrong.
All the guards, eunuchs and court ladies she met along the way stood still in place, motionless.
Their eyes were closed tightly, or their eyes were dazed and out of focus. They were obviously fascinated by illusions and fell into a dream and couldn't extricate themselves.
Even the shaking of the mountains and the ground in the direction of the prison did not wake them up.
Ji Qianqian couldn't help murmuring: "The sword is like a dream Lu Chen—"
It's just a sword like a dream, so naturally it's not so magical.
There should be other magicians to cooperate to increase the power of its illusion.
Yet this is terribly frightening.
Most of the Wuxiu guards that Ji Qian saw along the way were in the fifth rank, and there were many others in the third and fourth ranks.
But now, like a wooden man, they can't help themselves.
Ji Qianqian immediately restrained his thoughts.
The purpose of Sword Rumeng Lu Chen should be several felons imprisoned at the bottom of the imperial prison.
As far as she knew, there were still a few of the important court officials implicated in the Prince Li case who were still alive, and they were imprisoned at the bottom of the Imperial Prison.
So those people from Rumeng Villa she met yesterday were setting the stage for today's action?
This is really great news for her.
The attention of the emperor and the masters will be attracted by Lu Chen and his subordinates.
Ji Qianqian was not even [-]% sure this time, but now she has an opportunity.
At this time, she had already stood outside the imperial city, in front of a palace covering an area of more than ten acres.
She looked up, only to see the plaque above the vermilion gate, with the four characters 'Punish Bieku for Stolen Punishment' impressively written on it.
The stolen goods and fines warehouse is one of the internal treasuries of Da Neizhong. It is in charge of storing government-registered and confiscated property, and storing stolen and fined items, etc.
The stolen treasury is used for extra precious things among all confiscated properties.
Ji Qianqian's eyes were sharp, but also somewhat puzzled.
She recalled the scene when senior brother Xiao Hongchen brought her into Miyagi for the first time.
At that time, she sensed that there was something in this 'Beauty of Stolen Punishments' that was attracting her.
The appeal was so strong that every time Ji Qianqian stepped into the surrounding twenty miles of the capital, he would feel a sense of that thing.
Counting money, but never had a chance to see what happened.
She started from the bottom of Tianya Jinyiwei, and now she is just a small Jinyiwei deputy Wanhu, and she is not qualified to enter the 'Punishment of Stolen Treasury'.
But she didn't come here purely for the thing that attracted her.
The so-called 'workers must first sharpen their tools if they want to do their jobs well'.
She knew that there were several powerful magic weapons in this 'Stolen Punishment Warehouse', which were seized by the Tianya Jinyiwei from those wanted criminals and Jiang Yang thieves in the past ten years, and sent to the 'Stolen Punishment Warehouse' for preservation.
One weapon in particular suits her and helps her cover her identity.
Divine artifacts of the second rank or above, except for those sect-style artifacts, are usually refined with painstaking efforts, and it is difficult to sacrifice them except for descendants who are related by blood.
However, by chance in her early years, Ji Qianqian got a fetish from ancient times, which allowed her to replace the imprint of essence and blood in the vessel, and refine a first-grade divine treasure into her own.
Ji Qianqian glanced at the plaque, then pushed open the vermilion door and stepped inside.
Due to changes in the situation, Ji Qianqian was too lazy to hide and cover his tracks, and chose the fastest and most direct way.
She wants to get the things in her hands as soon as possible before the change in the prison subsides, escape from the palace safely, and then find a suitable opportunity to complete her secret ritual of the heavens.
There are five floors in the stolen and fined warehouse.
In the usual way, when Ji Qianqian entered through the main entrance, the guards here would react and attack her.
But today, none of these guards moved.
They were all trapped in Lu Chen's dream, unaware of Ji Qianqian's intrusion.
However, all the laws and prohibitions in the treasury have been triggered.
First, bundles of extremely powerful thunderbolts, one after another of extremely sharp wind blades, blasted towards Ji Qianqian, and then a small hole was opened in the walls in all directions, from which countless powerful arrows were sprayed out. Hundreds of thousands, continuously.
Ji Qianqian's figure flickered like a ghost, leaving most of the thunder blades behind.
Even if you can't avoid it, you don't care about the money, and you just use the sword to fight it.
"Staring all over the world!"
The power of those thunder and wind blades is equivalent to the full blow of a third-rank master.Although those arrows were less powerful, they were as dense as rain.
And the higher the money goes, the greater the power of the ban.
However, the double knives that count money can cut one of them into the air to defend against it, and even forcefully erase it!
Her purple gold body of nine refining extremes gave birth to a layer of golden outer circle.Although it is not as exaggerated and powerful as Chu Xisheng's [-]-fold external force, it is extremely difficult to shake it when it is combined with its own invincible sword intent.
Faith is the only thing that makes me invincible!
It took only a few breaths for Ji Qianqian to arrive at the fourth floor like a bamboo shoot.She quickly found what she wanted in the corner of the fourth floor.
It was a silver-white longbow with reliefs of various ferocious beasts on the outside.
Including Jiao Jiao, Chisel Teeth, Jiuying, Dafeng, Fengxun, Snake Repair, and the "Nine Suns" in the center - these are the beasts and gods shot and killed by the archer god "Da Yi" in the past.
These reliefs are full of mystery and beautiful in shape, but they have no bowstrings.
Ji Qianqian's eyes couldn't help showing a strange luster.
This is the third in the black list in the past, Gong Guanghan's magic weapon "stringless knife and bow" of "Sky Shooting God Killer".
This bow rank is below the first rank, with a bow but no strings, it can be disassembled into two swords.
It was something made by Gong Guanghan, who had exhausted his life savings and asked a master craftsman to refine it.
However, this top killer who made the world's high-ranking officials and dignitaries terrified, has since lost his previous cautiousness. Only two years later, he was surrounded and killed by Jin Yiwei.
In the past, people who counted money were very greedy for this thing, but they were limited by their lack of status, and their meritorious deeds were enough to exchange for this thing.
Fortunately, I have not been able to find a suitable instrument maker in Ouchi, so I broke it down into materials and kept them in the stolen warehouse.
And now-
Ji Qianqian raised his hand without hesitation and grabbed the object forcefully.
From here, dozens of huge flame dragons suddenly burst out, spewing and burning towards Ji Qianqian.
The 'Stringless Knife and Bow' was also resisting with all its strength, and instantly produced countless illusory arrows, blasting towards Ji Qianqian.
Count money but have no fear at all.
Her golden outer handle remained motionless, pressing against the flames and arrows, making a 'clinking' sound, and sparks flashed.
At this time, Ji Qianqian had already taken out a jade talisman with a pure gold luster, and crushed one of them with his hands.
That is obviously the divine grade Tiangang method-stealing the sky for the sun!
A powerful jade talisman trained by an eternal god imitating human spells!
Once this method is performed, the surrounding heavenly rules and laws will be disturbed, and the 'stringless knife and bow' that shoots arrows will also go silent.
In just an instant, Ji Qian replaced the blood essence imprint left in the bow by Gong Guanghan, the 'Sky Shooting God Killer', with his own blood essence and soul.
A look of joy appeared in her eyes, and then she held a war bow and dodged out of the burning place where dozens of fire dragons were circling.
Ji Qianqian then caressed the stringless sword and bow in his hand, loving it.
Although the divine grade Tiangang Talisman is precious, it is far inferior to the 'stringless knife and bow'.
The benefits of this bow to her are incomparable, whether it is her Sovereign Sword, her Dayi Invisible Arrow, or the Nine Refined Extreme Yuan Zijin Body, this bow can bring a great improvement.
The core of this magical weapon is the lindan and heart of a super-grade unicorn.
And the celestial rules mastered by Qilin are the laws of 'Xunfeng', 'Thunder', 'Ruyi' and 'Growth' between heaven and earth.
Therefore, this bow has the ability to increase all kinds of magic according to one's wishes. It has the same effect as the "Heart of Chaos" and "Vientiane Astrolabe" in Chu Xisheng's hands. It can strengthen her various methods and even bloodline abilities.
Once you get this 'stringless saber and bow', the law and prohibition here will not be able to shake the outside world that counts money.
Then she turned her gaze to the fifth floor here.
Ji Qianqian really wants to know, what is that thing that has been calling her?
This idea has been lingering in her heart for no less than five years, and now it can be solved.
She jumped up and came to the stairs on the fifth floor.
Ji Qianqian looked around here, and his eyes quickly locked on a wooden frame placed on the south side of the center of the fifth floor.
There is a precious mirror above it.
On the silver-white mirror body, there are complicated and profound runes engraved on the outside of the mirror edge, full of mysterious meaning, but also beautiful and unusual.
When Ji Qianqian focused his attention on it, the silver mirror actually floated up in the air, exuding a layer of silver-white brilliance.
"This is--"
Ji Qianqian was surprised.
She knew what this treasure was. It was the artifact of Emperor Jianyuan in the past, and it was a divine treasure inherited from the mother clan of the Crown Prince Li-Shen Xin Shi Shi!Also known as 'Shenxin mirror'.
However, why does this thing resonate in her blood?
This is impossible!
She is just an orphan girl adopted by the grand master Dugushou, her background is ordinary, how could she have anything to do with this 'Shenxin Mirror'?
Ji Qianqian walked over with a surprised expression, and tentatively touched it with his fingers.
In the next instant, Ji Qianqian changed color.
Her whole body's energy and blood surged violently, as if surging like a torrent.
The memory that was sealed deep in her heart also spewed out at this moment, appearing in her mind.
Ji Qianqian's pupils flared up, and then turned into blood!
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After about a hundred breaths, Ji Qianqian came out of the 'Stolen Punishment Vault' in a daze.
She is like a walking dead, with blank eyes and almost no focus,
Counting money and money, I just feel that everything in front of me is ridiculous and ridiculous.
She is really ridiculous.
It turned out that many of her memories were false. It turned out that the person she had always respected and loved was the one who killed her parents and slaughtered all the enemies of her family!
Her undoubted belief is also so absurd.
In the past ten years, she worked diligently and tirelessly in Jinyiwei, but she worked for her enemy.
At the moment when the sealed memory was awakened, Ji Qianqian's mind almost collapsed, and his condensed Sovereign Saber Intent almost collapsed.
If it wasn't for that moment, she would have thought of Chu Xisheng and her lord, and Ji Qianqian would have almost collapsed due to sword intent, and was bombarded and killed by the fifth floor of the 'Punishment for Stolen Treasury'.
She couldn't die here, she promised Liu Ruoxi that after she settled with the past, she would return to Xiushui and serve the Lord wholeheartedly.
What's more, didn't you already recognize it?Her master, Chu Xisheng, is the one worthy of her lifelong service.
It is also the person she truly respects and loves now.
Isn't the purpose of my coming to Wang'an City this time to completely smash the beliefs I held in the past?
Ji Qianqian was very grateful in her heart, meeting the lord was indeed the luck of her life.
Otherwise, she has been kept in the dark up to this day, and she is still ignorant and ignorant as a dog and dog for the court.
And at the moment when Ji Qianqian regained her sanity, she heard an angry groan in the sky.
"You can't escape! The heavenly and earthly net in the palace today was set up just for you, Lu Chen—"
Ji Qianqian woke up when he heard the words, and looked up at the sky.
She saw twelve red dragons in the air, and Emperor Jianyuan, who was dressed in a robe and crown, was holding a golden long sword, chasing a blue figure in the air.
His Son of Heaven sword seals the towns and regions, hosts the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, mountains and land, and controls the world, and controls the five elements, which is magnificent and majestic.
That cyan figure is the seventh in today's celestial rankings - the sword is like a dream Lu Chen.
He is fighting and retreating, with one sword and one dream, one sword and one illusion.
Although it had little influence on Emperor Jianyuan, it confused the twelve red dragons into a trance and confused them.
The martial arts and heaven rules displayed by this man are even higher than that of Emperor Jianyuan, and he can actually make illusions come true, and he can not lose the wind when he confronts Emperor Jianyuan's Tianzi Sword head-on.
However, near the two of them, there are several first-rank martial arts cultivators, showing a tendency to encircle them.
Between the palaces and pavilions, Lu Chen's subordinates were also caught in a hard fight.
They were fleeing to the east, but they encountered many obstacles and made progress with difficulty.
Counting Qianqian's eyes narrowed, and an instant and endless killing intent rose in his heart.
Dao Xin, who was on the verge of shattering, suddenly reunited at this moment, stronger, more violent, and more exclusive than before.
After the memory seal was broken, she tore apart the shackles on her body, gathered and displayed all her blood talents, and could freely mobilize all divine will.
Ji Qianqian raised the 'stringless knife and bow' in his hand, his pupils also showed purple luster, and his hair danced without wind.
The silver-white precious mirror 'Shen Xin Shi Shi' emerged behind her, shining a trace of moon-white brilliance on the back of her head.
Ji Qianqian looked at Emperor Jianyuan in the sky, and then without hesitation pulled away the illusory bowstring imitated by the 'stringless knife and bow' in his hand.
She tried her best and poured all her strength into it.
"kill!"
In an instant, a black arrow shadow pierced into the void, and flashed in front of Emperor Jianyuan in an instant.
"Bastard!"
Emperor Jianyuan's pupils were furious, and with a flick of his hand, he wanted to forcibly slap away the sudden arrow.
However, at this moment, a psychedelic look appeared in his eyes, and he briefly lost focus.
The sword is like a dream Lu Chen's phantom sword intent has been hidden, until now, it suddenly confuses the mind of Emperor Jianyuan.
Although it was only an extremely short moment, it still made Emperor Jianyuan's movements freeze for a moment.
The black arrow shadow shuttled in, and a blood flower burst out on Emperor Jianyuan's shoulder.
"This is--"
The sword is like a dream Lu sinks in the psychedelic moment of Emperor Jianyuan, suddenly his heart throbs, and he senses a familiar aura.
With a look of surprise in his eyes, he looked towards where the arrow came from.
When he saw the woman in silver armor over there, the 'stringless sword and bow' in the woman's hand, and the silver mirror behind her, his pupils suddenly opened slightly.
Is it her?
After this old man, is she still alive?
At this time, the divine mind and sword intent that counts money is rapidly rising.
At this time, she has shot down the sun in her heart.
Although she only wounded Emperor Jianyuan, she had completely broken with her past.Reunited the will of martial arts, and condensed his sword heart again.
At this moment, she also completed the secret ritual of the heavens that she was promoted to the third rank.
The Daning Dynasty and the laws of the court have always locked her firmly, and now they can no longer restrain her, and are no longer the shackles that suppress her sword intent!
(End of this chapter)
On the same day, under the Wanganjing Imperial City, the core area of the Twelve Capitals Tianshenlong Township National Array.
Emperor Jianyuan stood in the center of the formation, looking at the twelve huge dragon pillars around him, his handsome and majestic face was distorted and gloomy.
This place should have been majestic with dragon aura and shone with red light.
In particular, the dragon pool in the center should have been transformed into a rainbow, like a huge pillar of red gold.Countless illusory red dragons circled above it, their momentum was majestic, swallowing Hongni with arrogance.
But now, the 'water' in that pool is at least one-third less!
The dragon aura in the entire Twelve Capitals Tianshenlongzhen Kingdom Great Formation is also much thinner, and its brilliance is dim.
Emperor Jianyuan's strength has not declined, but his dragon energy reserves have decreased significantly.
They disappeared inexplicably, and flowed to unknown directions.
Emperor Jianyuan spent a day and a night inspecting the entire magic circle, but he still couldn't figure out what caused it and where the dragon energy went.
Emperor Jianyuan clenched his fists, his eyes almost shot out materialized flames, and his body was full of strength.
who is it?What exactly caused his dragon energy to disappear?Is someone stealing his dragon spirit, stealing his national luck?Who is he?
At this moment, the twelve red dragon souls on the twelve dragon pillars all wailed for a while.
Their soul shadows twisted violently, and bloodstains overflowed from the dragon pillar.
"Your Majesty, haven't you found out the reason for the loss of Dragon Qi?"
At this time, a strong and deep voice came from afar.
An incarnation of the national teacher Yu Kunlun suddenly appeared behind Emperor Jianyuan.
He glanced around and frowned imperceptibly: "If Your Majesty really can't find out, maybe you can ask the world's experts in magic arts to help."
He himself is the world's top magician, known as "Shu Ding Shan He".
However, Yu Kunlun knew that Emperor Jianyuan would never allow him to touch this 'Twelve Capitals of Heavenly Gods and Dragons Township Great Formation'.
Emperor Jianyuan trusted him, but he was not lacking in defense.
"I've already looked for it. The one was still on the list 120 years ago, but I can't see why."
Emperor Jianyuan looked at those dragon pillars with cold eyes: "But I know them, so I must know where the dragon energy went."
The national teacher Yu Kunlun sighed softly when he heard the words: "These red dragons are strong-minded, and they are only limited to the use of the divine deeds for His Majesty. It is almost impossible for His Majesty to use torture to make them speak. If you force them too much, it will hurt Your Majesty instead." fundamental."
He changed his voice: "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't need to care too much. As long as the world is peaceful, the dragon energy savings here can be recovered within a month at most. We still have time, and it will not be too late to investigate slowly."
Yu Kunlun knew that what Emperor Jianyuan was really worried about was the transfer of destiny and the fate of the country.
But right now, that's all he can do to comfort him.
Emperor Jianyuan hummed dissatisfied, and finally withdrew his oppression of the twelve red dragon souls.
The "Twelve Capitals of Heavenly Gods and Dragons Township Great Formation" are related to his life.
Therefore, if the twelve red dragons are damaged, it will also damage him.
Then his eyes became contemplative: "Master, the loss of dragon energy here is related to the changes in the current situation in the world? Is it related to the defeat in Huizhou?"
When Emperor Jianyuan said this, another burst of anger grew in his chest.
A few days ago, he planned to dispatch the Grand Master Dugushou, temporarily distracting Dugushou from the battlefield due to an accident in the northwest, and then forcibly intervened in the battle situation, and ordered the "General Zhengdong" Shi Xuan to be the commander, commanding 150 million troops in Huizhou, Trying to annihilate a part of the Far East Ice City to severely set back its momentum.
However, Shi Xuan, the general who conquered the East, was greatly disappointed. He was defeated in the battle two days ago and lost more than 22 troops.Among them, [-] died in battle, and the rest were defeated by the Far East Ice City and scattered among the mountains.
"It's absolutely impossible."
Yu Kunlun shook his head resolutely: "Theoretically speaking, the ebb and flow of the situation in the world will indeed affect His Majesty's secret law of the emperor's way. However, the defeat in Huizhou did not hurt his muscles and bones. He tried his best to hold Huizhou.
The eastern front is still stable, the battle situation has not changed drastically, and my Daning has a vast land and rich resources, with profound cultural heritage, Grand Master Dugu has been training soldiers and horses, at most half a year, we can get another 370 million elite troops. "Dang Top Ten Money" has also been initially issued. In the past two years, I have no worries about money, food and materials in Daning.So in theory, the past two years should be the time when His Majesty's luck was at its peak. "
Emperor Jianyuan frowned, and then handed a letter in his hand to the national teacher Yu Kunlun: "Then what about adding this?"
It was the letter talisman sent to him by Xiao Hongchen, commander of the Tianya Jinyiwei.
Emperor Jianyuan's first emotion after seeing it was anger.
He didn't expect Chu Xisheng's stick to be so difficult.
This time, that person went off the field in person and contacted all parties, but he failed to put Chu Xisheng to death.
Emperor Jianyuan's second emotion was panic, which made his whole body cold.
"this--"
After Yu Kunlun read the content of the letter, he was also puzzled and frowned: "It may be possible! But your majesty, these first-rank divine sects would never be so unwise to support a disciple of the phaseless divine sect. They Could it be that he is willing to be controlled by the Wuxiang Shenzong?
Besides, how can the matter of supporting the dragon be so easy to support?Once it changes, the disaster will be far-reaching.Just like what Commander Xiao said, there must be some reason for this, or it is not known if it is forced to.As long as Commander Xiao continues to pay attention to this matter, I expect that all parties will spare no effort to put Chu Xisheng to death in front of the third rank. "
Emperor Jianyuan didn't speak, but his expression became even colder.
He was lost in thought, his eyes dimmed.
After a while, Emperor Jianyuan laughed at himself: "This statement is reasonable, but I lost my inch in panic."
This man changed his voice again, and asked sincerely: "National Teacher, Huizhou was defeated, and the current situation is not as good as expected. We want to let Wenzhuyi enter the game, and I'm afraid it will be more troublesome. What good strategy do you have?"
"His Majesty has really done a poor job in this matter in Huizhou. He is too concerned."
Yu Kunlun sighed, with a hint of reproach in his words: "What kind of person is a sword that can overwhelm the city? She can lead the survivors of Zhenhai, open up such a situation overseas, and accumulate a military force that is almost half as big as that of Daning. How smart is her military strategy?" Same as Xiao Ke?
If His Majesty wants her pure yin energy, he can only draw it slowly, there is absolutely no rush.Experts compete for the front, showing no flaws.For the current plan, it is still necessary to invite Grand Master Dugu back as soon as possible.Only a grand master can deal with the front of the army with a single sword.
Yu was there, firstly, he was not good at military strategy, and secondly, he had no time to distract himself, so he still had to invite the grand master to take charge of the overall situation.Your Majesty, the grand master is someone who cares about the big picture, as long as you are sincere, he will definitely not refuse. "
Yu Kunlun's "main body" is now in Huizhou, and he has played against Yi Jian Qing Cheng Wen Zhu Yi twice.
However, he is only a magician after all, and his frontal combat power is not as good as martial arts, so it is still very difficult to deal with it.
If the one-sword Alluring City hadn't been concerned about the two super-grade martial arts lurking in the dark, and also lacked stamina, he could have killed him a long time ago.
However, Wen Zhuyi has already seen through the foundation of his skills, and he will definitely be targeted in the next battle, and the situation he faces is bound to be a hundred times more dangerous.
This time Yu Kunlun came here with a distracted body, urging Emperor Jianyuan to invite Dugu Shou back as soon as possible.
"Teacher—"
Emperor Jianyuan felt a headache when he thought of this.
He issued three edicts in a row in the past two days, asking Taishi Dugushou to go to Huizhou and regain control of the army, but they were all rejected by the Taishi, and even the eunuch who delivered the edict was thrown out.
But Emperor Jianyuan knew in his heart that as long as he went in person at this time and asked the grand master Dugushou to continue to preside over the battle, he would definitely be able to invite Dugushou.
On the one hand, the grand master did have emotions; on the other hand, he was forcing him to bow his head, let him further release power, or make a promise not to interfere in the war in the east.
"I'll think about it first, I won't let the national teacher wait for a long time—"
Just when he said this, Emperor Jianyuan suddenly felt a violent shaking of the surrounding ground, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had collapsed.
Even the incomparably strong formation of the Twelve Capitals, the Heavenly God and the Dragon Township, was full of dust and sand, falling down in a rustle.
He was stunned for a while, and anger appeared in his eyes, and he looked in a certain direction.
"Lu Chen! You are so brave!"
This gigantic earthquake originated from the direction of the "imperial prison", which is the so-called sky prison among the people.
It was someone who used a powerful magical technique, thunder, to blow up the defensive magic circle of the prison, and forcibly broke into it.
Emperor Jianyuan trembled with anger.
There has been no good news these days.
He rose directly from the sky and flew towards the exit of this underground space.
State teacher Yu Kunlun looked dignified.
He is just a distracted body, unable to participate in the battle.
However, he still followed closely behind Emperor Jianyuan.
"Your Majesty, be careful. Lu Chen's combat power can be ranked among the top three in the heaven list, and he may still be higher than me. Those guards on duty don't need to be too harsh."
This Sword Rumeng really chose a good time.
He and Grand Master Dugushou are not in Wang'an City, and many big insiders also have their own important tasks, and they go out to Beijing for business.
Emperor Jianyuan snorted and escaped faster and faster.
In fact, Yu Kunlun didn't dissuade, and he didn't intend to vent his anger either.
Except for a few first ranks in the palace, who can guard against the sword Rumeng Lu Chen?
Even he, the Son of Heaven, was ignorant before Lu Chen launched an attack.
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Just when the imperial prison exploded, Ji Qianqian was also outside the imperial city.
She was stunned, and stared in the direction of the jail with a dumbfounded look.
But as early as when he sneaked into the imperial city, Ji Qianqian felt that something was wrong.
All the guards, eunuchs and court ladies she met along the way stood still in place, motionless.
Their eyes were closed tightly, or their eyes were dazed and out of focus. They were obviously fascinated by illusions and fell into a dream and couldn't extricate themselves.
Even the shaking of the mountains and the ground in the direction of the prison did not wake them up.
Ji Qianqian couldn't help murmuring: "The sword is like a dream Lu Chen—"
It's just a sword like a dream, so naturally it's not so magical.
There should be other magicians to cooperate to increase the power of its illusion.
Yet this is terribly frightening.
Most of the Wuxiu guards that Ji Qian saw along the way were in the fifth rank, and there were many others in the third and fourth ranks.
But now, like a wooden man, they can't help themselves.
Ji Qianqian immediately restrained his thoughts.
The purpose of Sword Rumeng Lu Chen should be several felons imprisoned at the bottom of the imperial prison.
As far as she knew, there were still a few of the important court officials implicated in the Prince Li case who were still alive, and they were imprisoned at the bottom of the Imperial Prison.
So those people from Rumeng Villa she met yesterday were setting the stage for today's action?
This is really great news for her.
The attention of the emperor and the masters will be attracted by Lu Chen and his subordinates.
Ji Qianqian was not even [-]% sure this time, but now she has an opportunity.
At this time, she had already stood outside the imperial city, in front of a palace covering an area of more than ten acres.
She looked up, only to see the plaque above the vermilion gate, with the four characters 'Punish Bieku for Stolen Punishment' impressively written on it.
The stolen goods and fines warehouse is one of the internal treasuries of Da Neizhong. It is in charge of storing government-registered and confiscated property, and storing stolen and fined items, etc.
The stolen treasury is used for extra precious things among all confiscated properties.
Ji Qianqian's eyes were sharp, but also somewhat puzzled.
She recalled the scene when senior brother Xiao Hongchen brought her into Miyagi for the first time.
At that time, she sensed that there was something in this 'Beauty of Stolen Punishments' that was attracting her.
The appeal was so strong that every time Ji Qianqian stepped into the surrounding twenty miles of the capital, he would feel a sense of that thing.
Counting money, but never had a chance to see what happened.
She started from the bottom of Tianya Jinyiwei, and now she is just a small Jinyiwei deputy Wanhu, and she is not qualified to enter the 'Punishment of Stolen Treasury'.
But she didn't come here purely for the thing that attracted her.
The so-called 'workers must first sharpen their tools if they want to do their jobs well'.
She knew that there were several powerful magic weapons in this 'Stolen Punishment Warehouse', which were seized by the Tianya Jinyiwei from those wanted criminals and Jiang Yang thieves in the past ten years, and sent to the 'Stolen Punishment Warehouse' for preservation.
One weapon in particular suits her and helps her cover her identity.
Divine artifacts of the second rank or above, except for those sect-style artifacts, are usually refined with painstaking efforts, and it is difficult to sacrifice them except for descendants who are related by blood.
However, by chance in her early years, Ji Qianqian got a fetish from ancient times, which allowed her to replace the imprint of essence and blood in the vessel, and refine a first-grade divine treasure into her own.
Ji Qianqian glanced at the plaque, then pushed open the vermilion door and stepped inside.
Due to changes in the situation, Ji Qianqian was too lazy to hide and cover his tracks, and chose the fastest and most direct way.
She wants to get the things in her hands as soon as possible before the change in the prison subsides, escape from the palace safely, and then find a suitable opportunity to complete her secret ritual of the heavens.
There are five floors in the stolen and fined warehouse.
In the usual way, when Ji Qianqian entered through the main entrance, the guards here would react and attack her.
But today, none of these guards moved.
They were all trapped in Lu Chen's dream, unaware of Ji Qianqian's intrusion.
However, all the laws and prohibitions in the treasury have been triggered.
First, bundles of extremely powerful thunderbolts, one after another of extremely sharp wind blades, blasted towards Ji Qianqian, and then a small hole was opened in the walls in all directions, from which countless powerful arrows were sprayed out. Hundreds of thousands, continuously.
Ji Qianqian's figure flickered like a ghost, leaving most of the thunder blades behind.
Even if you can't avoid it, you don't care about the money, and you just use the sword to fight it.
"Staring all over the world!"
The power of those thunder and wind blades is equivalent to the full blow of a third-rank master.Although those arrows were less powerful, they were as dense as rain.
And the higher the money goes, the greater the power of the ban.
However, the double knives that count money can cut one of them into the air to defend against it, and even forcefully erase it!
Her purple gold body of nine refining extremes gave birth to a layer of golden outer circle.Although it is not as exaggerated and powerful as Chu Xisheng's [-]-fold external force, it is extremely difficult to shake it when it is combined with its own invincible sword intent.
Faith is the only thing that makes me invincible!
It took only a few breaths for Ji Qianqian to arrive at the fourth floor like a bamboo shoot.She quickly found what she wanted in the corner of the fourth floor.
It was a silver-white longbow with reliefs of various ferocious beasts on the outside.
Including Jiao Jiao, Chisel Teeth, Jiuying, Dafeng, Fengxun, Snake Repair, and the "Nine Suns" in the center - these are the beasts and gods shot and killed by the archer god "Da Yi" in the past.
These reliefs are full of mystery and beautiful in shape, but they have no bowstrings.
Ji Qianqian's eyes couldn't help showing a strange luster.
This is the third in the black list in the past, Gong Guanghan's magic weapon "stringless knife and bow" of "Sky Shooting God Killer".
This bow rank is below the first rank, with a bow but no strings, it can be disassembled into two swords.
It was something made by Gong Guanghan, who had exhausted his life savings and asked a master craftsman to refine it.
However, this top killer who made the world's high-ranking officials and dignitaries terrified, has since lost his previous cautiousness. Only two years later, he was surrounded and killed by Jin Yiwei.
In the past, people who counted money were very greedy for this thing, but they were limited by their lack of status, and their meritorious deeds were enough to exchange for this thing.
Fortunately, I have not been able to find a suitable instrument maker in Ouchi, so I broke it down into materials and kept them in the stolen warehouse.
And now-
Ji Qianqian raised his hand without hesitation and grabbed the object forcefully.
From here, dozens of huge flame dragons suddenly burst out, spewing and burning towards Ji Qianqian.
The 'Stringless Knife and Bow' was also resisting with all its strength, and instantly produced countless illusory arrows, blasting towards Ji Qianqian.
Count money but have no fear at all.
Her golden outer handle remained motionless, pressing against the flames and arrows, making a 'clinking' sound, and sparks flashed.
At this time, Ji Qianqian had already taken out a jade talisman with a pure gold luster, and crushed one of them with his hands.
That is obviously the divine grade Tiangang method-stealing the sky for the sun!
A powerful jade talisman trained by an eternal god imitating human spells!
Once this method is performed, the surrounding heavenly rules and laws will be disturbed, and the 'stringless knife and bow' that shoots arrows will also go silent.
In just an instant, Ji Qian replaced the blood essence imprint left in the bow by Gong Guanghan, the 'Sky Shooting God Killer', with his own blood essence and soul.
A look of joy appeared in her eyes, and then she held a war bow and dodged out of the burning place where dozens of fire dragons were circling.
Ji Qianqian then caressed the stringless sword and bow in his hand, loving it.
Although the divine grade Tiangang Talisman is precious, it is far inferior to the 'stringless knife and bow'.
The benefits of this bow to her are incomparable, whether it is her Sovereign Sword, her Dayi Invisible Arrow, or the Nine Refined Extreme Yuan Zijin Body, this bow can bring a great improvement.
The core of this magical weapon is the lindan and heart of a super-grade unicorn.
And the celestial rules mastered by Qilin are the laws of 'Xunfeng', 'Thunder', 'Ruyi' and 'Growth' between heaven and earth.
Therefore, this bow has the ability to increase all kinds of magic according to one's wishes. It has the same effect as the "Heart of Chaos" and "Vientiane Astrolabe" in Chu Xisheng's hands. It can strengthen her various methods and even bloodline abilities.
Once you get this 'stringless saber and bow', the law and prohibition here will not be able to shake the outside world that counts money.
Then she turned her gaze to the fifth floor here.
Ji Qianqian really wants to know, what is that thing that has been calling her?
This idea has been lingering in her heart for no less than five years, and now it can be solved.
She jumped up and came to the stairs on the fifth floor.
Ji Qianqian looked around here, and his eyes quickly locked on a wooden frame placed on the south side of the center of the fifth floor.
There is a precious mirror above it.
On the silver-white mirror body, there are complicated and profound runes engraved on the outside of the mirror edge, full of mysterious meaning, but also beautiful and unusual.
When Ji Qianqian focused his attention on it, the silver mirror actually floated up in the air, exuding a layer of silver-white brilliance.
"This is--"
Ji Qianqian was surprised.
She knew what this treasure was. It was the artifact of Emperor Jianyuan in the past, and it was a divine treasure inherited from the mother clan of the Crown Prince Li-Shen Xin Shi Shi!Also known as 'Shenxin mirror'.
However, why does this thing resonate in her blood?
This is impossible!
She is just an orphan girl adopted by the grand master Dugushou, her background is ordinary, how could she have anything to do with this 'Shenxin Mirror'?
Ji Qianqian walked over with a surprised expression, and tentatively touched it with his fingers.
In the next instant, Ji Qianqian changed color.
Her whole body's energy and blood surged violently, as if surging like a torrent.
The memory that was sealed deep in her heart also spewed out at this moment, appearing in her mind.
Ji Qianqian's pupils flared up, and then turned into blood!
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After about a hundred breaths, Ji Qianqian came out of the 'Stolen Punishment Vault' in a daze.
She is like a walking dead, with blank eyes and almost no focus,
Counting money and money, I just feel that everything in front of me is ridiculous and ridiculous.
She is really ridiculous.
It turned out that many of her memories were false. It turned out that the person she had always respected and loved was the one who killed her parents and slaughtered all the enemies of her family!
Her undoubted belief is also so absurd.
In the past ten years, she worked diligently and tirelessly in Jinyiwei, but she worked for her enemy.
At the moment when the sealed memory was awakened, Ji Qianqian's mind almost collapsed, and his condensed Sovereign Saber Intent almost collapsed.
If it wasn't for that moment, she would have thought of Chu Xisheng and her lord, and Ji Qianqian would have almost collapsed due to sword intent, and was bombarded and killed by the fifth floor of the 'Punishment for Stolen Treasury'.
She couldn't die here, she promised Liu Ruoxi that after she settled with the past, she would return to Xiushui and serve the Lord wholeheartedly.
What's more, didn't you already recognize it?Her master, Chu Xisheng, is the one worthy of her lifelong service.
It is also the person she truly respects and loves now.
Isn't the purpose of my coming to Wang'an City this time to completely smash the beliefs I held in the past?
Ji Qianqian was very grateful in her heart, meeting the lord was indeed the luck of her life.
Otherwise, she has been kept in the dark up to this day, and she is still ignorant and ignorant as a dog and dog for the court.
And at the moment when Ji Qianqian regained her sanity, she heard an angry groan in the sky.
"You can't escape! The heavenly and earthly net in the palace today was set up just for you, Lu Chen—"
Ji Qianqian woke up when he heard the words, and looked up at the sky.
She saw twelve red dragons in the air, and Emperor Jianyuan, who was dressed in a robe and crown, was holding a golden long sword, chasing a blue figure in the air.
His Son of Heaven sword seals the towns and regions, hosts the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, mountains and land, and controls the world, and controls the five elements, which is magnificent and majestic.
That cyan figure is the seventh in today's celestial rankings - the sword is like a dream Lu Chen.
He is fighting and retreating, with one sword and one dream, one sword and one illusion.
Although it had little influence on Emperor Jianyuan, it confused the twelve red dragons into a trance and confused them.
The martial arts and heaven rules displayed by this man are even higher than that of Emperor Jianyuan, and he can actually make illusions come true, and he can not lose the wind when he confronts Emperor Jianyuan's Tianzi Sword head-on.
However, near the two of them, there are several first-rank martial arts cultivators, showing a tendency to encircle them.
Between the palaces and pavilions, Lu Chen's subordinates were also caught in a hard fight.
They were fleeing to the east, but they encountered many obstacles and made progress with difficulty.
Counting Qianqian's eyes narrowed, and an instant and endless killing intent rose in his heart.
Dao Xin, who was on the verge of shattering, suddenly reunited at this moment, stronger, more violent, and more exclusive than before.
After the memory seal was broken, she tore apart the shackles on her body, gathered and displayed all her blood talents, and could freely mobilize all divine will.
Ji Qianqian raised the 'stringless knife and bow' in his hand, his pupils also showed purple luster, and his hair danced without wind.
The silver-white precious mirror 'Shen Xin Shi Shi' emerged behind her, shining a trace of moon-white brilliance on the back of her head.
Ji Qianqian looked at Emperor Jianyuan in the sky, and then without hesitation pulled away the illusory bowstring imitated by the 'stringless knife and bow' in his hand.
She tried her best and poured all her strength into it.
"kill!"
In an instant, a black arrow shadow pierced into the void, and flashed in front of Emperor Jianyuan in an instant.
"Bastard!"
Emperor Jianyuan's pupils were furious, and with a flick of his hand, he wanted to forcibly slap away the sudden arrow.
However, at this moment, a psychedelic look appeared in his eyes, and he briefly lost focus.
The sword is like a dream Lu Chen's phantom sword intent has been hidden, until now, it suddenly confuses the mind of Emperor Jianyuan.
Although it was only an extremely short moment, it still made Emperor Jianyuan's movements freeze for a moment.
The black arrow shadow shuttled in, and a blood flower burst out on Emperor Jianyuan's shoulder.
"This is--"
The sword is like a dream Lu sinks in the psychedelic moment of Emperor Jianyuan, suddenly his heart throbs, and he senses a familiar aura.
With a look of surprise in his eyes, he looked towards where the arrow came from.
When he saw the woman in silver armor over there, the 'stringless sword and bow' in the woman's hand, and the silver mirror behind her, his pupils suddenly opened slightly.
Is it her?
After this old man, is she still alive?
At this time, the divine mind and sword intent that counts money is rapidly rising.
At this time, she has shot down the sun in her heart.
Although she only wounded Emperor Jianyuan, she had completely broken with her past.Reunited the will of martial arts, and condensed his sword heart again.
At this moment, she also completed the secret ritual of the heavens that she was promoted to the third rank.
The Daning Dynasty and the laws of the court have always locked her firmly, and now they can no longer restrain her, and are no longer the shackles that suppress her sword intent!
(End of this chapter)
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