The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 729 Black Hand
In the capital, in a secret cave connected to the sewer.

The three officers who had kidnapped Taoist Yuzhen in Wuguan were bandaging each other's wounds.

Among the three, Chu Baihua was the most seriously injured. A sword energy slashed down from his shoulder, almost splitting his body in half.

Fortunately, Chu Baihua majored in the military martial arts "Mechanical Fish Dragon Body", and half of his body had been mechanically transformed. In addition, the "Gangsha" cultivator had relatively strong vitality, so he did not die on the spot.

But even so, he was able to save his life thanks to the "Ganlu Treasure Spring" that Senior Shi carried with him.

Yes, currently hiding in this secret cave, in addition to Fang Baichuan, Wei Baishu, and Chu Baihua, the three former military officers, there is also Chu Baihua's uncle, Mr. Chu Yuan, who was known as "Feng Yi Qi Qiuyue" and had introduced Zhao Chen's alias "Xuan Tan Taoist" to the Li family, and Shi Wenxuan, a magical cultivator from the Shi family who possesses the second-grade magical power "Dark Moon Goddess".

It was also their group that broke into King Liang's courtyard in Fukang Lane not long ago.

——This is the address revealed by Taoist Yuzhen after being tortured.

However, they paid a huge price for this. After all, not only was there a guard troop with powerful firepower stationed in the yard, but there was also a well-known and powerful swordsman stationed there.

Although the swordsman had a mental flaw and was caught by Senior Shi, who used the "Dark Moon" magical power to drive him into extreme madness, everyone was still injured. Even the strongest Shi Wenxuan was injured by the sword energy and was unable to move for half a day.

Unfortunately, although they rescued eight female cultivators, they failed to find their abducted relatives - Wei Baishu's sister Wei Baizhi, and Chu Yuan's son Chu Nan.

At this time, Chu Yuan, who was the least injured, stood up and walked to Chu Baihua after regulating his internal breath. He used the "Danxia Qiongyin" he learned from the Li family to help his nephew expel the remaining sword energy in his body.

This technique was derived from the magical power of "Five Emperors Paying Homage to the Truth". Although it is not even the basics and its true meaning was misinterpreted by the Li family, it still has some effect of expelling alien forces.

After a while, Chu Yuan, sensing that his nephew's breath had finally calmed down, gradually stopped practicing, then looked at Wei Baishu and Fang Baichuan, whose faces were filled with gloom, and comforted them:

"You don't have to be discouraged. Our operation was not without results."

"Sister Zhi has not been found, and your son is nowhere to be seen either. The follow-up clues have also been cut off... How can this be considered a gain?" Wei Baishu hammered the ground hard.

His tone was a bit harsh, but not directed at Chu Yuan. Instead, he was regretting that he should not have thrown Taoist Yu Zhen into the "Absolute Yin Land" so early.

Fang Baichuan on the side had the same expression, but did not say anything.

After feeding his nephew a pill, Chu Yuan shook his head and smiled, “Young man, you must have tried your best to find that Miss Bai Zhi before, right?

"In that case, you should be able to notice that the wind direction has changed."

The wind has changed? Wei Baishu was still a little confused, but Fang Baichuan suddenly had an idea and blurted out, "You mean, there is no more resistance to the investigation?"

Chu Yuan shook his head again and said meaningfully: "No, the resistance is still there... but we now have a force behind us!"

Help... Thinking of the proactive contact from the "Underworld", thinking of General Wu, Guan and Zhang's indifference, and the fact that although the attack on the courtyard was fraught with dangers, the process was actually quite smooth, Fang Baichuan had an epiphany.

He glanced at Senior Shi Wenxuan who was still recovering from his injuries, and said thoughtfully, "So, maybe there will be new clues delivered to us?"

Chu Yuan, who looked like a Taoist master, smiled and nodded, then glanced at the eight rescued female cultivators lying in the corner of the cave:
“In addition, we have to find a way to wake them up... After all, they may also know where the other abducted monks are!

"And once they wake up, they should be able to become our new helpers."

...The Imperial Palace, on top of the tower in the center of the Imperial Garden.

Behind the piano platform in front, a graceful young woman in a phoenix skirt sat elegantly, her white jade fingers plucking the strings of the piano, making a "ding ding dong dong" sound.

But if you listen carefully, you can find that these sounds are completely disorganized. It is obvious that this young woman can't play the piano at all.

At this time, the masked imperial concubine came to the roof and said bluntly: "You have practiced for so long, why haven't you made any progress?

"What a waste of an ancient famous zither."

The graceful young woman, the Empress, stopped playing the zither and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you here again?
"Didn't you say you would take care of the King of Wei yourself?"

The Imperial Concubine bullied others and could not see her expression. She rolled her eyes and said, "I came back because I remembered a musician who is quite good. I can teach you and help you improve your level..."

The Queen Mother glanced at her with a half-smile, raised her lips and said, "Is the musician you are talking about surnamed Zhao?"

The imperial concubine widened her eyes and blurted out, "How do you know?"

"Do you think I won't investigate the so-called commoner prince? Especially when you talked about him, your tone became different..." The Queen sneered and continued, "But your excuse is not bad, I decided to adopt it.

“It just so happens that I have become somewhat interested in Zhao Chen.

"Send someone to summon him to the throne immediately."

Behind the mask, the imperial concubine frowned. Although she had achieved the purpose of rushing into the palace, she always felt that something was wrong.

The same goes for Zhao Chen. Why would he attend such a banquet? Doesn’t he know how many forces are watching him?

The palace is still the safest place.

……

In Ningyue Palace, after coaxing Concubine Ning to sleep, the current Emperor picked up the latest intelligence and started browsing through it.

After a moment, he put down the jade slip in his hand, called the secret guard and ordered: "After you go back, continue to provide certain resources and intelligence support to those groups of knights."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the secret guard replied respectfully.

After the secret guard took the order, the emperor gently stroked the cheek of his beloved concubine and murmured: It's almost there, it's almost there... Wait until we can find out as many clones of that old guy as possible, and then we will definitely make him pay!
……

In the Prince of Liang's villa, after Zhao Chen had a secret conversation with the Princess of Liang for a while, he returned to the flower hall and reunited with Yan Hongxia, Ming Xueling and others.

Prince Liang is a trustworthy and generous man. He was not just talking about inviting Zhao Chen and his party to a banquet.

Soon, one delicious dish after another was served. Not only were they colorful, fragrant and delicious, they also contained abundant spiritual energy.

Just as Zhao Chen was about to pick up his chopsticks to taste how the top ingredients were cooked, a servant came to report that the palace eunuch had arrived with the Queen's decree:
"The Queen has ordered Zhao Chen to come to the palace for an audience..."

(End of this chapter)