Chapter 40
38
The night was dark, and the sky was covered with a black cloth, except for a little bit of starlight that appeared in the gap, filling the entire sky, which looked extremely beautiful.
The imperial palace, as the most majestic place in a dynasty, has always been heavily guarded, especially in this dark night.
On that road, many soldiers could be seen walking around with torches in their hands and guarding them everywhere. Each soldier was lined up in a line, each taking turns, guarding their own territory.
Originally, Lin Lan imagined it very beautifully. She felt sorry for this child who was abused by TV dramas. She thought that she would even wear black clothes and fly over the walls there, or she would be handsome and dressed in white clothes, dancing in the dark night, as if no one was around, followed by a A lot of soldiers were chasing after him desperately.
So before departure, she was still struggling with clothes for a long time, and in the end she chose a set of black clothes to be safe. She was already ready to fly over the walls, and she really wanted to experience the experience of breaking into the palace by herself without hanging wire, but she didn't expect Everything is not as she imagined.
Originally, the two of them had always been wearing white clothes representing the disciples of the inner sect. Ming Yan didn't take it seriously this time. Tied up, with an excited look on his face, Ming Yan was speechless.
He discovered this after being in contact with Lin Lan for a long time. Sometimes Lin Lan's thoughts are very strange. Although many things in the cultivation world are different from those in the secular world, there are many things that have not appeared. Treating those things as something to learn, I don't think there is anything wrong, but Lin Lan will often do this. It is obviously a normal thing in Ming Yan's eyes, and Lin Lan will always ask why.
And her imagination is extremely rich, and she even has a lot of weird ideas, just like this time, why did she wear a black dress when she was only going to the palace? Mingyan couldn't understand.
Ming Yan looked at Lin Lan with his forehead, and ordered: "Go back and change your clothes, and change them into inner disciples' uniforms."
It was the first time that Ming Yan spoke to Lin Lan like this, Lin Lan didn't dare to talk back immediately, he could only curl his lips to protest, but he still obediently went back to the room to change clothes.
Both of them were dressed in fluttering white clothes, but they didn't have such a strange experience as Lin Lan expected. Lin Lan and Ming Yan walked out of the inn. The style of clothing directly attracted the attention of many people, making Ming Yan frown.
Lin Lan had a premonition immediately, she estimated that she would go through the same formation as when she returned to the inn, but unfortunately she guessed right.
Ming Yan took her to a deserted alley, picked her up and started to turn around in all directions, Lin Lan was also hugged by him so obediently, until he walked straight, suddenly it seemed as if something was cut open, In front of the two of them is the resplendent palace, even in the dark night, people can feel its aura.
It symbolizes the place where the descendants of the dragon live, how can it be so ordinary!Not to mention the soldiers coming and going, the sound of the armor rubbing all over the body, even after such a distance, it is still so clear, and the orderly and powerful voice sounds extremely shocking.
"How do we get in? Do we still use formations?" Lin Lan looked at the palace curiously. They were still some distance away from the palace, which was why the soldiers didn't find them.
With Ming Yan's personality, it's easier to walk in formations, but Lin Lan is very strange. Obviously Mingyan didn't set up any formations, so why is there a formation as soon as he moves?
"There is a road leading to the palace. The road I just came here was set up by the cultivators in order to prevent the palace from rebelling and getting out of control. Every capital city and even every important city will have cultivators to set up these. The royal family I know a little bit, but I don’t know that my palace has been controlled by cultivators.” Ming Yan saw Lin Lan’s question, but he also thought it was strange before, in his mind, cultivators don’t need to guard against those royal families of.
But it wasn't until later that he realized the wisdom of the previous cultivators, even if ordinary people had no strength, they couldn't resist the crowd, and as the royal family that controlled so many people, they could only firmly control the royal family within the range that they could accept , to ensure the safety of the cultivator, because no matter how powerful the cultivator is, he still needs to occupy a mountain or lake as his territory.
It can be said that the cultivators are actually controlling the secular world invisibly. Although they ignore the affairs of the secular world, they also guarantee that the control of the secular world will not affect them. Only by restraining each other can they coexist peacefully.
Lin Lan understood this in an instant. She had read all kinds of conspiracy theories in novels before, and she would know after reading too much, "Wouldn't the Gouyan faction be at a disadvantage?"
The Gouyan faction had to pay the price of not being able to survive the catastrophe, but they couldn't completely control the royal family.
Lin Lan's question made Ming Yan shake his head, "The Gouyan faction only needs to protect the emperor, how can they participate in so many things, and the cultivation world only needs to ensure that the royal family will not threaten the safety of the cultivation world, and will not use Well, basically, many cultivators know this secret way, but few of them will covet the things of the Dynasty, because they are afraid of retribution. The things are still theirs, but they will only protect the emperor, not so many things to maintain the entire dynasty."
And they came this time because they came to the palace to see the old general who had won the honor and was specially given to live in the palace for the elderly. It is impossible for him to have the protection of a cultivator by his side. Not enough.
As for why the old general is in the palace, on the one hand, it is the emperor's precautions, and on the other hand, it is the emperor's protection for himself. Because cultivators disdain mortals, it is an insult to ask them to protect a mortal, so the general is in the palace. It is convenient to protect the emperor.
Ming Yan looked at the sky, turned again, turned east and west, until he stood still again, they were already at the imperial garden.
After seeing the sound of the armor approaching, Lin Lan looked nervously at Ming Yan, but saw a spell in his hand, which ignited spontaneously in the air without even needing fire.
Ming Yan kept his arms around Lin Lan's shoulders, letting the soldier come over. Lin Lan was so frightened that he stared at him, but he didn't dare to speak. What he saw was Ming Yan's peach blossom eyes that were narrowed with a smile. I felt a little more at ease.
Sure enough, the soldiers walked by as if they didn't see them, and Lin Lan stared in fright. Could it be that the one that Ming Yan burned just now was the legendary invisibility talisman?
Lin Lan didn't dare to ask, because he was afraid that he would be invisible and not be able to block his voice, so Ming Yan dragged him away, walking almost openly to the place where the old general lived, and even went directly to the study.
Even though the doors of the study room were closed tightly, he was able to drag her headfirst into it, and then he really entered. This door is simply a decoration!display!
Lin Lan found that today was so exciting that she wondered if she was dreaming, but she knew very well that even if it was a dream, she didn't have such a rich imagination to think of these ==
What are you doing?Lin Lan blinked her eyes and looked at Ming Yan deliberately, with a questioning expression on her face, the look of wanting to speak but not daring to speak, which made Ming Yan laugh out loud.
"You can speak, let's read these letters. It seems that although he is old, his ambition is not small." Ming Yan picked up the letters and scanned them. How could the space in the secret room resist the scanning of the spiritual sense? He didn't even need to open them. Those letters, you can directly know what the letter said.
It's really not difficult to deduce what is going on with his wisdom, not to mention that the general's ambition has never been concealed.
old?Lin Lan raised his eyebrows, but he was very witty and didn't say anything. Ming Yan still noticed it, and made Lin Lan ramble in his heart with a sharp look.
"Can I compare with him?" Ming Yan saw through Lin Lan's suppressed words at a glance.
He is a cultivator, even with his foundation-building period, he is almost equivalent to a human being at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
"No, no." Lin Lan didn't have the courage to pluck the beards from the tiger, especially the tiger that was about to get angry. She still wanted to go back.
As a result, Lin Lan's reflexive words were directly knocked on the head by Ming Yan, "What can't be said, he is not worthy to compare with me."
Lin Lan didn't even say a word, just nodded repeatedly, and waited until Ming Yan came over, then changed the subject: "And then? Where shall we go next? Where's the box of incense powder?"
Ming Yan glanced at her, knowing that the other party is changing the subject, but it is better to be careful when bullying the cat. It would not be fun if the other party blows its hair. In fact, Ming Yan is not as angry as his face, but he still put on a face for you With a face-saving expression, he said: "The box of incense powder is now in the emperor's bedroom. I guess the emperor is not worried about the general, as for."
Suddenly, Ming Yan seemed to feel something, and directly picked up Lin Lan and carried him to the beam of the room, without saying a word, his eyes were fixed on the door of the study.
Seeing herself being jumped to the beam of the room, she suddenly felt a sense of completeness, which finally gave her a feeling similar to a martial arts movie.
Naturally, the person who came in was not an ordinary person like the general, otherwise Ming Yan would not have needed to hold his breath and jump onto the beam. Lin Lan seemed to hear some voices but saw no one, which made her feel very strange.
Because there is no way to ask Ming Yan, after thinking about it, I tried to wrap my eyes with aura, and immediately saw a figure in the room, just like Lin Lan just swaggering in, but the other party obviously hasn't arrived yet, so I can use my spiritual sense to see it like Ming Yan To the point of not believing, but touching the wall, feeling whether there is any space in the compartment.
It wasn't until he reached the secret room that he immediately opened the secret room with brute force, and rummaged through the letters when he saw them.
Based on the fluctuations caused by the spiritual energy used by the other party just now, the other party is estimated to be at the third level of the refining period, which is lower than Lin Lan, so that the two of them can sit on the beams of the house very easily and shake their feet leisurely. As if watching a play, he almost picked up a handful of melon seeds and put it to his mouth, while watching him looking for something so hard.
The other party obviously didn't take the old general seriously, and just tore open the letter and looked at it. Although he was reading it, he looked at ten lines with a kind of disdain in his eyes, as if the two sides were clowns. People who watch the play will never know that someone is also watching his play.
In fact, the attitude of the other party is completely normal. The cultivators themselves think that they are very capable and superior to others, as if they are different from other ordinary people when they enter the Qi refining stage, so they look down on ordinary people, let alone those who have entered the refining stage. Cultivators of the Qi stage are those outer disciples who have spent their entire lives unable to step into the Qi refining stage. Sometimes when they are in charge of shopping, some people will introduce them to children and say that they live in the place of immortals. At that time, those people would be very proud, and would even be more urban management than the urban management, directly taking things from the common people, and they could embezzle that part of the money themselves, which made Lin Lan feel very sad.
He crumpled those letters into a ball, and after reading them for a while, he felt as if he couldn't read them any longer, so he planned to take those letters away.
Ming Yan kept looking at him like this until the other party wanted to take the letter away, but he didn't take any action. If the action of the box of incense powder failed, it would not have any impact on him, but would be better.
It wasn't until seeing the other party leave that Lin Lan asked, "Are you just letting him take it away?"
What an idiot, he was trying to scare the snake away. As soon as the letter was taken away, he would know that the action had been revealed, so why did he still act? Besides, he could stop the other party from acting once, but he couldn't stop it many times, especially after changing the plan. Cure the root cause, not the root cause.
I'm afraid the cultivator didn't even think about the side that sent him here, because he didn't even bother, winning or losing didn't have much to do with him, as long as the person he protected didn't die. This is not the first time, other dynasties also have such sects.
"It's okay, they are from Haiguo. The guardian sect of Haiguo should be Shanhaipai, which is different from the Republic of China that Yanguo will deal with. But I believe this event will be cancelled. We probably won't be able to see that the incense powder is used for What are you doing?"
They don't have enough time, so they can stay here for another two days at most. Yan Guo gave up the plan and restarted the plan, and even re-moved the chess.
"That's why I want to ask you if you still want to chase after it." They still have time to chase after it. Now they at least know what Yan Guo is going to use that incense powder for. What role will it play in this war, and will it even interfere with order.
Who knows that Ming Yan shook his head, "Sometimes the order disturbed by the cultivator, God will arrange for the cultivator to correct it, just like just now, everything is God's will, maybe Yan Guo's action itself is against the will of God."
Lin Lan didn't expect such a deep place, maybe everything is fate, Lin Lan suddenly figured out one thing, she and Dai Ran, two variables who inadvertently entered the world, destroy everything that exists between them Order requires new people to join in to maintain order, perhaps this is the meaning of Quan Shi’s existence.
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(End of this chapter)
38
The night was dark, and the sky was covered with a black cloth, except for a little bit of starlight that appeared in the gap, filling the entire sky, which looked extremely beautiful.
The imperial palace, as the most majestic place in a dynasty, has always been heavily guarded, especially in this dark night.
On that road, many soldiers could be seen walking around with torches in their hands and guarding them everywhere. Each soldier was lined up in a line, each taking turns, guarding their own territory.
Originally, Lin Lan imagined it very beautifully. She felt sorry for this child who was abused by TV dramas. She thought that she would even wear black clothes and fly over the walls there, or she would be handsome and dressed in white clothes, dancing in the dark night, as if no one was around, followed by a A lot of soldiers were chasing after him desperately.
So before departure, she was still struggling with clothes for a long time, and in the end she chose a set of black clothes to be safe. She was already ready to fly over the walls, and she really wanted to experience the experience of breaking into the palace by herself without hanging wire, but she didn't expect Everything is not as she imagined.
Originally, the two of them had always been wearing white clothes representing the disciples of the inner sect. Ming Yan didn't take it seriously this time. Tied up, with an excited look on his face, Ming Yan was speechless.
He discovered this after being in contact with Lin Lan for a long time. Sometimes Lin Lan's thoughts are very strange. Although many things in the cultivation world are different from those in the secular world, there are many things that have not appeared. Treating those things as something to learn, I don't think there is anything wrong, but Lin Lan will often do this. It is obviously a normal thing in Ming Yan's eyes, and Lin Lan will always ask why.
And her imagination is extremely rich, and she even has a lot of weird ideas, just like this time, why did she wear a black dress when she was only going to the palace? Mingyan couldn't understand.
Ming Yan looked at Lin Lan with his forehead, and ordered: "Go back and change your clothes, and change them into inner disciples' uniforms."
It was the first time that Ming Yan spoke to Lin Lan like this, Lin Lan didn't dare to talk back immediately, he could only curl his lips to protest, but he still obediently went back to the room to change clothes.
Both of them were dressed in fluttering white clothes, but they didn't have such a strange experience as Lin Lan expected. Lin Lan and Ming Yan walked out of the inn. The style of clothing directly attracted the attention of many people, making Ming Yan frown.
Lin Lan had a premonition immediately, she estimated that she would go through the same formation as when she returned to the inn, but unfortunately she guessed right.
Ming Yan took her to a deserted alley, picked her up and started to turn around in all directions, Lin Lan was also hugged by him so obediently, until he walked straight, suddenly it seemed as if something was cut open, In front of the two of them is the resplendent palace, even in the dark night, people can feel its aura.
It symbolizes the place where the descendants of the dragon live, how can it be so ordinary!Not to mention the soldiers coming and going, the sound of the armor rubbing all over the body, even after such a distance, it is still so clear, and the orderly and powerful voice sounds extremely shocking.
"How do we get in? Do we still use formations?" Lin Lan looked at the palace curiously. They were still some distance away from the palace, which was why the soldiers didn't find them.
With Ming Yan's personality, it's easier to walk in formations, but Lin Lan is very strange. Obviously Mingyan didn't set up any formations, so why is there a formation as soon as he moves?
"There is a road leading to the palace. The road I just came here was set up by the cultivators in order to prevent the palace from rebelling and getting out of control. Every capital city and even every important city will have cultivators to set up these. The royal family I know a little bit, but I don’t know that my palace has been controlled by cultivators.” Ming Yan saw Lin Lan’s question, but he also thought it was strange before, in his mind, cultivators don’t need to guard against those royal families of.
But it wasn't until later that he realized the wisdom of the previous cultivators, even if ordinary people had no strength, they couldn't resist the crowd, and as the royal family that controlled so many people, they could only firmly control the royal family within the range that they could accept , to ensure the safety of the cultivator, because no matter how powerful the cultivator is, he still needs to occupy a mountain or lake as his territory.
It can be said that the cultivators are actually controlling the secular world invisibly. Although they ignore the affairs of the secular world, they also guarantee that the control of the secular world will not affect them. Only by restraining each other can they coexist peacefully.
Lin Lan understood this in an instant. She had read all kinds of conspiracy theories in novels before, and she would know after reading too much, "Wouldn't the Gouyan faction be at a disadvantage?"
The Gouyan faction had to pay the price of not being able to survive the catastrophe, but they couldn't completely control the royal family.
Lin Lan's question made Ming Yan shake his head, "The Gouyan faction only needs to protect the emperor, how can they participate in so many things, and the cultivation world only needs to ensure that the royal family will not threaten the safety of the cultivation world, and will not use Well, basically, many cultivators know this secret way, but few of them will covet the things of the Dynasty, because they are afraid of retribution. The things are still theirs, but they will only protect the emperor, not so many things to maintain the entire dynasty."
And they came this time because they came to the palace to see the old general who had won the honor and was specially given to live in the palace for the elderly. It is impossible for him to have the protection of a cultivator by his side. Not enough.
As for why the old general is in the palace, on the one hand, it is the emperor's precautions, and on the other hand, it is the emperor's protection for himself. Because cultivators disdain mortals, it is an insult to ask them to protect a mortal, so the general is in the palace. It is convenient to protect the emperor.
Ming Yan looked at the sky, turned again, turned east and west, until he stood still again, they were already at the imperial garden.
After seeing the sound of the armor approaching, Lin Lan looked nervously at Ming Yan, but saw a spell in his hand, which ignited spontaneously in the air without even needing fire.
Ming Yan kept his arms around Lin Lan's shoulders, letting the soldier come over. Lin Lan was so frightened that he stared at him, but he didn't dare to speak. What he saw was Ming Yan's peach blossom eyes that were narrowed with a smile. I felt a little more at ease.
Sure enough, the soldiers walked by as if they didn't see them, and Lin Lan stared in fright. Could it be that the one that Ming Yan burned just now was the legendary invisibility talisman?
Lin Lan didn't dare to ask, because he was afraid that he would be invisible and not be able to block his voice, so Ming Yan dragged him away, walking almost openly to the place where the old general lived, and even went directly to the study.
Even though the doors of the study room were closed tightly, he was able to drag her headfirst into it, and then he really entered. This door is simply a decoration!display!
Lin Lan found that today was so exciting that she wondered if she was dreaming, but she knew very well that even if it was a dream, she didn't have such a rich imagination to think of these ==
What are you doing?Lin Lan blinked her eyes and looked at Ming Yan deliberately, with a questioning expression on her face, the look of wanting to speak but not daring to speak, which made Ming Yan laugh out loud.
"You can speak, let's read these letters. It seems that although he is old, his ambition is not small." Ming Yan picked up the letters and scanned them. How could the space in the secret room resist the scanning of the spiritual sense? He didn't even need to open them. Those letters, you can directly know what the letter said.
It's really not difficult to deduce what is going on with his wisdom, not to mention that the general's ambition has never been concealed.
old?Lin Lan raised his eyebrows, but he was very witty and didn't say anything. Ming Yan still noticed it, and made Lin Lan ramble in his heart with a sharp look.
"Can I compare with him?" Ming Yan saw through Lin Lan's suppressed words at a glance.
He is a cultivator, even with his foundation-building period, he is almost equivalent to a human being at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
"No, no." Lin Lan didn't have the courage to pluck the beards from the tiger, especially the tiger that was about to get angry. She still wanted to go back.
As a result, Lin Lan's reflexive words were directly knocked on the head by Ming Yan, "What can't be said, he is not worthy to compare with me."
Lin Lan didn't even say a word, just nodded repeatedly, and waited until Ming Yan came over, then changed the subject: "And then? Where shall we go next? Where's the box of incense powder?"
Ming Yan glanced at her, knowing that the other party is changing the subject, but it is better to be careful when bullying the cat. It would not be fun if the other party blows its hair. In fact, Ming Yan is not as angry as his face, but he still put on a face for you With a face-saving expression, he said: "The box of incense powder is now in the emperor's bedroom. I guess the emperor is not worried about the general, as for."
Suddenly, Ming Yan seemed to feel something, and directly picked up Lin Lan and carried him to the beam of the room, without saying a word, his eyes were fixed on the door of the study.
Seeing herself being jumped to the beam of the room, she suddenly felt a sense of completeness, which finally gave her a feeling similar to a martial arts movie.
Naturally, the person who came in was not an ordinary person like the general, otherwise Ming Yan would not have needed to hold his breath and jump onto the beam. Lin Lan seemed to hear some voices but saw no one, which made her feel very strange.
Because there is no way to ask Ming Yan, after thinking about it, I tried to wrap my eyes with aura, and immediately saw a figure in the room, just like Lin Lan just swaggering in, but the other party obviously hasn't arrived yet, so I can use my spiritual sense to see it like Ming Yan To the point of not believing, but touching the wall, feeling whether there is any space in the compartment.
It wasn't until he reached the secret room that he immediately opened the secret room with brute force, and rummaged through the letters when he saw them.
Based on the fluctuations caused by the spiritual energy used by the other party just now, the other party is estimated to be at the third level of the refining period, which is lower than Lin Lan, so that the two of them can sit on the beams of the house very easily and shake their feet leisurely. As if watching a play, he almost picked up a handful of melon seeds and put it to his mouth, while watching him looking for something so hard.
The other party obviously didn't take the old general seriously, and just tore open the letter and looked at it. Although he was reading it, he looked at ten lines with a kind of disdain in his eyes, as if the two sides were clowns. People who watch the play will never know that someone is also watching his play.
In fact, the attitude of the other party is completely normal. The cultivators themselves think that they are very capable and superior to others, as if they are different from other ordinary people when they enter the Qi refining stage, so they look down on ordinary people, let alone those who have entered the refining stage. Cultivators of the Qi stage are those outer disciples who have spent their entire lives unable to step into the Qi refining stage. Sometimes when they are in charge of shopping, some people will introduce them to children and say that they live in the place of immortals. At that time, those people would be very proud, and would even be more urban management than the urban management, directly taking things from the common people, and they could embezzle that part of the money themselves, which made Lin Lan feel very sad.
He crumpled those letters into a ball, and after reading them for a while, he felt as if he couldn't read them any longer, so he planned to take those letters away.
Ming Yan kept looking at him like this until the other party wanted to take the letter away, but he didn't take any action. If the action of the box of incense powder failed, it would not have any impact on him, but would be better.
It wasn't until seeing the other party leave that Lin Lan asked, "Are you just letting him take it away?"
What an idiot, he was trying to scare the snake away. As soon as the letter was taken away, he would know that the action had been revealed, so why did he still act? Besides, he could stop the other party from acting once, but he couldn't stop it many times, especially after changing the plan. Cure the root cause, not the root cause.
I'm afraid the cultivator didn't even think about the side that sent him here, because he didn't even bother, winning or losing didn't have much to do with him, as long as the person he protected didn't die. This is not the first time, other dynasties also have such sects.
"It's okay, they are from Haiguo. The guardian sect of Haiguo should be Shanhaipai, which is different from the Republic of China that Yanguo will deal with. But I believe this event will be cancelled. We probably won't be able to see that the incense powder is used for What are you doing?"
They don't have enough time, so they can stay here for another two days at most. Yan Guo gave up the plan and restarted the plan, and even re-moved the chess.
"That's why I want to ask you if you still want to chase after it." They still have time to chase after it. Now they at least know what Yan Guo is going to use that incense powder for. What role will it play in this war, and will it even interfere with order.
Who knows that Ming Yan shook his head, "Sometimes the order disturbed by the cultivator, God will arrange for the cultivator to correct it, just like just now, everything is God's will, maybe Yan Guo's action itself is against the will of God."
Lin Lan didn't expect such a deep place, maybe everything is fate, Lin Lan suddenly figured out one thing, she and Dai Ran, two variables who inadvertently entered the world, destroy everything that exists between them Order requires new people to join in to maintain order, perhaps this is the meaning of Quan Shi’s existence.
Dear friends, don’t be scared when you see that Xiaolan doesn’t reply carefully in the book review area. Now the book review area is full of book reviews from non-book readers. I hope that those who really read the book will actively post comments, and Xiaolan will read them all~
(End of this chapter)
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