Li Ming followed the Grand Chancellor Su Xu to his residence to retrieve the items Wu Xiao had given him.
On the way, Su Xu was very enthusiastic, introducing the current situation of the capital as they walked, including the organizational power, social classes, moat, inner and outer city walls, and the structural division of the capital.
As Li Ming walked, he listened intently, keeping his eyes and ears open to all directions, paying attention to the situation in the capital. He subtly spread his divine sense and heard people discussing different things.
But many of them are related to themselves.
His appearance naturally stirred up a storm.
Several years ago, he caused quite a stir when he first "talked" with Wu Xiao, resulting in many laughs.
As a result, Li Ming's name became well-known. Coupled with the fact that he had crushed two million miles of barren mountains with his bare hands, his reputation soared. Many people were gossiping about the relationship between Wu Xiao and Li Ming. They never expected that he would actually appear today, easily suppressing the Peacock King and casually transforming the top formation of the capital into a great killing formation.
Some even joked that if one had the array eye pestle, one could even kill the Empress within the capital city's territory.
Startled, Li Ming broke out in a cold sweat. He hadn't noticed this incident; he had been too hasty. If someone had accidentally taken the array's core, it would have been quite dangerous.
Li Ming quickly placed a restriction on the array's core to prevent any potential disaster.
The eyes and minds of the masses are indeed remarkable; they can think of things he had overlooked. He then expanded his divine sense again, allowing himself to hear more useful information.
They were simply shocked by Li Ming's background and lineage, and wanted to dig deeper into his information.
After listening for a while, it was all the same old stuff, nothing interesting. Just as Li Ming was about to withdraw his divine sense, he suddenly noticed a brothel and heard some of the customers repeating a name.
"The goddess Yao Ji".
She was said to be born with a seductive nature, stunningly beautiful, and possessing countless alluring charms.
It is said that it does not eat grains, but drinks the wind and dew, rides the clouds, and controls flying dragons. Its appearance is unparalleled in the world, making it the most exquisite person in the world.
The description of the goddess Yao Ji's appearance and form is excessive, saying how beautiful she is, with skin like ice and snow, and a graceful figure like a virgin. It also says that if one could spend a night with her, one would die without regret.
He felt these customers were being a bit excessive, so he quietly withdrew his divine sense. At this moment, Su Xu also stopped his introduction, and they arrived at his residence.
Su Xu made a "please" gesture.
Li Ming followed him into the mansion, which was a blessed land with abundant spiritual energy. They walked along the bluish-white stones until they arrived at a room in a pavilion.
Su Xu solemnly closed the door, took something out of a drawer with several layers of restrictions, and handed it to Li Ming.
Li Ming took it, examined it carefully, and suddenly frowned, saying:
"Isn't this a Bagua lock?"
He remembered this thing; it was a small trinket found in the soil of the bronze cauldron in Xihuang Mountain. It was supported and assembled using mortise and tenon joints and had a special mechanism.
If forcibly disassembled, the contents inside will be destroyed.
Su Xu said, "Here, we call it the Exquisite Lock. The Heavenly Craftsmen Sect tried to crack it, but couldn't. Later, they learned it was very similar to the Exquisite Lock of the Exquisite Immortal Sect; the methods were practically identical. The Empress sent the Left Prime Minister to the Exquisite Immortal Sect. They spent decades trying to solve it, but still couldn't. They said it might have been designed by the sect's ancestor, and unless the ancestor was resurrected, it was impossible to crack. So it remained here. Before the Empress entered the mortal realm, she said, 'If you can come out, I'll leave it to you. You have to figure out how to solve it. If you can crack it, then crack it; if you can't, then…'"
Before he could finish speaking, a "click" sound was heard. It was discovered that Li Ming's hand was incredibly fast, spinning rapidly. With a series of clicks, he had already unlocked the exquisite lock.
Su Xu's expression was helpless, with two dead fish eyes. He didn't expect to be proven wrong so quickly.
Then Li Ming slowly explained: "The surface structure of this thing is made of mortise and tenon joints from a 300,000-year-old immortal tree. It was once stained with a drop of phoenix blood essence and a drop of true dragon blood essence, hence the pattern outlines the intersecting blood streaks of dragon and phoenix."
The inner structure uses the Yin Talisman Secret Technique of the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter, plus the Heavenly Craftsman's Refining Technique.
It requires combining the methods from the *Zhi Xuan Pian* and the *Guan Kong Pian* to solve, and it is indeed quite difficult. Even if the Linglong Ancestor were to be resurrected, I dare say he still wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Fifty thousand years ago, Li Ming was indeed not confident in solving the problem.
Only by being physically present at the Linglong Lock and observing it while simultaneously using the "One Mind, Six Functions" magic technique can he find a way to break it.
Su Xu was completely bewildered, feeling as if Li Ming was speaking in a foreign language. It seemed he still had a lot to learn: "Quickly, let's see what's inside."
The exquisite lock slowly bloomed like a flower, revealing a blood-red luster as it did so, with a true dragon and a phoenix intertwined within.
Su Xu was so frightened that he took several steps back.
Li Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already cracked all the mechanisms inside."
The trace of dragon and phoenix aura carried by the exquisite lock completely dissipated, and slowly, two folded pieces of paper, one large and one small, appeared inside.
First, Li Ming took out the large piece of paper.
This is a map, or rather, a fragment of one, with the words "Yunmengze" written on it.
Su Xu's expression was grave.
Seeing that his expression was off, Li Ming asked, "Do you know about Yunmengze?"
"I know." Su Xu's face was heavy and serious: "When we entered the capital just now, I already told you that the Empress is currently undergoing worldly training in the Yunmeng Kingdom."
Li Ming nodded and said, "You just said that."
Su Xu continued, "Yunmeng Kingdom was annexed by the Great Martial God Dynasty many years ago and became a vassal state of the Great Martial God Dynasty."
"Yunmeng Kingdom is a special kind of town. It is built on water and has a very mysterious origin. It is said that the boundless sea where Yunmeng Kingdom is located is called Yunmeng Marsh."
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