Seeing this, Song Lin anxiously broke free from the guards holding him, trying to hold back the pursuing expert. He leaped down the balcony, but was caught in a noose thrown by Yulin Guard Commander Yuan Shengjie, who tightened it around his neck and dragged him back.
He reacted quickly, wrapping his arms around the rope to prevent his neck from being strangled. Yuan Shengjie leaped onto the roof beam, threaded the rope through it, and then jumped down, grabbing the end of the rope and hanging Song Lin up.
He climbed the rope and started fighting with Song Lin in the air. The two of them punched and kicked each other, swinging and colliding on the ropes.
In order to relieve the pressure on his neck, Song Lin tried his best to hold the rope with his arms. Although he lost the support of one arm, he was not at a disadvantage at all.
After a few rounds, Yuan Shengjie was already defeated. He used a rope to tighten around his neck and pulled it back with all his strength.
Seeing that Yuan Shengjie was about to be strangled to death by Song Lin, Master Hua took a hidden weapon from the side, and with a flick of his finger, the hidden weapon flew out and cut the rope connecting the two men, and the two men fell from the height.
At this moment, Yuan Shengjie's face was already bruised and purple. He fell heavily on the balcony and was unable to get up for a long time.
Song Lin flipped over, leaned forward and knelt on the ground, using the force to rise into the air again. He quickly leaped to the box where the hidden weapons were kept, grabbed a tight-backed crossbow, turned around and fired two crossbows at the imperial teacher, but both missed.
The surrounding Yulin soldiers quickly stood in front of Master Hua and protected him and the little emperor tightly.
The whistling arrow on the fancy crossbow flew out of the window beside Master Hua with a loud whistle, whistling straight up into the sky.
The whistle attracted more Yulin guards, and soon the alchemy hall was surrounded.
He threw away the fancy crossbow, took off the noose around his neck, and quickly grabbed Yuan Shengjie, who had fallen to the ground and hadn't gotten up in time. He put the ceramic crossbow bolt against his neck and shouted, "Tell them to retreat, or I'll kill him."
Yuan Shengjie's arm was locked by him, the arrow blade had penetrated three inches of flesh, blood was pouring from his neck, he looked at Master Hua pleadingly, hoping that he would give the order to save him.
"I hate it most when someone points a weapon at me!" Master Hua shouted without further ado, "Catch him!"
"Don't move!" Song Lin looked a little panicked, with sweat oozing from his forehead and messy hair sticking to his handsome face. He held Yuan Shengjie hostage and retreated to the corner.
He shouted, "My wife and I have only come to the capital to seek wealth and status. Why is the Imperial Master so determined to kill us? My life is worthless, so at worst, I will fight this noble from the Imperial Guard to the death!"
Hua Guoshi threatened Song Lin sinisterly, "You're just a mere Yulin Guard commander. I can appoint anyone I want. Do you think you can blackmail me like that?"
"It's a dead end, so I have no choice but to fight with all my strength." Song Lin stabbed the arrow in his hand a little deeper and stirred the wound hard, causing Yuan Shengjie to cry out in pain.
"What if I said I'd spare your life?"
"Does the Imperial Master keep his word?" Song Lin was like a wolf being hunted, huddled in a corner with his fangs and claws bared.
Master Hua was very satisfied with his reaction. He raised his head and said, "Of course."
"Humph, then why did you go back on your word and try to hurt Xiuxiu's life!"
"Your young lady is too arrogant. She will do you no good. She's dead. If you obey my orders, I will grant you ten thousand taels of gold and endless wealth and splendor."
Song Lin seemed to think for a moment, then replied, "I want the same as Master Pei, and I also want ten beautiful concubines."
Master Hua was slightly taken aback, then laughed, "Hahaha, I thought Mr. Song was a man of deep affection, but I didn't expect him to be such a mean person who only cares about profit and forgets his loyalty."
Song Lin snorted lightly and said shamelessly: "You sent someone to kill Xiuxiu, so you should compensate me for my losses."
"Well, if you are not romantic, you will live your youth in vain. If you are truly willing to follow and serve me, I will agree to this matter."
"Tell your men to retreat immediately!"
Master Hua raised his hand and asked the surrounding Yulin guards to retreat and stand guard outside the alchemy hall.
Seeing that the Yulin Guards had retreated, Song Lin released Yuan Shengjie, kicked him to the ground, and dropped the ceramic arrow in his hand.
He still stood in the corner defensively, and said with a hint of arrogance: "My martial arts skills are better than his, why don't I be the leader of the Yulin Guards?"
"Ha." Hua Guoshi sneered and said, "You're asking for a reward without even surrendering to me. Aren't you too arrogant?"
"Then what does the Imperial Master want me to do?"
"Don't you have a plan to repel the enemy? Present it to me. When the royal army wins a great victory in the Northern Expedition, I will appoint you as the General of the Eastern Camp, a position of prestige comparable to that of the Commander of the Imperial Guard. As for now..."
Master Hua held his forehead and thought for a moment, then suddenly said with a wicked smile, "Stay in Xuanhe Palace and serve this master first."
"Okay." Song Lin agreed without hesitation. His amber eyes glanced warily at the little emperor who was staring at him unscrupulously, and gave him a warning look.
However, the little emperor's eyes did not show any sign of shrinking, but instead became more sticky. The slightly excited eyes made him feel very uncomfortable.
He had no choice but to look away, lowering his eyes slightly to hide his extremely difficult-to-detect thoughts.
On the other side, the Golden Scales Transform into Dragon Formation.
Shen Xu quickly swam to the flood outlet and found the Dzi bead blocking the drain. She picked up the Dzi bead and swam into the entrance to the fish-dragon formation puzzle.
The water level dropped very quickly at this moment. The two masters who caught up were originally swimming, but soon they began to wade. They looked at the maze that stretched in all directions and immediately lost their way.
The two looked at each other and decided to chase separately, heading in two different directions.
Although Pei Zhiyuan went into the water first, he kept searching blindly in the center of the formation. Seeing that the water level had dropped to his feet, but the room in the center of the formation was empty, he hurriedly ran along the path he had taken before to search for it.
Chen Xu dragged her injured foot and quickly opened the maze of mechanisms, and finally found the secret compartment leading down to the mechanism room. She walked down the mechanism room holding the sky bead, and climbed the chain all the way down to the control room of the knife mountain and fire sea formation. After some intense maintenance, she restarted the knife mountain and fire sea formation.
She glanced at the Dzi bead in her hand, took a deep breath, threw it into the red-hot iron liquid without any reluctance, and quickly covered her nose.
The winter melon-sized Dzi bead fell into the sea of fire, splashing molten iron. The bright sparks collided in the air and produced a golden rain of sparks.
The fireworks faded, and the Dzi bead finally sank into the blazing flames, and an unpleasant smell filled the small space.
Shen Xu rode the running iron chain and returned to the mechanism room again, adjusted the mechanism of the Fish Dragon Formation, and led the exit of the formation to the Golden Sword and Iron Horse Formation at the White Tiger position.
The four symbols of Qimen change in an instant, and the white tiger golden formation locks the mountains and rivers.
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