On the other side, Haoyue Kingdom
Inside the White Tiger Golden Formation.
The golden armored puppet soldiers hung their heads and stood motionless in various directions. They had different shapes and looked lifelike.
Some were holding swords, spears, swords, and halberds, some were riding iron horses, and some were wearing silk threads, and the crystal threads were directly connected to the mechanical hub in the air.
Now that the mechanism has not been activated, the puppet soldiers are unable to move. They just stand there in silence, with the weapons in their hands flashing a cold light.
Shen Xu dragged her injured leg and walked carefully among these puppets. Finally, she picked out a few mechanical puppets in the array. She skillfully removed the joints of the mechanical puppets and quickly disassembled some parts.
Gears, springs, wire ropes, and some wooden parts...
She basically had everything she wanted.
After preparing everything, she modified the crossbow removed from the sword mountain and fire sea mechanism array on the spot.
Facing the lights in the White Tiger Golden Formation, she installed an automatic spring crossbow and a climbing rope crossbow.
Looking at the light coming through the dome, she roughly estimated the time and it should be the next morning.
She tied the rope crossbow to her back, placed the spring crossbow on her arm, and took a piece of the puppet soldier's thigh, wrapped it in cloth, and prepared to leave the formation.
At this time, one of the masters sent by the National Master had already solved the mystery of the Fish-Dragon Formation and entered the White Tiger Golden Formation.
When he saw Shen Xu, he quickly rushed forward with a knife.
Shen Xu calmly stepped onto the trap mechanism on the ground, only to see the puppets in the formation suddenly move, raising their weapons and attacking the master.
The master quickly lost his composure due to the attack of the puppets and triggered several mechanisms in succession, causing all the puppet soldiers in the formation to move.
The puppets are invulnerable to swords and guns, and are mostly driven by springs and silk threads, making them extremely difficult to deal with. The masters sent by the national master soon fell into a tough battle.
Shen Xu did not want to fight, but took advantage of the opportunity when the puppet attacked the master to open all the mechanisms along the way and escape from the formation.
She returned to the mechanism room again, and following the direction of the gears that were touched in the mechanism room, she quickly determined the positions of the other three people in the formation.
There were two masters sent by the National Master. One of them was trapped by her in the Golden Sword and Iron Horse Formation, and the other one should have met Pei Zhiyuan in the Fish and Dragon Formation.
Although Pei Zhiyuan was not in her plan, she did not want him to be trapped in the formation. Especially when she saw Yu Qinzhu's death, the sadness that Pei Zhiyuan showed was not what a cold-blooded person would show.
He must be carrying some burdens that ordinary people cannot understand, and he still has a long way to go. He should not die meaninglessly in such a place.
Time goes back to the night fish and dragon formation.
Pei Zhiyuan was fighting a life-and-death battle with the masters sent by the national master. The masters sent by the national master were secret guards and killers, and were best at guarding and assassinating.
Although Pei Zhiyuan is the chief envoy of Xuan Jing Si, he usually carries out assassinations.
Both of them used their own unique skills, punching and kicking, attacking the vital points, and facing swords, every move was fatal.
The sky gradually darkened, and the walls of the formation blocked out the light. Because the formation had just been flooded, some of the lights on the walls had gone out and had not been relit in time, and the formation quickly became pitch dark.
The two men fought in the dark for a while, both relying on their senses to locate their positions by listening to sounds.
Pei Zhiyuan was obviously more adapted to the darkness than the master, and quickly dealt with the man in the dark.
Chen Xu carefully entered the Fish-Dragon Formation with a rope crossbow. She soon found Pei Zhiyuan near the center of the formation. He was injured and was leaning against a wall with his head down to rest. His bare arms and waist were wrapped in a cloth.
Hearing the footsteps, he quickly stood up vigilantly, and when he saw it was Shen Xu, he relaxed.
He saw Shen Xu holding a cloth bag in his hand and a rope crossbow on his back, walking towards him while feeling the wall. So he went forward and asked, "Where are the Dzi beads?"
Shen Xu raised the bundle in his hand, and when he saw him reaching out to take it, he immediately pulled his hand away, hid the bundle behind him, and said, "This thing cannot be given to the Imperial Master."
Pei Zhiyuan saw her sudden alertness and his face darkened. He said sternly, "I won't give it to the Imperial Master."
"That can't be handed over to the little emperor." Shen Xu took two steps back.
Pei Zhiyuan knew that only Shen Xu was familiar with the formation and could lead him out, so he simply gave up on the gun and the package and asked, "So what are you going to do?"
"I'll take you out first, and you'll know after we get out." Shen Xu took off the rope crossbow from his back and handed it to Pei Zhiyuan, then tied the package containing the 'Sky Beads' firmly to his back.
"So how are you going to get out?"
"How's your Qinggong?"
Pei Zhiyuan thought for a moment and replied, "It's okay."
"It's okay, but can you escape from the palace guards?"
"If it's a normal guard, it's OK, but if you encounter an expert, it's difficult."
"Who counts as a master, these two in the formation, or Commander Yuan of the Imperial Guards outside?"
Pei Zhiyuan didn't know why she asked this, so he hesitated for a moment and replied, "It counts as all."
Shen Xu nodded and continued to ask: "How many masters like this are there?"
"Master Hua is a hidden talent, how would I know?"
Shen Xu asked him to take her back to the mechanism room, only to see that the narrow floor of the mechanism room was filled with red cloth bags, each of which seemed to contain something the size of a winter melon. She must have removed all the red cloth from the Hongxiao Enchantment Array. As for the winter melon-sized thing, no one knew where she got it from.
It seems that she is trying to pass off a fake as the real.
But how to transport these things?
Pei Zhiyuan was thinking, and saw Shen Xu staring at his body and examining it.
"Your injury isn't serious, is it?"
Pei Zhiyuan: “…”
After running back and forth for about a dozen times, Pei Zhiyuan finally hid the cloth bags in various corners of the palace. He was almost discovered several times, but fortunately he had good lightness skills.
Pei Zhiyuan returned to the control room panting and complained, "So why do you want me to carry a rope crossbow?"
Shen Xu replied, “Oh, I was thinking that if you died in the Fish Dragon Formation, I would have to transport these things out myself, and I would need a rope crossbow.”
"Seeing you kept it on your back and refused to take it off, I thought you liked it."
Pei Zhiyuan gnashed his teeth and said, "You did it on purpose."
"Of course not. If you're discovered, you can always use a rope crossbow to escape. I've modified this arrow to be used in a rock climbing mechanism. This rope crossbow is the prototype of a rock climbing mechanism."
Pei Zhiyuan then took the rope crossbow off his back and examined it carefully. He saw that the arrow head was not spindle-shaped or triangular, but looked like a folded umbrella with four rib-shaped hooks. It should have a movable mechanism that could open it.
"It looks like it's getting dark again. Bring your weapons, because the battle ahead is going to be tough."
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