Chapter 58 The Mysterious Man in Black Robe
Late that night, Shangguan Rong came to the Qianyang Palace bedroom to wake Zhou An up. This made Zhou An feel strange because Shangguan Rong never woke him up in the middle of the night. Knowing that it must be something very important, he put on his clothes and sat up.
Shangguan Rong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have something important to report."
"Is it about the Right Prime Minister?" Zhou An asked.
"Yes, I went to visit the Right Prime Minister tonight. He was indeed ill in bed and looked very bad. But he was asking about Emperor Taizu, and his expression and tone were completely different from before."
Shangguan Rong said nervously. After all, if the Right Prime Minister did something rebellious again, she herself might be implicated. Moreover, she did not believe that her uncle would dare to do such an unwise move at this time.
"Do you suspect that the current Right Prime Minister is not your uncle?" Zhou An asked with a frown.
"Yes, but no matter how I look at it, I can't see anything unusual." Shangguan Rong was worried. Although the official family's affection had long since faded, they were still related by blood after all, and she couldn't let go to some extent.
"Let the Purple Guards monitor day and night, and don't alert the enemy for the time being." Zhou An said.
"I have already given the order. I felt that this matter was unusual, so I dared to wake up the emperor." Shangguan Rong said.
"It's okay. The Queen is tired too. She can stay in Qianyang Palace and rest." Zhou An said, taking off his coat and going back to bed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shangguan Rong asked the palace maid waiting outside to come in, help her undress, and then walked to Zhou An's bed.
In the next few days, they all kept an eye on the Right Prime Minister's residence, but the Right Prime Minister was critically ill and could die at any time. There was nothing unusual and no outsiders entered the residence.
How could a dying person commit treason? This made Shangguan Rong doubt whether she had made a wrong judgment.
Zhou An has been in the Kongling Immortal Palace, where Shu Yao is teaching him how to practice swordsmanship.
Ten days later, in the study of Linghuan Immortal Mansion, Zhou An sat cross-legged in front of him, with the Emperor's Sword suspended in front of his chest, emitting a red-gold light that flickered and connected with Zhou An's true energy.
When the true Qi and the flying sword were completely connected and wrapped around the flying sword, the Emperor's Sword turned into red light and flew into Zhou An's mouth. The red light could be seen falling on his Niwan Palace and stopping. The Niwan Palace is the Dantian on the human body, located at the intersection of the Yintang point and the Baihui point.
After the flying sword enters the body, one should use the true Qi to nourish the flying sword at all times, and the degree of compatibility with one's own true Qi will be constantly improved. Naturally, the longer the time, the more powerful the flying sword will be.
After he finished his practice, Shu Yao, who was accompanying him, smiled and said, "Congratulations, Master, you have successfully absorbed the sword into your body. You are truly gifted to be able to absorb the sword into your body in ten days. It took Fairy Kong Ling nearly a month to do so. It would take an ordinary cultivator at least three years to do so."
"Thanks to the powerful Demon King's body and my profound cultivation, I was able to take the Emperor's Sword into my body so quickly. It will take a long time to nurture the Emperor's Sword." Zhou An stood up and said.
"Master, your cultivation is unprecedented in history. With the combined strengths of the demon race and the human race, plus your extraordinary cultivation, you should be able to succeed within three years."
What Shuyao said sounded like flattery, but Shuyao herself knew that she was telling the truth. Zhou An was probably the only person from ancient times to the present who combined the advantages of humans and monsters.
It takes an ordinary cultivator thirty years to achieve some success in sword cultivation. Even if the top sects have various secret methods of sword cultivation, it will take ten years for even the most talented cultivator. It is indeed beyond common sense that Zhou An could achieve some success in three years.
Zhou An smiled, feeling somewhat proud in his heart, after all, he was not very old now. However, Shu Yao also contributed a lot to his rapid progress, as she had a wealth of theoretical knowledge in cultivation, which helped him a lot.
It was already late at night. After he had put his sword back into his body, he was about to rest here. Suddenly, Qi Hui, who was comprehending the Heavenly Book of Chess beside him, opened his eyes, stood up quickly and said, "Master, a thief has sneaked in. The warning formation has been triggered."
"Watch me capture the thief." Xing Yan stood up and flew out immediately.
Outside the Kongling Immortal Palace, a cloud of black smoke floated down from the darkness, revealing a man in a black robe, who moved silently and was impossible for ordinary people to detect.
The man glanced around here, turned into black smoke and flew into the courtyard of the Immortal Mansion. When he flew over the wall, he seemed to pass through a layer of water, causing tiny ripples, and then disappeared.
The black smoke fell to the ground, revealing a man in black robe. He was surprised to find that he was actually in the midst of mountains and rivers. He immediately turned around to leave, but there was no way back.
"Who are you and how dare you break into the Kongling Immortal Palace?" Xing Yan appeared beside and scolded.
"Hmph, interesting. It seems that the emperor has hidden many abilities. This must be the world in the painting. Let Zhou An come out." The black-robed man spoke like a leader giving orders.
"How dare you! You should even call the master by his name. If you dare to be rude again, don't blame me for being rude to you." Xing Yan frowned and looked angry.
“Hmph, not to mention that he is a deposed emperor, I would not take him seriously even if he was my father. Watch me destroy your book world.” The man in black robe shouted loudly, and his body rushed out of black smoke and turned into a giant beast rushing into the sky.
However, the black smoke monster flew very high without hitting anything. Until it reached its maximum height, its power was exhausted and it turned into black smoke and dissipated.
The man in black robe was surprised. He spun his body, spread his hands, and shot out eight streams of black smoke from his body, which turned into eight eagles and flew away.
But the result was the same. This time the man in black robe was no longer calm. It was a pity that the hat covered most of his face, leaving only the lower half of his mouth and chin exposed, so his expression could not be seen.
"You can put away your arrogance now. What business do you have to break into the immortal palace so late at night and look for my master?" Xing Yan said.
The black-robed man looked at Xing Yan, and suddenly turned into a black shadow. He passed through Xing Yan's body in the blink of an eye, and snorted and laughed, "Your world is indeed mysterious. It can actually have such a vast space. But if you kill the weapon spirit, the magic weapon will fall apart."
Xingyan's body turned into nothingness and disappeared. At the same time, Xingyan's voice came out from the void: "You are still stubborn and refuse to change. Then you should reflect on yourself here."
As soon as the voice fell, the originally beautiful world suddenly turned into a sea of fire, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and lightning rained down.
The man in black robe was startled and flew into the air in panic to avoid the sea of fire on the ground. At this time, lightning from the sky struck his body, causing black smoke to come out of his body.
The man in black robe raised his hands, and black smoke formed an air shield to protect his body and block the falling lightning.
At this moment in the yard, a scroll was floating. Zhou An and the four girls stood in front of it, watching the black-robed man in the painting resisting the sea of fire and thunderstorm.
Zhou An nodded in amazement and said, "What a powerful ethereal picture. It completely blends in with the surrounding environment when released. It is impossible to detect it with the naked eye. It is really hard to defend against."
Xing Yan was secretly delighted, and said with a slightly arrogant look: "That can't be hidden from the master's spiritual eyes. If you don't enter the picture, it will be useless."
Qin Yu smiled and said, "How many people in the world can possess such heaven-defying eyes as the Spiritual Demonic Pupils?"
Shuyao said: "This black-robed man is using the Black Flame Demonic Evil. Anyone who can cultivate this kind of magical power must be a demon."
"The demons are coming to the palace at this time?" Zhou An was surprised. He calculated that only the demons and the evil ways could join forces to compete with the righteous alliance, and they should not have the time to provoke the palace again.
The strength he has demonstrated during this period with his identity as Emperor Taizu, coupled with the presence of Hua Wu Yue and the Ten Thousand Demon King in the Demon Suppression Bureau, should be enough to prevent the demons from daring to provoke them. If they join forces with the righteous for this, then this battle will be a further blow to both the evil and the demons.
Qi Hui thought of something and said, "Master, don't you think the battle between good and evil came a little too suddenly? Although the Sun Moon Universe Pearl is an immortal treasure, the big sects and these powerful people will have one or two immortal treasures to protect their sects. It is not possible that the righteous, evil, demonic, and even the demon race will gather in Qianjing just because of the appearance of an immortal treasure.
You should know that there are many powerful people who can calculate whether the fairy treasure is destined to be with them. Otherwise, forcing it will only lead to cause karma and even lead to their own death.
Therefore, I think that there must be someone behind all this. Someone is deliberately trying to make them fight, and at present, the only beneficiaries are the master and the demon clan, or foreign forces.
If the master has ruled it out, then the only ones are the demon race and foreign forces. This mysterious person may bring important news."
Zhou An nodded, feeling that Qi Hui was very wise, and that he himself had not thought things through so thoroughly, so he immediately said, "Xing Yan, let him speak."
"Yes." Xing Yan responded and cast a spell. A stream of light fell into the scroll. A light mirror appeared in the world of the painting, allowing the man in black to see the people outside through the mirror.
(End of this chapter)
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