Chapter 327 I’ll Buy You All the Candied Haws in the Capital
"I will take the princess to restart the hub," Gongshu Ming took over the most critical task without hesitation.
"Only the descendants of our Shenji Pavilion know the safest secret passage leading to the core area, which can avoid the perception of the landmarks to the greatest extent. Moreover, activating the hub also requires special seals and techniques. Only I can do this."
No one objects to this.
Xiao Yu looked at Gongshu Ming, his eyes as sharp as a knife.
"I'm handing her over to you. You have to make sure not a single hair of hers is missing."
Gongshu Ming met his gaze and bowed solemnly with his fists clasped.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Even if it costs me my life, I will never let Her Highness suffer any harm."
"Okay," Xiao Yu nodded, "Then Chu Xuanyi and I will be responsible for external constraints."
Chu Xuanyi waved his fan with a confident smile on his face.
"That's no problem. You take the lead and I'll assist. You'll be responsible for confronting that black lump head-on, and I'll be responsible for supporting him from the side, setting up formations and other things to ensure that our fight doesn't make too much noise, so as not to blow the roof off and scare the flowers and plants outside."
He said it lightly, but everyone knew how dangerous it was to directly restrain an evil demon beacon that could pollute the dragon veins.
Xiao Yu looked at him, "Are you sure?"
"Don't worry," Chu Xuanyi tapped his fan against his palm, "Don't forget who I am. If I can't even control this situation, I might as well go home and plant sweet potatoes."
Xiao Yu looked at the beacon below and said in a deep voice, "The Divine Law-Breaking Weapon in my hand, combined with the Dragon Vein Ancestral Qi in my body, should be able to cause substantial damage to it. While you are activating the hub, I will do my best to weaken its power so that it has no time to deal with other things."
Gongshu Ming added, "Your Highness, the core of the beacon is very fragile, but the black energy field outside it is extremely defensive and can absorb energy. When you attack, be very careful not to get entangled by its energy threads."
"I see."
Chu Xuanyi took out a handful of colorful formation flags and jade talismans from his arms.
"I will set up a 'Four-Direction Locking Heaven Formation' on this platform. This formation is both offensive and defensive. It can lock the aftermath of our battle within its range, preventing it from leaking to the surface and alerting the people. It can also protect the underlying earth vein structure to the greatest extent possible, preventing it from being destroyed by us."
As he spoke, he began to methodically plant battle flags in various corners of the platform.
"Brother Gongshu, how long will it take you?" Chu Xuanyi asked.
Gongshu Ming estimated, "It will take about an incense stick of time to infiltrate the core hub from here. Activating the hub and recharging the energy will also take an incense stick if everything goes smoothly, so we need at least two incense sticks of time."
"Two incense sticks," Chu Xuanyi nodded, "No problem, my formation is more than enough to last for two hours."
Xiao Yu reached out and gently helped Jiu tidy up a strand of messy hair on her temples.
"Are you scared?" he asked softly.
Ajiu shook his head, then reached out and hugged his neck tightly.
"Don't be afraid," she buried her little face in the crook of his neck and said in a muffled voice, "After Jiu chases that bad guy away, Xiong Xiong will buy Jiu lots of candied haws."
Xiao Yu's heart felt like it was hit hard by something, feeling sore and soft.
He closed his eyes and hugged her back tightly.
"good."
"I'll buy you all the candied haws in the capital."
Xiao Yu let go of Ajiu and said, "Go ahead."
He looked into Gongshu Ming's eyes and once again solemnly instructed, "Take good care of her."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Gongshu Ming nodded heavily, then said to Ajiu, "Your Highness, please hold on to me."
Ajiu nodded obediently, reached out and tightly grasped Gongshu Ming's sleeve.
Gongshu Ming walked to an inconspicuous corner and groped on the rock wall for a while. With a slight sound of a mechanism, a secret door that was only wide enough for one person to pass through slid open quietly, revealing a dark passage inside.
"Let's go." Gongshu Ming took Ajiu and slipped in, and the secret door closed silently.
Chu Xuanyi had already planted the last flag. He dusted off his hands and walked to Xiao Yu, looking at the evil demon sign that was still quietly floating below.
"Does this thing have eyes?" he asked suddenly out of the blue.
"I don't know," Xiao Yu looked at the signpost.
"I'm just curious," Chu Xuanyi said in a relaxed tone, fanning himself. "What expression would it have if it knew it was about to face disaster? Would it cry or get angry?"
Xiao Yu ignored his cold joke and spoke lightly.
"Are you ready over there?"
"Of course," Chu Xuanyi's smile faded, and his expression became serious. "The Four-Directional Sky-Locking Formation is complete and can be activated at any time. As soon as you start, I will immediately seal off this space."
"Okay." Xiao Yu nodded.
"Do it."
The moment he finished speaking, he jumped off a cliff that was a hundred feet high.
The black robe fluttered in the air, and the golden dragon vein energy suddenly lit up, falling straight towards the black object in the center of the ruins.
"Damn it, they just start fighting without even saying hello." Chu Xuanyi cursed in a low voice.
He quickly formed seals with his hands and muttered something.
"The sky and the earth are boundless, the universe borrows the law, the four directions are locked, the net of heaven and earth is rising."
As he uttered the last word, the entire cliff platform shook violently.
From the four corners of the platform, four beams of light shot up into the sky, instantly forming a huge, translucent energy shield that enveloped the entire core battlefield area below.
At the same time, Xiao Yu in mid-air had already collided violently with the evil demon's beacon.
The golden dragon vein energy and the dark demonic energy collided violently, bursting out with dazzling light.
The evil demon beacon trembled violently, and countless black energy threads danced wildly, sweeping towards Xiao Yu.
"You're just in time."
Xiao Yu was in mid-air, but instead of retreating, he advanced. With a flick of his wrist, the magic weapon drew a series of trajectories, cutting off the attacking energy threads one by one.
The dragon vein's ancestral energy is naturally the nemesis of these filthy things. With one sword strike, those black energy threads emitted bursts of shrill hissing and then dissipated into the air.
Chu Xuanyi stood at the edge of the formation, maintaining the operation of the formation while watching the battle with interest.
"Tsk tsk, the prince's fighting power is really amazing."
"I just don't know how things are going over there with Jiu and the others."
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At this moment, on the other side of the underground Shenji ruins, Gongshu Ming and Ajiu were speeding through the metal passage.
"Your Highness, follow closely," Gongshu Ming warned solemnly, "The passages here are filled with all sorts of abandoned traps and mechanisms. Don't take a wrong step."
"Okay, I understand." Jiu followed him closely, his little face tense.
The environment here is even more dilapidated than above, and the air is filled with a strong smell of engine oil and rusty metal.
Many places have collapsed and you need to crawl over them using your hands and feet.
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