With a wave of his hand, Zuan unleashed Phoenix Flame upon Ma An, quickly reducing him to ashes.
After dealing with Ma An, he was about to leave when he saw Daji sitting quietly to the side, and couldn't help but laugh, "Why don't you take a nap with me?"
Daji silently turned her head away, clearly issuing a silent rejection.
"If you had no intention of doing this, why did you seduce me just now?" Zuan muttered, then put her back into his summoning space, changed into Gold Medal Eleven's clothes, and walked towards the palace under the cover of night.
There is a curfew in the inner city at this time of night, and there are guards patrolling everywhere, with embroidered-robed messengers appearing from time to time.
Wearing this outfit saved Zu'an a lot of trouble. Along the way, the guards and embroidered-robed messengers not only didn't question him, but also nodded to him from afar.
It was only when entering the palace gates that his identity was checked. As Zu An handed his waist token to the guards for inspection, he secretly sighed, thinking how useful the identity of the Golden Embroidered Robe Envoy was. You know, no matter how favored a minister is, he is not allowed to enter or leave the palace after the palace gates are closed at night.
If something extremely important happened that required entry into the palace, someone had to be sent to the emperor's bedroom to inform him first.
It was much easier for the Embroidered-Robe Envoy to enter and leave the palace. Of course, it was also troublesome for ordinary Embroidered-Robe Envoys to enter and leave the palace in the middle of the night, but now that he was a gold-ranked envoy, he naturally had many privileges.
After entering the palace, Zu'an became extremely vigilant, using the abilities of the jade cong along the way to monitor every movement within a radius of several miles using those small animals.
The main reason he dared not be careless was the thought that the owner of Youying Tower might be hiding somewhere in the palace.
First, he changed his clothes at Baisha Courtyard, then put on a mask before heading to Ma An's residence. Having been in the palace for so long, he was quite familiar with the residences of the people from the Imperial Medical Academy.
The emperor's bedroom and the residences of the concubines in the harem were the most heavily guarded in the palace, while the defenses of the other palace maids, eunuchs, and imperial physicians' residences were relatively weak.
With Zu An's current cultivation level, it was easy for him to sneak in.
Upon entering Ma An's residence, following his description, Zu An quickly found a notebook in a hidden compartment, which indeed recorded his visit to Zu An.
Then I flipped through the other contents, hoping to find something useful, but unfortunately it was just some records of treating nobles in the palace, some prescriptions and insights, and information about which imperial physicians they didn't get along with.
Just then, a sudden sense of alarm rose in Zu'an's heart. He hurriedly put the notebook into his pocket and then hid behind the bed curtains.
Almost simultaneously, a window not far away opened silently, and a man in black quickly slipped in.
The moment he entered, he lunged at the bed, his claw-like hands tearing through the blankets and smashing the pillow inside.
"Huh?" The man in black let out a soft exclamation, quickly lifting the blanket off the bed to find only a pillow inside, with no sign of Ma An.
Zuan, hiding in the shadows, was secretly shocked. The speed and skill that this person had just displayed were definitely those of a master among masters.
At the same time, he was very curious about who wanted to kill Ma An.
This guy really has no character; so many people want to kill him.
Suddenly, a thought struck him. To be able to move freely in the palace and to have such a high level of cultivation, could this man in black be from the Shadow Pavilion?
At this moment, the man in black quickly began searching the room, clearly looking for something.
Zu An calmed himself down. The room was only so big, and the other party would find it soon. So he seized the opportunity and decided to strike first.
With a flash, he launched a direct palm strike at his opponent.
The man in black clearly hadn't expected there to be someone hiding here, but he reacted quickly. His body rippled strangely, and he narrowly avoided the opponent's fatal blow at the critical moment, then struck back with a palm.
When their palms met, both of them involuntarily trembled.
The man in black was horrified: "Who are you?"
The other party was clearly not Ma An; how could Ma An possibly have a ninth-grade cultivation level!
Zu An became increasingly certain that after his cultivation improved, he was indeed capable of confronting a ninth-rank opponent head-on. Moreover, he still had a lot of strength left, and even felt confident that he could completely capture his opponent.
The other person's voice was extremely strange, clearly indicating that they had deliberately changed their way of speaking to avoid revealing their identity.
Zuan became even more curious: "And who are you?"
The man in black snorted coldly, a flash of killing intent in his eyes, his aura surged, and then his hand, like an eagle's claw, swiftly attacked Zu An's vital points.
Zu An felt a chill run down his spine. This person had actually been hiding his true strength; his real cultivation level was at the peak of the ninth rank!
The arena allows you to feign weakness and conceal your strengths, then gradually probe your opponent's weaknesses before unleashing your own to turn the tables.
However, this was impossible in the imperial palace. With an emperor sitting in the center and imperial guards and embroidered-robe envoys patrolling everywhere, once a fight broke out, the opponent had to be dealt with in the shortest possible time. Naturally, one had to go all out from the start.
Zuan didn't dare to be careless and quickly focused his attention to deal with the situation.
Both of them tacitly refrained from using elemental combat techniques, clearly worried that the elemental fluctuations would alert the emperor.
Although no elemental combat skills were used, the fight between the two was still extremely dangerous, with every move aimed straight for the opponent's vitals, showing no mercy whatsoever.
At first, Zuan was a little unaccustomed to it, after all, he had just been promoted to the ninth rank, and he had not even fully adapted to the eighth rank.
However, since transmigrating to this world, he has faced the edge of life and death countless times, and has experienced countless life-and-death struggles.
In addition, given the powerful regenerative abilities of his "Primordial Chaos Scripture," he can completely exchange injuries for injuries, while the resulting injuries can also promote the improvement of his cultivation in the "Phoenix Nirvana Scripture."
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