Chapter 416 According to the Saint Realm
Zhong Lique couldn't see the scene of the two fighting, but she could feel the two opposing forces of the Five Elements. She subconsciously stepped back to avoid them, but just as she took a step back, Qin Shan appeared in front of her.
The entire Valley Wind Tower was surrounded by a divination array, with golden barriers resembling giant swords soaring into the sky.
Qin Shan looked ahead, his eyes reflecting the black sword spirit's figure. The burning white smoke and scorching aura were incredible.
At the critical moment, Yu Sui released the sword spirit Yan Yan to block the barrage of arrows aimed at his face from the divination formation.
At this moment, the sword spirit Yanyan stood in front of Yu Sui with her sword, and the Crimson Flame Crystal Flower on her wrist fell off, igniting the painting paper in the room.
Qin Shan stared at the sword spirit in surprise. Its power and form were rare. In his memory, only Gongsun Qi's sword spirit was similar to it.
Despite the pain, Yu Sui gathered her strength and flung the arrow out of her left shoulder. Her protective aura and Yan Yan absorbed most of the force, but her left hand and right leg were temporarily crippled due to the severity of her injuries.
There were multiple wounds on his neck, cheeks, and ears; Yu Sui was covered in blood beneath his black robe.
Qin Shan's attack was a killing blow, capable of instantly killing someone at the thirteenth realm, because the opponent had seen Zhongli Que and could not be allowed to live.
With Yu Sui's control over the five elements, as long as she doesn't reveal her own elemental energy, she is confident that Qin Shan won't discover it.
However, when Zhongli Que was sensing the Qi of the Five Elements, he unconsciously used divination.
Qin Shan guided her to sense and circulate Qi, so that she could use her pre-divination abilities more freely and smoothly from the Qi of the Five Elements.
Zhong Lique saw someone in the corner of the room, but didn't know who it was.
The little girl was somewhat frightened; the scorching heat of the flames filled Zhong Lique with terror.
Yu Sui cannot be caught by Qin Shan here.
Before Qin Shan picked up the divine wooden talisman hanging from his waist, Yu Sui had already spoken to the sword spirit, Yan Yan, saying, "Sword Cry."
The burning black hunchbacked figure suddenly raised its head and roared at Qin Shan. With its back straightened, it appeared even larger.
Yan Yan plunged her long sword into the ground, and with the resonance of Yu Sui's five elements, it caused a landslide and earthquake.
Qin Shan shielded Zhong Lique behind him with one hand, his expression slightly serious. His fingertips pressed on the sacred wooden divination stick, and the character "mountain" flashed across his face.
Could this person, in his severely injured state, possibly break through his mountain formation?
Yu Sui gathered his energy by making a hand seal with one hand, his gaze sweeping over Zhongli Que, who was being protected by Qin Shan behind him.
If the commotion is too great, it may attract the Golden Armor Army and Wang Jingshu. If they find out that Zhongli Que is here, it will be troublesome.
Coincidentally, Qin Shan didn't want this to happen either, so he also spent some time stabilizing the barrier of the Star Gazing Hall to prevent outsiders from noticing his actions.
Qin Shan secretly taught Zhongli Que the Nine Schools of Arts, which was a capital offense in the eyes of Emperor Qingyang. Even though he was the Qingyang Saint, he could not stop His Majesty's murderous intent.
Zhong Lique felt a gust of wind swirling around her ears, with the force of a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing. The sound of the sword seemed to pierce her skull and crush everything. Even though Qin Shan was protecting her behind her, she couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her ears.
Just as Qin Shan activated his Mind-Observing Formation, the Mountain-Suppressing Formation behind him was shattered by the sword's roar. Yu Sui used the explosive energy to rush out of the window, while the sword spirit, who was a step slower, was torn to pieces by the shattered Mountain-Suppressing Formation.
She hadn't gone far when the ground star array began to rapidly change and block her way, but Yu Sui was completely unaffected. Her eyes saw through the changing star array, and her figure moved swiftly, unaffected in the slightest.
"Stay here and don't move," Qin Shan instructed Zhong Lique, then chased after him.
Zhong Lique grabbed the other person's hand in return, frowning as she said, "I...I think...it's not a good idea to chase after them."
"I'll go take a look first." Qin Shan brushed her hand away and chased after the dark figure.
A red halo appeared beneath Zhongli Que's feet, isolating the raging fire and the aggressive Five Elements energy within the room. As Qin Shan left, the flames in the room also disappeared.
The girl, her eyes veiled in white, looked out the window. Her heart was pounding, and she understood why Qin Shan was determined to chase after her.
Because the other party saw her, if this were to reach His Majesty... Zhong Lique took a deep breath, focused her mind and energy again, and tried to predict what would happen next, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not see any images.
Yu Sui rekindled his protective aura and hurriedly left the Star Gazing Hall, feeling fortunate that Qin Shan's strength lay in star divination rather than killing with divination arrays.
The entire palace was filled with star arrays, enough to trap any thirteenth-realm sorcerer. However, these were things that Yu Sui was most familiar with, and breaking them was not difficult at all. At this moment, all she needed to do was to use her wind manipulation technique to be faster than Qin Shan.
However, Qin Shan was faster.
Qin Shan stood atop the palace wall, blocking Yu Sui's path. His expression was calm. The Mind-Observing Array spread out from him, and the Divine Wood Token in his hand flashed, sending out a golden lotus pattern that landed behind Yu Sui. At the same time, he crushed a red pill.
Yu Sui was instantly unable to move. A faint lotus fragrance wafted into her nose, but it made her feel dizzy and disoriented.
Qin Shan's strengths lie not only in astrology and divination, but also in the art of alchemy.
"Your sword spirit is quite unique, very similar to Gongsun Qi's sword spirit, Jinghong. Do you know him?" Qin Shan moved closer to Yu Sui in an instant, using the Mind Observation Array to guess what she was thinking.
This elixir, when combined with Qin Shan's Mountain Flower Divination Formation, can achieve its maximum effect, even controlling a Saint for a while.
Yu Sui's eyelids trembled slightly. Qin Shan's figure appeared as a double image, and everything seemed to slow down countless times. The voice in her ears seemed to come from the ends of the earth, majestic and sacred, controlling her world and forcing her to respond in her heart:
know.
Qin Shan then asked, "What is your relationship with Gongsun Qi?"
What is the relationship?
When Gongsun Qi was mentioned, Yu Sui's first thought was not the strange fire, but Mei Liangyu.
But this state was only fleeting, because after absorbing the power of the elixir, the Blood-Severing Gu worm within her body unfurled from her soul into a small, blood-red flower. Yu Sui regained her senses and saw Qin Shan's outstretched hand, which was about to lift her black robe.
Qin Shan was surprised by Yu Sui's sudden awakening. He immediately withdrew his outstretched hand, and the sword spirit Yan Yan appeared a second time, drawing its sword and slashing horizontally at Qin Shan.
Yu Sui made a hand seal, using her energy to burn away the Mountain Flower Divination Formation that had immobilized her, and then flashed away from the Star Gazing Hall in another burst of blazing sword wind.
After the sword spirit forced Qin Shan back and gave Yu Sui a chance to leave, it disappeared. At this time, she was unable to spare any extra elemental energy to maintain the sword spirit's form.
But Qin Shan did not give up and pursued it closely.
At this point, Yu Sui couldn't possibly run towards Chaoyue Palace; that would be too obvious. She could only try to run in other directions to increase the distance between herself and Qin Shan.
Fortunately, both of them are trying their best to avoid being discovered by the palace guards, and so far it has only been a fight between Yu Sui and Qin Shan.
Yu Sui, relying on the palace map he learned from Shu Shan, moved swiftly and nimbly, surprising Qin Shan once again. This person was very familiar with the palace's terrain.
After she left the area of the sound-breaking barrier, Yu Sui said, "Mountain Spirit, adjust the patrol routes in the palace."
"The patrol orders for the Imperial Guard are being changed."
"Changes successful".
"The teams from the northwest and northeast are closest to you, and you are expected to meet them at the end of the front porch."
"At their current speed, they will arrive by the time Qin Shan catches up with you."
After hearing the mountain spirit's prediction, Yu Sui sped up again, passing the end of the front corridor ahead of time, leaving a spirit mark on a pillar. Just as the two patrol teams of the Imperial Guards were about to meet, the spirit mark on the pillar made a loud bang, attracting the attention of both teams, who shouted sharply, "Who goes there?!"
As they chased after him, they happened to spot Qin Shan, who was also pursuing them.
"Your Excellency." The person who first noticed Qin Shan immediately stopped and bowed his head in respect.
Qin Shan had no choice but to stop. He didn't explain, but instead asked, "You should only be patrolling the Zhu Feng Palace, why are you here?"
The Imperial Guards replied respectfully, "Today, the Emperor ordered us to expand the patrol area from Zhu Feng Palace to Qian Tang Palace."
Was this also part of that person's plan?
After a moment's thought, Qin Shan asked, "Who gave the order?"
The Imperial Guard replied, "Golden Armor Army Captain, Gu Jun."
After noting it down, Qin Shan said nothing more and continued chasing after Yu Sui in the direction she had left.
Even though Yu Sui used her skills to block him for a while, she still couldn't escape Qin Shan's divination array.
Qin Shan's divination array was so large that it could cover half of the royal palace; it was only a matter of time before he caught up with Yu Sui.
Yu Sui also noticed this and fled towards the outside of the palace. While she was deep in thought, she suddenly received a telepathic message from Han Ziyang, who asked her, "You are the living map of Qingyang Imperial Capital, so do you know where Tongtang is?"
That's Elder Yan's territory.
"What are you doing here?" Yu Sui couldn't help but cough.
"Wasn't I looking for someone?" Han Ziyang answered, but upon hearing Yu Sui's weak cough, he immediately became alert. "What's wrong with you now? Aren't you in the palace?"
Before Yu Sui could answer, another telepathic message was picked up by the mountain spirit. Gongsun Qi asked her, "Where is Tongtang?"
"..."
Why is everyone asking this? Yu Suixin had a bad feeling.
The three people's voices were connected by the mountain spirit. When Han Ziyang heard Gongsun Qi's voice, he asked in surprise, "Why are you also looking for this place?"
Upon hearing this, Gongsun Qi frowned slightly. He was unaware that Yu Sui and Han Ziyang were communicating telepathically. Hearing Han Ziyang's words, he glanced at Situ Jin and A Quan, who were still arguing in the back.
The two of them discovered the name Tongtang, but didn't know where it was. They were holding a map of Qingyang and guessing what it was.
It would be impossible for them to find Tongtang among the densely packed place names on the map, so they might as well just ask Qingyang, the living map expert.
It was rare for Gongsun Qi to take the initiative to call Yu Sui.
Unfortunately, the timing was wrong.
Yu Sui said, "I really want to take you to Tongtang in person, but I can't get away right now. Qin Shan is chasing after me."
"You're really amazing. I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've already run into the palace and been chased by the Emperor." Han Ziyang admired her from the bottom of his heart.
Yu Sui thought of Zhongli Que who was with Qin Shan, but said, "Perhaps I am being paranoid. On the night I returned to the capital, I felt for a moment that I was being watched. I wonder if any of you felt the same way?"
This strangeness stemmed from being spied on by the Nine Schools of Thought, which is why Yu Sui remembered it so vividly.
But so many things happened afterward that she didn't have time to think about them deeply. Now, when she thinks about it again, it sends chills down her spine.
If Qin Shan knew about Zhongli Que's precognitive abilities... then his target would be the Strange Fire.
"The day you returned to the capital..." Han Ziyang paused halfway through his sentence, his expression gradually becoming strange.
He remembered that he had briefly felt like he was being watched that night.
Gongsun Qi also remembered that he had suspected Qin Shan in the capital of Qingyang at the time, thinking that it was because he used his power that Qin Shan was able to discover his whereabouts. But now, listening to Yu Sui's words, it seems that it is not so simple.
"Damn, it really has happened before," Han Ziyang murmured.
Gongsun Qi also said, "Has Qin's skill in astrology and divination reached the point where he can spy on those who will destroy the world?"
Yu Sui thought to herself that perhaps the one who had discovered the Destroyer of Worlds was not Qin Shan, but Zhong Li Que, but she could not expose Zhong Li Que to these two at this time.
"At least he's making an effort. Within his Mind-Observation Array, after he saw my sword spirit, he asked me if I knew you. You've fought with Qin Shan before?" Yu Sui asked.
"Sort of." Gongsun Qi lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Are you within the range of his divination array?"
Yu Sui stood beneath the high palace walls, turned back to look at the solemn night, and whispered, "I will find a way to leave the range of his divination array."
“That’s fine. I’m going to Tongtang tomorrow night,” Gongsun Qi said. “Qin Shan won’t bother you before then.”
Han Ziyang asked, "What's your idea?"
Gongsun Qi replied, "Since you possess the bloodline of the Legalist Heavenly Punishment, then you should handle the aftermath properly and prevent Qin Shan from predicting what will happen tonight."
Han Ziyang muttered, "I want to go to Tongtang too."
Gongsun Qi put away the Wind-Listening Ruler, turned to the two who were still arguing, and said, "I need an explosion-proof barrier."
Without looking up, A-Quan asked, "Which realm?"
Gongsun Qi said, "Follow the realm of the sages."
"Who are you going to kill?" A-Quan and Situ Jin turned around in surprise. "Are you going to storm the palace?"
Gongsun Qi replied, "Set it up together with the teleportation barrier."
Ah Quan and Situ Jin exchanged a glance, both feeling that something big was going to happen tonight and that they needed to be on their guard.
...
The palace walls were extremely secure, with heavy guards both inside and out.
Yu Sui covered her injured shoulder and closed her eyes. While activating her Heavenly Eye to heal, she made her Divine Soul Light Core operate rapidly, releasing every remaining trace of the Five Elements Qi.
The dry air became moist and cool, and a light rain drizzled down, wetting the ground and wall tiles, thus dissolving the ever-present trigram formation.
The red sparks of the wildfire in the rain transformed into umbrellas, which then disappeared along with the girl beneath the palace walls, without causing the slightest disturbance to the guards inside or outside the palace.
When Qin Shan arrived at the scene, he didn't notice the rain-soaked ground immediately. As soon as he landed, he felt a stinging pain under his feet, which made him ignite his protective aura. However, even the protective aura was corroded, and he had no choice but to retreat repeatedly.
He frowned as he examined the damp ground and palace walls. What had happened here?
The fact that the other party was able to dispel his divination formation and hide, and was so familiar with the palace's terrain, is something that would be difficult to do unless one had lived in the palace for many years or had close contact with someone in the palace.
Qin Shan grasped the sacred wooden divination stick and immediately began to divine. After a long while, he lowered his eyes to look at the sacred wooden divination stick in his hand, his expression solemn.
...
It was the liveliest time of night, but the area near the palace was already silent, and the noise couldn't escape the high and thick walls.
The ancestral home of the Nangong family was quiet, but the lights were still on.
The old lady went to bed early, so the maids moved around very quietly, afraid of disturbing her sleep.
After the maids turned off the lights and left, the room was completely dark.
Gongsun Qi appeared silently at the door under the cover of night, and the old lady inside suddenly opened her eyes.
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