The sunlight broke through the clouds and shone straight down from the sky.

The last ray of darkness on the stairs was dispelled, and what appeared before Wu Zetian was the black stone tablet.

Her expression was dazed as she looked at the figure in white standing outside the stairs.

The man stood with a sword over his back, looking proud, like a banished immortal.

She thought of the sword again.

The dazzling and sharp sword light seemed to come from the sky, breaking through the barriers of the ceremony and shattering those illusions!

Wu Zetian was secretly amazed.

After not seeing each other for many years, this young man who I thought was just slightly talented in the past, actually possessed such power with his mortal body.

Wu Zetian looked at Li Bai deeply, then turned to look at the stone tablet in front of her.

After two seconds of silence, she suddenly laughed.

In the past few years since he ascended the throne, there has been constant criticism both inside and outside the court.

Background and gender are reasons for others to criticize you.

She looked up at the sky, only to find the sunlight so blinding.

"My merits and demerits should be judged by heaven and earth and future generations!" After saying this to herself, she turned and walked down the stairs.

There was a silent tremor between heaven and earth.

Wu Zetian's body shook slightly, and her aura suddenly became much stronger.

She did not write a single word in the stele, but it was recognized by heaven and earth! Li Bai, who was standing outside the steps, was slightly moved and looked surprised.

He suddenly realized that even if he did not take action, the empress would not necessarily sink.

Just as he was thinking this, Wu Zetian had already stood in front of him.

The two looked at each other and suddenly attacked together.

Li Bai raised the sword in his hand, and a bright and hot magic circle appeared under his feet.

The direction of his sword changed instantly, aiming high into the sky.

A bright and dazzling golden light fell from the sky, forming a golden sun, and smashed towards him with unparalleled power.

Li Bai remembered this trick.

The last time he came to Chang'an, he was almost destroyed by Wu Zetian's attack.

At this moment, he could have won by speed, quickly escaped, and targeted Wu Zetian's body, but he chose to face it head-on and resolutely swung his sword towards the golden sun in the sky.

His whole body was filled with sword energy, and in an instant his entire body seemed to turn into a hazy shadow made up of white sword beams.

A terrifying edge burst out from it, and a majestic sword energy flew into the air.

Martial Arts Magical Power: Green Lotus Sword Song! The crisscrossing sword energy formed a green lotus, and along with the faint sound of the song, it exploded into a sky full of sword energy! The golden sun in the sky fell down and was submerged by the sword energy.

The magic circle under Li Bai's feet has also taken shape, but it can't restrain his body at all.

A moment later, a terrifying energy exploded.

A bull-shaped demon that accidentally approached was silently crushed.

Before the smoke and dust cleared, Wu Zetian's second round of spells had already flown towards the ball of yellow and white energy.

The secret of magic: the glory of the empress!

However, just as the magic ball was about to fall, a white sword energy suddenly shot out and instantly defeated it.

Li Bai's figure reappeared.

The sword in his hand was like a waterfall, and he swung it towards Wu Zetian.

Seeing that he was intact and his white clothes were spotless, Wu Zetian's expression became much more solemn.

Having just received feedback from Heaven and Earth, her strength had increased a lot, and she thought she was certain to win, but unexpectedly the opponent was even stronger than she thought.

The sword flashed suddenly.

A golden glow rippled around Wu Zetian's body.

The secret of magic: the majesty of the empress!

The golden light blocked the sword energy, causing it to fly backwards.

Li Bai's figure flashed and he suddenly waved his hand.

A green light suddenly appeared.

Wu Zetian had been on guard against his sword and had not noticed this at all.

Wu Zetian only reacted when the green light penetrated her body.

There was a faint green light flickering on her face, and she felt a strong sense of fatigue in her body and even in her mind.

The moment she lost consciousness, Li Bai's body turned into a series of afterimages and appeared in front of her at an incredible speed, with sword energy in his hand as bright as a rainbow.

Martial Arts Secrets: The Knight's Journey! In a flash, the sword in his hand was across Wu Zetian's slender neck.

A few strands of green floated in the air.

"Thank you!" Li Bai put away his sword and said in a calm tone.

There was a barely perceptible hint of pride between his eyebrows.

He waited for quite a while for this "acceptance".

Wu Zetian looked at the sword in Li Bai's hand, with a hint of fear in her eyes.

She looked at her fingers. The green light surrounding her body had become very faint, but she could clearly feel its presence.

Isn't this guy's best skill the sword? What is this thing? She was confused.

Compared to Li Bai's strength, his strange methods were what she feared the most.

At this moment, she even had murderous intent.

As the empress who ruled the world, she could not tolerate anyone threatening her position.

Not to mention Li Bai, even the fallen god called Satan in the West could not stop her steps! But she quickly restrained her emotions and smiled, "Yes, it is a blessing for the world to have a swordsman like you in Heluo!"

Li Bai looked at her and wanted to recite a poem.

It was his habit and pride to compose poems for every defeated general.

Wu Zetian was already middle-aged, but the years had not left too many traces on her. Instead, they added a special charm to her.

Seeing her smile, Li Bai's expression was dazed for a moment.

The smiles of beauties are always so similar.

The poem that had been brewing in his chest for the most part suddenly dissipated like mist.

He thought of another person.

Several other people appeared in the distance.

When he saw the woman holding the pipa, the figure in Li Bai's mind became clearer and clearer.

She was a girl I met by chance on the grassland, serving the gods alone in the winter sea.

The girl's name was Wang Zhaojun.

Li Bai remembered her every frown and smile firmly in his heart.

At this moment, looking at Wu Zetian's casual smile and the bright eyes and white teeth of the woman holding a pipa not far away, the figure of the girl in his mind became clearer and clearer.

Li Bai looked dazed, and the poetic talent in his heart was about to burst out.

He looked up at the clouds in the sky and finally spoke. The words he uttered flew into the sky, forming a magnificent poem.

"The clouds resemble clothes and the flowers resemble beauty; the spring breeze blows across the threshold and the dew on the door is gorgeous.

If we hadn’t met on the top of the Jade Mountain, we would have met under the moon on the Jade Terrace.”

When the last line of the poem came to an end, a smile appeared on Li Bai's lips.

When he saw the girl for the first time, he felt an indescribable excitement in his heart.

After so many years, this throbbing emotion finally turned into poetry.

He suddenly wanted to see the girl's reaction when she heard this poem.

The two hit it off immediately and had many common experiences.

She will definitely know that this poem is written for her!

Wang Zhaojun was still unclear about it, but Wu Zetian misunderstood it.

"The clouds resemble clothes, the flowers resemble face..." She murmured these words to herself, and some touching ripples suddenly appeared in her heart, which had always been calm.

A seductive blush appeared slightly on her cheeks, and her expression became much softer.

She thought of her admiration for Li Bai's talent when they first met.

The young man in white at that time had a defiant look on his face, but the look in his eyes when he looked at himself was obviously different.

And just now when he was facing the lingering devilish sound that almost lured him into depravity, it was Li Bai who appeared in a hurry.

That sword must have consumed a lot of his energy.

Li Bai was stunned for a moment and looked up at Wu Zetian.

The empress looked at him with gentle eyes.

"It seems I've been misunderstood." Li Bai thought to himself.

He opened his mouth and tried to explain, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to say it.

Could it be possible to tell Wu Zetian that she was being sentimental?

He looked away, looked at the other people who were approaching, and said, "Your Majesty is too polite."

Those people were already very close.

The first person was very familiar to him.

Not only him, there are probably few people in the entire Chang'an city who don't know him.

Di Renjie.

Li Bai was slightly surprised when he saw the woman holding the pipa behind him.

He thought the other person was just a passerby.

The woman's face turned slightly red, and she looked at Li Bai with an evasive expression.

Her name is Yang Yuhuan.

"Did he write that poem for me?" Yang Yuhuan thought to herself, "No wonder he is called the most talented scholar in the Tang Dynasty."

Seeing Di Renjie coming, Wu Zetian, who had a lot to say and even wanted to invite Li Bai to serve as an official in the court again, quietly changed the subject.

After asking about the invasion of the demons, when she heard about Ming Shiyin's rebellion, anger appeared on her face.

"These people were bewitched by Ming Shiyin and have realized that something was wrong. They have made great efforts in fighting against the demons this time." Di Renjie pointed at Yang Yuhuan and introduced the other two.

Wu Zetian smiled and said that she would not pursue the past.

She felt a sense of appreciation for their talent and started chatting with a few of them.

When she was learning about the Yaotian organization through several people, she suddenly discovered that Li Bai had disappeared at some point.

Wu Zetian suddenly felt a sense of loss.

…

Li Bai took the opportunity to sneak into the heavily guarded building in Chang'an City.

This place is the core of Chang'an and is heavily guarded. Even princes and nobles cannot get close to it.

But this is only for ordinary people.

He was extremely powerful and sneaked into the place while the guards were not paying attention.

Unlike the heavy guards outside, the inside of the building was much more spacious, with only a few agency guards patrolling the various locations.

Li Bai was avoiding the mechanical guards and walking towards the core of the building little by little when he heard the sound of fighting in the distance.

He had an idea and sneaked towards the source of the sound.

Soon he saw the source of the sound.

It was a hideous figure that looked like a demon.

There was a dazzling blue light flashing on the guy's chest, and in his hand was a long chain with a sickle-like hook at the end.

A terrifying power erupted from its body, as if a god had descended to earth.

This is a mechanical creation!

Even though Li Bai's strength has increased a lot, he has no confidence of winning when facing this mechanical creation.

He finally understood why there were no guards here.

With it, any guard is redundant.

The opponent of the mechanical creation was actually a blond-haired, blue-eyed Western man.

The man was holding two guns and moving quickly, he was dealing with the enemy.

Li Bai stared at the man's double guns.

Bullets poured out from the muzzle with terrible force.

This gun is obviously a very powerful mechanical creation.

The man in front of him is also a master.

Li Bai boasted that he was knowledgeable and had many friends, but he had never seen such a person before.

His eyes moved towards the door in the distance.

There were spots of rust on the door, making it look particularly ordinary.

But it is precisely this ordinariness that makes it seem even more out of place in this bright and magnificent building.

"The secret I'm looking for may be behind the door!" Li Bai thought to himself.

He turned to look at the man with two guns.

The man with two guns was obviously not as strong as the mechanical creature holding a grappling hook, but his posture was quite light, causing the other party to roar in anger.

"How could the treasures of Chang'an fall into the hands of outsiders!" Li Bai thought to himself.

Seeing that both sides were getting closer and closer to him, Li Bai looked deeply at the door, gave up the idea of ​​taking advantage of the chaos to break in, clenched the sword in his hand, and attacked fiercely.

The green lotus blossomed, and sword energy like the sky burst out.

Even in a sneak attack, Li Bai used all his strength.

Green Lotus Sword Song!

By the time the man with two guns realized something was wrong behind him, it was too late to dodge.

He screamed miserably and blood covered his body.

The grappling hook in the mechanical creature's hand took advantage of the situation to hook him and pulled him in front of it.

Its chest suddenly split open, and a dazzling blue light flashed out from it, with terrifying power, sucking the man with two guns over little by little.

After realizing the power inside, Li Bai was secretly shocked.

As the man with two guns looked ferocious and his struggles became weaker and weaker, a burst of black energy suddenly erupted from his body and forcibly pulled him away from the mechanical creature.

Li Bai looked a little stern.

The power that erupted at that moment shocked him.

The energy fluctuation surprised him even more.

He had learned this from the old master before.

The fallen god, Di Jun! Suddenly thinking of the evil god Satan who was gradually rising in the West, Li Bai reacted suddenly.

The two are actually the same person! The Fallen God must have realized that the resistance in the East was too strong, so he began to erode and attack from the wild West.

The man with two guns in front of him must be his chess piece.

The reason why those demons that fell from the sky appeared so strangely was probably not to prevent Wu Zetian from performing the Fengshan ceremony, but to cover up for this guy.

Even the rebellion of Ming Shiyin mentioned by those people might be related to this! Li Bai's expression became more and more solemn.

He took advantage of the fact that the man with two guns was not yet able to stand firmly and immediately launched a "punishment" attack on him.

When the opponent's body was glowing green and his movements slowed down significantly, Li Bai launched another magical attack.

The mechanical creatures used their grappling hooks at the same time and in unison.

Even though the man with two guns was as agile as a rabbit, he still showed signs of weakness when being attacked from both sides.

Li Bai's swordsmanship is known for its elegance and lightness. Comparing speed in front of him is like showing off one's skills in front of an expert.

A moment later, the man with two guns died on the spot!

"Oops, I forgot to ask his name." Looking at the dead body on the ground, Li Bai felt a little regretful.

He leaned over it and searched it, finding a notebook.

"Marco Polo..." He frowned, "Is this his name?"

He casually put Marco Polo's body into his ring, thinking that he might be able to exchange it for some time and space coins.

Suddenly feeling a chill on his back, Li Bai turned around and saw that the mechanical creature was staring at him.

He suddenly became nervous.

"What are you doing here?" the mechanical creature suddenly spoke.

Li Bai was stunned: "You can still speak?"

The mechanical creature seemed confused by this sentence, and after several seconds it said in a muffled voice: "I am Zhong Kui."

"Guardian of Chang'an!"

(End of this chapter)