The Imperial Preceptor was also a highly skilled demon-catching master, but his abilities were passed down through generations of Imperial Preceptors, making him far stronger than the original owner of this body, a first-tier powerhouse with both talent and strength.
The Celestial Masters waited quietly for the person to step onto the stage. It was a cold and slender man, tall and elegant, with eyebrows like ink paintings, phoenix eyes and thin lips. He looked like a noble and powerful person. It was a great honor to have such a handsome and capable leader.
As soon as he appeared, he received unanimous praise from Yu Ling's colleagues.
Wow~ Host, host, he's as beautiful as the beauties in the cultivation world!
Well, he also received positive feedback from the system.
“It’s really good, but it seems like… it has the same character setting as mine,” Yu Ling said.
When she was a tree, after transforming, she also had this aloof and ethereal air, cough cough, although she was quite free-spirited inside.
...
Faced with the sycophancy of the surrounding celestial masters, the Imperial Preceptor remained calm and unmoved, raising his hand in the air to signal everyone to quiet down.
Yu Ling, who wore the same world-weary expression, stood out from her colleagues who were all vying for attention and showing off their own style.
“I am your superior, Shen Qingyun. I believe you all have doubts in your hearts. You are all outstanding celestial masters who have been selected, so why are you assigned to such boring tasks as patrolling every day?” said the Imperial Preceptor Shen Qingyun.
These words hit the nail on the head, and the situation was immediately brought under control. Everyone fell silent, which was exactly what had puzzled them. If it weren't for the generous reward, they would have been so bored that they would have gone out to hunt demons on their own.
Facing his subordinates who were listening intently to his speech, the Grand Preceptor said, "Come with me, I will answer your questions now."
Having said that, he led the way outside.
The group had sobered up considerably and looked at each other. They looked at each other, then followed Shen Qingyun deeper into the palace.
[I suddenly thought of the proverb "the true colors are revealed when the map is unrolled," meaning that once everyone is gathered, they can be killed... Host, could there really be some kind of conspiracy?!]
The system started to back down again. It was always so easily alarmed and couldn't put its mind at ease when it came to matters concerning Yu Ling's safety.
"Even if there's a conspiracy, we still have to go and see, right? System, have some confidence in my strength. The current me is not the weak survivor who transmigrated to a low-level world and possessed a weak mortal body," Yu Ling said.
Yu Ling harbored resentment over her past of compromising and yielding. But Yu Ling had lived a long life and was more open-minded; she didn't mind these minor, insignificant grievances, but she didn't want to repeat the same mistakes. And that was true.
If you can be the boss, who would want to be the weak one and try to find someone else to rely on?
【Yes, yes, host, keep it up!!!】 Yu Ling’s words successfully gave the system courage.
Getting back to the main topic, the Imperial Preceptor walked at the front, followed by a large group of seemingly ordinary but actually capable of fighting demons. They didn't dare to get too close and followed at a distance. Yu Ling followed at the very back of the group of Celestial Masters, also walking slowly forward.
Led by Shen Qingyun, the group quickly arrived at a palace courtyard with an activated array. Without explaining where they were, they stepped inside.
In order not to be misled by the formation, everyone ran a few more steps and followed closely behind their superior, the Imperial Advisor.
"Tsk, isn't that just too stupid?"
It's a bit impolite, but... it really does look like a mother hen with a bunch of chicks following behind her.
[Why aren't you following, host? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to get in?] the system asked. [Could it be that there's really a problem here?!]
“There is indeed a problem.” How could Yu Ling be stopped by such a simple formation? She didn’t even bother to answer the first question. She said, “We need to think of an escape route before we go. This is the imperial palace, a place where dragon energy resides. If we get trapped, it will be quite difficult to deal with.”
Fortunately, the original owner had a magical artifact that could simulate her own illusion, which she had left in her storage space. Although this artifact had no offensive power and was just an illusion that could be easily destroyed, it had the function of swapping positions, making it an escape artifact.
The problem is that the distance restriction is too short, so the original owner never used it and it just sat idle. But this time it can finally come in handy.
Yu Ling thought that if danger occurred, she would have the system fox take out a magic weapon and divert attention, and she would run away without hesitation.
She bought the system a fox body just like hers and threw it outside just in case. Then, Yu Ling slowly followed.
The formations of the intermediate world were so easy for Yu Ling! In less than a minute, she caught up with the group. After leaving the formation, a huge open space opened up before her eyes. What a massive prison!
Iron bars, iron locks, and an empty corridor, with fellow detainees being held in batches on both sides—something just doesn't look right!
The group of Taoist priests who inexplicably ended up in prison: ? ? ?
Yu Ling had a divine soul that could cheat, but she didn't dare to be too presumptuous under the watchful eyes of the Heavenly Dao, which disliked demons. She could only tell that the courtyard outside was fake, but she never expected that the troublemaker would be so blatant as to build a prison in the emperor's house.
—A pure prison-style interior design—you deserve it!
The group of Taoist masters were dumbfounded. Just as they were about to question the Imperial Preceptor Shen Qingyun, he continued to walk along the empty road without stopping. The group of Taoist masters, who seemed to have suffered brain atrophy, still did not realize that something was wrong.
There was a large space reserved here, more than enough to keep all of them locked up. Since the Grand Preceptor led the way in, they all followed.
Yu Ling said that sometimes, encountering teammates who don't seem to care about their own brains can be really frustrating. Wait a minute! If I walk with them... won't I catch something?
On second thought, the system, that idiot, had been with her for ten worlds, and her IQ hadn't shown any signs of decline, so there shouldn't be any problem. She followed along and entered the last empty cell with the others.
Seeing that the Imperial Advisor had finally stopped, the clever but still clueless man asked, "Imperial Advisor, what exactly do you mean by this?"
"I'm sorry, everyone. I had no choice." Shen Qingyun walked to the innermost corner and sat down on the ground. He made a hand gesture in his sleeve, setting up an array around himself so that others could not get close to him.
Yu Ling:.........What you said is as good as saying nothing at all.
A Taoist priest standing nearby, who might know the inside story and was suspected of being an accomplice of the Imperial Advisor, sighed and explained with a tragic expression that suggested the entire story was over:
"actually........"
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