Chen, the North Star, has always been a metaphor for the emperor. The fact that Prince Li Chen was granted the title of prince with the character Chen clearly shows that he was deeply favored by the emperor.
This prince's mansion was indeed luxurious, with carved railings and jade steps, green tiles and red eaves, a beautiful view at every turn, and layered pavilions.
Both spirit talisman masters came from humble backgrounds, but fortunately, they had excellent aptitude and entered the Taiyi Sect. However, the sect's buildings were mostly grand and imposing, unlike the magnificent and resplendent ones they had seen. For a moment, they felt like country bumpkins entering the city.
The group made their way to the main courtyard. Di Xiu once again reached out to ask the young elder for spirit stones. The elder looked at the long, strong hands and then at Di Xiu's self-righteous demeanor, his lips curled down, and he tossed a bag of spirit stones into Di Xiu's arms.
"Here you go, I'll give you everything, pay me back within a year."
This time, Emperor Xiu didn't break the spirit stone. Instead, he extravagantly used the top-grade spirit stone to set up an array, enclosing the courtyard.
The Supreme Elder glanced at him sideways and snorted heavily: "With me here, no one can escape from this place."
Even so, he was not forced to remove the formation.
A spirit talisman master jogged and pushed open the door of the main house in the courtyard. The Supreme Elder's pupils turned silver, and after just one glance inside, his expression changed drastically. His spiritual energy suddenly erupted, like a mountain torrent or tsunami, causing quite a commotion.
The array around the courtyard lit up, immediately appearing to be on the verge of collapse—the Emperor Xiu's current strength was insufficient, and the array he had set up was also quite limited. Faced with the Spirit Venerable's wrath, it could at most withstand two waves of spiritual energy.
He frowned slightly, using his sword formation to cleave through the spiritual energy surge while simultaneously using his spiritual power as a brush to painstakingly draw a rune and slap it onto the formation, managing to prevent it from dying before it even got off the ground.
The young elder teleported and pulled the foremost spirit talisman master behind him to protect him. He subconsciously called out "Grandmaster Uncle," and he and the dark-skinned guest elder each erected a spiritual energy shield, using whatever protective magic treasures they had to barely withstand the attack.
Once the spiritual energy surged past, he remembered there was a less-than-likable junior. He turned around to look, only to see the sword formation around him standing firmly. He immediately rolled his eyes to the heavens, thinking to himself that he would be a fool to care about him again.
The door was struck by spiritual energy, hitting the wall and making a loud noise. Only a dead person could remain asleep forever.
Li Chen jolted awake, jumped up, and at the same time summoned the Dark Light Shield to protect his master.
Only then did he realize what had happened.
Elders generally don't wear uniforms, and those who come aren't ranked. He naturally doesn't recognize those who frequently appear in public, but he does recognize the two spirit talisman masters behind him, as well as "Xiao Lingchuan," and his expression immediately changes drastically.
Since the two spirit talisman masters were being blocked behind by the two elders, he naturally assumed that they were being held hostage.
"Who are you, and why have you broken into my residence? Xiao Lingchuan, have you brought more accomplices? Ha, do you know that this boy is a traitor to my Taiyi Sect? Are you helping him to make enemies of the Taiyi Sect?"
In a fit of rage, the Supreme Elder unleashed a palm strike, most of which was blocked by the Dark Light Shield. However, Li Chen was still impacted and coughed up blood.
He pointed at him, trembling with rage: "You despicable scoundrel, you stole the sacred artifact, framed your fellow disciples, and... and..."
He formed his fingers into a claw and grabbed Li Chen's neck from a distance, his eyes gleaming with silver light. Even standing behind him, one could see the light emanating from those eyes.
"Taiyi Mirror, Medicine King Cauldron, Phoenix Wutong Zither, well, well, you are truly audacious! Our Taiyi Sect has actually, actually harbored such a lawless and ruthless scoundrel, who has brought disaster to the sect and the continent. Today I will rid the sect of this scourge."
Li Chen was shocked. He hadn't expected that the old man was actually a member of the Taiyi Sect, and somehow he knew that the Taiyi Mirror and the Medicine King Cauldron were in his possession.
No, absolutely not.
His mind raced, unaware that his own Qiankun Pearl had been directly exposed to the other party. He thought that "Xiao Lingchuan" had already used sweet words to persuade these people and was now framing him.
As for why "Xiao Lingchuan" knew that the Taiyi Mirror, the Medicine King Cauldron, and the Phoenix Wuqin were with him, he came up with a reasonable explanation in his mind—these are the most famous magical treasures that have been lost by various sects and families recently.
The Qiankun Pearl was one of the cheat codes he brought with him when he transmigrated. He usually wore it on his chest and hid it in his clothes, so even Venerable Yuqing couldn't tell its level. He didn't think that this old man he had never met could be more powerful than Venerable Yuqing.
He was used to relying on the system, and every time he broke through, he would rely on ambushing and killing others to obtain their cultivation. He did not understand the laws of heaven, nor did he understand that every Spirit Venerable would master at least one law. Unfortunately, the old man in front of him was a Spirit Venerable who had been in seclusion for many years to comprehend the laws, and unfortunately, he was his nemesis.
Although the Taiyi Sect initially invited this Supreme Elder out in order to capture "Xiao Lingchuan" and prevent him from escaping again.
Li Chen struggled to defend himself, saying, "Senior, I didn't... The Taiyi Mirror is in Xiao Lingchuan's hands... I don't know anything about the Medicine King Cauldron... He must be slandering me..."
If that plundering cheat system were still running normally, it might have been able to continue to deceive Li Chen, but because of the thirty-seventh tribulation lightning, the system was temporarily shut down.
He lost one of his cheat codes and then ran into a Spirit Lord who controlled the laws of space...
Emperor Xiu's eyes flashed with cold light as he thought to himself: This time, let's see how you dodge this.
The young elder frowned slightly when he saw that the man refused to admit it, but it would indeed be against the rules to let him die like this. So he pushed the spirit talisman master who was protecting him behind him to the side of the dark-skinned guest elder and stepped forward to bow to the Supreme Elder.
"Grandmaster Uncle, please calm down. This boy is strange and cunning. He should be brought back to the sect and interrogated to find out what he has done before he can be convicted. Grandmaster Uncle, it's all about the rules."
The Supreme Elder let out a long sigh of disgust, threw the man against the wall in disgust, and then patted the magic weapon at his waist. Four silver bracelets appeared in his hand and flew towards Li Chen, automatically locking onto his limbs, shrinking and disappearing into his wrists and ankles, leaving only silver stripes.
Li Chen originally intended to take the opportunity to escape using his magic treasures, as he had many such treasures. However, he did not expect that although the jade pendant shattered, he himself remained in the same spot.
In that moment of distraction, he was caught by the silver bracelet, and his spiritual energy seemed to be drained in an instant, just like when he played online games for three days and three nights, his hands and legs were weak, and his heart was pounding.
The Supreme Elder glanced at the shards of jade that had slid off his clothes and sneered, "Using spatial magic treasures in front of me? Do you think I'm dead?"
He reached out and beckoned, and the Qiankun Bead around Li Chen's neck flew over, which he caught in one swift motion.
Li Chen's eyes widened in fury, and he shouted, "That's mine! What right do you have to take my magic weapon?"
Although the young elder couldn't see through the spatial magic treasure, he understood it from hearing it. Seeing him made him angry, and he immediately slapped the man unconscious.
"Send a message to the sect, prepare for the Seven Summit Trial."
The young elder was startled: "Yes."
The Supreme Elder then looked at Emperor Xiu: "Young man, if you have a clear conscience, then you shall be tried together. If you are guilty, you shall be punished; if you are innocent, I will surely clear your name."
Di Xiu nodded slightly: "Okay."
The Supreme Elder looked at him for a while, but still couldn't help but scold him: "Disrespectful to elders and violating the rules, this matter is over, go to the Discipline Hall to receive your punishment. What are you looking at? Set up the formation."
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