Night falls over the earth. 』

The city of Qizhou huddled in the darkness. In the seemingly quiet city, an inexplicable violence was hidden, like a dozing giant beast.

Everything that happened during the day was already known to those who were well-informed. All the details also flowed into the market through various channels, causing the people in the city of Jizhou to boil, stirring up countless silt and dirt, and alarming countless city foxes and rats.

On the dark city wall, the patrolling state soldiers walked listlessly.

The sound of clappers announcing time could be heard from far and near in the city. Occasionally, a gust of wind blew, and the lanterns hanging on the city gate tower swayed wildly. The pale lanterns looked like the lights hanging in front of a mourning hall, making people unconsciously feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.

The dull thunder-like sound of hooves could be heard from afar, and the soldiers stationed on the city wall suddenly became extremely nervous.

Following the direction of the southern official road, a row of torches stretching for several miles came like a fire dragon rolling over. A large group of cavalrymen wearing heavy black armor turned at the south gate of Yizhou and headed northwest along the road towards the direction of the Chu family castle.

Under the illumination of the torches, the Chu family's private soldiers all put down their visors, and their hideous, horned faces shone in the light, just like a real ghost coming to the world. The fog was thick, the lights were dim, and the state soldier who was half-sticking out of the city wall stared blankly at these silent Chu family private soldiers, and couldn't help shuddering.

Chu Tian was still wearing the mask made of a whole piece of white fox skin. The long fox skin wrapped half of his body. He ran quickly in the forest in the dark night, without leaking any smell or making any sound.

A faint inexplicable scent emanated from the white fox fur. Wherever Chu Tian passed, insects chirped as usual, birds were not alarmed, and various small animals that traveled at night in the grass and burrows moved freely, as if Chu Tian who passed by them was just a ghost.

Inside the spiritual cavity between his eyebrows, the Wind Seal on the stone lamp shone with a faint green light. Wisps of invisible wind surrounded Chu Tian's body. He was floating forward almost three inches off the ground, running three times faster than before, a few points faster than Aque.

When the large group of troops led by Chu Jie arrived at the gate of the Chu Castle, Chu Tian followed them closely into the mountains and forests near the castle.

Standing in the tall thatch, Chu Tian quietly looked through the gaps in the thatch at the brightly lit main gate of the castle a hundred feet away. The pure steel drawbridge was being lowered with a creaking sound, and the heavy wolf-fang 10,000-jin gate was slowly rising. Behind the 10,000-jin gate, the one-and-a-half-foot-thick alloy gate opened slowly with a loud rumble driven by the mechanism.

The sound of orderly footsteps came from the castle, and a team of heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and holding long spears and halberds ran out in small steps. A dozen Chu family worshippers wearing long gowns, with different appearances and auras that were very different from ordinary people, walked out quickly, respectfully divided into two rows in front of the city gate.

"Young Master!" A dozen Chu clan priests and hundreds of heavy infantrymen saluted Chu Jie who was sitting in the huge chariot.

"Mr. Qin, send capable men to monitor every move in the city of Qizhou. Also mobilize all the spies in the prefectures, counties, farms, and villages in Qizhou. I want to keep track of every disturbance in Qizhou!" Chu Jie's voice came from behind the thick curtain of the carriage.

"Keep a close eye on the prefectural government and the Jishan Academy. Find out what the people inside did, said, and ate, including which concubine Sima Zhuifeng favored today and which maid Xun Yu hooked up with. Find out everything."

Chu Jie's voice was cold and hard, with an inexplicable aura of cruelty.

It didn't look like there was a young man sitting in the carriage, but rather a ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex hiding inside.

"Yes!" More than a dozen Chu family worshippers responded in unison. They surrounded the chariot and quickly entered the city gate under the escort of a large group of cavalry and heavy infantry. The drawbridge was slowly raised, the ten thousand jin gate slowly dropped, and with a loud 'dong', the heavy city gate slowly closed.

"What are you doing here?" Lord Rat shook his head, laid on Chu Tian's shoulder and flicked his tail gently, "We can't get in! The Chu family put a lot of effort into building this castle, and it's so impenetrable that even Lord Rat's descendants can't find a way in."

As Lord Rat was speaking, a gigantic night owl spread its wings and flew silently from the western mountains, about thirty feet above the ground, gliding silently past the wall of the Chu Castle.

With a 'pop' sound, a gray ripple of about ten feet in radius suddenly appeared in the sky above the Chu's Castle, and countless thin flashes of lightning violently jumped and collided in the ripple. The night owl with a wingspan of more than eight feet screamed, and the huge bird exploded into a wisp of green smoke in the blink of an eye.

With a whoosh, a dozen nimble figures in black tights came out from behind the city wall and quickly moved around it. Three of the black-clothed men held small green lanterns in their hands, shining green light on the city wall, which turned almost translucent in the green light.

"It's well-defended!" Lord Rat looked at the lantern and muttered, "These ghost lanterns, Lord Rat threw two chameleons over there last time, and they all showed their true colors when they were illuminated by this light. Unless you force your way in, it won't be easy to sneak into the Chu's Castle!"

"I still want to try." Chu Tian frowned and whispered, "Maybe I have a way."

Lord Shu flicked his tail, tilted his head and looked at Chu Tian, ​​then nodded without comment: "Well, why don't you try? It doesn't matter if we get discovered. If someone chases us out, we can lead them to the Jishan Academy. How great would that be!"

Chu Tian smiled, he stepped back a few steps silently, and then left the Chu Castle step by step.

He counted silently, secretly calculating the distance between himself and the Chu family castle. After a while, he retreated to the depths of the forest about five miles away from the castle wall, found a grass nest under an ancient tree, and sat down with his legs crossed.

Lord Rat lay quietly on Chu Tian's shoulder without saying a word, his scarlet eyes sparkling in the darkness. Many wild beasts such as wolves and tigers that came out to roam around in the middle of the night, as well as a few poisonous snakes running around, shuddered inexplicably and subconsciously avoided the grass nest where Chu Tian was, even though they were more than a hundred feet away.

For three years, Chu Tian has always wanted to know what the Chu Castle looks like.

However, the Chu's Castle was heavily guarded and outsiders could not enter at all. In order to invade the castle, Lord Rat lost countless of his own rats.

Fortunately, Chu Tian got a strange inheritance, which contained a secret technique that he could perform in Youfeng Realm. Chu Tian wanted to try it, hoping that this secret technique could help him solve the biggest problem in the past three years.

With his hands crossed and placed on his chest, Chu Tian's breathing became particularly long and delicate.

In the jungle, an inexplicable aura quietly spread out. Within a radius of a hundred feet, all the insects, small animals, birds, and even small creatures like earthworms in the soil, fell into the deepest sweet dreams at the same time.