Chapter 56: Xu Changlao

Zhang Yuanqing shuddered and woke up instantly. He tried to move his body, but his muscles were sore and weak, as if he was under general anesthesia.

The Queen and Jingwei beside them were in the same situation, with pale faces and twisting bodies, offering weak resistance, and they looked even less powerful than a three-year-old child.

“No need to struggle. Once you’re hit by the Qinglong Gang’s muscle softening powder, even the top-notch masters in the martial arts world will become weak in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.” Wang Beiwang said calmly.

"Cousin, what are you doing?" Zhang Yuanqing forced a smile and said, "I am your cousin, Li Erdan."

Wang Beiwang sneered: "Let's be frank. I have already gotten rid of your mind manipulation."

Hypnosis is a modern term. In ancient times, it was called "mind manipulation."

Zhang Yuanqing was startled and abandoned the unrealistic fantasy in his heart. He thought hard about the countermeasures while stalling for time and asked, "How did you do it?"

Wang Beiwang patted the hilt of his sword and said, "A swordsman is cultivating his mind. Mind control can only affect me temporarily. Before going to bed at night, I talked to my parents about you. I vaguely sensed something was wrong at that time. I woke up naturally in the middle of my sleep and found that I was controlled by your mind. You are so brave that you dare to stay in my house."

"Don't you only know some basic skills?"

"How can I tell the truth to the enemy?"

Zhang Yuanqing was stunned when he heard this. It was not because Wang Beiwang had deceived him. That was not the key point. The key point was the four words "Swordsman trains the mind". From the perspective of a spiritual realm walker, this was the swordsman's passive skill: Iron Will.

Iron Will is a passive skill that only a Level 4 swordsman can master. Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for Wang Beiwang, who is at most in the Extraordinary stage, to possess "Iron Will", but the ancient practitioners are different from those who walk in the spiritual realm. The latter are enlightened by the spiritual realm, while the former rely on their own practice bit by bit.

In other words, the ancient scouts began to sharpen their wills when they were in the extraordinary stage, waiting to transform into "iron will" in the saint realm. This is a gradual cycle of practice.

These things involve Zhang Yuanqing's blind spots.

Looking at the dazed enemy, Wang Beiwang snorted coldly: "My patience is limited. If you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being rude."

Zhang Yuanqing rolled his eyes and smiled: "My dear fellow, we..."

Jiang Jingwei on the side was dissatisfied: "Kill him if you want to, don't talk nonsense."

"Go!" Zhang Yuanqing turned around and spat in her face. This stupid girl is here to send me flying.

He continued, "Good man, we were chased by our enemies and had no choice but to hide in your house. We wanted to take refuge in your precious place. That's all. We have no hostility towards your father and mother. Otherwise, how could we eat and drink for free and do nothing?"

Lord Tianzun has always been able to bend and stretch, and he is a man of insight. If his hands and feet had not been tied and his body had not been weak, Zhang Yuanqing would have performed a bow to him on the spot.

The queen nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right, we just want to borrow your help for a few days, we have no ill intentions, Brother Wang, you are a chivalrous man, please help us."

She only hated that she was not a musician or a lover, so she couldn't use her beauty to seduce others.

Wang Beiwang's eyes lingered between the three people for a moment, and suddenly he kicked over the wooden box, pointed at the three bright yellow casual clothes that slipped out, and sneered, "The Yellow Dragon Clothes, this thing is worn by the emperor. Ordinary people can't even wear it. It's tantamount to rebellion to dare to weave and keep it privately. You three are not ordinary people."

His eyes became fierce, and he suddenly drew out his sword and pierced Zhang Yuanqing's shoulder: "Who are you?"

Zhang Yuanqing groaned in pain, blood instantly dyed his shoulders red, and beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead. He hissed and shouted, "Sir, spare us, we are thieves who stole the clothes. We are being hunted down because we stole the Huanglong suit."

Wang Beiwang said coldly: "I ask, you answer, just like in the daytime. I will only give you three seconds to answer each question. If you are slow, I will stab you with my sword. I will stab you once for each time I am slow."

Zhang Yuanqing thought, how many seconds are three moments? Your timing unit is too casual.

Before he could finish his complaints, Wang Beiwang asked, "How did you sneak into the palace with your mediocre skills?"

"The clothes were not stolen from the palace."

"Where is that!"

"Zheng family."

"Why does the Zheng family have the Yellow Dragon Clothes?"

"The Zheng family wants to rebel."

"Is it the Zheng family that is hunting you down?"

"yes."

"Why do you want to steal the dragon robe?"

"We work for the Yang family. The Yang family wants to collect evidence of the Zheng family's rebellion."

During the rapid conversation, Zhang Yuanqing controlled his emotional reactions, making every sentence seem extremely real, countering Wang Beiwang's insight.

Wang Beiwang from the Yang family did not continue asking questions and fell into deep thought. He was shocked by the content of the questions and answers.

As a native of the capital and having been in the underworld for a long time, his perspective is different from that of ordinary gangsters and ordinary people.

The Zheng family is plotting something evil, while the Yang family is trying to catch a cicada. This involves power games and struggles at the highest level, which cannot be compared to the fighting in the martial arts world.

He believed that his "cousin Li Erdan" was not lying. At least, with his sharp mind, he did not detect any signs of lying.

Moreover, the three yellow dragon costumes were exquisitely embroidered and made of top-quality fabrics, and they were definitely from the palace or among the nobility.

These three "Li thieves" have some skills, but not much, and it is impossible for them to sneak into the palace. In comparison, it is more likely that they will sneak into the Zheng family.

Seeing Wang Beiwang's uncertain expression, his eyes rolling around in his sockets, as if he was in the middle of a brainstorm, Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Ten seconds later, Wang Beiwang withdrew his thoughts, suddenly looked at Jiang Jingwei, and asked, "Is what he said true?"

Jiang Jingwei nodded vigorously: "The truth."

Wang Beiwang's eyes suddenly became sharp as he looked at Zhang Yuanqing: "How dare you lie to me!"

He pulled out the sword suddenly, causing a splash of blood, and then he raised his wrist to stab the sharp sword into Zhang Yuanqing's chest. As a member of a gang and a swordsman who lives on the edge of a blade, he has always been decisive in killing.

Just as the sword was about to pierce his heart, Wang Beiwang suddenly stopped. Half of the sharp sword pierced into Zhang Yuanqing's chest and stopped before piercing his heart.

"You will still be useful if you keep it." He put the fine iron sword back into the scabbard.

Zhang Yuanqing felt relieved, knowing that his secret manipulation of the other party's emotions had worked at the critical moment.

After waking up, Zhang Yuanqing began to secretly influence the other party's emotions. Considering that the other party was a swordsman, he only made a superficial influence, making the other party feel that the "Three Li Thieves" were very useful and stimulating the emotion of making the best use of them.

The swordsman's emotions are the most difficult to manipulate, so he deliberately throws out a bunch of valuable information to guide the other party to explore and buy time for himself to manipulate his emotions.

As for the follow-up of Jingwei being "forced" to betray her teammates, it is not important.

The swordsman would not be stupid enough to ask only one person, and neither the Queen nor Jingwei had the means to restrain the power of insight, so it was normal for them to be found to be lying.

What Zhang Yuanqing wanted was not to deceive the other party, but to delay time so that the emotional manipulation could take effect.

Even though he was poisoned by cartilage powder and his limbs were tied up, as a traveler in the spiritual realm, as long as his inventory was not sealed, he would always have a chance to fight back, no, to escape.

Wang Beiwang wouldn't keep staring at them.

Just as Zhang Yuanqing was thinking this, he saw Wang Beiwang swinging the hilt of the sword towards his face.

“Bang!”

The hilt of the sword hit Zhang Yuanqing behind his ear, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Wang Beiwang knocked Jiang Jingwei and the queen unconscious in the same way and left the house.

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Zhang Yuanqing was awakened by a slight bumpy sound. He opened his eyes and found himself in a narrow carriage. The whole carriage was shaking with the rumbling wheels.

His hands were tied behind his back and his ankles were also tied. He was curled up on his side in the carriage. Lying next to him was Jiang Jingwei, and behind him was the plump and soft Queen of Touch.

“Huh!”

Wang Beiwang's surprised voice came from the front room of the carriage: "Li Erdan, you are the weakest, but you woke up the fastest. It's strange."

Zhang Yuanqing sat up with great effort, took a few breaths, and said with a wry smile: "Cousin, my brother and I have come all the way to Beijing to seek refuge, but you tied us up. Are you going to sell me and my sisters to a brothel?"

Wang Beiwang sneered: "The two sisters are not very pretty, they won't be sold for much money, but you are pretty, you can be given to a nobleman as a child prostitute."

The faces of Jingwei and the Queen were manipulated by Zhang Yuanqing using magic. Hiding their true appearance is the self-cultivation of a wanted criminal. Although this true appearance is not the real appearance of Jingwei and the Queen, it belongs to Lady Chu and Geji Wang.

The situation is not good. Zhang Yuanqing said, "Which nobleman's house are we going to? Cousin, tell me in advance so that I can be mentally prepared."

Wang Beiwang said coldly: "No need to test, you will know when the time comes. Don't play tricks on the road. If you dare to call for help, I will cut off your tongue."

What's there to be afraid of when cutting your tongue? When I see my aunt and Brother Hongji, a tube of Life Source Liquid will cure it! Zhang Yuanqing pricked up his ears and listened to the movement outside the carriage.

There are no loud shouts or noisy voices, and you can only occasionally catch the movement if you listen very carefully.

This is not a downtown area, the surrounding area is quite quiet.

Alas, there’s no point in shouting for help. Let’s wait until we pass through the downtown area!

Zhang Yuanqing sighed helplessly.

Unfortunately, he didn't find the opportunity until the carriage stopped.

Wang Beiwang's route was carefully planned and avoided all busy areas.

As the carriage stopped, Zhang Yuanqing, the Queen and Jiang Jingwei inside the carriage opened their eyes wide and listened attentively to the noise outside.

Zhang Yuanqing whispered, "Listen to me, Wang Beiwang should take us to meet the top leaders of the Qinglong Gang. I've already thought about it.

What a complete and perfect story to deceive the Qinglong Gang. I will use props to hypnotize you later and make you believe my story. As long as the high-ranking members of the Qinglong Gang are not swordsmen at the Saint level, we have hope of survival."

I was caught off guard and was attacked by Wang Beiwang.

We must not repeat the same mistakes again.

After parking the carriage, Wang Beiwang jumped down into the front room of the carriage. A few seconds later, Zhang Yuanqing and the other two heard a knock on the door.

After a while, the door opened and Wang Beiwang's voice rang out: "I want to see Elder Xu."

A deep voice came: "Elder Xu is practicing."

Wang Beiwang said: "It is extremely urgent, we need to see you now."

The other party was silent for a few seconds, then said, "I'll go and report, you come in first. There's a board behind the door, you lay it yourself."

The footsteps hurried away, and Wang Beiwang came to the door and moved out the boards, laying them on the threshold and steps, then led the horse and entered the house with a series of bumps and bumps.

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing had just finished hypnotizing the queen and Jingwei, and was struggling to put the pocket watch back into the inventory.

Wang Beiwang sat in the front room, watching over the three people, and instructed them, "You will meet Elder Xu of the Qinglong Gang in a little while. You should answer whatever he asks you. The Qinglong Gang will never kill innocent people indiscriminately, but if you dare to play tricks, Elder Xu's sword is not as soft as mine."

Zhang Yuanqing was startled: "Elder Xu is also a swordsman?"

Wang Beiwang's tone was filled with reverence: "My swordsmanship was all taught by Elder Xu. He was the one who introduced me to the art."

Did I rape Lingjing's mother? This made Zhang Yuanqing's heart sink to the bottom.

All the preparations just now were in vain.

The elder of the Qinglong Gang must be at the saint level. He didn't know whether the hypnotized Queen and Jingwei could hide the truth from the swordsman, but Zhang Yuanqing knew that he would not be able to hide the truth from the swordsman's insight.

At this time, he began to regret lending the red dancing shoes to Brother Red Chicken. Most of the props in the extraordinary realm require the body to operate, and it is difficult to use them when the body is weak and the hands and feet are tied.

The red dancing shoes are different. This thing does not require physical strength to be expended. When you put them on, you can fly over eaves and walls, and the dodge attribute is also high.

All professions in the two major areas of the Spirit Realm basically have no ability to fly or hide in the ground when they reach the extraordinary stage. After all, the extraordinary are just stronger than ordinary people.

Only a few, such as fire travel, night travel, and gliding, are not applicable now.

The red dancing shoes are a unique and regular prop.

At this time, a steady and serious voice came from outside: "Look north!"

A middle-aged man wearing a white robe, with his hair tied up with a wooden hairpin and his sleeves fluttering, looking like a Taoist priest, walked out of the winding corridor under the guidance of the doorman.

Wang Beiwang immediately jumped off the carriage and straightened his back: "Elder Xu, I have something to report. I went home yesterday and caught three Li thieves at home."

Although he was dressed elegantly, Elder Xu, whose eyebrows and eyes were extremely sharp, frowned and said, "The urgent matter you mentioned is the three Li thieves?"

Wang Beiwang untied the package on his back, placed it in the front room of the carriage, and said, "Elder Xu, please have a look."

The package was unpacked in front of Elder Xu, revealing a bright yellow embroidered with a golden dragon.

Elder Xu's pupils suddenly contracted, and he turned into a white shadow and rushed to the front room. He tightly grasped a yellow dragon robe in his hand and asked in a stern tone, "Where did it come from?"

"It was exactly what the three Xin thieves carried with them." Wang Beiwang cast his gaze towards the carriage.

Without further ado, Elder Xu grabbed Huang Longfu's hand and eagerly lifted the curtain.

Elder Xu's eyes swept across the queen's face and he asked in astonishment, "Zhu Fu? Aren't you in the palace?"

The queen was stunned, not understanding the situation.

Who is Zhu Fu? Did Elder Xu recognize the wrong person?

The next second, she realized something was wrong. This face was "sculpted" by the gang leader using illusion, and it couldn't be someone Elder Xu knew.

There is only one possibility, Elder Xu saw through the illusion and recognized her identity - Wang Geji.

Wang Geji is an assassin sent into the palace by the Qinglong Gang.

Elder Xu immediately looked at Jiang Jingwei and Zhang Yuanqing. When he saw the latter's face clearly, his expression changed and he said in a lost voice: "Stupid monarch!?"

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