Infiltration

Aloeswood Palace.

One gray-brown building after another.

Everywhere you look, you can see people coming and going in the open temples, with pilgrims and Daoist priests going in and out.

Cheng Hui followed the garden outside the corridor, stealthily flew past, and soon crossed the patrolling Daoist's route, entering the innermost living area of Palace Master.

Within the entire Dao Palace, Zhang Rongfang's daily living area was just a small circular area, divided into five small buildings.

These small buildings were combined together, enclosed by a wall, and a sign reading "Crane Dwelling" was hung at the entrance.

Cheng Hui listened carefully against the wall, and after confirming that no one was around, he flipped over and climbed over the left wall of Crane Dwelling.

Each room in the courtyard has a nameplate.

The study is Study Room.

The main dining room is Five Flavors Pavilion.

The place for practicing martial arts and cultivating one's skills is the Endless Yard.

There was also a place for alchemy, medicine making, and storage, called Qihuang Pavilion.

Finally, there is a place to rest and sleep – Sincere Heart Residence.

Cheng Hui slowly leaned against the wall to steady himself, glancing at the two strong Daoist priests who were dozing off outside Sincere Heart Residence.

I looked around, but no one was paying attention to this side.

With a light tap of his foot, his body moved silently, like a ghost, covering more than twenty meters in an instant, and his hands precisely touched the back of the heads of the two Daoist priests.

Two soft sounds rang out, and the heads of two people lolled to the side as they lost consciousness.

He did not kill anyone.

Sometimes, the subtle traces of blood and qi produced by a dead person can reveal more clues.

But if it's a coma, it's similar to a nap or sleep, at least the heartbeat and breathing are still there.

It is not easily detected.

Gently support the two of them and let them lean against the wall of the house.

Cheng Hui gently pushed the door; it was locked from the inside.

He looked down at the keyhole, took a metal rod-like object from his waist, inserted it into the keyhole, and with a click, opened the brass lock.

The door slowly opened inwards.

Cheng Hui took a deep breath, slowed his pace, and entered.

He remained expressionless, checked the mechanisms and traps, and only after confirming that there were no problems did he rapidly unleash his movement technique.

He immediately lunged towards the wardrobe under the bed.

With a series of lightning-fast strikes, he silently smashed the bedside table, wardrobe, and small table.

This quiet, concealed palm technique was another unique skill he practiced besides the Golden Roc Secret Record — the Great Silence Palm.

This martial art was once a treasure of the Eastern Sect, and very few people could learn it. Later, he discovered it, studied it diligently, and has now finally mastered it.

After the bedside table broke, many of the packages stored inside were exposed.

Cheng Hui reached out and, with his gloved left hand, took out the packages and unfolded them one by one.

Inside were numerous secret manuals, identity Wen Die, and even a handwritten copy of the Golden Toad Skill, along with a pile of small black porcelain bottles containing elixirs.

"This is it." He rewrapped everything, picked up the items, and quickly walked out of the room.

"Who?!" someone suddenly shouted from outside the courtyard. "A thief has broken into Sincere Heart Residence!!"

Cheng Hui's expression remained unchanged. He quickened his pace, leaped, and jumped out of the door.

Bang!

In an instant, a burly figure appeared in the courtyard outside and struck him with a palm strike.

The newcomer was dressed in a Daoist robe and wore White Jade Ruyi Crown. When his palm struck down, his aura was powerful and astonishing.

As soon as it got close, it brought out a strong wind that made Cheng Hui's face sting.

Cheng Hui raised his hand and unleashed Great Silence Palm, meeting the opponent's palm head-on.

Bang!

The two exchanged a single blow.

The Daoist coughed up blood and flew backward. He was defeated in the blink of an eye and lost his fighting ability.

It's just a regular External Medicine.

Cheng Hui estimated that he did not unleash his full power, but only injured his opponent, so as to save enough strength to escape from the Aloeswood Palace.

After defeating the Daoist priest, he tapped the wooden pillar behind him with his toes and dashed towards the courtyard wall like an arrow.

As soon as he reached the wall, the hair on the right side of his skin suddenly stood on end, and he immediately rolled over.

Bang! Three shots rang out in quick succession, hitting the spot where he had just been standing.

Not only that, before Cheng Hui could catch his breath, gunshots rang out again and again.

Cheng Hui dodged to the left five times, narrowly avoiding five sniper shots.

On the sixth time, he took a step, used the wall for leverage, leaped into the air, drew a diagonal line, flipped over the wall, and landed outside.

Bang bang bang!!

Just then, a barrage of gunfire erupted outside.

A storm of bullets rained down on Cheng Hui's body in mid-air.

In a flash, he flicked his right hand, and a thick black leather cloth unfolded beneath his forearm.

The leather cloth, with its immense spinning force, pulled out a piece that covered most of his body.

Puff puff puff.

Amidst the dense gunfire, Cheng Hui landed heavily.

Laugh!!

The instant he landed.

Suddenly, an extremely sharp and dangerous feeling exploded in his heart.

Without thinking twice, Cheng Hui rolled to the right on the spot.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Three specially made crossbow bolts struck him precisely where he landed.

One of the crossbow bolts was unavoidable and grazed Cheng Hui's side, leaving a trail of blood.

He grunted and continued sprinting away into the distance.

With the Golden Roc Secret Record's movement technique activated, and given his current speed and the complex environment of the Dao Palace, no one could stop him along the way.

With a few leaps, Cheng Hui disappeared among the Dao Palace.

Inside the Crane Dwelling.

Zhang Zhenhai, wielding a powerful crossbow, led First Squad men and quickly entered to investigate.

"What's missing?!" she demanded sharply.

"The documents stored by the Palace Master and the pills she takes daily are gone!" Several maids in charge of the inspection bowed and answered, their faces pale.

Immediately after Cheng Hui left, they rushed over to check the situation and look for the missing items.

"What a scoundrel!" Zhang Zhenhai pulled down the edge of his mask, recalling Cheng Hui's speed and agility just now.

She worked with more than ten sharpshooters to snipe, but the enemy managed to escape each time.

The final arrow she fired was a deadly move they had painstakingly designed and planned.

Unexpectedly, the other party dodged it just like before, and he only suffered minor injuries.

"Where is Mr. Chen?!" Zhang Zhenhai asked in a deep voice.

"I'm here." Chen Han, gripping the hilt of his sword, hurried over.

He had just been patrolling other areas when he heard the commotion and rushed over.

But it was too late.

Chen Han quickly understood the current situation and was immediately alarmed.

"Daozi's identity Wen Die and the pills he took were stolen!?" Having followed Zhang Rongfang for so long, he had actually noticed that Zhang Rongfang had quite a few secrets of his own.

Most of the time, he would just turn a blind eye, and in his daily life, he would often deliberately go easy on people to avoid taboos.

But who would have thought that this attempt to avoid suspicion would actually lead to trouble?

"Daozi went out to find the Main Herb with great difficulty, and now he has gone to great lengths to refine a batch of pills, only to have them stolen!?" Chen Han's expression was solemn.

"It's nothing!" Zhang Zhenhai said in a deep voice. "The Palace Master's stolen documents were just counterfeit ones. The real identity Wen Die were all hidden by me personally. No one else knows where they are except me."

"I also have a backup of the newly refined pills," she said succinctly.

Chen Han immediately turned his head to look.

He had seen Zhang Zhenhai and Daozi grow closer over the past few days, but he never expected it to have reached this point.

But because of this, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"That would be best, otherwise we wouldn't know how to explain ourselves to Daozi when Daozi returns."

"The Palace Master had anticipated this and placed forged documents and other items in his room beforehand to prevent anyone from entering and stealing or searching," Zhang Zhenhai said earnestly.

She glanced at Chen Han.

"But even if nothing happens, we can't let our guard down. This time, the other side was just unlucky and didn't notice anything wrong with the items."

But what about next time? We can't pin our hopes on someone else's carelessness.

"Miss Zhenhai is right!" Chen Han nodded. "Second Squad, come with me to search the surrounding area for the thief!"

He immediately led his men to search the surrounding area.

Zhang Zhenhai remained where she was, recalling the man's movements from just now, and the more she thought about it, the more familiar it seemed.

Suddenly, a flash of Ling Guang struck her.

"Golden Wing Tower!?"

That's the Golden Roc Secret Record!

The Golden Roc Secret Record Manual has a very distinctive movement technique, moving like a large bird, swooping down and taking off into the air.

It has extremely high linear speed and requires the coordinated extension of both arms to execute.

She hesitated for a moment, then led First Squad skilled fighters to patrol the area.

My Foster Father and the experts from the Thousand Stone Sect have all gone to sea, so now only a few of them are protecting this place.

The Dao Palace was completely empty, so she now had to take responsibility and guard the heartland for the young master! *** "The Aloeswood Palace has been attacked?!" On the ship, Zhang Rongfang frowned as he looked at the Dao Palace subordinate who had just received the intelligence via Bird Message.

"What exactly happened?" he asked in a deep voice.

Dao Palace, there are the Golden Toad Skill pills that he had painstakingly refined.

I'll wait until I accumulate more Attribute Points before consuming it, to avoid losing too much health, which would be less than 200.

Unexpectedly, the Western Sect, having gathered so much fighting power on the sea, still had the strength to launch a sneak attack on the Aloeswood Palace.

"It should be a backup plan from the Western Sect, a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain. It was probably planned long ago," Zuo Han said in a deep voice from the side.

He had just absorbed Kong Wu the Sea Dragon King's Spirit Thread, and now his skin seemed to glow with a youthful radiance.

Clearly, the large amount of replenished Spirit Thread also benefited him to some extent.

"The Sea Dragon King was abandoned Kong Wu alone. Where did the Western Sect's subsequent forces get the audacity to lure him away from the mountain and launch a split attack?" Zhang Rongfang shook his head slightly.

"What does the Crown Prince mean?" Zuo Han looked at him.

"Either other forces took advantage of the situation, or it was the private behavior of some individuals," Zhang Rongfang replied.

He looked up and gazed at the distant sea.

The seawater was constantly being parted by the bow of the ship, creating tiny white splashes.

"However, no matter what their background is, we'll settle accounts with them when we get back."

"Now that the Western Sect have been settled, the entire territory of Citong is still ours."

Zuo Han nodded silently.

Indeed, they even killed a Grandmaster of the Western Citong. Who in the entire Western Sect Grandmaster Kingdom can withstand the Crown Prince's might now?! All the strange storms and demons will be suppressed once they return!

The ship continued its journey without stopping, with everyone rowing at full speed to accelerate.

They managed to shorten the original two-day sea voyage to just one day.

It was almost evening. We finally arrived at Ci Tong Port.

Disembark at the largest eastern Dock.

The people from the Aloeswood Palace were already waiting to greet us by the roadside.

Zhang Rongfang disembarked and quickly boarded the welcoming carriage.

Thousand Stone Sect and the others went down the second ladder of the ship, pretending to be ordinary passengers and not knowing each other.

"What exactly is the situation?" Zhang Rongfang asked solemnly, looking at Zhang Zhenhai inside the carriage.

"They are from the Golden Wing Tower! And their movement technique is the Golden Roc Secret Record, which is extremely advanced. It is above the Spirit Envoy!" Zhang Zhenhai knelt in front of him and answered with his head bowed.

"It was Zhenhai's dereliction of duty that prevented him from discovering the other party's whereabouts in advance! Please punish me, young master!" She said solemnly, awaiting the punishment to come.

Allowing thieves to sneak into Crane Dwelling, such a private place, is undoubtedly a dereliction of duty by their patrol team.

"It's alright." Zhang Rongfang's expression remained unchanged as he gently rubbed her head. "A master of the Golden Roc Secret Record at the Super Grade level has a movement technique that you can't stop."

Given that person's skill level, the subsequent patrol would probably be dozens of miles away by now. It's perfectly normal that you couldn't find him afterwards."

"Young Master," Zhang Zhenhai said solemnly, "This matter is Zhenhai dereliction of duty. In any case, there can be no order without rules. I beg you to punish him severely! Otherwise, if similar incidents occur again in the future, we will not be able to convince the public!"

Zhang Rongfang wanted to say something more, but Zhang Zhenhai's pretty face remained solemn, she understood what she meant.

"Fine. Tell me, how should I punish you?"

With a hiss, Zhang Zhenhai suddenly pulled out a Dagger and stabbed himself in the abdomen.

The blade sliced through the flesh and pierced the abdominal cavity, causing blood to flow out.

Thud. She pulled out the Dagger, her expression unchanged. With one hand covering her wound, she presented the Dagger to Zhang Rongfang.