The Battle of the Imperial City (Twelve): Jiang Lan Escapes

Inside the imperial city, Wei Jin led Jiang Lan and flew rapidly toward the palace gates.

He didn't dare to fly in mid-air at all, for fear of revealing his and Jiang Lan's presence.

Actually, he was overthinking it; even if he kept his figure hidden the whole way.

Several other people followed their scent and flew quickly toward them.

However, the people behind them only followed from a distance and did not try their best to intercept them.

Before long, Wei Jin brought Jiang Lan to the palace gate.

At this moment, the palace gates were already tightly closed, Wei Jin carried Jiang Lan directly over the city wall.

"How dare you trespass into the palace!" A loud shout came from inside the palace.

Before long, a group of soldiers dressed as guards surrounded them.

When the head of the guards, a Seventh Rank Martial Practitioner, saw that it was Wei Jin who had entered, the tense expression on his face immediately eased.

However, when he saw that Wei Jin was carrying their Emperor Jiang Lan, his expression immediately changed. "Eunuch Wei, what happened to the Emperor?"

"No need for further words, quickly take your men and guard this place." Wei Jin left these words behind, then his figure flashed and disappeared from the spot.

The guard captain watched Wei Jin's disappearing figure, his expression changing slightly. Before he could make a decision, two more figures suddenly appeared on the city wall.

The guard captain quickly leaned down, pretending not to see.

The two newcomers were so powerful that they hadn't even gotten close yet.

The aura emanating from them was enough to make him tremble.

Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue didn't even glance at the guards; they followed the scent left by Wei Jin.

Watching Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue walk away, the head of the guards breathed a sigh of relief and was about to stand up.

But then two more figures with equally powerful auras flew in. This time, the guard leader immediately lay down on the ground, not daring to even breathe.

The two Grandmaster Elders of the Haotian Sect glanced at the guards and then flew away.

This frightened the guards so much that they lay prone on the ground, too afraid to get up or move, lest more powerful Jianghu figures enter.

The guard captain felt as if a long time had passed and no one had come in again, so he quickly stood up and led his soldiers to hide in the bushes of the nearby garden.

He has made up his mind that he will not come out until this storm has completely subsided.

Wei Jin led Jiang Lan directly to the entrance of the main palace. After opening the palace gate, the two flew inside.

Inside the palace, there were still some eunuchs and palace maids who stayed Eunuch Bureau.

After the two stopped, Wei Jin put Jiang Lan on a chair next to him and then patted the door of the palace hall.

A series of mechanical clicks sounded, and soon after, an iron fence rose from the ground, enclosing the entire palace.

"Your Majesty, wake up! Someone is chasing us!" Wei Jin shook Jiang Lan, then released a burst of energy into his body, speaking anxiously.

Jiang Lan slowly woke up, not having time to think much.

They immediately sensed that two powerful auras were rapidly approaching from outside.

Jiang Lan quickly stood up and walked towards the back of the main hall.

The eunuchs and palace maids nearby quickly followed. Wei Jin glanced at them and then patted the giant pillar of the main hall several times.

Several more mechanical clicks sounded, followed by Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue's angry shouts from outside.

It turns out that Wei Jin's subsequent actions were to activate an attack mechanism.

Wei Jin ignored Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue outside and hurriedly walked towards the back of the main hall.

At this moment, Jiang Lan had already moved the large bed in the palace, revealing a tunnel entrance underneath.

The eunuchs from the Eunuch Bureau were the first to go in, and then the palace maids tried to go in as well.

Wei Jin waved his hand, shooting out several swords of vital energy that killed all the palace maids. Then he struck out several more times, destroying the evidence of their deaths.

Jiang Lan walked into the secret passage without even glancing at it.

Those palace maids were just his usual servants, none of them were martial artists. Now that he was fleeing for his life, taking them with him would only be a burden.

Wei Jin was the last to enter the secret passage. Before closing the door, she moved the large bed back and then completely sealed the entrance with an iron plate.

This secret passage leads directly outside the city. This is because the palace was originally designed not far from the northern city wall of Tiancheng.

This was dug up by Jiang Lan's father as a backup, so that it could be used one day when they were escaping for their lives.

He didn't end up using it, but he did use it for his son.

After Jiang Lan and Wei Jin entered the secret passage, Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue fought off the traps and attacked the iron fences outside the palace.

Following behind, the two Grandmaster of Haotian Sect, Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue, exchanged a glance after entering the palace before parting ways.

One continued chasing after Wei Jin and the others, while the other flew towards the imperial palace's treasury.

Their strenuous stakeout wasn't solely for capturing Jiang Lan.

When the Grandmaster of Haotian Sect, who was tracking Jiang Lan, arrived at the palace, he saw Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue being attacked by traps.

The entire palace was surrounded by an iron fence. Judging from the fact that the iron fence had been attacked by Fu Yunyue for so long and there were no marks, it must have been made of top-quality iron.

He immediately sensed something was wrong, so he quickly retreated and flew towards the back of the palace.

Since Wei Jin and Jiang Lan had run all the way here and even set up a mechanism to block them.

They must have arranged a secret passage to escape from the palace long ago. With no other option at the moment, he could only try to use his Divine Sense to sense the passage and see if he could find it.

As he sent out his Divine Sense to search for Jiang Lan and the others, a dozen or twenty Grandmaster poured into the palace.

After these Grandmaster entered the palace, they dispersed and began arresting members of the royal family.

Two of them headed towards the palace because they heard noises coming from that direction.

Outside the palace, with the help of the Grandmaster who arrived from behind, Tian Zhu and Fu Yunyue finally managed to break through the outer mechanism after half an hour.

After the entire group entered the palace, they discovered that Jiang Lan and Wei Jin had completely disappeared.

Jiang Lan and Wei Jin's group flew along the secret passage for about half an hour, passing through many pre-planned checkpoints along the way.

After they passed, the reserved checkpoints were activated one by one to block any potential pursuers.

Moreover, the glowing beads in the secret passage automatically disappeared after they left.

Finally, they arrived at a secret room together, and Wei Jin led the way into the room.

Wei Jin fumbled around on the door of the secret room for a few moments, and with a series of clicks, the entire secret room was soon lit up.

Jiang Lan and the others went inside and saw that the entire secret room was filled with a large number of Exotic Beast cores, various rare and precious treasures, and all kinds of cultivation techniques and secret manuals.

It turns out that this is the true treasure trove of the entire Great Qian Imperial Family; the treasure trove on the ground was merely a smokescreen.

Afterwards, Wei Jin led the Eunuch Bureau to pack up some essential items and left the secret room.

After everyone came out, Jiang Lan nodded to Wei Jin.

Wei Jin walked to the side of the secret room, slapped his hand, and a series of mechanical sounds rang out. Then, he directly destroyed the entire mechanism.

After doing all this, Jiang Lan and Wei Jin disappeared through the secret passage.