Night had fallen, and cicadas chirped incessantly within the palace. Inside Lady Mingzhu Tide Banshee's room, the shadows danced.
Blood-Clad Marquis Bai also stood at the window, gazing at the hazy, swaying shadows hidden behind the gauze curtains.
The room was dimly lit, relying entirely on an expensive candle on the round table that emitted a musky, calming scent that aided blood circulation.
A slightly harsh yet alluring voice echoed in the room. Blood-Clad Marquis Bai Yifei turned around and silently left, a sudden pang of regret rising in his heart.
A beautiful flower stuck in cow dung!
At the spot where Blood-Clad Marquis Bai Yifei had left, Xiao Tian and Madam Mingzhu remained standing from beginning to end.
"As expected of Your Majesty, my cousin couldn't even see us. But I'm very curious, what is my cousin staring at that fairy bed for?" Lady Mingzhu's beautiful eyes sparkled as she gazed at Xiao Tian.
"Hehe, you don't need to know. In short, Marquis Blood-Clad will not doubt the true identity of King Han. As usual, I have other matters to attend to." Marquis Blood-Clad Bai Yifei had been completely controlled by Xiao Tian's illusion technique using the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan as soon as he entered the room.
Hearing that Xiao Tian was leaving, Lady Mingzhu looked resentful.
"Your Majesty, apart from cooking, in what way am I inferior to Hu Meiren? If you can spend the night at her place, why can't you spend the night at mine?"
"How can that be the same? You are my partner, while Hu Meiren is just Hu Meiren." Xiao Tian curled his lip and disappeared.
Xiao Tian had no desire to accept Lady Mingzhu's tactic of exchanging money for 'rent'; he needed Lady Mingzhu to do something ruthless for him.
Inside the Purple Orchid Pavilion.
Young Master Shang and Han Fei chatted happily in a room.
The main purpose of Young Master Shang's visit to Han was to meet Han Fei, a prominent disciple of Xunzi. After a debate with Han Fei about the world, Young Master Shang developed a desire to recruit Han Fei and offer him amnesty.
In another location, Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie sat facing each other, drinking tea.
"This night is very long." Wei Zhuang turned his head and looked out the window at the horizon, where a Mingyue hung high and dark clouds were gradually swallowing it up.
" Xiao Zhuang, let's go then." Gai Nie stood up with his sword in hand, shooting out of the window like a bolt of lightning.
Wei Zhuang was not slow either, flashing like a Lightning Instant.
As the moonlight faded, two lightning-fast figures chased each other through the curfew-bound Xinzheng City, eventually arriving at a sparsely populated alleyway.
Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie seemed to be of one mind, instantly engaging in battle, sparks flying from their swords as they fought with all their might.
"Oh wow, interesting."
Xiao Tian, in the state of Ruyi Divine Ability - Invisibility Technique, witnessed the battle between the two brothers, Guigu Vertical and Horizontal.
Gai Nie is a successor of the Vertical Sword, while Wei Zhuang is a successor of the Horizontal Sword. The previous generation Guiguzi was one of the Vertical and Horizontal Swordsmen, and he was the one who decided the outcome.
The duel between Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang was evenly matched. They fought back and forth, and before long they had gone from the streets and alleys to the top of the tallest building in Xinzheng City.
The dark clouds in the sky were gradually pierced by the Mingyue, and the moonlight shone on the top of the tower, making the two swords of Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang shine with a cold light.
" Hundred-Step Flying Sword!"
" Sweeping Across Eight Directions!"
Xiao Tian was excited, and both Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang unleashed the strongest secrets of their respective cultivation paths.
Xiao Tian had experienced Gai Nie's Hundred-Step Flying Sword technique; it was very powerful!
If Gai Nie were older, the young Sword Saint Gai Nie, few in the world could withstand his Hundred-Step Flying Sword strike, and even if they could, they would inevitably be on the verge of death.
The Hundred-Step Flying Sword has mastered time and space!
In Xiao Tian's view, that was a pseudo-domain technique.
Xiao Tian was too far away to perceive the specific effects of Wei Zhuang's "Sweeping Across Eight Directions," but he had to admit that the special effects of the two profound techniques were incredibly explosive, like a burst of wood.
The silver-white sword energy collided instantly with the ring-shaped scorching sword energy, cutting off a layer from the top of the tower, which was still crumbling.
A huge commotion!
"Ding! Witness the clash Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang using their ultimate techniques! World Fragment *1!"
Xiao Tian was secretly pleased. Luckily, he hadn't returned to the Purple Orchid Pavilion in time, or he would have suffered a huge loss.
Although a curfew was in effect in Xinzheng City and the streets were deserted, the night patrol team was very efficient and quickly sealed off the tower. Unfortunately, the culprit had already left.
"So we've arrived?"
In a dark alley, a pair of eyes, filled with cold light, stared at the light of the explosion atop the tower, discerning some crucial information.
You can't escape.
"The bees will swarm this city! Sooner or later, they'll find you!"
"Excuse me, I'll interrupt for a moment." The sudden voice sent chills down the spines of those in the darkness, making them feel as if they had been stared at by a demon, their Blood One cold, as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and their limbs going numb.
Under the dim moonlight, Xiao Tian, who was on his way back to the Purple Cloud Pavilion, had amazing hearing and heard the sound of a large number of bees spreading, so he rushed over.
"How could I let you leave?" A person appeared from the darkness, with a cold expression. He was a middle-aged man carrying a bamboo basket and dressed like Beekeeper.
Xiao Tian's eyes were filled with pity and mockery.
"Putting aside the issue of you killing me, let me ask you this: is it fun for a mere shell to exist in this world?"
"What do you mean?" the Beekeeper frowned.
Xiao Tian stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the Mingyue in the sky, and murmured, "A shadow living in darkness, unaware that it has long since died, inseparable from its form, its heart belonging to another body, multifaceted Linglong."
"Now that you've discovered me, I can't let you live any longer," the Beekeeper sneered.
Countless bees swarmed over, transforming into killer bees that instantly engulfed Xiao Tian.
A golden flame swept through, blasting the killer bees into dust. Xiao Tian turned and walked towards the Beekeeper.
"I don't need to say much to you, after all, a being like you is an energy source." Xiao Tian sneered, his Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan appearing.
When the Beekeeper saw Xiao Tian's nine- Tomoe pale gold Rinnegan, an uncontrollable fear erupted within him, and memories surfaced.
"I... I'm already dead."
Eight Exquisites!
The Beekeeper was originally part of the assassination plot against Cheng Jiao, a traitor to the Qin State. However, his partner, Li Wu, a dancer, fell in love with Cheng Jiao, causing the plot to fail and leading to his untimely death.
The Beekeeper's figure twisted and turned into a ball of black light, then shattered into black wisps, which were absorbed into Xiao Tian's Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.
At this moment, Xiao Tian felt that his soul strength had increased slightly.
" The Eight Exquisites are missing one, but they should all be here by now," Xiao Tian muttered.
"Why did you kill him?" A child's cry rang out, accompanied by a small ball rolling to Xiao Tian's feet, revealing a cute little boy.
From other directions, the old woman, the mighty general, the assassin, the ugly middle-aged man, Cheng Jiao, and the seven figures of Eight Exquisites arrived.
One of the young and beautiful girls caught Xiao Tian's eye.
"What a pity, they don't even qualify as wandering souls." Xiao Tian shook his head.
"What are you all hesitating for? Once I've dealt with you, I'll break the Cursed Seal that seals the darkness."