Strange

The new emperor only experienced having all the talismans on his body activated once in his life.

That time, he was assassinated by Kong Ning in Lingnan, and then Zhu Jiuyin's clone descended upon him.

Rao never expected that he would experience the full activation of talismans for the second time in Chang'an City.

He used to leave the palace, and after the Red Empyrean Sword incident, his whereabouts became even more unpredictable.

In some people's eyes, this shows that the new emperor is not afraid of difficulties after obtaining the inheritance of the Red Empyrean Sword. Only the new emperor knows that he wants to minimize accidents as much as possible to prevent the fake Red Empyrean Sword from being used against him.

His right hand gripped the hilt of the sword, while his body rose and fell back and forth.

The powerful energy of the talisman provided him with strong protection, but the countless chaotic Law Power energies and scattered power also made it difficult for the new emperor to move.

He stared wide-eyed down at his body.

It was a long, thin white silk ribbon, like a bolt of lightning, but it slashed across his stomach like a large knife.

Without talismans for protection, the new emperor was certain there was a 99% chance he would be cut in half by this white silk.

The white silk ribbon struck in vain, disappearing in an instant, like a fleeting dream.

"Yes... yes..."

Suddenly, he remembered that Emperor Jing had repeatedly denied killing Chao Cuo, and that Chao Cuo's cause of death was being cut in half at the waist by an assassin.

The chaotic surge of Law Power from dozens of talismans made it difficult for the new emperor to speak.

He pointed into the courtyard, feeling as if he were only one step away from discovering the identity of this secret assassin.

Damn it!

Upon seeing the new emperor attacked, Li Guang was furious.

He would rather be injured himself than have the new emperor attacked and killed. The former would only result in physical injury to him, while the latter would almost certainly implicate his entire family, leaving them with no place to live in the Great Han Dynasty.

He cursed under his breath.

On one hand, he was cursing the ruthless attacker, and on the other hand, he was cursing the Empress Dowager for taking his Heaven-Shaking Arrow and not returning it, otherwise he would not be so timid today.

Li Guang reached into his quiver and found three arrows already nocked on the bowstring.

He reached out and pulled, and the three feathered arrows, arranged in a triangular shape, transformed into streaks of light and fell to the ground.

The music in the courtyard grew increasingly intense, like a violent storm, while the howling and wailing sounds took on a sharper edge.

"Excellent archery skills, but the arrow itself is a bit lacking!"

The arrows fell like streaks of light, then collided and shot out in three directions.

The wailing and howling stopped abruptly, while the violent, stormy piano music transformed into a surging, turbulent tide.

The low voices drifted through the courtyard, praising Li Guang's archery skills while undoubtedly tinged with a hint of disdain.

"I'll let you experience the taste of a good arrow!"

Li Guang drew his arrow again, his mind clouded with uncertainty, yet he had no choice but to pull the bow once more.

"Emperor Jing didn't trust you, so he used your Heaven-Shaking Arrow as a burial offering, and now he wants to give me good arrows? Heh heh heh!"

A strange laugh rang out, seemingly tinged with disdain for Li Guang's threats.

"Even without the Heaven-Shaking Arrow, I still have three Cloud-Piercing Arrows, enough to kill a monster like you!"

Li Guang shouted, but he did not fire the three arrows in his hand.

The first shot was a probe, the second shot was a matter of life and death. If the three arrows had not taken the enemy's life, there was no need to shoot again. Even if three more arrows were shot, the enemy would either dodge or withstand the damage, and would not be defeated.

"You shouldn't be a member of the Yin-Yang School. Who are you?"

Li Guang's gaze swept over them.

The expert lurking in the shadows gave Li Guang a sense of the difficulty of the Yin-Yang School's puppet invisibility technique, but the Yin-Yang School excelled at manipulating silk puppets, not this kind of ghostly wailing as they danced with white silk.

"Sima Xiangru, this man is seeking revenge against you. You should know who he is?"

Li Guang's biggest fear was that inadequate defense would lead to the death of the new emperor, and secondly, that he would fight a battle without any clear cause or effect, without even knowing who his opponent was, making it difficult to investigate the aftermath.

He cautiously protected the new emperor while constantly scanning Wei Qing, who was searching for his opponent's true form, within the courtyard.

But let alone finding the sorcerer in secret, Li Guang didn't even see Sima Xiangru wife.

He shouted, but the music that filled the courtyard like a surging tide did not stop, Sima Xiangru did not answer his question.

Sima Xiangru in the house, but Li Guang couldn't see him at all; he could only hear the continuous sound of his zither.

At this moment, the music suddenly became loud, completely different from the soft, flowing music before their arrival. It must have disturbed the neighbors, because the lights in two nearby houses came on.

Combined with the dim light and Wei Qing's persistent lantern, Li Guang felt that the house was filled with all sorts of unsettling and mysterious things.

"Sima Xiangru, someone's asking you a question, so why don't you answer it!"

The low voice was clearly also searching, but after a long stalemate, it still couldn't find Sima Xiangru.

The house was not large, only about 500 square meters, but in this limited space, Sima Xiangru and the others seemed to have disappeared, with only the sound of the zither heard but no one in sight.

The assassins who carried out the attack were also difficult to find, as they remained hidden.

Holding his sword, Wei Qing Qing's tiger-like eyes scanned the entire courtyard.

The lantern he carried illuminated almost the entire area, but Wei Qing did not find his opponent, not even Sima Xiangru was playing the zither.

Wei Qing gently poked at the window with his sword. The inside was pitch black, but some tables and chairs could be seen when the lantern shone through.

But there was no sign of anyone in the room.

He looked back and saw that the gate had been closed at some point.

Apart from the occasional conversations between Li Guang and the hidden man, all Wei Qing could hear was the sound of the zither and the mournful howls of the Yin Soul.

"Demons and monsters, reveal yourselves at once!"

Wei Qing reached out and took the sword. He chanted an incantation, and a blood-red aura mixed with a faint purple hue continuously condensed on the sword's blade. A wisp of wind began to surge on the edge of his precious sword.

It took Wei Qing nearly two minutes of chanting to finally activate the wind Incantation Technique.

No one interrupted his spellcasting. The wind and waves gradually rose, and within a radius of several hundred meters, the wind and waves continued to roll under Wei Qing's command, causing some dry items in the courtyard to be swept up.

"There!"

A strange sensation of controlling wind Incantation Technique surged into Wei Qing's mind, his eyes widened, and the wind waves guided by his sword swept towards three corners of the wall.

"A mere Divine Ability Realm, if not for Li Guang..."

The low sounds were mixed in with the wind and waves, and then gradually became inaudible.

Just as Wei Qing was about to assume the other party had left, three arrows with a brilliant purple hue caught his eye.

"Guards, return immediately!"

Li Guang's shout came as if something had been broken, and Wei Qing couldn't help but shiver.

He suddenly awoke to find himself standing quietly, holding the lantern and the sword. He hadn't activated any wind Incantation Technique; everything he had imagined was just his imagination, and nothing had actually happened.

The real situation has shifted outside the house.

Wei Qing leaped towards the gate.

He intended to jump over the closed gate and out of the house, only to find that the gate had been opened at some point, or perhaps it had never been closed after he pushed it open, but he subconsciously perceived it as closed.

As Wei Qing leaped up, attempting to jump out of the courtyard, he also saw the new emperor standing on the carriage, his body radiating brilliant light from the talismans.

Another wall stood between Li Guang and the new emperor, and the sudden change in terrain made Wei Qing's eyes somewhat uncomfortable.

As Li Guang angrily drew his short sword and began slashing wildly, he couldn't help but shout for Wei Qing to quickly return, steer the carriage, and escape from this place to avoid further escalation of the danger.

He drank several times, and Wei Qing, who was slowly searching in the courtyard, belatedly came to his senses and then began a rapid defensive retreat.

This relieved Li Guang.

But before he could exhale, a hint of surprise crept into his earlier murmur.

"It's not that Old Bai Marquis of Pingyang. To have Li Guang guarding you, you must be His Majesty!"

The new emperor had so many talismans on him that their dazzling light was beyond the level of protection expected for a king or noble.

The man in the low voice initially didn't take the new emperor seriously, but when the talisman's light shone on him and he could clearly see the emperor's face and the carriage's markings, he made a different judgment.