The Inner Hall

"Try again!"

In the Weiyang Palace, Zhao Wan was blown up while performing a spell, covered in blood and filth, and tainted with the aura of death.

When fine black hairs peeked through her skin, Zhao Wan had no choice but to use her Law Power to constantly cleanse her body.

The new emperor frowned and spoke, and Wang Zang quickly winked at Dong Zhongshu.

Wang Zang and Zhao Wan came from the same school; both were students of Shen Pei, the contemporary Confucian master. Not only were their cultivation levels similar, but their studies were also similar.

It was clear that Wang Zang would also find it difficult to please Zhao Wan, who had failed to accomplish her task.

Dong Zhongshu, however, was quite different from other Confucian scholars. He not only studied arts but also martial arts and constantly explored all sorts of strange and unusual techniques. His knowledge was more complex and profound than theirs.

However, Shen Pei disliked Dong Zhongshu's unconventional approach to spiritual practice, believing that Dong Zhongshu's unorthodoxy was not conducive to the inheritance of Confucianism. The two often had opposing views and debated each other within the sect.

As students of Shen Pei, their relationship with Dong Zhongshu was hardly close.

But the current situation is truly beyond Wang Zang's ability to resolve. He can only hope that Dong Zhongshu's strength is more than his words, and that he can fulfill the new emperor's entrustment.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Wan and I studied very closely together. If Zhao Wan suffers a defeat, I fear it will also bring bloodshed to the Weiyang Palace. I have heard that Erudite Dong..."

"Your Majesty, my humble servant was crushed and coughed up blood a few days ago when my house collapsed. I was able to observe and investigate, but I lacked the strength to fight back!"

When Wang Zang made the recommendation, Dong Zhongshu, as usual, politely declined.

This caused the new emperor's gaze to sweep over Wang Zang, and then over Dong Zhongshu.

What those two people said was indeed true.

Wang Zang was the Crown Prince's tutor and had taught the new emperor many times in the past. The new emperor knew that Wang Zang's abilities were similar to those of Zhao Wan.

The Crown Prince had traveled to Lingnan with Dong Zhongshu and was familiar with Dong Zhongshu's tracking techniques.

However, Dong Zhongshu's recent return to Chang'an has been unsuccessful. Not only did he suffer from swelling mouth due to the change in environment, but he was also injured by a house that was damaged by rain. As a result, he was unable to perform to his full potential.

One of them lacked the necessary skills, while the other possessed the skills but was in poor physical condition.

He couldn't force Dong Zhongshu to engage in such a contest of magic, so he could only suggest that Wang Zang give it a try first.

Hiding in the palace and waiting for Shi Wudao to retreat was not in his nature, nor was seeking help from the Empress Dowager and others.

The new emperor knew that many people were watching him, and some were even there to watch the spectacle, which led to a series of incidents during Emperor Jing Jing's mourning period.

Shi Wudao is a tough opponent, but there may be even more troublesome adversaries to come.

The appropriate measures to take or the counterattack to employ require careful consideration. If someone were to capture a mid- or high-ranking horse or chariot in Chang'an City with a lower-ranking horse or chariot, he would be the loser.

The second body carried in was that of a palace maid. Her eyes were bulging, her sharp teeth were protruding, her fingernails were sharp, and her body was covered in black hair. She was completely different from her previous docile appearance.

At this moment, she made a very strange "hoarse" sound, her body was pulled by the corpse energy and struggled uncontrollably, but she was bound by ropes and could only move very little.

This is the medium Wang Zang changed for casting the spell. Compared to the corpse Zhao Wan needed, the palace maid in the present moment was not completely dead, but was only half-dead due to the corpse energy guided by the Technique Method.

Wang Zang took a silver needle, and after chanting incantations and casting a spell, the silver needle was inserted directly into the center of the woman's head.

"I have determined the location of her Three Yangs and Five Meetings, and controlled the central part of her body, so that it will be difficult for that Corpse-Destroying Path to use it for evil!"

Having learned from Zhao Wan's experience, Wang Zang was extremely cautious when performing his magic, directly immobilizing the palace maid's body. Whenever Shi Wudao wanted to use the corpse energy to detonate the palace maid to disgust people, the corpse energy would spray out along the places where his silver needles were inserted.

"Uh-huh!"

The palace maid let out a muffled groan, and her cloudy eyes regained some clarity.

Her bewildered eyes glanced at the ceiling of the Weiyang Palace, then gradually at Wang Zang and the others. When she noticed the black hair floating on her body, she immediately erupted into a hysterical scream.

"Heaven and Earth are boundless, Yin and Yang borrow their power!"

Wang Zang ignored the screaming palace maid. He took a small knife and slashed the maid's wrist, smearing the dark red blood onto a token.

A dim red light appeared on the token, and then dark gray corpse energy rapidly condensed and continuously coiled around it.

"This token is connected to the medium, which belongs to the yang aspect, while Shi Wudao belongs to the yin aspect, which controls the medium. As long as the connecting Law Power is sufficient, this token will fly out to find Shi Wudao!"

Prime Minister Wei Wan bowed his head and explained, while the Imperial Censor, without looking away, took a bamboo scroll and slowly unfurled it. After infusing it with Law Power, a barrier of faint Law Power light appeared.

If the palace maid's body were to explode uncontrollably, this barrier would at least prevent blood from splattering in front of them.

Several other ministers showed subtle changes in expression and made small, discreet preparations.

"Go!"

Wang Zang waited a few dozen seconds before tossing the token into the air.

Under the pull of the force, the token, shimmering with a faint red glow, flew out crookedly.

Passing through the main gate of the Weiyang Palace, the token slowly flew towards the inner hall.

"Is it from the late emperor's side?"

Li Guang frowned, his bow and arrow following the direction of the token, but the force was undoubtedly less than intended.

"Inner Temple?"

Cheng Bushi frowned deeply.

The Weiyang Palace was guarded by officials of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, while the inner hall where Emperor Jing's coffin was located was guarded by officials of a lower rank, with Wang Zang and others undoubtedly forming the main force among them.

However, the transfer to the Weiyang Palace moved these people to a different location, which may have given Shi Wudao an opportunity.

"Does Shi Wudao intend to destroy the late emperor's remains?"

Cheng Bushi his greatsword. He repeatedly had the urge to go inside the palace, but his duty to guard the new emperor prevented him from leaving without permission.

This left Cheng Bushi but to entrust everything to Li Guang.

He could not go there, but Li Guang's arrows could.

Li Guang and Cheng Bushi each had their own thoughts, and some of the high-ranking officials in the Weiyang Palace had already changed their expressions.

Whether relying on their eyes to observe or on their senses to make judgments, the faces of the crowd were ashen, and most of them already understood the situation.

However, Wang Zang's tracking token had not yet fallen to the ground, and no one was willing to speak rashly.

"Life is truly unpredictable; I died and came back to life. Emperor Jing was perfectly fine when he killed me, but now I'm completely dead!"

The tracking token kept approaching the inner palace, but Shi Wudao's voice kept drifting in the direction of the East Palace.

Without Emperor Jing, you are nothing but a bunch of useless cowards who wouldn't even dare to leave the house!

When he spoke again, Shi Wudao's voice came from the direction of Chang Le Palace.

As a streak of purple light flashed across Chang Le Palace, his voice quickly disappeared in the direction of Chang Le Palace.

"I've heard that the Corpse-Eating School has a dismemberment technique that can create puppet substitutes. Their true body is hidden somewhere, and they probably speak by borrowing the voices of these corpse-infected beings," Li Guang said in a low voice.

"Was Wang Zang's judgment true or false?" Cheng Bushi asked in a low voice.

"It's not a question of truth or falsehood now!"

As the token drew closer to the area inside the palace where Emperor Jing's body was placed, Li Guang loosened and loosened the bowstring in his hand.

He was merely doing his duty by shooting Shi Wudao, but shooting Emperor Jing's remains was a capital offense.

"It's really not a question of truth or falsehood now!"

Inside the main hall of the Weiyang Palace, a strange smile flickered across the face of the hysterically screaming palace maid before she spoke in a low voice.

Her eyes gleamed with an eerie green light as she stared at Wang Zang for a few seconds. Then, she opened her mouth and spat out a mixture of blood and her tongue like an arrow towards Wang Zang.

"Hey!"

Standing beside Wang Zang, Dong Zhongshu observed and investigated very carefully, and immediately marked any unusual activity with Technique Method.

Then, the Law Power of the high-ranking officials in the imperial court pressed down on them.

The moment the manipulated palace maid spat her blood onto Wang Zang, the numerous corpse energies on her body were instantly obliterated by the pure Law Power of the crowd.

As the numerous zombie-like anomalies on her body rapidly faded, the last vestiges of her life force were also extinguished.

Wang Zang blushed, and the chest he had just been hit by the palace maid's vomiting blood felt tight again. The backlash from the forced interruption of his Law Power made him spit out a mouthful of blood.