by Zhi Bai
An Chengli was an extremely smart person to begin with, and after hearing An Zheng's analysis, he reacted as well, "That's right … This person must have his own plans, so he didn't want the empress dowager to find out about the Xiao Qi Dao so quickly. This person should be very clear that Empress Dowager Su would obviously not let others know that he was controlling the King. Thus, he knew that the moment she became useless, Empress Dowager Su would be the first to kill him. Thus, this person knew her life, so she had to live one more day than the King. As long as the King is dead, Empress Dowager Su will definitely kill him. "
An Zheng replied, "That's right, this person knew what would happen to him. That's why he suppressed the news … The question now is, who is this person and what is he planning to do? "
An Zheng thought for a while before his eyes lit up: "I know how to investigate … The reason Empress Dowager Su used this method to control the King was definitely because the Empress Dowager Su did not know of this person in the past. In other words, this person had just entered the Embroidery Palace not long ago. Or perhaps, after entering the Embroidery Palace, he had never received any attention from anyone. So, as long as there is a way to find out who Empress Dowager Su has met more often in the recent days, it would not be difficult for that person to surface. "
An Chengli said: "That's right, if we think like that, it is not hard to find this person. "But I can't do anything about it, I'm already unable to return to the palace …"
Halfway through his words, he suddenly stopped as he looked at An Zheng with a strange expression, "I know who it is … Embroidery Palace's newly promoted Chief Eunuch, Zhen Dao! Zhen Dao was a person who cared about face the most. When he was the Chief Eunuch, he would wander around everyday. He liked the feeling of being respected. However, after the incident with the Gao Clan's assassination attempt on the King, Zhen Dao had not shown his face for many days. He was always in the palace, but he could not be used.
An Zheng said: "When Li Changlu is here, of course I won't let him get up. But Li Changlu would keep him, and push him out when Empress Dowager Su needed it. Oh right, Li Changlu is dead, I killed him. "
An Chengli laughed: "I guessed it."
An Zheng: "If we find Zhen Dao now, there should be a way to save the King and Nie Qing as well. "He is a man of iron. If he knew that he was being controlled, he would definitely be in great pain after he woke up."
An Chengli shook his head: "It's easier said than done, even if one was able to enter the Embroidery Palace, he would still not necessarily be able to see Zhen Dao. Now he had to find a place to hide, not to mention, for his own safety, he might not even stay in Embroidery Palace. The Empress Dowager Su will also send experts to protect and monitor him … If you want to save the King and Nie Qing, you need to bring Zhen Dao out alive. "
An Zheng remained silent for a while before saying, "I will think of a way to deal with this matter. Don't leave the Martial Academy for the next few days. Don't pretend to be a craftsman. Sooner or later you will be found out. In the future, you will live in this library, and no one is allowed to go up to the third floor. Right now, the people maintaining order in the martial academy are all my people from the Heavenly Awakening Sect, I have arranged for people to protect you.
An Chengli cupped his fists and said: "Thank you, Anzhu."
An Zheng supported him and said, "What are you thanking me for? I didn't even thank you after you helped me for so many times."
After An Zheng made the arrangements, he rushed back to the Heavenly Awakening Sect. Since he knew that the Xiao Qi Dao was in danger, An Zheng didn't dare to waste even a second.
After returning to the Heavenly Awakening Sect, and hearing that Nie Qing had come, and had stood in the courtyard for an hour and then left, An Zheng also felt that it was strange. He thought about how he had felt that someone was watching him from the shadows while he was on his way to the Martial Arts Academy. Most likely, that person was Nie Qing. Nie Qing went back to the Heavenly Awakening Sect after entering the Martial Arts Academy. He wanted to capture the Xiao Qi Dao, but why didn't he do so in the end?
The people of Heavenly Awakening Sect would never stay on guard against Nie Qing. If Nie Qing suddenly attacked, the Xiao Qi Dao would be in danger. Fortunately, he had made his judgement beforehand and allowed the Great Mother Ye to live in the Heaven Defying Seal.
Just when An Zheng and his sister guessed who was the one controlling Swallow King, Zhen Dao was also about to die.
The black-clothed old man stood behind Zhen Dao, not saying a word.
Zhen Dao opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the old man, "You are in such a hurry to make a move? I thought I'd live at least another year. "
The black-clothed old man coldly said, "Originally, you should be able to live for a year, but I've seen through your tricks, so there's no use in keeping you alive." You should regret it, if not for you jumping out yourself, who would have known that you were a Silver-Needle Gu? Maybe you're already regretting it... No one else can be blamed. "
Zhen Xiao Dao laughed bitterly: "Indeed I regret it. Back then, I really wanted to climb up too much, when Li Changlu went missing, I felt that a chance had come, so I rushed out to see him … I even more never thought that the bodyguard that the Empress Dowager Su had arranged for me would be able to see through my plan so quickly. Therefore … Even though you were wearing a mask, I still guessed who you were. Why did you help her? Let me think... Could it be that the evil creature is yours? "
Zhen Dao's smile turned bright, "Then no wonder, Empress Dowager Su's taste is really heavy. But have you thought about how long you can keep Mu Changyan alive once I die and you continue to control him? "
After a moment of silence, the black-clothed elder said, "I'm different from you. She won't kill me."
Zhen Dao's smile turned from brilliant to mournful. "Hahahaha …" You are really naive. Make your move, I will wait for you below. I want to … We'll meet in a year at the slowest. Or perhaps, it won't take that long? "
Chapter 251 - Whatever You Think About
After An Zheng finished explaining everything to the Heaven Defying Seal, he sat cross-legged in a quiet place and thought.
Although everyone had the power to protect themselves, the Heavenly Awakening Sect had become stronger. However, the enemy was the State of Yan's empress dowager, and might even include those court officials. That was why the Heavenly Awakening Sect was still too weak. An Zheng had to protect everyone well. He was the parent, the backbone of everyone. Thus, at this time, he had to make himself stronger as soon as possible.
As the cultivation level among the Heaven Defying Seal grew higher and higher, the effect became worse. Furthermore, the speed at which the cultivation realm of the Heaven Defying Seal was increasing was simply too slow. An Zheng was already at the ninth stage of the Sumeru Stage. However, An Zheng knew that he was different from others. He had too many matters and too many shackles.
If he wanted to raise his cultivation as quickly as possible, there were only two methods.
The first was to find a rare secret realm. It was said that there were extremely rare secret realms in the world, and the weather was much denser here than in the outside world. Cultivating in this kind of secret realm was much faster than cultivating outside. However, such secret planes were extremely rare, and there were very few of them in the entire world. The ones that were discovered had already been occupied by the powerful clans. Even a top family power in a small country like State of Yan simply didn't have the strength to compete.
An Zheng knew that a total of four secret realms had been discovered, and two of them were occupied by the Da Xi royal family. The other two areas were also occupied by the super families. Therefore, it was obviously impossible to find a secret realm to cultivate in as soon as possible.
Secondly, he had to develop his own potential. If he used medicine, he could raise his cultivation realm in a short period of time. However, even if it was a
Purple-Rank Pellet, it could not allow a person to experience a huge leap in their cultivation. Generally speaking, Golden-Rank pills that are extremely precious can raise one's cultivation level by ten to twenty minutes, which is already not bad. An Zheng was curious about the door in his body, but unfortunately, he didn't know how to open it more.
After thinking for a long time, An Zheng was also unable to find a solution. Right now, the situation was getting more and more serious. If he couldn't increase his cultivation as soon as possible, he wouldn't be able to protect everyone. He had Purple-Rank Divine Artifact s on him, but with the Lower Completion Stage, he was unable to unleash the majority of its power.
An Zheng lowered his head and looked at the Blood Pearl on his wrist … The Blood Pearl Bracelet s were hiding the Holy Fish Scale s, the Depressing Sword s, and even the Twin Twin Life Trees. Their Purple-Rank was also purple, but they were unable to unleash it.
It was also at this moment that An Zheng suddenly heard a long, faint sigh.
"You …" How could he peacefully cultivate when he was being pestered by so many complicated and mundane things? It's already heaven defying for you to be able to have your current level of cultivation and yet you want to advance even faster. "
"Who are you?"
An Zheng was surprised, but he quickly calmed down. He knew that his Blood Pearl Bracelet was extraordinary, the blood and vitality of the Blood Pearl Bracelet in his hands would be reversed several times. He felt that it was probably because of that dried corpse that helped him. However, the rumors about the Blood Pearl Bracelet were too illusory to begin with, so An Zheng did not feel that it was entirely true.
"You have."
The voice directly appeared in An Zheng's mind, but An Zheng was very clear, the voice came from the Blood Pearl Bracelet.
"That … Senior Corpse? "
"Hehe …" This form of address is truly unsuitable for humans. However, it is of course not important to address me like that. After all, I was like that the moment you saw me. "
"Thank you for your help."
"Hypocrite …" You know full well that I relied on your blood energy to recover. "
"Help each other. Senior has also helped me a lot."
"But you're dying, it's not easy to find someone interesting like you. So after thinking about it, I think it's best for me to help you. "
The voice paused for a moment, "Arrange a matter for yourself. I'll get someone to bring you back to Mount Cang Man tonight. If you want to increase your strength as quickly as possible, you can't just sit here and let your imagination run wild. I really want to see how good your potential is, and I haven't seen such an interesting little friend of yours in so many years. "Since I can't leave you now, I might as well help you."
An Zheng was quiet for a moment, then said: "Thank you, senior!"
The voice asked, "You don't doubt it?"
"Suspect what?"
"Doubts that I might have done you harm."
"If senior wants to harm me, do you have to go through so much trouble?"
"You have guts. Someone will come to pick you up tonight. I will arrange for an acquaintance of yours to cultivate together with you. "
"Who?"
"You'll know when the time comes."
The voice stopped abruptly and did not appear again.
An Zheng stood up and went to arrange everything. He knew that there might be danger, but he had no choice. In this situation, only by becoming stronger would he be able to protect those he cared about.
When night fell, An Zheng would sit in his room and wait. Since that person said that he would send someone to pick him up, there must be a way. However, An Zheng waited until midnight before making a move. To be exact, it was An Zheng who saw the person who came to pick him up. An Zheng kept looking out the window, and when he turned around, he discovered that there was someone standing in the room. This person had already been standing there for who knows how long, so he curiously sized up An Zheng.
"You are?"
"I am."
Without waiting for An Zheng to finish asking, the young swordsman who looked to be in his twenties grabbed An Zheng's clothes: "Let's go."
An Zheng felt a bit dizzy. When he looked again, he was already very, very high above the ground. It was already deep into the night, and when the distance between them had already reached such high that An Zheng could not even see the lights from below, he couldn't help but be a little flustered. But at this moment, his feet suddenly steadied. It was unknown what he was stepping on.
Only after An Zheng came back to his senses did he realize that this was actually a chariot parked at such a high altitude in the air. The night was dark, and An Zheng was unable to see the pattern on the chariot. However, that ancient aura made An Zheng's heart somewhat waver in an instant. It was as if he was in the ruins of an ancient battlefield, and he could still feel the brutality of the ancient battle from the ruins.
The chariot was made of pure bronze, and the patterns on it were complicated. When An Zheng got closer, he realized that the shallow marks on the patterns were actually like slots in blood. When the blood splattered on the chariot, it would flow down the groove … An Zheng felt a bit of blood in his nose, as if thick blood was flowing down the clean chariot.
"Go in."
The young man with the sword on his back said this and then took the lead to enter the chariot.
Before An Zheng entered the chariot, he turned around to take a look at the thing that was pulling the carriage. It was very big and black, so it did not look very real in the night. The thing released a terrifying aura, judging from An Zheng's experience, the thing with the least amount of strength could be compared to a Lower Completion Stage Ranker. Right at this moment, the thing turned its head to glance at An Zheng. An Zheng was able to see it clearly in that instant … It was the legendary black qilin!
An Zheng's heart trembled.
When he was at Da Xi, the most mystical demon beast he saw was a Level 7 Fire Qilin, the mount of the Holy Emperor Chen Wunuo. However, Chen Wunuo had also said that there might not be any true purebred Qilins in this world. It was rumored that in the great war between the demons and the cultivators, almost all the top grade demonic beasts and even those that could be called divine beasts would participate. After that battle, not only did the cultivators and demonic cultivators perish, even the top-grade demonic beasts and demonic beasts perished.
From then on, there were no more Divine Beasts in the world.
An Zheng didn't know if he was mistaken, but the Black Qilin pulling the carriage seemed to be stronger than the one from Holy Emperor Chen Wunuo. And Chen Wunuo's Fire Qilin had already been tamed like a horse by him.
Only after entering the chariot did An Zheng realize how huge the space inside was. It was comparable to a palace. The walls around him were made of steel and had a lot of small holes. An Zheng guessed that the armoured soldiers could use these small holes to shoot crossbow bolts. But these small holes couldn't be seen outside the war chariot. The interior was dozens of times larger than the exterior.
"You are?"
An Zheng cupped his fists and asked.
"Sword slave."
That young man sized An Zheng up curiously: "I have already forgotten my name, I only remember that I am a sword slave. Do you know how lucky you are? "
"I don't know."
An Zheng shook his head.
The young man could not help but sigh. "It's good to be ignorant …" The living people of this world had already forgotten the fear of the past. However, this was a good thing for them. And your good fortune is that Master will actually open the secret realm for you alone … That secret realm has not been opened for at least three hundred years. Even if Young Master initially wanted to enter, Master did not agree. "
"Who is your master, and who is the young master?"
Before the sword slave could speak, an oil-paper umbrella was placed down in the corner of the chariot. Chen Shaobai l
aughed and said: "His master is my father, and I am his young master. Now do you understand why I have been helping you? "
An Zheng's expression changed, and then he realized how stupid he really was. If he had linked Chen Shaobai and the desiccated corpse inside the Mount Cang Man earlier, he would have understood it already. But in An Zheng's subconsciousness, even if he had clearly felt that Chen Shaobai and that person had some sort of connection, he was still unwilling to admit it.
"Only an idiot would be so shocked."
Chen Shaobai stood up and waved: "Thirteen, go drive."
The sword slave nodded: "Yes."
Chen Shaobai walked in front of An Zheng, and looked at him up and down: "I don't think you're stupid, but why can't you think of it? And I've already warned you, the reason I'm helping you is because you can't die. If you die, what about my old man? He has waited so many years and yet he did not meet a single fated person. How could he let you so easily burp? "
An Zheng: "How many years is it since we waited for so many years? Are you an old monster who has lived for a long time? "
Chen Shaobai shrugged his shoulders, "I've been waiting for a while... Seven months in a year? "
An Zheng: "How many years is that?"
Chen Shaobai: "Since things have gotten to this stage, are you making a fuss over a year and a half? Get down to business … Don't say that I didn't warn you, the opportunities and risks in this world are proportional. That's right, my father could open a secret realm that no one else knew about, and within that secret realm, his strength would increase rapidly. However, the danger involved was so great that even cultivators of the Lower Completion Stage would die without a doubt if they met one. "So you should think about it before you get anywhere else, whether you want to go or not."
"Let's go."
An Zheng replied without hesitation.
Chen Shaobai: "You are also a gambler, but you actually forbade gambling."
An Zheng said: "Why can't I?"