In the middle of the night, a little rain fell in Xingqing City, which washed away some of the scorching heat.

This light rain came at the right time, not to mention the starlight, not even a little moonlight can penetrate the black clouds. Taking advantage of the dark clouds and the bleak moonlight, Xu Huaigu, who had sneaked into the palace, wore black clothes and secretly spied on him.

He thought about it all night last night and decided to find out what kind of mystery was hidden in Xingqing City as soon as possible. So after leaving Yu Qin this morning, he came directly to the Xingqing Palace.

As Lin Cangyang said, although the official position of the emperor's imperial attendant is not of high rank, because he can often see the emperor, his power is not small. With this identity, Xu Huaigu easily blended into the palace, and got a piece of armor from the imperial chamberlain in the Supply Division.

Later, after asking a few guards patrolling the streets and alleys of the palace, he also managed to find the place where the imperial courtiers lived, and he was temporarily settled in the palace.

He still remembered the envious eyes of those ordinary guards looking at him, and he couldn't help but wonder how much power the imperial front had to make ordinary guards so envious.

In fact, the work of the imperial guards is simpler than that of ordinary guards, and they are only used as guards when the emperor travels in the early dynasty. The emperor traveled very rarely, so the imperial guards basically carried out the work of escorting in the early dynasties. But the early dynasty was carried out in the innermost hall of the palace, where could there be an accident?

Therefore, this work has always been undertaken by some noble children who have no real skills, which is no wonder that those guards who need real knives and guns are envied.

However, when Xu Huaigu came in, he also found some clues.

First of all, the atmosphere in the palace is very strict, and after Xu Huaigu came in during the day today, except for the patrolling guards and palace maids, he almost didn't see officials. And as a newcomer, he was not less interrogated, but fortunately, with Lin Cangyang's token, he dealt with them one by one.

The second is that he saw several Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes in the palace, but they were not the Taoist robes of the Zixia Sect, they should be the native Taoist sects in Dayu China.

Xu Huaigu was a little puzzled, generally speaking, the Taoist sect pays the most attention to dust, and the mountain sect and the mountain dynasty will not have any intersection. And the appearance of this group of Taoist priests is just contrary to common sense.

Especially at such a tense juncture, what is the origin of this group of Taoist priests who can live in the palace? What is the purpose of their coming here?

These questions are also what Xu Huaigu wants to know, but what he is most concerned about is Bai Xiaoyu's situation. Although he refuted Lin Cangyang's remarks at the time, he actually really felt that Lin Cangyang didn't lie to him.

But before seeing Bai Xiaoyu with his own eyes, he would never deny the possibility that even a trace of Bai Xiaoyu had nothing to do with this matter.

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The imperial palace of Xingqing City is a large boundary, accounting for about one-tenth of the entire Xingqing City, in the form of a long and narrow north and south. The inner city of the palace is about two miles from north to south, and about one mile from east to west, with a total of five gates, which is breathtakingly magnificent.

In particular, the straight tower in the palace that rises straight into the clouds is the most eye-catching.

The tower was covered in inky black, layer upon layer, towering directly into the clouds.

There are no frills or carvings in the tower, just a very plain black color, which looks very different from the golden majesty of the rest of the palace. However, those who know the inside know that this simple tower is the last weapon used by the Great Yu Kingdom to deal with the invasion of the demon clan.

This tower was built by a master of formation during the Great War 500 years ago, with a total of nine floors from top to bottom, each floor is nine zhang high, a total of nine hundred and eighty-one zhang high, extremely magnificent. Each of these layers has a key formation connection and collusion, and there have always been nine layers, which can not only play a protective role, but also attack, and the power is extremely good.

The defensive array in the palace uses this tower as the eye of the formation, and then uses the architectural formations of several other places to build a large array. That day, the assassin of the Eight Realms was discovered under such a magic circle, and was seriously injured by the combined force of the formation and Qi Chaoshu and escaped.

Qi Chaoshu is the martial artist of the Eight Realms who guards the royal family all the year round in the Dayu Kingdom, and the only remaining martial artist of the Eight Realms in the Dayu Kingdom has already built a defense line in the south at this time.

Lu Zijin, a monk of the Nine Realms of the Military Family, who actually had some relationship with Xu Huaigu, was not in Xingqing City at this time, he seemed to be in trouble in the south, and he was confronting the people of the Demon Sect, so he had no time to take care of the situation of the royal family on the side of Xingqing City.

So at this time, the strongest force of the entire royal family in Xingqing is this Qi Chaoshu.

And the most amazing thing about this tower is that the whole body is made of a giant log.

This tree is called Jianmu, and it is said to be a bridge between the gods in the sky and the mortals underground.

The tree is ten thousand feet high, and there are no branches under it, and there is no shadow under it.

It is also said that the building wood is a world of its own, flowers, birds, insects and beasts, mountains, rivers and clouds, everything, is a great creation in the world.

But it does exaggerate the usefulness of building wood. If there is really a legend so magical, where else can a monk move it here to build a magic circle?

In fact, this building tree is indeed an ancient thing, and it is also a very rare tree species. In fact, these ancient things had already been extinct in the living world thousands of years ago, and this building tree was also transported from the only ancient secret realm in the world in the Qingli Islands, but it took a lot of effort.

The Qingli Islands have always been mysterious, and they are probably one of the most unpredictable places in the world. Legend has it that the Qingli Islands are located on the vast sea between Middle-earth and Dongfuyaozhou, and they are also located in the most central location from the perspective of the entire Middle Territory. It's just that no one has ever been able to say its exact location, and they only say that if they want to enter the Qingli Islands, they can only rely on chance.

If you are close enough to the Qingli Islands, fishermen and woodcutters can enter it. If the Qingli Islands don't want you to enter, it's useless to let you be a monk of the Nine Realms.

As for the monks of the Ten Realms and the Eleventh Realm, they didn't know if they could forcibly enter, because all these monks had never publicized to the outside world the slightest news about the interior of the Qingli Islands.

It is said that there is an ancient secret realm on the islands, which contains many ancient things that exist out of the present world, and there are many immortal soldiers and pills that the monks of the eight realms and nine realms are greedy for. Therefore, many monks from the Eight Realms and Nine Realms rushed to find the Qingli Islands, but very few were able to go to the island.

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Under the eaves of a courtyard, Xu Huaigu clinged to the damp walls of red bricks, carefully distinguishing the sounds of conversation inside the house.

The light rain outside the eaves seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops continued to drip from the corners of the eaves, and gradually, the drops of water connected into a stream, which flowed down and smashed on the bluestone slabs on the ground.

The house that Xu Huaigu was in at this time was the residence of the Taoist priests he saw today, and it was a post station located in the easternmost part of the palace to entertain foreign guests.

Xu Huaigu felt that the origin of this group of Taoist priests was very strange, so he decided to start his investigation from here.

At this time, it was already late at night, but the light and shadow of the flickering candle flame could still be seen in this room, so Xu Huaigu came here to spy here.

There was a middle-aged man's voice inside, very urgent: "Old man, why are we doing this?" To do such a thing with our identity is to lose the face of Taoism. ”

A hoarse voice replied to him: "Do you want to be a Taoist face?" We are in the Taoist lineage, and you cannot deny this wherever you go in the future. However, the emperor has an incurable disease, and I have to help him continue his life. ”

The man's voice was anxious: "But, old man, your decades of cultivation are going to be abolished, aren't you distressed?" ”

The hoarse voice was a little helpless: "What's the use of my self-cultivation?" High is not low, in this cultivation realm, it is the most annoying. Also, last time our sect had a feud with the people of the Wind and Fire Gate, and now they are all looking for the mountain gate, what are our chances of winning? ”

"So what are we doing here in Xingqing? If you dissipate your cultivation again, sir, won't we be even worse! I went to see the face of the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom today, the dragon qi is dirty, it is really exhausted, and I don't know what is the use of finding a monk to renew his life like this, this has always been a big taboo in the cultivation and secular world, even if he renews his life, he will be punished by God! ”

The hoarse voice said, "This is also a way to help. The royal family must have the hardships of the royal family, and we also have the hardships of being busy. My cultivation in the Seven Realms is gone, you can still continue to practice and make up for my place in the sect. But I earned a great royal favor for the sect, which is a hundred years of luck. Others are worried that the cultivation will be abolished, but I am not afraid. When the time comes, there will be no external troubles, you will be able to cultivate easily, and when the sect will be strong, you will not have to be afraid of being bullied by other sects. ”

There was a loud bang, and it was the man who slammed his fist on the table.

He said angrily: "It's all useless for me, I joined the sect because of your love, old man, but you have always been concerned about the sect and paid for the sect, I am really ashamed!" ”

The hoarse voice finally said with relief: "It's okay, don't blame yourself." As long as you have the determination to contribute to the sect, you will work hard to cultivate in the future and contribute to the sect in the future, you know? ”

The man said firmly, "It must be so!" ”

It didn't take long for the candles in the room to go out, leaving nothing but darkness.

Xu Huaigu began to think.

Listen to what they mean, Lin Hongzhi is now seriously ill, so he is looking for a monk to forcibly continue his life? It seems that the situation in Dayu Kingdom is indeed very bad, and most of Lin Hongzhi's illness is also caused by the people of the Demon Sect.

Lin Hongzhi's situation has been investigated, but Xu Huaigu doesn't want to go back yet, he hasn't found Bai Xiaoyu yet, and he has to stay in the palace for a few more days.

In the room just separated from Xu Huaigu by a wall, the man and the owner of the hoarse voice both looked in the direction where Xu Huaigu was standing, their eyes full of banter.

The two were speechless, but they spoke to each other in the lake of their hearts.

"Why don't you kill him?"

"Huh...... Now he can't die yet, and he has to rely on the plan he gave us......"

"The icing on the cake."