On the second day of the third month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, at noon, Chang'an City picks up the star building]

At this time, a man and a woman walked in front of the door of the Star Picking Tower, the man was dressed in brocade and had a graceful demeanor, and the woman was tender and flattering in language, both of whom looked like they were about twenty years old. As soon as the shopkeeper in the star-picking building saw the man in brocade, he immediately ran over, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Roar! Lord Zhao is here, the little one is asking the prince to say goodbye, and the prince is inside!"

The person who came was Li Yi, the king of Zhao, and the one who followed him was Yiqing, the youngest female disciple of the "Yi" generation under the Emei faction. Li Yi saw the shopkeeper greeting him warmly, but he was not in a hurry to enter, but asked with a smile, "Is there a vacant seat upstairs?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Where is the prince, our 'Dengyun Pavilion' here, except for receiving the prince's car, no one can go up and sit!"

"Okay, let's lead the way ahead!" Li Yi said lightly, then led Yiqing and walked up from the lobby on the first floor of the Star Picking Tower, until he walked to the seventh floor before stopping. It turned out that the "Dengyun Pavilion" mentioned by the little two people in this shop was the top floor of this star-picking building.

The shopkeeper introduced Li Yi and Yiqing into the Dengyun Pavilion and took their seats, and then bowed down and retreated. Before long, I saw Xiao Er diligently send all kinds of refreshments, all of which were exquisite snacks with meticulous workmanship and fragrant and delicious. Seeing this, Yiqing couldn't help but be surprised:

"Brother Li, you didn't even say what you wanted to eat, so why did the people who ran the hall send these snacks?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "They know that I like light food, so they will send a few snacks first, Miss Yiqing, you try them first, and see if these snacks are still ...... your appetite?"

Yiqing gently pinched a piece of bean paste millet cake from Jiangnan with his right hand, and after eating a few bites, he couldn't help but nod and praise: "Hmm...... I've eaten a lot of bean paste cakes, but I've never tasted them so delicious!"

Li Yi smiled and pushed the other plates of dim sum in front of Yiqing, and said softly:

"There are also osmanthus cakes from Hangzhou, Yunni jujube cakes from Jinan, lotus silk gold leaf dumplings from Suzhou, and fragrant meat dumplings from Yunzhou, you can try it again......"

Yiqing was unceremonious, and the visitor did not refuse, and in just a moment, he sent all these exquisite dim sum in front of him to his mouth, and he was full of praise while eating.

Unexpectedly, before Yiqing Dim Sum was finished, the shopkeeper immediately served sixteen plates of more exquisite dishes, namely four cold dishes, four desserts, four stir-fried dishes, and four large dishes. The shopkeeper put the dishes away, and sent a pot of 30-year-old "Fenyang drunk", and asked diligently: "Lord Wang, do you want to make another pot of 'flower rain' ......?"

Li Yi knew that the shopkeeper meant that there were female customers in the seat, maybe she was not good at drinking, and she had a pot of Huayu famous tea, which could not only replace wine with tea, but also lose her elegance, so he naturally nodded to show that he was allowed, but when Yiqing heard this, he waved his hand and objected:

"I don't want to drink tea, Brother Li, with such a delicious wine, you can't enjoy it alone!"

Li Yi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he waved his hand at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper retreated. Li Yi personally poured a glass of Fenyang for Yiqing, raised his glass, and said with a smile:

"Miss Yiqing, this is the thirty-year-old 'Fenyang drunk', in the entire Chang'an City, except for this restaurant, I can't find any other house, come and come, you and I drink this cup to celebrate your fateful meeting, how about it?"

Yiqing was not to be outdone, so she also raised her glass and drank it with Li Yi, but the thing in her cup at the moment was Fenyang thirty years old after all, the wine was fierce, and a spicy smell rushed out of her nose, Yiqing couldn't help but choke a few times. She tried her best to cover her mouth and nose, pretending to be disdainful and said: "I said what's so great about this 'Fenyang drunk', you Chang'an people always have to praise it non-stop, if you drink it today, it's only like that for thirty years!"

Li Yi pretended to nod and said, "What...... Our Fenyang drunk in Chang'an, have you heard of it before?"

Yiqing blurted out: "It's not just that I heard, this girl has also drunk a lot!"

"Oh?......" At this moment, Li Yi couldn't help but be interested, and asked, "Aren't you people in the Daomen not allowed to drink? When you were in Shushan, you also drank this wine?"

Yiqing said: "Of course you can't drink in Shushan! I drank in Chang'an, just a few days ago, Sick Wood brought me here, he likes Fenyang the most, and I also drank several glasses!"

Li Yi couldn't help but be curious: "'Sick wood'...... Who is he? It turns out that Miss Yiqing has been to this restaurant earlier......"

Yiqing felt speechless, so he simply changed his words: "Hey, don't talk about this, Brother Li Yi, you said that you invited me to pick up the Star Tower today, you wanted to discuss a strange case in the capital with me, what kind of case is it, will make you, the famous Zhao Wangye, also have a lot of headaches?"

Li Yi put down his wine glass, couldn't help but sigh slightly, and said: "Miss Yiqing, I can't hide it, there have been several murders in Chang'an City recently, and the deceased were all killed by demons......

Yi Qing immediately interjected: "'Demon man'? Brother Li, do you mean that there are demons in the capital?"

Li Yi nodded and said: "Well, this demon's methods are extremely vicious, he (she) specifically targets young and strong men, and the person killed by him (her) is described as withered and atrophied, and its shape is like a dried corpse that has been stored for decades!"

"Breathing the marrow magic skill!" Yi Qing heard Li Yi's description, and immediately blurted out.

"Magic Trick ...... What kind of kung fu is this?" Li Yi couldn't help but wonder.

Yiqing said: "When I was cultivating in Mount Emei, I heard my master say that there is a very vicious kung fu in this world, called 'Breathing the Pulp Gong'. Those who practice this evil skill specially absorb the Yuan Yang essence in the body of young and strong men for their own use. I remember that the master also earnestly told me at the time, my Emei Sect, if I encounter a demon who cultivates this kind of kung fu, I must get rid of it quickly!"

Li Yi asked, "According to what the girl saw, this demon killed several young and strong men one after another, just to cultivate the magic skill of sucking the marrow?"

Yiqing said: "Well, according to Brother Li's words, most of those dead were young and strong men, and after death, they were described as withered and their limbs atrophied, looking like dried corpses for decades...... Most of those people were sucked dry of all the Yuan Yang essence in their bodies by the demon's 'marrow sucking skill'......" Yiqing paused, and then said, "It's just ...... Most of the people who practice this skill are from the demon clan, this is the Eastern Earth Divine Continent, and Chang'an is the capital of Daqian, so it stands to reason that there should be no monsters appearing!"

Li Yi waved his hand and sighed: "This is not easy to say, although the demon clan and the demon clan have always lived in Ximu Continent and Nanyu Continent, but they have coveted my Eastern Earth Divine Continent for a long time, and now it coincides with a great drought that I have not encountered in a hundred years, maybe, those monsters are taking this opportunity to sneak into my Daqian to make trouble!"

Yiqing raised his wine glass, took a shallow sip of Fenyang, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, I think you are too worried, right? Ximu Continent is full of swampy land, Nanyu Continent is full of volcanoes, in ancient times, in order to prevent demons from disturbing our world, the gods of the heavenly realm deliberately set up an enchantment on the border of the Divine Continent, the purpose is to seal the demons and demons in the wild swamps, so that they cannot enter the world of our human race. In the past 10,000 years, our human race and the demon race have been at peace with each other, how could it be that because of a small drought, the demons will enter the hinterland of our Chang'an? You must know that the Divine Continent Heavenly Enchantment laid by the ancient gods is impossible for ordinary demons to pass through......

When Li Yi heard this, he smiled, he immediately raised his wine glass and touched it with Yiqing, then raised his neck and drank it all, and said with a smile: "What Miss Yiqing said is very true! Maybe I'm too worried, this ancient heavenly enchantment is so powerful, even if the demons have one or two lucky people who have crossed over, they are just some little demons, not to mention, under the shroud of the mana of the ancient heavens enchantment, even if the demons enter my Divine Continent world, the mana around them is also sealed, and they can't ......use it at all."

Yiqing also grinned, and then said with a worried face: "But...... I listened to the master say that the ancient heavenly enchantment is not without flaws, there is an ancient artifact called the Xuanhuang Sword, this sword has the power to pierce the enchantment and pass through the void. Those who possess this sword can not only cut through the Heavenly Barrier with the sword, but also awaken the Blood Demon King Yuan Shen who was sealed by the Heavenly God at the extreme of Haotian...... If the demon finds that artifact Xuanhuang Sword, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Li Yi took another sip, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, girl, the Xuanhuang Sword will never fall into the hands of demons!"

Yiqing said curiously: "I have always heard rumors from people in the rivers and lakes that the Xuanhuang Sword is hidden deep in the Great Qian Palace, it turns out that this rumor is true!"

Li Yi nodded slightly while drinking, "Almost......"

Yiqing said worriedly: "Brother Li, however, even if the Xuanhuang Sword is hidden in the palace, it is not safe! Although the palace is heavily guarded, if you encounter a master who knows mana, it will be difficult to protect it." I think Brother Li should persuade your father to hand over the Xuanhuang Sword to you for safekeeping!"

"Leave it to me for safekeeping? Why is this? Does the girl think that I, Li Yi, alone can defeat the tens of thousands of armored soldiers in the palace?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"At least...... You can put the Xuanhuang Sword in the Divine King Pavilion, aren't you the personal disciple of the White Old Pavilion Lord? I have heard that the White Old Pavilion Lord is a divine dragon in the world, and except for my Shushan Master, his kung fu is almost invincible in the world. With him guarding the Divine King Pavilion, that Xuanhuang Divine Sword can be foolproof!" Yiqing said with a pout.

While drinking and eating, Li Yi frequently bowed his head and said, "The girl is reasonable! The next time I see my father, I will definitely talk to him." I said that the disciples of Shushan said that they wanted the emperor of Daqian to hand over the Xuanhuang Sword in his hand and put the divine sword into the Shenwang Pavilion...... Since the girl believes that your Shushan Master's kung fu is still above the Bai Lao Pavilion Master, this Xuanhuang Divine Sword should be handed over to your Shushan Sect for safekeeping, and it is truly foolproof!"

"That's right...... It's not that it can't be done, it's just that my master of Shushan has always been uncertain, I have been in Mount Emei for many years, and I have never seen half of my master, so I have to ask my master for this matter first...... However, in the final analysis, this Xuanhuang Sword is a thing of your palace after all, so it will be handed over to our Shushan, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid it's not very reasonable......" Yi Qingzheng was talking, peeking at it, but saw Li Yi beside her with a smile in his eyes, and she immediately realized that Li Yi's words of handing over the sword were just pure jokes. Yiqing was so anxious that he stomped his feet, pretending to be angry and said, "Okay, you big brother Li, I was kind enough to help you plan, but you still have the heart to make fun of me!

Li Yi hurriedly apologized and said: "Li Yi said Meng Lang, the girl is not strange! Just let me punish three glasses of wine, and I should make amends to the girl!"

After saying that, Li Yi raised his wine glass and drank three glasses of wine in a row, and then put the wine glass down. At this time, Li Yi's face suddenly turned straight, and he immediately said earnestly: "Miss Yiqing, I invited you to come today, but I actually have something to ask for!"