Chapter 1072: Capital City’s Situation! |
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When Tang Li Xue was busily recording her last words as the dying emperor, the situation at the Capital City of Great Wei had become more and more chaotic instead.
After Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia helplessly witnessed how the Imperial Palace suddenly disappeared from the Capital City, they decided to look for Shao Ying.
Unfortunately, Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia did not have any clues about Shao Ying’s whereabouts, so they decided to find Ji Xuanming and his team first.
Xi’er knew the inn where Ji Xuanming and his team were staying, so she immediately took Yaya and Lucia there.
Many buildings were engulfed in flames.
Countless corpses were scattered everywhere on the streets.
Numerous rogue cultivators were fighting and killing each other as they looted the shops, such as the Spirit Treasure Shop, Talisman Shop, Pill Shop, and so on.
The Patrol Guards, City Guards, Jinyiwei Guards, Yamen Runners, and so on were too busy fighting against the anti-government factions, so they did not have time to protect so many civilians or catch the rogue cultivators.
Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia did not want to be involved in their fierce battles, so they tried their best to avoid any unnecessary fights.
Despite that, there were still a lot of rogue cultivators who thought that they were a pushover just because they tried to avoid fighting against anyone.
Wind Elemental Spirit, like Yaya, was extremely rare, and she could be sold for a very high price, so many of the rogue cultivators were tempted, and they tried to catch Yaya and Lucia, then rob Xi’er.
When dozens of those rogue cultivators tried to block their way, Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia did not even decrease their speed as they charged toward them fearlessly!
Spear Form, [Rapid Flurry Thrusts]—!
[Rotating Wind Cutter]—!
[Blade Feather Storm]—!
PUFF—! PUFF—! PUFF—! PUFF—!
Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia did not want to waste their time on those rogue cultivators, so they decided to just slaughter everyone blocking their way without any mercy!
Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia kept killing and killing until they went numb and their bodies were soaked in blood!
It actually did not take long for them to reach the inn where Ji Xuanming’s team was staying, but for Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia, it felt extremely long.
BAAANG—!
Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia forcefully barged in from the window on the inn’s second floor.
Xi’er quickly led Yaya and Lucia to Ji Xuanming’s room, but when she tried to kick the door of the room, her kick bounced instead as if she just kicked an invisible barrier.
It should be Ji Xuanming’s team that had set up the protective formation to protect their room.
"It’s us! Open the door quickly!" Xi’er shouted right outside the door.
After a few seconds or so, the door was finally opened by Feng Ying.
Feng Ying let Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia enter the room first before she reactivated the protective formation again.
Inside the room, there were Ji Xuanming, Feng Shuang, Feng Ying, and... Shao Ying!
Xi’er was startled when she saw that Shao Ying was sitting relaxedly inside the room while playing cards with Ji Xuanming, Feng Shuang, and Feng Ying.
Then Xi’er’s anger rose to her head as she angrily grabbed Shao Ying’s collar and yelled at her in rage: "You damn heartless vixen! The Imperial Palace was suddenly gone, and Sister Xue was missing along with it. That should be your plan, right?!"
"You pushed Sister Xue into danger, then you just sat relaxed here?!" Xi’er almost could not hold back and attacked Shao Ying.
But she also understood that this was not the time for them to fight against each other.
Xi’er’s current priority was to ask Shao Ying where the Imperial Palace had disappeared to and find a way to reunite with Tang Li Xue as soon as possible.
Shao Ying pushed away Xi’er’s hands that grabbed her collar while saying in a reassuring tone: "You do not need to worry too much. Miss Tang should be all right. She will come back soon after she completes her mission."
"She will come back after she completes her mission? Do you mean the Imperial Palace will be teleported back later?" Xi’er asked sceptically.
Shao Ying nodded her head nonchalantly.
"But..." Xi’er still wanted to say something to Shao Ying, but Ji Xuanming interrupted her halfway.
"She is still alive and well, at least for now." Ji Xuanming said to Xi’er.
Xi’er frowned in displeasure and asked: "How do you know that Sister Xue is not in danger?"
Ji Xuanming raised his right hand and showed the silver strand of hair tied on his index finger.
There was no doubt that this shiny and smooth silver strand of hair should belong to Tang Li Xue.
Xi’er glared at Ji Xuanming in disgust as if she were staring at a pervert.
"Hey, hey, hey! Why do you look at me like that?! Just so you know, I can check that woman’s condition with the power of my curse through the medium, like this hair of hers." Ji Xuanming hastily explained to Xi’er.
Shao Ying also added: "If Xuanming senses Miss Tang is seriously injured, I can reactivate the Spatial Displacement Formation and teleport the Imperial Palace back to Capital City anytime, so we can provide her with timely help."
Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia could finally sigh in relief after they heard Shao Ying’s explanation.
"That woman will be fine as long as she is careful enough there. On the contrary, it should be us who will be in danger soon." Ji Xuanming said in a worried tone.
Shao Ying stared at the location of Heavenly Prison through the inn’s wall.
"Heavenly Prison will not hold on for long. Once it breached, the Capital City’s situation would take a turn for the worse. Even we will be in danger." Shao Ying explained to Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia.
Xi’er frowned deeply in worry.
If Tang Li Xue were not still trapped in the Imperial Palace, Xi’er might have suggested that they retreat from Capital City to avoid any unwanted mishap.
Unfortunately, they were stuck in the Capital City until Tang Li Xue completed her mission.
"Should we try to stop the Heavenly Prison from being breached?" Xi’er asked Shao Ying.
Shao Ying rolled her eyes and replied: "Do you think we are strong enough to stop it?"
"There should be several Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters from anti-government factions attacking the Heavenly Prison right now."
"There are even Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters from other dynasties who tried to release their people from Heavenly Prison."
"Even if we have enough strength, why should we stop it?"
"We are not Great Wei’s people. We are not even humans!"
"It would only be better for our Beast Race and Fox Clan if the Human Race were fighting and killing each other more fiercely." Shao Ying uttered lazily.
In fact, Shao Ying really wanted to take this rare chance to just destroy the Great Wei Dynasty at once.
Unfortunately, Miss Bookkeeper clearly had other intentions by sending Tang Li Xue to persuade Xu Yang to become the next Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, so Shao Ying could only follow Miss Bookkeeper’s will.
Shao Ying could roughly guess Miss Bookkeeper’s intentions.
Even if they managed to destroy the Great Wei Dynasty, there were still the Qing Dynasty, Chu Dynasty, Xia Dynasty, and Huang Dynasty.
The overall situation of the Beast Race and the Fox Clan would not change much even if they destroyed the Great Wei Dynasty.
It would be a completely different story if their Fox Clan could reach some agreement with the Great Wei Dynasty after Xu Yang became the next Emperor.
What Shao Ying could not understand was why Miss Bookkeeper believed that Xu Yang would cooperate with their Fox Clan after he became the Emperor of Great Wei.
Shao Ying shook her head as she stood up from her seat and said: "Let’s go!"
"Go? Where will we go?" Ji Xuanming asked curiously.
"Miss Tang has already triggered the projection I put on the Spatial Displacement Formation. It means she should complete her mission soon, and the Imperial Palace will also return to Capital City soon." Shao Ying replied to Ji Xuanming.
The eyes of Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia brightened in excitement.
Just when Shao Ying, Ji Xuanming, Feng Ying, Feng Shuang, Xi’er, Yaya, and Lucia went out from the inn and headed toward the previous location of the Imperial Palace...
BOOOOOOOOM!
The entire Capital City was suddenly shaking violently!
"The Heavenly Prison had collapsed! We have to hurry!" Shao Ying told the others in a solemn tone.
Lucia’s body suddenly swelled and became bigger rapidly as she activated her [Gigantification] skill!
"KWEEEK~!"
"Lucia tells us to ride on her back!" Xi’er told what Lucia had said to Shao Ying, Ji Xuanming, Feng Ying, and Feng Shuang.
"Okay, let’s go!" Shao Ying quickly agreed and jumped onto Lucia’s back with Xi’er, Ji Xuanming, and his team.
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