It was still dusk, and the inner hall of the Luoyang Prince's Mansion was already filled with the sound of silk and bamboo, and the melodious strings. Li An was dressed in light clothes, leaning on a well-dressed palace maid, holding a bronze wine glass, shaking the wine in his glass, but not drinking.

Down.

Facing the dancing prostitutes in front of the hall and the table full of delicacies, he had no intention of enjoying them.

Seeing this, a beloved concubine next to her leaned over and said softly: "Since that Jingyu left, the prince has been depressed all day long and has not come to accompany others. Is there anything on your mind?"

Li An waved his hand fiercely, pushed the beloved concubine aside, and poured a lot of wine on her. He became more and more irritated, and suddenly threw the copper baron in front of the hall and shouted: "Give it all to me, the king."

Back off!”

The dancers, singers, and musicians all fell silent and retreated one by one. The beloved concubine's beauty turned pale, and before she could say anything, Li An glared at her and shouted: "Get out of here too!"

Her tears immediately rolled down her face, she covered her face with her sleeves and hurriedly retreated.

Looking at the empty inner hall, Li An finally calmed down. He sat still, and the whole inner hall was deathly silent.

There was a sudden crash, and Li An overturned the entire table and the food on it!

A chamberlain was trotting into the inner hall with his head lowered. When he raised his head, he saw a big fish flying towards him. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground like a tiger and shouted: "My lord, please spare my life! My lord, please spare my life!"

Li An took a closer look and saw that it was the chamberlain who was communicating inside and outside, and shouted in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

"There is a man named Ji Ruochen outside the door asking to see the prince." The chamberlain said tremblingly.

Li An was shocked and lost his voice: "What!"

He immediately noticed his gaffe, calmed down, and said: "Tell him to wait in Yuming Hall. There are swordsmen and axemen on both sides of the hall. Please quickly ask all the worship halls in Huiyuan to take a seat behind the curtain."

The Yuming Hall is three feet high, broad and deep. It has colorful green tiles and golden eaves, and is surrounded by a white jade cloister. It is truly magnificent and brilliant. Inside, the beams and pillars are also painted with vermilion, and the four walls are

The painting is extremely majestic.

At the end of the long hall is Li An's high seat, with a black background and dark gold patterns. There is a solitary chair at the other end of the long hall. Ji Ruochen is sitting upright with his eyes lowered, as if he is in a trance.

There were gusts of gloomy wind in the palace, which not only brought bursts of murderous aura, but also vague voices.

"Uncle Master, no vitality can be seen in his whole body. Could it be that he has cultivated into some holy realm?"

"Nonsense! How old is he that he can reach the realm of the Supreme Saint? Young people should stop talking nonsense if they don't understand!"

"Then why isn't he afraid?"

"...Most people from the Taoist sect are arrogant like this."

Ji Ruochen just sat quietly, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

Before I knew it, an hour had passed.

From time to time, the sound of armor clashing could be heard from the corridors on both sides of Yuming Hall. Although these heavy-armored swordsmen and axe-hands were elite, after being tense for an hour, everyone was breathing heavily and shaking involuntarily.

Behind the thick curtain at the end of the hall, there are also fluctuations of spiritual energy from time to time. Although the dozen or so monks look down on Ji Ruochen's Taoism, the Tao De Sect is famous, and everyone is afraid that Ji Ruochen will suddenly make an attack. If they really want to take action, they will definitely not

Dare to hurt Ji Ruochen's life. After all, how could they, who came from a small sect, dare to risk the annihilation of their sect and become enemies of the Daode Sect?

But who would have thought that after Ji Ruochen entered the hall and sat down, he was like a stone sculpture, suddenly losing all life in his body. If he relied solely on his spiritual sense, he would only feel that what was sitting there was a dead body. And all the cultivators clearly saw it.

Ji Ruochen's whole body's true energy was in a state of silence. Even if he suddenly made a move, it would be impossible. But for some reason, everyone was subconsciously becoming more and more nervous, as if his true energy had reached its peak and he was about to make a shocking move.

Hit normally.

Everyone was waiting uneasily for the blow that might come at any time, as frightened as a frightened rabbit, and they didn't dare to relax for a moment. Although Ji Ruochen's Taoism would never be the opponent of these many people, everyone just didn't dare to relax.

.An hour passed, and several ascetics who were less advanced were already sweating through their heavy clothes.

But Ji Ruochen was still as fixed as a clay idol, unchanged at all, as if he wanted to sit down forever.

Silence, so quiet that it makes people go crazy.

With a cry, a cultivator at the back failed to control the spell in his hand and suddenly lit up a ball of blue fire. When a cultivator next to him saw it, he immediately blew a wisp of cold air from his mouth to extinguish the blue fire so as not to cause any harm.

The spell backfired. All the cultivators looked at me and I looked at you, all with horrified expressions on their faces. Only a few cultivators standing on the edge were as if nothing had happened, but the eyes of the group of people in the center were full of horror.

With some disdain.

Bang bang bang! Suddenly there was a burst of applause outside the palace, and then the sound of strings and bamboos. Surrounded by a group of maids, Li An walked into the Yuming Palace and sat on the high seat in the center.

"Young Immortal is indeed very determined, I admire him! I wonder why Shao Immortal returned to Luoyang this time? Could it be because he left without saying goodbye that night? Haha! Haha..."

Seeing that Ji Ruochen was completely silent, Li An's laughter gradually weakened.

Ji Ruochen's eyes slowly opened, looking at Li An with a pair of bottomless pupils, and smiled faintly.

Li An's laughter suddenly stopped!

He felt that everything was dark in front of him, as if he were in a wilderness. A towering and lonely sloping peak loomed in front of him in the vast expanse. It seemed that it would press down on his head at any time and crush him to pieces immediately!

Li An couldn't breathe for a while! He had to choke his throat with his hands and tried his best to breathe, but he couldn't get a breath of air! Just when his face was covered with bruises, the palace suddenly turned clear again, and the lonely peaks in the wilderness disappeared without a trace.

Without a trace, Li Anfu could see again. Only then did he see several monks running towards him. He thought they had noticed something was wrong with him, but they discovered it too late. Some of the monks behind him were indeed good at Taoism.

Many people have already noticed that Li An is on the wrong track, but these people are not something Li An can command.

Li An took a few deep breaths and waved his hand, causing the monks to retreat. At this time, he was extremely upset that he should not let Jingyu go back to empty mountains to move reinforcements. If she were here, he would

There's no way it would be so embarrassing.

Ji Ruochen looked at Li An and said slowly: "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of my coming here? Do you want to tell me here?"

Li An raised his hands and said solemnly: "I am upright and aboveboard, and I will tell others everything I have to say. Let's do it right here!"

Ji Ruochen said calmly: "Well, of course I am here for Xu Zekai's business."

"Bold!" Li An slapped the arm of the chair hard and shouted: "Xu Zekai colluded inside and outside, plotted evil, and intended to rob the imperial treasure. The evidence is conclusive and the crime is unpardonable. He has been taken to Chang'an and will be executed soon! You

You dare to come alone to ask for prisoners from the imperial court. Do you not know how to write the word "death"? I think you are young and ignorant, and you contributed to the Luoyang disaster. I will not pursue this matter for the time being! Retreat!"

Ji Ruochen slowly lowered his eyes and said calmly: "That's it, then Ruochen will leave. But I have something to ask the prince. How many do the prince think there are among the twenty-two Taoists inside and outside the palace?

Do people dare to be enemies with our Tao Te Sect?"

There was deathly silence in Yuming Hall.

After the deathly silence, the sound of heavy breathing gradually sounded from the highnesses on both sides, louder and louder, like the tidal waves of the sea. The mortal bodies of those swordsmen and axe-hands could no longer withstand the invisible pressure emanating from the palace.

Li An couldn't even move. Cold sweat was pouring out all over his body, and his face was already as gray as death. He could only watch Ji Ruochen stand up, adjust his clothes, turn around, take steps, and leave the palace.

"I dare to be the enemy of Tao Te Sect!"

With a shout, the thick curtain behind Li An suddenly tore into pieces of rags. A middle-aged Taoist priest raised his sword and flew over a distance of more than ten feet. The sword rainbow came forward one foot and stabbed Ji Ruochen in the back and heart!

Behind the middle-aged Taoist priest was another young Taoist priest, also carrying a steel sword. However, this young Taoist priest's Taoist skills were much worse. He could not control the sword into the air, so he could only rush towards the ground.

Ji Ruochen didn't seem to see the two people attacking from behind, and still walked forward casually. As soon as the middle-aged Taoist priest rushed into the area three feet away from Ji Ruochen, a loud shout suddenly came from the left and right walls at the same time. The shout from the left was masculine and violent.

, like a raging fire, there was a faint sound of revolving on the right. The two shouts merged into one, forming an invisible circle in the air, which just trapped the middle-aged Taoist in it, preventing him from moving forward.

The Taoist's complexion changed drastically, and just as he was about to struggle for power, the invisible ring around his waist suddenly tightened, and two strands of true energy, one yin and one yang, surged in, instantly defeating his body-protecting Taoist technique. The middle-aged Taoist said

Screams and cracking bones could not be stopped, and his lumbar vertebrae had been strangled to pieces!

Unable to restrain himself, the young Taoist priest passed the middle-aged Taoist in the blink of an eye and rushed in front of Ji Ruochen. The situation was such that he had no choice but to bite the bullet and stab Ji Ruochen's vest with his sword!

Ji Ruochen turned slightly to let go of the sword, then turned around lightly, threw himself into the arms of the young Taoist priest, and hit his chest with one shoulder. There were several more clicks, and the Taoist priest's chest

His ribs were broken, his sword fell out of his hand, and he fell to the ground. Ji Ruochen's previous movements were all lifeless and strange, but this shoulder-to-shoulder strike was sharp and decisive, very different from before.

In this collision, Ji Ruochen actually learned from Yin Feng.

There was another noise from the corridors on the left and right, and the heavy-armored swordsmen and axemen fell down. Dragon Elephant and White Tiger Ertianjun kicked away the swordsmen and axemen blocking the way, strode into the hall, and stood on the left and right of Ji Ruochen. Just now Nayu

The yin and yang ring formed by the whistling sounds is their masterpiece. Ertianjun was originally the top figure in Li An's house. Standing like this, he was not angry but proud. All the monks inside and outside the temple knew how powerful Ertianjun was, and they suddenly turned against them.

, all have no idea why.

The middle-aged Taoist priest was seriously injured, but with additional treatment, his life could still be saved. In comparison, the young Taoist priest's injuries were much lighter.

Ji Ruochen stood in front of the two of them and said with a smile: "Looking at the two Taoists, I think they are from Zhenwu Temple?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest struggled and shouted: "It's good that the little thief knows! You are so...arrogant, the national master will...will not..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a flash of green light in front of his eyes!

"...You will never let me go." Ji Ruochen completed the second half of his sentence for him while staring at the long sword in his hand. The sword's edge was filled with cold light, and there were hidden gems all over the body, with no trace of blood at all.

, obviously after several stages of Taoist blessings, it is a good sword.

It's just that this sword just cut off the original owner's head.

"It's indeed a good sword, but it's just a bit unlucky." With a clang, Ji Ruochen threw the sword to the ground.

The long sword jumped a few times and almost struck the young Taoist priest in the face. Seeing Ji Ruochen pick up his sword again, the young Taoist priest was frightened and hurriedly propped himself up and shouted: "Young immortal, spare your life! I have just entered Zhenwu Temple Ten

Years later, I will never dare to embarrass Young Immortal again! Young Immortal, spare your life!"

"Really?" Ji Ruochen's hand flashed with green light again, and then he said calmly: "But I seem to have heard a saying, which is called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots."

He carefully looked at the Qingfeng sword in his hand for a while, gently blew off a drop of blood hanging on it, and sighed: "This sword is much worse."

Ji Ruochen threw down his sword, bowed deeply to Li An, said goodbye, and left proudly with the Dragon Elephant and White Tiger Er Tianjun.

There were many guards in the Luoyang Palace, including many monks, but no one stepped forward to stop them. They could only watch Ji Ruochen and the others leave.

After Xu Zekai was taken to Chang'an, his mansion was not taken back for other purposes, and it was fully equipped with maids and servants.
To be continued...