When the guards around the palace saw these people, they all revealed respectful expressions. These people were all cultivators of the Jiang Country's royal family. In their eyes, they were all people with remarkable abilities, and the official positions they were given were also extremely illustrious.
Although the Jiang Country's Imperial Family was also a cultivator family, the Emperor who sat on the throne had always been a mortal disciple without any magic power. As for the true controllers of the Imperial Family, the high-ranking cultivators of the family, they mostly hid behind the scenes and would not easily show themselves.
The royal cultivators were specially sent by the family to protect the royal power.
This was also the practice of all mortal countries in the Middle Sky Continent. No one knew why, but there were also rumors that once a cultivator sat on the throne, the luck of the country would gradually decline.
Luck had always been elusive and unpredictable, but even the Great Sect that was rumored to control the Middle Sky Continent had always attached great importance to it, let alone ordinary cultivator families.
At the same time, outside Nanlu City, an escape light streaked across the sky and fell into a dense forest a mile away from the city. It flickered a few times and disappeared.
Soon after, two figures quickly flashed out of the dense forest and sped toward the direction of Nanlu City.
Not long after, two figures quietly landed on an unguarded city wall of Nanlu City and looked inside. It was Liu Ming and Scorpion.
"This is Nanlu City, huh? It's so late, why is it still so lively over there? "Scorpion looked at the city a few times, then suddenly looked at the brightly lit palace.
"That should be the direction of the palace of Nanlu City." Liu Ming said with a flicker in his eyes.
The map he bought in the Copper Sun Market marked the layout of Nanlu City in detail, but it was really strange that it was brightly lit in the middle of the night.
With a sweep of Divine Thought, he immediately found that there were many armored soldiers in the palace, and there seemed to be the spiritual power fluctuations of the Crystallization Period cultivator. It was obviously really abnormal.
Liu Ming pressed his hand in the air and chanted a spell in a low voice. Black ripples spread from his eyes again. After a while, he said with a cold snort,
"That Thousand Illusionary Human Devil should be hiding in the palace. From the looks of it, he's trying to create chaos in the Mortal City to escape from our pursuit."
"Master, I remember that the rules of Taiqing Gate state that cultivators are not allowed to interfere with the order of the mortal world. Is it appropriate for us to just go like this?" Scorpion said with some concern.
"It doesn't matter. I've already roughly locked onto the location of the Thousand Illusionary Devilman. As long as I find him, I believe the Jiang Country's imperial family will not allow this evil cultivator to openly hide in the imperial palace." Liu Ming smiled, then with a flash of black gas, he flew towards the imperial palace with Scorpion.
In the hexagonal palace of the Imperial Palace, the Thousand Illusionary Humandevil, who had transformed into a middle-aged man dressed in a bright yellow robe, reclined on a soft chair. His expression was dispirited, and his face revealed an abnormal greenish-black color.
Beside the soft chair stood a few red-robed cultivators from the Jiang Country. One of them, a tall old man with a grizzled beard, released a beam of white light from his fingertip. He was pacing back and forth on the Thousand Illusionary Human Devil's body. After a while, he frowned and asked:
"Jiang Li, did you see the appearance of the person who injured you?"
The Thousand Illusionary Human Devil's "Jiang … Reporting to Grand Elder, I was also awakened from my sleep by a strange movement. At that time, the room was pitch-black, and I could only faintly see a hazy black shadow moving at an extremely fast speed. He casually struck me with a beam of black light, and after that, I don't know what happened." The Thousand Illusionary Human Devil's "Jiang Li" looked extremely weak as he spoke.
When the cultivators heard this, they looked at each other with doubt in their eyes, but none of them said anything.
The tall old man withdrew the white light in his hand, and strands of greenish-black Qi rose from "Jiang Li's" head. The greenish-black color on "Jiang Li's" face also faded, and his complexion looked much better.
The tall old man looked at "Jiang Li" up and down, then took out a jade bottle and poured out a medicinal pill for "Jiang Li" to consume.
"It's just an ordinary Corpse Dissolving Poison. I've already removed the poison. As long as you rest for a while, you will quickly recover." The tall old man said indifferently.
"Many thanks, Grand Elder!" "Jiang Li" said in fear and trepidation.
The tall old man casually waved his hand and then ignored the mortal emperor. After giving the other cultivators a look, they all walked out of the room.
"What do you think of this matter?"
After they left the room, the tall old man flicked his sleeves and released a soundproofing barrier that enveloped them.
"This assassin is clearly a cultivator. Regardless of his cultivation, he shouldn't have truly wanted to take Jiang Li's life. Otherwise, a mere mortal like him would have died thousands of times already." A golden-haired young man slowly spoke. His tone was not polite towards the State of Jiang's emperor.
This was not surprising. Cultivators had always looked down on mortals with short lifespans and weak strength. Even though Jiang Li was the ruler of a country, he was no exception.
"This is obvious. What is the other party's purpose? Could it be that he wants to warn our Jiang family? Because of the matter of the Returning Dragon Jade quota, our Jiang family has indeed offended many forces in the past few years … "The one who spoke was a young woman in her prime. Her loose cultivator robes could not conceal her graceful figure.
"Regardless of the reason, Jiang Li is the nominal emperor of the State of Jiang. Since the family has arranged for us to be the cultivators of the royal family, we cannot let anything happen to him. For the next few days, we will have to work a bit harder to guard this place. In the future, we will have to ensure that there will be someone protecting him every day. We have indeed been too negligent in the past few years. "The tall old man waved his hand, interrupted the young woman's words, and said in a deep voice.
Hearing the old man's words, the young woman's expression sank. She seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied.
The golden-haired youth gave her a look. The young woman's expression changed, and she finally reluctantly nodded.
Standing to the side was a large, dark-skinned man. From beginning to end, he didn't speak and only listened quietly.
In the inner room, the Thousand Illusions Human Devil was still lying on a soft chair with a dispirited expression. He glanced outside the palace with a strange glint in his eyes.
Soon after, he closed his eyes as if he was sensing something.
"As expected, they have caught up. How hateful! If it weren't for that bastard Zuo Gongquan being so timid and causing damage to my Spiritual Sea, why would I need to hide here?! "The Thousand Illusions Human Devil opened his eyes and thought hatefully.
Right at this moment, an extremely enormous burst of spiritual pressure descended from the sky in an unbridled manner, enshrouding the entire imperial palace.
The spiritual pressure was cold and bone-chilling. Anyone could feel that the newcomer had ill intentions.
Outside the hexagonal palace, the tall old man and the other three felt their bodies sink. The tall old man hastily moved his ten fingers like a wheel, and with a flash of red light, he barely managed to stabilize his body. As for the other three, they were unable to move.
The young woman with the weakest cultivation almost knelt down on the ground.
Just as they were looking at each other in shock, a black figure descended from the sky and landed in the sky outside the hexagonal palace.
At this moment, the soldiers around the palace were already lying on the ground in a disorderly manner, appearing to be in a semi-conscious state. They were only ordinary soldiers, and the main reason why they did not explode and die under such immense spiritual pressure was that the person who came had deliberately let them go.
The tall old man's face was extremely ugly. As a Crystallization Period cultivator, he could understand how terrifying the newcomer was. However, among the people present, he had the highest cultivation, so he couldn't hide.
He could only clench his teeth and make a gesture with one hand. He flew a few ten meters away from the black figure, then he bowed and said,
"I'm Jiang Qing, the imperial family of the Jiang Country. I didn't know that senior would come, so I didn't welcome you. Please forgive me!"
Since this person had reached the intermediate stage of the Crystallization Period, he could be regarded as a figure in the clan. Although he couldn't see through Liu Ming's exact cultivation, his knowledge was naturally far from the other three. Therefore, when he sensed the suffocating spiritual pressure, he knew that the other party's strength was not something they could resist at all.
The other three also seemed to wake up from a dream, and they hurriedly followed the old man to bow.
The black figure's body was wrapped in a faint black mist, making it look very mysterious. Due to the black mist, it was impossible to see the figure's appearance. However, the tall old man and the others all felt a cold gaze sweep over them.
The four only felt a slight chill on their bodies, and they suddenly became silent.
"I'm a disciple of the Taiqing Gate." The person was naturally Liu Ming. He glanced at the four of them and said faintly.
"It turns out to be a senior from the Taiqing Gate. Greetings. May I know why senior came to our Jiang Country's imperial palace?" When the tall old man heard Liu Ming say that he was a cultivator from the Taiqing Gate, he immediately said with a sigh of relief.
As one of the four ancient sects of the human race, the Taiqing Gate had strict discipline, and its disciples were naturally not bloodthirsty people.
"I've been following you all the way here in order to capture an evil cultivator." Liu Ming's gaze fell on the hexagonal palace behind the four of them, and he said indifferently.
In his senses, the Thousand Illusionary Human Demon was hiding in this palace.
"Evil cultivator?" The four of them were startled when they heard this, and they couldn't help but look at each other.
When the tall old man saw the direction of Liu Ming's gaze, his face changed. He hurriedly scanned the palace with his Divine Sense, and after a while, he was relieved.
In the palace, other than Jiang Li, the mortal emperor, there were only a few palace maids. There was no one else hiding in the palace.
"Senior, this is the palace of my Jiang Country's emperor. Currently, there are only a few palace maids inside. I'm afraid the evil cultivator that senior is looking for is not here." The tall old man revealed an awkward expression. After a slight hesitation, he did not move out of the way.
The young woman and the other two glanced at the tall old man. Their faces were pale, but they did not say anything.
"The emperor? Hehe, so that's how it is. This is interesting. You can all leave. The person I'm looking for is the emperor of the Jiang Country. If I'm not wrong, he is the evil cultivator I'm looking for. "Liu Ming's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he chuckled.
"What? That's impossible. I've just personally inspected Jiang Li's body. He doesn't have the slightest trace of magic power in his body. He's just a mere mortal. That's right, today, an assassin snuck into my Jiang Country's imperial palace and injured him. Could the evil cultivator that senior is looking for be that assassin? "The tall old man was stunned, and he hurriedly replied in disbelief.
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