Fifteenth day of the first month. Lantern Festival.
Night.
The Forbidden City was brightly lit with lanterns and colored banners.
The common people of the city flooded the streets, bringing their entire families to admire the lanterns, guess the riddles, and eat the Lantern Festival. It was very lively.
In the crowd, three people wearing bamboo hats seemed to be in no mood to appreciate the lively scene in front of them. They passed through the crowd and came to the entrance of a remote alley.
Seeing that there was no one around, the three took off their bamboo hats. It was none other than Ye Chen, Ye Yun, and Ye Kong.
"Master," Ye Chen said, "I've already checked the layout of Jing. Other than the addition of several hundred Brocade Guards, everything is the same as before. I've also found an escape route. It's all tree-lined paths. It's very safe. "
"En," Ye Yun nodded, "It's about time. Let's go to the Imperial Garden now." As he spoke, he used his movement technique. The tips of his feet touched the ground, and he went directly to the roof.
Ye Kong and Ye Chen followed closely behind and also went up the wall. The three used the Land Flying Technique. In less than fifteen minutes, they arrived outside the walls of the Imperial Palace.
When the three reached the corner of the wall, they did not stop at all. They directly jumped over the wall. At this time, most of the people in the Imperial Palace had gone to look at the lanterns. Only a few eunuchs and guards on duty remained. The three of them moved around and arrived at the back garden without a hitch.
The three hid in the bushes and carefully observed the movements in the Imperial Garden. They saw a person wearing a dragon robe sitting on a stone bench in a pavilion not far away. Other than that, there was no one else.
After they looked carefully and saw that there was no ambush, they directly walked out. They tidied their clothes and slowly walked to the pavilion.
"Greetings to His Majesty!" Ye Yun said while kneeling on both knees.
Ye Kong and Ye Chen also kneeled on the ground.
However, the Emperor did not turn around. He remained silent with his back facing them.
"Greetings to His Majesty!" Ye Yun thought that the Emperor was distracted and did not hear what he said.
The Emperor still did not turn around. He maintained his original position and did not say a word.
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing why the Emperor didn't say a word or move.
Ye Yun faintly felt that something was not right. He indicated for Ye Kong and Ye Chen to get up. He also got up and walked over to the Emperor to see if the Emperor was asleep.
Who would have thought that when he got closer, Ye Yun would be so shocked that he was flabbergasted!
How was this an emperor? This was a little eunuch who was wearing a dragon robe and had his acupuncture points sealed!
The little eunuch was so scared that tears were streaming down his face. He wanted to make a sound, but his acupoints were sealed, so he couldn't make a sound.
"Oh no, we've been tricked!" Ye Yun hurriedly shouted to the two people behind him, "Let's go!" He immediately jumped out of the pavilion and prepared to return the way he came.
Ye Kong and Ye Chen hurriedly followed behind Ye Yun.
But it was too late. All they heard was the sound of a cannon, and the sound of killing shook the heavens. Hundreds of guards rushed in from the front and back doors! They wore heavy armor and held spears in their hands. The frontmost row held shields, and spears forged of steel protruded from the gaps between the shields. These soldiers were the imperial court's imperial guards. They were well-equipped and well-trained. The moment they appeared, they surrounded the three of them so tightly that not even a drop of water could slip through.
"Get on the wall!" Ye Yun hurriedly shouted. Who would have thought that just as he finished speaking, the wall, which was several zhang tall, was already filled with archers with arrows nocked on their bowstrings!
Seeing this, the three of them immediately drew their weapons. Ye Kong drew the Inversed-Scale Sword that shone with a dazzling golden light. Ye Kong drew the Snowthread Sword that was as resplendent as snow. Meanwhile, Ye Chen's weapon was neither a saber nor a sword. Instead, it was a large needle that was over a meter long!
It wasn't an exaggeration to call it a needle. It had a thick head and a thin tail, a needle tip, and a needle nose. The thickest part was as thick as the hilt of a sword, while the thinnest part was just a speck of light. Its entire body was brilliant and dazzling. This was none other than Ye Chen's unique weapon — the Absolute Pin Needle!
Back when Ye Chen had participated in the ancestral worship ceremony, he had taken out this needle and showed it to the other heads of the Ye Clan. It had immediately caused a roar of laughter. Someone said, "Ye Chen, are you thinking of embroidery?" Someone else said, "Ye Chen, are you custom-made this for your wife?" Someone else said, "Ye Chen, don't tell me you've gone crazy from wanting to forge a Divine Weapon." Everyone roared with laughter, but only Ye Yun didn't laugh. He took Ye Chen's needle, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he said three words that made everyone unable to laugh anymore. "A good weapon."
Puzzled, the crowd asked Ye Chen to demonstrate the power of the Absolute Pin Needle. Ye Chen smiled and led the crowd to a large boulder that was more than ten feet tall. Ye Chen stood about ten feet away from the boulder and threw the Absolute Pin Needle in his hand into the air. The Absolute Pin Needle drew a beautiful arc in the air, then the needle tip turned around and landed on the side of the boulder, stabbing into the ground. The tip of the needle had left an extremely thin scratch on the side of the boulder. Other than that, the boulder was as good as new.
Everyone laughed. Some said, "Ye Chen, your throw of the needle wasn't very accurate. Why don't you throw it again?" Some said, "Ye Chen, your needle is quite sharp. Look, even the boulder has been scratched by your needle." When the rest of the people heard this, they laughed. There were also people who advised Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, you should properly study your mechanism information and Yin and Yang secret techniques. Don't waste your time on weapons. You are not cut out for this."
Ye Chen smiled but did not say anything. He directly walked in front of the boulder and pointed a finger at the boulder. With a "boom" sound, the boulder was evenly split in two and fell to the ground!
Everyone was so shocked by this scene that their jaws almost fell to the ground. They were speechless for a long time. Ye Chen gently pulled the Absolute Pin Needle from the ground and floated away in front of everyone's incredulous eyes.
From then on, Ye Chen's Absolute Pin Needle became famous in the Ye Clan. No one doubted Ye Chen's ability to forge weapons anymore. Ye Yun had once said in public that it was as difficult as ascending to the heavens to break Ye Chen's Absolute Pin Needle. Later on, Ye Chen obtained scholarly honors and entered the imperial court as an official. Since then, no one had seen him use this needle. Now that the situation was critical, Ye Chen directly pulled the Absolute Pin Needle out of its sheath.
"How dare you, Ye Yun." A voice came from the wall. "You dare to bring a weapon and attack the imperial palace at night! Fortunately, this preceptor had great foresight and set up this inescapable net. Now you can't escape even if you have wings. Hurry up and put down your weapons and surrender! "
When the three people saw that person, they immediately gnashed their teeth in hatred. The person who spoke on the wall was none other than the yellow-robed elder who gave them the imperial edict — — State Preceptor Xuan Ji!
"Old man! You dare to falsify the imperial edict! "Ye Chen angrily scolded," How should you be punished?! "
"Hehe." The yellow-robed elder sneered, "Nonsense! You are armed with sharp weapons and trespassed the imperial palace with the intention of assassinating His Majesty. Your crimes are punishable by death! Nine generations of execution! "
"Xuan Ji!" Ye Yun took out the imperial edict from his bosom. "The imperial edict is here. You still dare to speak nonsense!"
"Hmph." The yellow-robed elder laughed. "You still dare to fabricate an imperial edict. How dare you! Come, capture them for me. If they resist, kill them without mercy! "
When the heavily armored soldiers heard the order, they began to slowly close in the encirclement. They used their shields to block the front and extended their spears through the gaps between the shields. They gradually closed in on the three people in the center!
"Master." Ye Chen shouted, "What should we do?"
"Charge out!" Ye Yun shouted. As he spoke, he used his movement technique and activated the Snow Thread Sword in his hand. The Snow Thread Sword instantly shone brightly. Ye Yun moved with the sword, and the sword moved with him. The Snow Thread Sword, enveloped in a white light, drew a circle in the air.
With a rustling sound, the sturdy shields, sharp spears, and even the heavy armor were all cut apart by Ye Yun's sword qi and fell to the ground!
Even so, not a single person was injured.
Ye Yun didn't start a massacre.
Before the soldiers could even react, Ye Kong's Xiantian Origin Qi had already been activated. The soldiers only felt an invisible force pressing down on them like a landslide, forcing the hundreds of soldiers to retreat more than ten steps. What was even more inconceivable to the soldiers was that this force was growing stronger and stronger. In the end, the soldiers were pressed to the ground, unable to even stand up!
They didn't know that Ye Kong's Xiantian Origin Qi was known as the strongest internal martial art. Ye Kong, who had received the Old Beggar's teachings, had already cultivated his Xiantian Origin Qi to the point of perfection. How could a mere few hundred soldiers stop him? Originally, Ye Kong was prepared to use the Inversed-Scale Sword to repel the enemy. However, seeing that Ye Yun didn't start a massacre, he didn't use the Inversed-Scale Sword either.
"Useless things!" State Preceptor Xuan Ji scolded from the top of the city wall, "Release the arrows!"
As soon as he gave the order, hundreds of archers released the bowstrings in their hands. Hundreds of sharp arrows rained down like a torrential downpour!
Ye Yun immediately held his treasured sword and gathered his sword aura, preparing to use it to knock down the arrows. Ye Kong also gathered his Xiantian Origin Qi, preparing to use a protective light sphere to envelop the three of them. However, just as the two of them were gathering their Qi, Ye Chen struck with his Absolute Pin!
He used the Absolute Pin in his hand to quickly draw a line on the ground in front of the three of them. The sound of stones cracking could be heard. More than ten huge, thick stone slabs on the ground were instantly lifted by Yea Chen's Absolute Pin and flew toward the sharp arrows that arrived in the blink of an eye!
Clanging sounds could be heard as the rain of arrows was blocked by the huge stone slabs, falling to the ground one after another! However, after the stone slabs blocked the rain of arrows, their strength didn't diminish at all. They continued to roll towards the archers on the city wall!
Among the three of them, Ye Chen was the most infuriated. Among the Ye Family, only he knew the State Preceptor Xuan Ji. He was also the only one who could distinguish the authenticity of the imperial edict. Xuan Ji took advantage of this point of his and caused the three of them to be surrounded. Burning with anger, he didn't show any mercy. He directly used his strength to make the huge stone slabs smash towards the city wall. He couldn't wait to smash that treacherous State Preceptor into meat paste!
The archers on the city wall were all well-trained. When they saw the huge stone slabs coming towards them, they instinctively jumped down from the city wall! State Preceptor Xuan Ji didn't dare to be negligent when he saw the stone slabs flying towards him. He tapped the ground with the tip of his foot and soared into the air, avoiding the huge stone slabs flying towards him.
"Boom boom boom …" More than a dozen huge stone slabs weighing hundreds of kilograms landed on the city wall, forcibly creating a huge gap in the wall. Immediately, dust and smoke rose up everywhere!
Now is the time! After Ye Yun gave Ye Kong and Ye Chen a look, he immediately used his movement skills and rushed towards the gap. Ye Kong and Ye Chen understood tacitly and used their movement skills at the same time. They followed closely behind Ye Yun and rushed over!
After landing, State Preceptor Xuan Ji had just stabilized himself when he saw three people rushing out from the billowing dust! Although he had a cultivation base, he was still no match for the three of them. In addition, the three of them were burning with anger at the moment. They were like a hot knife through butter! He didn't dare to fight them head-on. He tapped the ground with the tip of his foot again and leaped back into the imperial garden.
After rushing out of the imperial garden, the three of them didn't dare to stop for even a moment. One must know that this was the imperial palace. Just the guards alone numbered in the thousands. Even if they couldn't withstand a single blow, they had the advantage in numbers. As the saying goes, a good tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves.
The three of them displayed their abilities and used their movement skills to the extreme. Three shadows rushed forward and forcibly rushed out of the imperial palace!
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