Chapter 124 Arriving in the Capital

Shi Pi the Elder is a black glove for certain people in the imperial court. Could the massacre that occurred on the Han River be part of some political maneuver?

Such thoughts only flashed through Ye Chuxiao's mind.

Now is not the time to dwell on this.

Looking at the rolling thick fog, behind Shi Pi the Elder, there seemed to be some fierce gazes lurking in the mist, unwilling to reveal their true forms.

He didn't come alone; the previous bloodline attack was more like a probe.

Of course, if he could complete the mission this way, Shi Pi the Elder wouldn't have shown himself, and neither would those behind him need to take action.

"Should we ask Jin Shenbu to come out?" Feeling the increasingly oppressive aura, a silver badge whispered to Yan Chong, who had retreated to the deck, still emitting green smoke all over his body.

"Ask him to come out and kill us all faster?" Yan Chong sneered.

Shi Pi the Elder is here to kill them to 'cover up the ugliness'. Releasing Jin Buyi, Jin Buyi might make the decision to kill the entire team of constables for his own reputation.

At this time, Jin Buyi and Shi Pi the Elder are on the same side.

Jin Buyi is not the 'trump card' of these constables.

Yan Chong's words reminded Jin Sanniang.

"Little Ye! Cui Yu! You two quickly go to Jin Shenbu's room and guard it, don't let a single fly get in." Jin Sanniang said quickly.

Yan Chong also arranged for a silver badge and a copper badge to act together. In such a time of manpower shortage, squeezing out four constables to guard Jin Buyi showed their determination to prevent the situation from becoming even more unmanageable.

Ye Chuxiao and Cui Yu immediately turned around and ran towards Jin Buyi's room.

Thick fog rolled in, filling the official ship.

Three figures walked out of the fog, blocking their way.

On the other side, the two constables arranged by Yan Chong successfully broke into the fog and headed towards Jin Buyi's room.

"Brother! Are they the soldiers, and we're the bandits?" A burly man with a simple and honest appearance, a large build, and a giant wolf's tooth club on his shoulder, with a pigtail tied on his head, wiped his snot with his arm and asked the short, middle-aged man with a shovel-shaped face next to him in a naive manner.

"Yes, brother! But now, we are the soldiers, and they are the bandits. We have to represent the Da Heng Dynasty to eliminate them!" The middle-aged man with the shovel-shaped face said in a mocking tone.

Beside the tall and short, fat and thin men, there was also a woman with a very glamorous appearance and dress.

The woman was poor but very generous, clearly showing what could be seen and what could not be seen. The few strips of cloth hanging on her body completely served the purpose of exciting the gangsters.

However, her eyes looked dull, and green veins appeared on her pale body, with a black color.

"Be careful, they are the Mangshan Two Fiends. The tall and fat one is the younger brother, Ji Bao, who cultivates both martial arts and poison. Although he is at the Neng realm, it's troublesome to be entangled by him. The short one is the older brother, Ji Hu, who cultivates spells, curses, and corpses. He is a disciple of Shi Pi the Elder and should have entered the Miao realm. When the two brothers join forces, the younger brother usually entangles in front, and the older brother strikes from behind, using poison."

"Also, there's the Yin corpse Fan Wuniang, manipulated by the older brother Ji Hu. Before her death, she was at the peak of the Miao realm. After her death, they made her into an Yin corpse. Although her cultivation has greatly reduced, her physical body is tough and indestructible. Do not entangle with her and fight her head-on." Cui Yu said to Ye Chuxiao, while taking out five formation flags.

"Quick battle, quick resolution... If they delay us, they will have already won." Without waiting for Cui Yu to set up the flag formation, Ye Chuxiao flashed out and slashed at Ji Hu with his saber.

He understood Cui Yu's words!

The short, shovel-faced Ji Hu is the core of this 'trio'.

Killing Ji Hu would cripple most of this three-person team.

Even if he couldn't directly kill Ji Hu, acting like he was targeting him would gain the initiative.

"Don't even think about touching my brother!" Ji Bao roared, his whole body seeming to boil with blood, emitting a red light. He rushed towards Ye Chuxiao with his wolf's tooth club.

As he rushed over, real pink poisonous smoke emanated from his body.

Once entangled by these poisonous fumes, even if Ye Chuxiao's realm was one level higher than Ji Bao's, he would gradually become unable to support himself and die under the wolf's tooth club.

However, Ye Chuxiao was not afraid at all, he was taking the path of quick battle and quick resolution.

He slashed at Ji Bao's head with his saber, but two flying swords slipped out of his sleeves and shot towards Ji Hu.

The Yin corpse Fan Wuniang stood in front of Ji Hu, blocking Ye Chuxiao's two flying swords, and at the same time spat out Yin fire from her mouth, trying to contaminate Ye Chuxiao's flying swords.

"Arm!" Ye Chuxiao said softly at this time.

Then he leaned sideways and bent over, slashing upwards from the right side of Ji Bao.

This slash only gently passed under Ji Bao's burly, thick left arm.

Visually, even if Ye Chuxiao's slash hit, Ji Bao would only suffer some superficial injuries.

On the contrary, Ji Bao could seize this opportunity to slam the wolf's tooth club in his hand into Ye Chuxiao's head, directly smashing half of his body.

Ji Bao instinctively did not avoid Ye Chuxiao's slash in this exchange of injuries for death.

But as Ye Chuxiao's saber fell, Ji Bao, who was still roaring angrily a second ago, shattered and scattered on the ground like broken glass.

The counterattack he thought he could make naturally became impossible.

Ye Chuxiao stepped forward, without stopping or hesitating.

"Behind the ear!"

Ye Chuxiao slashed again, a slash entangled with death energy, directly hitting the death line of the Yin corpse Fan Wuniang.

The Yin corpse, who was said to be tough and indestructible in Cui Yu's words, also shattered into pieces, scattered into slag, just like Ji Bao.

Even if she had many more methods that she hadn't used under Ji Hu's manipulation, she didn't need to use them now.

With just one exchange, Ye Chuxiao used the Longevity Saber to activate death energy, hit the death line, and killed two opponents who were supposed to be difficult to deal with in one blow.

Watching Ye Chuxiao rotate his body in mid-air and slash towards him.

Ji Hu, who was still arrogant and rampant a moment ago, was terrified.

When he heard Ye Chuxiao say the words 'left leg', he didn't even have time to think. He jumped off the boat directly into the cold river water and fled.

Ye Chuxiao stopped, sheathed his saber, and exhaled.

"Let's go! Let's go over there quickly!" While moving swiftly, the saber intent of the Longevity Saber, which had been exhausted of its 'savings', condensed new death energy again.

Two consecutive slashes, each a one-hit kill, had exhausted all the death energy Ye Chuxiao had accumulated before.

In fact, even if he fought Ji Hu again, even if he saw Ji Hu's death line, he would not be able to unleash that sure-kill slash without the entanglement of death energy.

Ji Hu didn't know Ye Chuxiao's trump card, was frightened out of his wits, and fled in embarrassment, which allowed Ye Chuxiao and Cui Yu to pass through quickly.

"A slash that brings instant death upon contact, is it the Devil's Life Saber or the Extinguishing Emotion Saber? Or perhaps... the Longevity Saber?" Cui Yu asked, following closely behind Ye Chuxiao.

Ye Chuxiao said perfunctorily, "I call this the Ananda Breaking Precept Saber. The move just now was about karma, and the price is very high."

Cui Yu believed him when he heard it: "I see, such a vicious and ruthless saber technique is actually a Buddhist saber technique, it really opened my eyes."

Stepping into the fog.

Originally a short corridor, Ye Chuxiao and Cui Yu ran for three or four minutes, but still did not reach their destination.

"No need to run anymore, this is a ghost wall."

"It is also a technique of spell formation. Someone used thick fog to construct a ring-shaped passage. We are trapped in this passage." Cui Yu grabbed Ye Chuxiao and said.

"Since it is a Buddhist saber technique, can you use your saber out of thin air to cut through karma?" Cui Yu asked Ye Chuxiao.

Ye Chuxiao said: "I'll try!"

What the Longevity Saber can cut open is not just living beings.

Everything in the world has birth and death.

Where there is birth and death, there is a death line.

Finding the death line allows one to wrap the treasured saber with death energy and cut open the path of life and death with one slash.

His gaze wandered in the thick fog, and Ye Chuxiao suddenly pulled back and thrust his saber like an arrow.

Chila!

The death line of the spell formation corridor was hit, and the thick fog, along with the arranged spell formation, also shattered and dissipated in the sound of shattering.

In mid-air, a crow with three eyes let out a piercing croaking sound, and messy feathers splattered all over the ground.

"It turns out to be a three-eyed demon crow!"

"No wonder it can arrange a spell formation corridor in such a short time." Cui Yu said.

While Cui Yu explained, the flying sword in Ye Chuxiao's sleeve had already shot out quickly, nailing the three-eyed crow to death with one blow.

Black blood dripped down along the flying sword, and the flying sword, which could only be considered of ordinary quality, was instantly contaminated for the most part, and a trace of cracks appeared.

Ye Chuxiao did not take back the flying sword either.

He had many such consumable flying swords in his storage ring.

The two of them walked quickly and finally arrived at the door of Jin Buyi's room.

At this time, in Jin Buyi's room, two bald-headed strong men, whose entire bodies were glowing with golden light and looked very tall and burly, but whose faces were not clear, were forcefully breaking the shackles on Jin Buyi's body.

Some light spots on the shackles were being absorbed by them.

As the absorption progressed, the handcuffs on Jin Buyi were also making creaking sounds.

Looking closely, several of the Dragon Sealing Needles that were originally stuck in Jin Buyi's vital points had been removed.

Although there were still many restrictions placed on Jin Buyi's body, each time one was unsealed, it would add to the release of his strength.

If the unsealing reached thirty to forty percent, then Jin Buyi could completely break free on his own.

In another corner of the room, the two constables who had arrived here before Ye Chuxiao and Cui Yu had been killed.

Their corpses were shriveled into the appearance of dried corpses, and all their essence and blood were condensed to form blood incense, attracting the Dragon Gu planted in Jin Buyi's body to crawl out.

Ye Chuxiao slashed over with his saber, about to hit the death line of one of the bald heads with one slash.

However, Jin Buyi groaned and turned around in an instant, grabbing the two bald heads and shifting their positions.

Although Ye Chuxiao's slash still hit one of the bald heads, it was not a precise hit on the death line, so it was considered an 'ineffective attack'.

"Longevity Saber! I can use it too!" Jin Buyi said, staring at Ye Chuxiao.

"So what if you can? Can you use it?" Ye Chuxiao sneered, then drew a talisman in the air, condensing qi into a wall.

The surrounding air suddenly became heavy.

The death energy around Ye Chuxiao was boiling, so the charging time of the Longevity Saber was shortened even more.

With one slash, the saber light was stunning.

However, Jin Buyi still turned his body, using the shackles and iron shoes that were on his feet to block Ye Chuxiao's sure-kill slash.

Just before Ye Chuxiao's slash was about to land, he dissipated the death energy on the blade.

Clang!

The blade collided with the shackles made of Star Steel, splashing out sparks.

"Thanks for the reminder, I almost forgot... you can also use the Longevity Saber." Ye Chuxiao said.

Just now, it was indeed quite dangerous. If Ye Chuxiao had not temporarily dissipated the death energy entangled on the blade, it would have hit the death line on the shackles and shattered them.

At this time, Cui Yu, who had been like an accessory, was finally ready.

The formation flags fell, and the entire room was temporarily sealed off.

The originally ordinary cabin room seemed to have been moved to a desolate desert.

The two bald heads were also scattered at both ends of the desert, a 'very long' distance away from Jin Buyi.

This is of course an illusion!

But it is not just an illusion.

It also involves the coordination of talismans, formations, and curses, forming a certain practical effect.

The two bald heads may not be that far away from Jin Buyi, but they were indeed shaken away by Cui Yu's methods, no longer extracting the metallic elements from Jin Buyi's handcuffs.

"There are only ten breaths left, kill them quickly." Cui Yu reminded Ye Chuxiao through voice transmission.

Ye Chuxiao abandoned Jin Buyi and turned to kill one of the two bald heads.

These two bald heads were not good at fighting, but they had unique abilities that could help Jin Buyi unlock a small part of the seal on his body.

Keeping them would be a risk.

Ye Chuxiao swung his saber, constantly slashing at one of the bald heads, but could only leave a shallow scratch.

Jin Buyi was reminding the bald head through voice transmission, warning him of the location of his death line.

This made it difficult for Ye Chuxiao's Longevity Saber to hit the target.

And the location of the death line was fleeting and not in a fixed position. Ye Chuxiao had to re-examine it every time he made a slash.

"The Longevity Saber doesn't work, then kill them in a conventional way."

"It's just that the defensive power on these bald heads is extremely strong, with a unique rebound and counter-shock effect. Ordinary saber moves, even if I use the method of breaking skill with force, it is difficult to create a gap." Thinking of this, Ye Chuxiao asked Cui Yu, "How is it? Have you seen their details?"

At this time, Cui Yu spread out his palms, with crisscrossing lines in his palms, as if recording countless information: "They are evil manifestations. Their main bodies are golden Buddha statues in some temples. Because they absorbed Yin miasma and resentment, they became demons."

"To kill them, first break the golden bodies and reveal their origins."

"Ye Yinzhang! The one you are dealing with now is the Gandhahari Venerable." Cui Yu shouted.

As Cui Yu revealed the 'identity' of this bald-headed evil manifestation, the golden light on his body peeled off like rotten wall skin.

With the golden body broken, the clay tire and wooden plastic underneath were revealed.

When Ye Chuxiao's saber slashed on it, it could no longer leave only shallow scratches, but rather soil and wood flying everywhere.

With a few slashes, he shattered one of the bald-headed evil manifestations on the spot.

"Another one is the Unsurpassable Venerable." Cui Yu shouted out the identity of another evil manifestation.

Also, with the identity being called out, the golden light outside this evil manifestation melted like snow.

Ye Chuxiao threw a thunder talisman from afar.

The evil manifestation suffered a fierce thunder strike, and instantly turned to ashes.

Aowu!

Outside the room, the sound of a dragon's roar suddenly sounded.

Two giant dragons soared into the sky, manipulating water waves and clouds, forming a small domain force field.

In this domain, the rules of the two dragons were greatly strengthened.

Shi Pi the Elder also manipulated the blood threads, transforming into a blood dragon, and entangled with the Dragon King and Dragon Queen in a fierce battle.

He also used the domain force field that was beneficial to the dragon clan, and for a short time, he fought inextricably with the two dragons.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The Dragon Sealing Nails inserted in Jin Buyi's body were still falling off.

While Ye Chuxiao and Cui Yu were dealing with the two evil manifestations, he was indeed adjusting his breath and trying to break free from the seal.

Facing Jin Buyi, who was now unsealing himself, Ye Chuxiao had no way to start.

Kill... of course, he can't kill, and he may not be able to kill.

But he can't sit idly by and watch Jin Buyi break free like this.

Even if he can't unlock all the seals, just unlocking a very small part is enough for him to escape from here.

Once Jin Buyi escapes, it will be difficult to explain what happened in Yunmengze in the capital city.

"Stop playing dead! Tell me what you have in mind quickly."

"It's not good for us if Jin Buyi regains his mobility." At this time, Ye Chuxiao had no choice but to ask Ying Shu for help.

Ye Chuxiao was worried about the backlash from the Heart Pill, so he inevitably felt restrained when facing Jin Buyi.

But Jin Buyi had much less to worry about in this regard if he faced Ye Chuxiao.

After all, one of them occupied 70% of the Heart Pill, and the other only occupied 30%.

One's realm is the Yi realm, while the other's realm is only the Miao realm.

There are differences in the degree of backlash, and there are also differences in realms.

In the 'game' of breaking the pot, Jin Buyi naturally had the ability to act shamelessly.

"He is now using the technique of shifting acupoints and exchanging meridians. You must not insert the Dragon Sealing Nails back in their original places, otherwise it will not only not restrict him, but will instead help him."

"You have to delay time and wait for those two dragons to free up their hands."

"Now, do as I say, and stimulate the Dragon Gu in his body, using the power of the Dragon Gu to restrain Jin Buyi's energy."

After saying that, Ying Shu transmitted a piece of music to Ye Chuxiao.

"I know you also have the means of sound cultivation."

"This is a section of the Six Confusing Dragon Sounds. The Dragon Gu is also a dragon species. If you play this section, it can make the Dragon Gu go berserk." Ying Shu said.

Ye Chuxiao took out his jade flute and started playing according to the score.

With the rhythm of the music, obvious pustules began to appear on Jin Buyi's body.

These pustules were constantly moving under the skin tissue, as if they were gnawing on Jin Buyi's essence and blood.

Even if Jin Buyi used his powerful willpower to restrict and restrain the movement of the Dragon Gu, he could only pull against the Dragon Gu because 90% of his cultivation was sealed.

With the spread of Ye Chuxiao's flute sound, the Dragon King and Dragon Queen, who were entangled with Shi Pi the Elder outside, also seemed to become even more violent.

They twisted together, turning into a giant dragon-shaped sword that pierced the sky and the earth.

The giant sword fell, and the blood dragon transformed from blood threads shattered into countless bloody rain.

The bloody rain fell into the river water, but Shi Pi the Elder, hidden in it, could not take the opportunity to escape.

Because under the official ship, there was actually a glittering crystal palace connected to it.

The crystal palace shone with the light of the five elements, fixing a large area of the river water, and also solidifying Shi Pi the Elder, who was scattered in it, making it impossible for him to escape.

Before long, the Dragon King Yuan Jia landed on the deck, binding Shi Pi the Elder with the Dragon Binding Rope.

Yuan Meng, on the other hand, entered Jin Buyi's room one step earlier, took out new Dragon Sealing Nails, and inserted them into Jin Buyi's various vital points respectively.

At the same time, she soothed the Dragon Gu in Jin Buyi's body and forcibly poured several kinds of drugs that made his body, mind, and soul sluggish into Jin Buyi.

"This time, you did a good job." Yuan Meng said, looking at Ye Chuxiao and Cui Yu.

Ye Chuxiao was not happy: "I hope this is the last time you violate your promise."

"You promised me to escort us back to the capital, but now... you are using us as bait for your own purposes."

Yuan Meng said: "The oath I swore to the Heavenly Dao only promises to escort you back to the capital, but it does not promise that I will not make other arrangements, so I have not violated my promise."

Looking at Ye Chuxiao, whose face was dark, Yuan Meng added, "However, this time, thanks to the tune you played, it saved us a lot of effort."

"So, I can make an exception and give you a little more benefit."

"Of course, only a little bit."

"Before you arrive at the capital, you can think clearly about what you want."

Yuan Meng seemed to be saying that she did not care, but in reality, she was willing to make compensation.

In comparison, Yuan Jia was much more frank.

He apologized to a group of Six Doors constables and took out generous 'rewards' to repay the 'help' of the many constables.

Under the dual effect of attitude and interests, the resentment of the Six Doors constables seemed to have dissipated a lot.

Mainly because... there was no use in being angry.

The appearance of Shi Pi the Elder and others made a group of constables recognize the truth and give up their naive expectations.

Before returning to the capital, they still needed the protection of the Dragon King and Dragon Queen.

The night gradually receded.

When the sunlight of the next morning selflessly shone on the water, the official ship had entered the water system outside the capital city.

Looking from afar, the towering Yao Mountain was already very clear.

The Dragon King Yuan Jia looked at Yao Mountain, as if sensing and probing.

But he was destined to gain nothing.

Yao Mountain is the 'holy mountain' and 'divine mountain' of the Da Heng Dynasty. There are many secret realms in the mountain, and many Buddhist and Taoist experts who are paid by the Da Heng Dynasty have opened dojos in it.

Although the Dragon King Yuan Jia was not weak, he did not have the ability to see through Yao Mountain and understand the secrets within it.

Outside the Azure Dragon Gate of the capital city, Yuan Shen, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, along with Shi Huang, the Divine Constable of the Six Doors, led many officials and constables of the Ministry of Justice, standing at the door of the Azure Dragon Gate.

The expressions on everyone's faces were different.

Looking at the tired team, pressing the prison car, slowly approaching, a vice-minister of the Ministry of Justice actually took the lead to step out, with the tacit consent of Yuan Shen and Shi Huang, and went to meet the returning team.

"Jin Sanniang! Yan Chong! You have committed the crime of disobeying your superiors and imprisoning the Divine Constable Jin Buyi without authorization. Do you know your guilt?" The vice-minister opened his mouth with a question.

Jin Sanniang and Yan Chong had obviously expected this possibility, so Yan Chong said, "This matter is complicated, with many changes in the inside story. I will beat the Tongtian Drum to seek the Sage's investigation!"