Chapter 201: Catching Immortals
"boom!"

"grandfather……"

Su Xi suddenly grabbed Tian Xingzi and asked in surprise: "It sounded like an explosion just now, was it Sister Xuanjizi?"

"Should we go help Sister Xuanjizi?"

Tian Xingzi shook his head and said, "No need. Xuanjizi's face shows that he will be very rich and noble. Although there will be twists and turns along the way, it is also a sign of breaking through and then building up again."

"What I need to do now is to carefully check the Feng Shui and dragon vein direction of the Gyeonggi region."

"The world's general trend is determined by heaven."

"Under the tide of spiritual energy, where there is tide there must be tide."

"But the time of spiritual energy revival this time... is too early!"

"It will take at least 7,000 years before the spiritual energy revival predicted by our ancestors!"

Tian Xingzi said this with a bitter look on his face.

He dragged his hunched body and walked away into the distance.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, wait for me~"

The figures of an old man and a young boy walked farther and farther away, and were gradually illuminated by the rising sun in the east, and their shadows became very long.

It's getting light.

A horse-drawn carriage was speeding towards the imperial city. The people who got up in the morning and wanted to go to the capital for a morning meeting were thrown to the ground by the rush of people and horses.

He was about to yell, but when he saw the badge engraved on the carriage, he was so scared that he dared not say anything and could only mutter a few words in a low voice.

"What are you bragging about? You almost hit me, you know?"

"So what if he's a member of the Imperial Guard? My aunt's cousin's sister's classmate from the private school next door actually entered the palace and became a eunuch!"

"The Royal Guards are so anxious, has something big happened?"

Many people speculated that after the Jinyiwei carriage rushed to the imperial city, the imperial guards just waved the token in their hands and immediately let it pass.

The carriage galloped all the way, ignoring the eunuchs, palace maids, etc. on the roadside, until it was forced to stop behind Taihe Gate.

Further ahead is the core of the imperial palace. No one is allowed to drive the carriage except His Majesty, the Queen, the Queen Mother, and the Crown Prince.

With no other options, several people got off the carriage and continued on their way, led by Chen Li.

Chen Li was not in a very good condition at this time. His exposed skin was covered with scars, as if it had been burned by fire.

Most of his hair and eyebrows were burned off, and he looked very scary.

The wounds on his skin had already scabbed over, and he had to endure the severe pain while walking.

All of his true energy was put into circulation, trying his best to suppress the evil energy that was constantly destroying his meridians, blood and flesh.

Soon, he led his men to a row of rooms on the side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

This place is the office of the Imperial Household Department and also the office of the Cabinet.

After stating his identity and token, the guard eunuch did not dare to delay and hurriedly trotted in to report.

Soon, Liu Chengen walked out quickly, and his face changed drastically when he saw Chen Li.

As a colleague, he knew Chen Li's identity.

Even he had to be negligent.

"Eunuch Chen Li, what are you doing..."

"Greetings, Eunuch Liu. We have important matters to report to His Majesty. The old clan leader is in seclusion and has said that if we have important matters to ask His Majesty to see, you will go and report."

Liu Chengen was immediately in a dilemma and said hesitantly, "Before His Majesty went into seclusion, he did say that if there was an important matter, we could report it to him. But I wonder what the important matter is, Eunuch Chen?"

"If it is an ordinary military matter or a trivial matter, we would not dare to disturb His Majesty."

Chen Li used his powerful perception to look around and found no one eavesdropping, so he took a step forward and whispered, "We... have captured a monk."

"what?!"

Liu Chengen was horrified and said quickly, "Come with me, I will inform His Majesty right away!"

The group left quickly, and several figures in the side room discovered the movements of Liu Chengen and others.

"What is Eunuch Liu doing?"

"We have something important to discuss, why did he just leave?"

"Forget it! Let's discuss it first, and then we can exercise the right to wear red after he comes back."

"Regarding the matter of delivering food and fodder to General Xu... There is not much food and fodder left in the capital."

"The six states in the north have just gone through war and are now in a period of recuperation. It is simply impossible for us to gather a million dan of food and fodder in a short period of time!"

"Sir Wang, what do you think?"

"I think we can transfer grain from Shuzhou and Jingzhou and rely on General Meng Guang's Beiyang Navy to transport it by water."

"Water transport? Great idea!"

Baiyujing, a quiet room in the underground palace.

Zheng Yi clasped his hands together, and the blood mist in the entire quiet room slowly seeped towards the Samsara Nine Infants Fruit, with great difficulty.

Although the speed was slow, there was no doubt that the essence, blood and mist were still absorbed by the Nine Infants Fruit of Reincarnation, and Zheng Yi's efforts were not in vain.

In the past half month, he used his essence and blood to sacrifice the Nine Infants Fruit of Reincarnation almost every day.

You can absorb about one drop every day.

The rest of the time is spent on continuing to practice.

But until now, the Nine Infants Fruit of Samsara has not changed at all.

Two hours later, the blood mist that filled the quiet room finally dissipated and was completely absorbed into the Nine Infants Fruit of Reincarnation.

After a careful inspection, it seemed that an extremely fine blood-colored thread appeared inside the entire Samsara Nine-Infants Fruit.

Zheng Yi said in surprise: "It seems that there are still changes. I don't believe that I can't refine you if I work hard and slowly!"

After taking a break and preparing to continue practicing, Zheng Yi discovered that the lamp in the corner of the quiet room suddenly lit up.

This is a special mechanism that connects the quiet room where he is in seclusion and the outside of Baiyujing.

If someone is in a hurry to find him, they can light the lamps in Baiyujing, and the connected lamps in the quiet room will light automatically.

"Huh? Weird..."

Zheng Yi murmured, "No one is allowed to disturb me during my retreat, unless there is something important to discuss."

"The only people who know about this are Imperial Concubine Cui, Imperial Concubine Yu, Imperial Concubine Chan, Imperial Concubine Qing, Chen Liancang, and Liu Zhongyi. Could it be that..." He calculated the time and asked curiously, "Is Imperial Concubine Cui about to give birth?"

Calculating the time, it’s only been these few days.

He walked out of the underground palace and soon found Liu Chengen and others.

"Cheng'en, are Concubine Cui and the others about to give birth?"

Liu Chengen walked over quickly and whispered, "Your Majesty, Concubine Cui and the others are indeed due to give birth in the next few days, but I have something else to report to Your Majesty today."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"Eunuch Chen Li...you go ahead and speak."

Chen Li walked over quickly, knelt down and said, "Your servant Chen Li greets your majesty."

"You are... Chen Li!"

Zheng Yi was surprised and asked, "How did you get hurt? Who did it?"

"Your Majesty, my injury is not a problem, but I have something important to report to Your Majesty."

"What's the matter?"

"When I was guarding the Ghost Spirit Grass, I encountered a cultivator stealing it. After a fight... we captured that cultivator!"

"What? You captured a monk!"

Zheng Yi couldn't believe his ears at all. He knew about the matter of guarding the Ghost Grass.

But... it is too easy for a congenital and three masters to capture a cultivator.

Or... that monk is just a rookie?

Or is it the first or second level of Qi training?

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Chen Li said: "I used a grenade to sneak attack him. This person had never seen a grenade before, and his protective shield was accidentally blown up by the grenade. Only then could I and others sneak attack successfully."

"I see……"

"Where is this person now?"

"There is a carriage outside Baiyujing, and I and others took him into the palace."

"Ok?"

Zheng Yi frowned and said, "Bring him into the palace. How can you be sure that he is not secretly pretending to be captured and taking the opportunity to get close to me?"

Chen Li hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, this person will never approach Your Majesty with this trick."

"Oh? How do you know?"

"Because she was...frozen into an ice sculpture."

"Hmm? Ice sculptures?"

Soon, the carriage brought by Chen Li drove into Baiyujing, and Zheng Yi also saw the monks that Chen Li mentioned were captured by them.

A huge ice sculpture more than one person tall appeared in front of Zheng Yi.

The ice sculpture is thick and frosty white, with a lot of black threads mixed in.

Inside the ice sculpture was a female cultivator dressed in black, looking disheveled and angry.

Blood was oozing from all her orifices, and there were some obvious injuries on her body.

The most important thing is that although this woman glared angrily, there was a charm in her look.

Zheng Yi looked strange: "She is the monk you captured?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Chen Li ordered someone to bring out a wooden box and handed it to Zheng Yi.

"The wooden box contains the flying sword used by this female cultivator. Zhao Sufeng of Taiyi Sect used the Seven Star Sword Technique to break the control of the sword, causing it to fall to the ground. Only then were we able to successfully capture it."

Zhao Sufeng, the junior brother of Zhao Suling of Taiyi Sect, is also one of the Taiyi Sect's master-level warriors.

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box in his hand, and a strange flying sword shaped like a willow leaf appeared. It was gray and transparent in color, and looked more like a piece of ice.

As soon as it was opened, Zheng Yi could feel a chill coming, and the temperature in the entire hall dropped by several degrees.

"This flying sword...why does it look familiar?"

"His Majesty."

Chen Li continued, "When we were about to get close to her, she suddenly emitted a lot of cold air, freezing us into an ice sculpture."

"We have tried many ways to break it but have not been able to do so. All we can do is bring it to your majesty to see."

"Also... the Ghost Spirit Grass was taken away by this girl. It should be in her storage bag."

"I see. A kind of triggered self-protection?"

Amidst the strange tone of voice, a palace maid suddenly ran over from outside the door.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty..."

"Xiao'er?"

When Zheng Yi saw the performance, he realized that the woman was Cui Xiabing's personal maid and motioned her to come over.

"What happened?"

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is about to give birth!"

"Hmm? Bing'er is about to give birth?"

Zheng Yi immediately walked towards the door and stopped after a few steps.

"Imprison this monk in a dungeon and assign heavy troops to guard it."

"Also... mobilize a batch of bombs. If she makes any unusual movements, blow her up!"

"promise!"

"And... Chen Li, you come with me."

Zheng Yi ordered: "Concubine Cui should have some healing pills left by her master. I will ask for a few for you."

Chen Li immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the medicine!"

(End of this chapter)