Inside the imperial city, the night was deep, especially tonight when the clouds covered the sky, making it so dark that even the stars could not be seen. Two eunuchs holding lanterns hurriedly passed through the palace corridor and entered the inner courtyard of the harem.
As he was in a hurry, he suddenly found a wide-open palace gate and a figure passing by quickly.
"who?"
The two of them quickly turned around and looked inside the slightly opened, unfastened door. Originally, most of the people living here were old palace maids, who were responsible for washing clothes and doing heavy work on weekdays. They were the lowest class of people in the imperial city.
However, because the new emperor ascended the throne recently, his sleeping palace was moved to the south, and a large number of servants and palace maids followed him, so most of these palaces are now empty and should be empty.
"Go in and take a look!"
"Could it be some dishonest person who came out to steal things in the middle of the night? I heard that there have been several cases in Jinxiu Palace recently..."
The two eunuchs raised their lanterns, stepped over the threshold and walked inside. The old trees in the courtyard were as old as the palace, tall and lush, with fallen leaves covering the ground, and as the night wind blew, whirlpools formed.
The two looked up and immediately saw a figure sitting on the tree. A pair of legs wearing embroidered shoes were swinging back and forth, and long hair fell to the waist and was under the branches.
This frightened the two men to their core, and when they looked over, they found that the figure had disappeared.
Before he could turn around and find the figure, he heard two "puffs" and a pair of sharp claws pierced through the chests of the two men, grabbing two beating hearts.
Not long after, two more shadows appeared in the yard, sitting together on the big tree.
The three figures swayed and the six thighs swung back and forth like a swing. They disappeared at dawn and reappeared in another courtyard the next day.
In the early morning, before daybreak, the two officials hurried through the gate of the imperial palace and rushed to the morning court in the pitch darkness. The autumn night was cold and the two men shivered as they walked and chatted with each other to keep warm.
However, before they reached the main hall, they saw two dark shadows passing by. They were two old women dragging long tattered white clothes. The clothes were torn into strips and spread out behind them like wings. They moved at an incredible speed and pounced on the two officials in the blink of an eye, emitting sharp and strange laughter.
These two officials were not ordinary people. They were full of energy, but when faced with these two monsters, they could only let out two screams.
When several palace guards arrived, they could only see two empty official robes and debris and corpses on the ground.
Next, a team of soldiers guarding the north gate of the imperial city walked through the corridor during the shift change and were never seen again. Dozens of soldiers at the innate level or above and a warrior general at the bloodline supernatural power level simply disappeared without even a trace being found.
Strange things happened one after another in the imperial city. The strange things were no longer limited to Yangjing, but had begun to appear around the emperor.
These ghosts and monsters are different from those outside the city. They ignore the forbidden formations of the imperial city and quietly appear inside the imperial city. Although the righteous aura emitted by the great sages of the academy sitting in the imperial city suppresses them, they seem to have a way to avoid that power.
They appeared quietly and disappeared quietly. Even the many Taoists of the Tianshi Sect and Tianshi Zhang Yusu were unable to find them.
Moreover, they do not have the eerie and terrifying ghostly aura like ordinary ghosts. You can only sense their breath when they appear in front of you.
Inside the imperial study, the furious young emperor pushed a whole row of jade slips to the ground, looked at the ministers kneeling in the study, and loudly rebuked them.
"Now, ghosts are rampant in Kyoto, and the city is full of weird things and rumors. I know all about it, but I didn't expect that such a thing would happen in the imperial city. Several ministers were killed on the way to the palace for an audience, and dozens of black-armored guards disappeared without a trace."
"Who will be the next missing person? Do you have to wait until I am also missing before you can find out the reason?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Finally, after venting his anger at the Heavenly Master Zhang Yusu and the Director of the Imperial Observatory Shao Yan, the emperor stopped and ordered them to find out the cause as soon as possible.
Tianshi Zhang Yusu hurriedly took a car from the imperial city to Tianshi Temple. She vaguely felt that the strange things happening in the imperial city this time were not simple.
Zhang Yusu had checked the situation in the palace a few days ago. It was absolutely impossible for the evil spirit to come in from outside. Regardless of the restrictions or heavy guards of the imperial city, it was impossible for the evil spirit to break through the restriction formation on the city wall without alerting anyone.
Then the only possibility is that something went wrong within the imperial city, and these ghosts are too strange. They come and go without a trace, as if they can travel beneath the earth. However, beneath the earth is Yangjing's national defense formation and dragon vein blockade. This kind of thing is simply impossible.
The situation was too strange at the moment, so Heavenly Master Zhang Yusu hurried back to the Heavenly Master Temple, wanting to ask his two uncles what was going on with the strange situation inside and outside the imperial city.
After the emperor scolded his ministers, his furious mood gradually calmed down.
Because everyone knows that with the strange things happening inside and outside Kyoto now, everything they do is in vain. As long as the most important thing is not dealt with properly, the chaos in Yangjing will not be resolved.
That is the loss of the Nine Dragon Emperor's Seal. If the Nine Dragon Emperor's Seal can be found, under the power of the True Dragon Pillar, all the ghosts and strange phenomena in Yangjing will be wiped out immediately.
Moreover, as long as the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal is in hand, all gods in the world must obey the emperor's orders. The emperor can also use the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal to re-confer the title of Yangjing City God, instead of the situation like now, where the position of Yangjing City God is vacant and demons and monsters are rampant.
The emperor then called for Weiwei, one of the nine ministers of Dapan and also a pillar of the country. A well-known martial arts master in the world, he was the official who commanded the guards to guard the palace. He was responsible for the safety of the emperor and the palace inside and outside.
"Where is Weiwei Qinghu?"
A general wearing black armor knelt down at the door of the study: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
After the emperor asked him to come forward, he immediately said impatiently: "When can the imperial seal be found? The Nine Dragon Imperial Seal is a national treasure, and it has disappeared without a trace in the imperial city. As a guard, you have not been able to find the imperial seal until now. What crime should you be punished for?"
"Three days. If you still can't find the imperial seal within three days, your job as a guard will end..."
“Boom!”
Before the emperor finished speaking, there was a loud noise from outside. The emperor and Weiwei Qinghu hurried outside the palace. Looking from a high place, they saw a high platform building in the far southeast direction suddenly collapsed.
Even though you were halfway across Yangjing, you could still see the strange scene happening in the distance.
All I saw was a giant snake transforming into a towering shadow, rising a hundred meters from the ground and crashing into the Star-Picking Platform with a loud bang.
The heavy and thick restrictions and vast runes were crushed like a piece of thin paper under the shadow of the towering snake. A strong white light emanated from the giant snake's body, stirring up the wind and clouds.
“Demon Snake! Are you looking for death?” The furious voice of Shao Yan, the director of the Imperial Observatory, echoed throughout Yangjing. At the same time, a large number of figures and strong men exuded momentum and headed towards the Star-Picking Platform.
The guards stationed in Yangjing also gathered towards the Imperial Observatory.
The huge platform and the Star-Picking Tower with more than 20 floors were the highest places in Yangjing. At this moment, it collapsed with a loud bang, raising a huge cloud of dust. The scene immediately attracted the attention of all the people and officials in Yangjing.
A gigantic cultivator snake stood in the ruins, looking down at all living beings with its body of a celestial demon. It raised its huge body to the sky and howled. The horrifying hissing sound spread out, and the air waves rose for a thousand meters, and the surrounding layers of earth suddenly cracked.
What was even more terrifying was that in another place in the city, a monster with a dragon head and a human body instantly transformed into a celestial demon. Its body, which was a hundred meters tall, looked like a mountain appearing in the city. Its huge feet fell down and crushed the Yangjing City God Temple into pieces.
As it was born, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, and violent winds and heavy rain came, covering the sky of Yangjing.
"When the god of Zhangshan, Ji Meng, appears, there will be strange phenomena in heaven and earth, and there will be strong winds and heavy rains."
The guard standing next to the emperor suddenly changed his expression. When he saw the identity of this monster with a dragon head and a human body, his face turned pale.
But in the blink of an eye, he thought of more, and looked fiercely at a place in the center of the imperial city: "Not good! They want to activate the national defense formation!"
The Star Picking Platform of the Imperial Observatory is the most important place in Kyoto, and is one of the corners of the Yangjing National Defense Array. In addition, there are the Yangjing City God Temple and the Dapan Imperial Ancestral Temple. The three places support each other and protect each other, plus the ancient ruins underground as the core, forming this national defense array.
This Yangjing national defense formation was arranged by the first Heavenly Master Zhang Heming, and is being reinforced and maintained by successive Heavenly Masters and the Imperial Observatory. It guards the safety of the dragon veins of the entire Kyoto. In times of crisis, it can be instantly activated and cover the entire Yangjing.
At this moment, the Yangjing City God Temple was already empty, the Star-Picking Platform of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory collapsed, and only one ancestral temple was left at the three corners of the formation.
When Weiwei Qinghu flew up and rushed towards the ancestral temple, many people had already sensed something and rushed towards the Dapan ancestral temple frantically.
But the emperor outside the study, being drenched in the heavy rain, for some reason, suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth.
However, hundreds of thousands of common people in the city raised their heads at the same time and stared at the sky in amazement.
Because at this time, all you could see was a white ball of light falling from the sky, dragging a long red tail, and smashing towards the earth with the power to destroy the world.
Amid the dark clouds and heavy rain, the ball of light was so conspicuous.
Its target was the Dapan Temple within the imperial palace.
"The demon is so outrageous!"
“Stop it!”
"Hahahaha! Here it comes! It's finally here!"
"Da Pan will die today!"
“Hahahaha! The demons are gathering and devouring Kyoto. The human race is doomed to be destroyed!”
At this moment, amidst the dark clouds and heavy rain, one force after another rose into the sky.
There were demons, cultivators, warriors, and great sages from the academy. They instantly erupted in the entire Yangjing. Some people roared in anger, demons laughed wildly, and monsters transformed and rushed towards the imperial city.
Many powerful monks released their aura and power unscrupulously, causing beams of light and black smoke to erupt in Yangjing.
The whole Yangjing rumbled as if a boiling oil pan was ignited and exploded.
In the midst of violent storms, the ancient capital of Yangjing, which existed for hundreds of years, was in such a state of storms as never before, as if it would fall into the abyss of destruction in an instant.
In Yangjing, hundreds of thousands of Dapan common people were looking at the scene outside in horror, with fear in everyone's eyes.
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