novelapdf Chapter 192 Bao Zhang, where are you going!
Chapter 192 Bao Zhang, where are you going!
Chapter 193 Bao Zhang, where are you going!
In fact, we don't need to wait another twenty years.
The eighth year—or perhaps the ninth year—the people trapped in the Imperial Observatory couldn't quite remember.
In the spring of that year, Li Jieqing's avatar successfully broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and he was not even over forty years old.
More importantly, the great undertaking of brewing was also completed. Not only was a batch of first-grade spirit wine successfully brewed, but the recipe for blood wine was also basically figured out. The blood of cultivators that had been stored for decades and had lost its spiritual power could be recycled and remade, allowing Li Jieqing to enjoy the long-lost pleasure of taste.
As news of Li Jieqing's breakthrough to the ninth level of Qi Refining spread, almost all the court officials trapped in the Imperial Observatory came to congratulate him and spent a lot of money to buy spirit wine to take back.
A forty-year-old Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivator is considered a genius, both in the imperial court and among the common people, and has a high probability of breaking through to Foundation Establishment in the future.
Everyone carried the decorated sedan chair, so even inside the tall, multi-eaved pagoda, several people came out to offer their congratulations and curry favor.
There was no other way. The Imperial Observatory had cut itself off from the court for so many years, and the manpower in the tower was becoming increasingly scarce. It had no choice but to lower its stance and take the initiative to deal with people outside.
"People's hearts are restless."
Li Jieqing smiled and said this to Shan Shiliu, who was coming over again.
Shan Shiliu nodded, his eyes revealing his own consideration.
The people inside the towering pagoda were restless. It was not something that the Supervising Master Bao Zhang could not control. With the power of a Foundation Establishment True Person, it would be far too easy for him to subdue Xia Xiu.
So there's only one possibility: Baozhang has simply given up on it.
Since he's too lazy to manage them, he doesn't need these vassals. In other words, the task that Jianzheng Baozhang was about to complete is almost finished!
Shan Sixteen took this very seriously and was determined to investigate.
After the bustling spring season ended, Li Jieqing's brewery had sold out all its stock, and Shan Shiliu secretly came looking for him again in the days that followed.
"Yu Qi! Although you've made few moves these past years, you've never betrayed the court. I'm willing to trust you one more time!"
"I received news from inside the tower that the Supervisor will be able to complete the important calculations within the next three months, and this matter has already been reported to the court."
"There are only three important places in the Imperial Observatory now: the inside of the tower, the magic array that isolates itself from the capital, and the node of the great array used by the court to suppress the Tongtian River."
"Before the imperial court takes any action, we need to guard these three magic array nodes and report back immediately!"
As he spoke, Shan Shiliu solemnly handed over a specially made jade talisman for transmitting sound.
The Imperial Observatory's array isolated the inside from the outside, making it impossible to even transmit sound normally.
However, over time, these special sound transmission jade talismans were naturally deciphered, which is why they were created.
Li Jieqing did not refuse this time.
He is an extremely loyal minister of the East, how could he shrink back in the face of a great event?
"Since you're all prepared, then leave the most dangerous part to me!" Li Jieqing said with a smile.
"Be serious, Jade Seventh Brother—" Shan Sixteen couldn't figure out Li Jieqing's smile, but felt a chill run down his spine.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too few people at the last minute, he really wouldn't want to come back here.
"The most dangerous thing, of course, is to enter the tower and monitor the Supervisor. And since you, Yu Qi, have been so dissolute for so many years, the tower has been quite lenient with you. In the next three months, you must find an opportunity to get in! The sooner the better!"
"I already told you, leave it to me."
Li Jieqing accepted the jade talisman with a smile.
"Then I'll go guard the node of the suppression array. I feel uneasy about that place," Shan Shiliu said.
Li Jieqing then stopped smiling, and his expression finally became serious.
"Take care then."
Take care, everyone!
Having made his plans, Shan Shiliu withdrew and went to work on the other side of the Imperial Observatory.
According to information gathered by the Eastern Court over the years, after Supervisor Bao Zhang completed the calculations for the exit from Blood Heart Cave, there were only three possible routes.
One option is to leave quietly without anyone noticing, which naturally requires keeping a close watch on the tall tower and the magic array of the Imperial Observatory itself.
Secondly, they used unknown means to forcibly break out of the capital and forcefully relocate court personnel when sealing off the Imperial Observatory.
Thirdly, they could use the nodes of the grand array that the imperial court had set up to suppress the Tongtian River to activate the array's power and escape.
However, the key points of the great formation were not limited to the Imperial Observatory; all other locations were already under control. The key points of the Imperial Observatory were also sealed off during the transport of supplies. With the addition of inside agents like Li Jieqing and Shan Shiliu, there was nothing to worry about.
The Eastern Court is now afraid that Baozhang might use some unknown foreign means to secretly run away, leaving no trace and wasting decades of effort.
"The imperial court is too far away; it's like being blinded by a leaf, unable to see the situation within the Imperial Observatory."
"I would be very worried if the thief escaped."
Li Jieqing, who was assigned to infiltrate the multi-eaved tower within three months, brazenly entered the tower on the third day.
It was daytime, not the time when the tower was busy with stargazing.
In addition, since outsiders have never dared to approach over the years, and those at the bottom of the multi-eaved tower have no defenses, Li Jieqing was able to enter so easily.
After entering, Li Jieqing spread his divine sense and headed towards the celestial platform at the top of the tower.
They were no longer trying to hide it at all, and weren't afraid that Baozhang would find out.
At this moment, the guard on the ground floor realized what was happening and hurriedly appeared to stop him. This man was Bao Wu's former disciple, but now, due to the changing circumstances, he could only guard the gate for Bao Zhang.
Li Jieqing ignored him, scanned the tower with his divine sense, and smiled knowingly.
It's not three months at all. Shan Shiliu underestimated Bao Zhang. Although he guessed that Bao Zhang was going to take action against the key node of the great array that suppressed the Tongtian River in the East, he completely guessed the timing wrong.
It's not three months.
But it happens today, right now.
"So they've finally made their move—"
A wisp of dust fell down, and Li Jieqing looked up, watching the tall tower above him sway.
next moment.
Like melting ice and snow, the highest point of the tower collapsed, one layer on top of another. The once magnificent tower with its dense eaves, which had been built with countless materials from the East, crumbled like mud and sand, having been used to transport all the baggage.
Broken wood, crumbling rocks, and fractured barriers piled up one after another, falling to the very bottom.
The collapse and shattering process happened in an instant.
Before the disciples of Gu Baowu, who were approaching, could react, they were buried together with Li Jieqing in the mud and sand of the collapsed tower.
The ancient pagoda of the Imperial Observatory, with its dense eaves, crumbled into dust, causing the ground to tremble and countless cracks to spread in all directions.
With a loud bang!
The magic circle shattered.
The entire Imperial Observatory was destroyed.
Just then, the Eastern Court, which had been keeping a close eye on the Imperial Observatory, finally noticed the commotion and was horrified.
"The Heaven-Reaching Array! He has reversed our Heaven-Reaching Array!"
"Watch out for the Tongtian River!"
A long howl startled the capital and reached the palace.
In the suburbs of Beijing, the section of the Tongtian River that flows through this area was instantly calm and still.
The first wave rose, the second wave reached the shore, the third wave submerged the Jinshui Bridge, and the fourth wave has already engulfed the city walls of the capital.
The capital city is flooded!
The Tongtian River, which had been suppressed for a long time, surged up again, becoming even more turbulent than its upstream sections.
If it is not stopped, the spiritual land of the capital will surely be destroyed, and the other nodes of the suppression array in the Tongtian River will surely be damaged as well.
At that time, the entire Eastern Land will be turned into a vast swamp!
One Foundation Establishment cultivator after another appeared, each displaying their abilities to suppress the surging waves of the Tongtian River, which had already reached the heavens in the fifth level, while simultaneously searching for the Imperial Seal of the Supervisor with burning rage.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Baozhang had already escaped and calmly left the capital.
Once outside the capital, Master Baozhang headed straight for the Western Demon Realm.
"A bunch of ignorant natives. I can tell at a glance that this suppression formation was set up by the disciples of the Blood Heart Sect back then, so that they can rest on the legacy of their predecessors and enjoy their blessings."
"But the Blood Heart Sect was destroyed by my Ruyi Sect. How could a mere suppression formation from a thousand years ago possibly hide it from me!"
"run!"
"If you are still alive in the future, then you can settle the score for your senior brother!"
Bao Zhang was one of the Seven Immortals who was skilled in magic formations. He had also been in seclusion at the Imperial Observatory for nearly thirty years, and had long since figured out both the internal and external aspects of magic.
The Eastern court thought that by guarding the other major nodes of the capital and sealing off the nodes of the Imperial Observatory, Bao Zhang would be helpless. In the end, however, they still suffered from their lack of culture.
The westernmost part of the Eastern Kingdom's territory lies in a Gobi Desert, the very place through which the Bai family's merchant guild once passed.
Further west of the Gobi Desert lies an endless expanse of sand.
The desolate desert that divides the land is what keeps the western monsters from expanding.
Further west in the desert, past a lowland and a grassland of sharp-edged grass, a dark mountain peak comes into view.
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This mountain rises abruptly from the wilderness, truly connecting heaven and earth.
Bao Zhang left the desert and flew in the sky, but his path was blocked by the Black Mountain, so he had to take a detour.
Just then, from the desert behind them, a blood-red shadow traversed space and arrived behind Master Baozhang in an instant.
The blood shadow was so fast that even Bao Zhang's divine sense could not catch it. In an instant, he was smashed down from the sky by the blood shadow and fell directly to the ground.
With a loud bang.
The blade-tip grass was like a meteorite that had fallen, creating a vast crater.
"Blood Demon?!"
Master Baozhang was horrified. He climbed out of the sinkhole, vomiting blood. He pulled out a blood-red longsword that was stuck in his back and flung it away. Without even looking behind him, he desperately fled back into the sky.
The blood-red longsword was swung backward and absorbed by the blood shadow that flew out of the sinkhole again. It then soared into the sky and crashed into the back of the treasure seal in the sky in an instant.
The sky seemed to be struck by a sudden clap of thunder.
The treasure fell again, this time landing in front of Black Mountain.
"Blood Demon!"
"As expected, there is a Blood Demon!"
"Who are you?!"
Bao Zhang lost his Taoist crown and rolled on the ground with disheveled hair. Decades of fear had come to a head in this moment.
The blood-red shadow above his head seemed to be the manifestation of his fear that the sky was about to collapse.
too fast!
I have never seen any senior disciple in the sect possess such supernatural powers or spiritual artifacts at such speed.
Moreover, there was a person inside that blood shadow.
When it moves, even his peak early Foundation Establishment stage divine sense can't catch it!
On Black Mountain, the blood-red shadow dispersed, revealing the appearance of an old man in red robes with a jewel on his head. His cultivation level was also only at the early stage of Qi Refining, and he was deep in thought.
His body refinement is quite good. He has consumed a lot of the Great and Small Heart-Nourishing Pills, and recently he has also been using the Blood-Absorbing Qi Transformation Divine Power to replenish his strength. He dares not say that he can compare with a second-tier great demon, but he should be able to take it a step further and be comparable to some first-tier peak great demons.
With the added benefit of the Thick Earth Bearing Treasure Pearl's ability to enhance his physical body, he came up with the idea of using it in conjunction with the Blood Escape Flying Form to crash into people.
The results were surprisingly good.
Master Baozhang didn't even have time to react before he was knocked unconscious.
"No, maybe he's faking a breakdown of his Dao heart to deceive me—"
Li Jieqing, now in the form of an old man, beckoned, and the three spiritual artifacts—the Azure Water Sword, the Precious Earth Sword, and the White Bone Tower—surrounded the Black Mountain and slowly pressed down towards the ground.
He himself held the Taiping Sword and guided the Invisible Heavenly Sword into the world, showing that he was going all out and not daring to underestimate it in the slightest.
"Heaven has sent a deadly attack!"
"Heaven has sent a deadly attack!"
"Ha ha ha ha----!"
Don't be fooled by the fact that his schemes against the Eastern Lands seem clean and efficient, and that they might make him feel smug. However, the special supernatural power that Bao Zhang cultivated, the constant sense of crisis that had plagued him since entering the Blood Heart Cave Heaven, and the death of Bao Wu had already pushed him to the brink of collapse.
After being ambushed and tortured by Li Jieqing, he had no chance to resist and was trapped inside the White Bone Tower.
Of the seven, three had already fallen at Li Jieqing's hands.