Chapter 250: Chapter 35: Night Raid

County Governor’s Mansion.

Li Jin and the others returned to the mansion and immediately sought out Commander Zhao Ruqi of Cloud County to recount their encounter with Chen Tang.

“Are you certain you saw it clearly? It was an Imperial Token?”

Zhao Ruqi frowned slightly.

Li Jin hurriedly said, “Sir, I saw it very clearly; there’s no mistake.”

Zhao Ruqi asked, “How did he identify himself?”

Li Jin said, “I couldn’t get it out of him. This Imperial Envoy is very tight-lipped, he only said his surname is Yuan.”

On the way, Li Jin had tried to subtly probe Chen Tang’s background.

Chen Tang half-truthfully said his surname was Yuan.

By borrowing a royal surname from Qian Country along with the Imperial Token, he appeared even more unfathomable.

“Yuan?”

Zhao Ruqi pondered, murmuring, “So young, with the surname Yuan, he should be someone from the Royal Family.”

Li Jin tentatively asked, “Sir, this Imperial Envoy seems intent on thoroughly investigating the poison porridge case outside the city. What should we do?”

“Heh.”

Zhao Ruqi sneered, saying, “He’s just one person, without even a single follower. What is there to fear? In this Cloud County, whether he’s a tiger, he must lie down, or a dragon, he must coil up for me!”

“Tomorrow, have Captain Lou from the Azure Dragon Department go find him to feel him out. Heh, just one Azure Dragon Department should be enough to handle him.”

“Understood!”

Li Jin bowed and withdrew.

…

Penglai Inn.

Chen Tang sat in the room with his eyes closed, ’Eternal’ resting across his knees, his whole body relaxed, waiting for nightfall.

Soon after, Yan Qi and Jing Wuming opened the door and slipped inside.

“Brother Chen, all fifteen members of the Qilin Guard in Cloud County are gathered.”

“The Vermilion Bird Guard has eight people in Cloud County, and they are all here too.”

Yan Qi and Jing Wuming looked at Chen Tang, awaiting his next instruction.

Chen Tang opened his eyes and said, “Just wait outside the County Governor’s Mansion. If you see the Azure Dragon Department Captain leading people in, then go in. Capture the Azure Dragon Department Captain first; leave the rest to me.”

Places like Cloud County and Wu’an County are more or less the same.

The cultivation of a commander is usually between Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade. In a relatively small Commandery like Cloud County, it’s most likely Fifth Grade.

And within the commandery, the highest martial arts realm is the Azure Dragon Department Captain.

To serve as a Captain of the Four Symbols Bureau, one generally must reach the Fourth Grade Awakening Realm!

Therefore, this person posed the greatest threat to Chen Tang.

Hence, Chen Tang left him to Yan Qi and Jing Wuming to handle.

Of course, for most people, the strength of the Profound Celestial Temple is also formidable.

But to Chen Tang, these alchemists from the Profound Celestial Temple are not worth worrying about at all.

If it were the Profound Celestial Temple or the Azure Dragon Department in Qingzhou City, Chen Tang would take a wide detour.

“Brother Chen, you’re going to the Profound Celestial Temple alone…”

Jing Wuming hesitated to speak, somewhat worried.

Chen Tang said, “I am no longer holding an official position in the Court, and I have long offended the Profound Celestial Sect, so I have nothing to worry about. In the future, at worst, I will leave Qian Country. You still intend to hold positions in Qian Country; it’s different for me.”

Chen Tang had already decided to leave Qian Country and head to Nanxia.

No matter how much trouble he stirred up, he did not care.

But Jing Wuming and Yan Qi, after all, were still officials in the Court, and many times, they needed to leave themselves an avenue for retreat.

“Brother Chen, be careful!”

Jing Wuming and the others warned.

Chen Tang nodded, got up, and left the room, melting into the night, disappearing quickly.

He had never been to Cloud County, but the Profound Celestial Tower in this commandery was the tallest building, extremely conspicuous.

Under the curfew, the streets were desolate, and Chen Tang avoided the governmental officials patrolling the streets, weaving through the dark alleys and streets, rapidly approaching the Profound Celestial Temple.

Soon, Chen Tang arrived outside the Profound Celestial Temple.

He listened for a moment; there was no one nearby. Looking up at the wall more than a dozen feet high, he exerted force with his legs, leaped over easily, without even using the Gecko Wall-Climbing Technique.

Typically, the Observatory Master of the Profound Celestial Temple would rest at the top of the Profound Celestial Tower.

There weren’t many guards below the Profound Celestial Tower.

Who would dare cause trouble at the Profound Celestial Temple in this Cloud County!

With Chen Tang’s current cultivation, it was easy to avoid the sight of the guards and climb up the Profound Celestial Tower in just a few moves.

Through the slightly open window, Chen Tang could clearly see someone sleeping in the bed inside.

Judging by the arrangement of the room, this person should be the Observatory Master, Ye Zhi!

Chen Tang lifted the window, flipped in with a leap.

The entire process was almost soundless.

But a slight breeze was drawn in.

“Who?”

Ye Zhi, the Observatory Master, was extremely alert. Suddenly sitting up, he pushed open the sword box beside him with one hand and pressed the bed’s edge with the other, looking in the direction of the window, he shouted lowly.

Chen Tang shook his head silently.

His body technique was far inferior to that of the chubby old man.

If he could master the Wind Following Technique in the Fuyao Technique to Great Success, he would have slipped in like the wind, invisible and traceless, silent, without waking Ye Zhi at all!

Of course, whether Ye Zhi was alarmed or not was of no consequence to Chen Tang.

“Was it you who poisoned the refugees outside the city?”

Chen Tang slowly walked towards Ye Zhi, seemingly casually asking.

“What if it was?”

Ye Zhi sat on the bed, unruffled. As he answered, his left hand formed a sword point and suddenly swung forward!

Swish!

The Flying Sword, which lay motionless in the sword box, suddenly shot out, transforming into a streak of white light, instantly illuminating the entire room, darting straight towards Chen Tang’s face!

Suddenly!

The blade glimmered!

It was so dazzling that Ye Zhi could hardly open his eyes.

This flash of the blade seemed even more brilliant and dazzling than his Flying Sword!

Clang!

Ye Zhi did not see what happened, merely hearing a clash of metal by his ear.

The next moment, the Flying Sword he had tempered for decades, to his astonishment, fell from mid-air.

When it hit the ground, it had already broken into two pieces!

Hiss!

Ye Zhi gasped, his pupils contracting violently!

Normally, an alchemist’s Flying Sword, fused with numerous rare metals and tempered day and night, is far sharper and harder than the weapons used by martial artists.

But unexpectedly, his Flying Sword had been cut into two pieces by the person in front of him with a casual slash!

What kind of Divine Weapon was this person holding?

Only now did Ye Zhi feel a bit of panic.

He had invested most of his power into this Flying Sword.

With the Flying Sword destroyed, he couldn’t even match a Ninth Grade Martial Artist.

No time to think further, Ye Zhi suddenly tugged a silk string on the edge of the bed.

The next moment, the entire Profound Celestial Tower was filled with the sound of ringing bells!

This sound was extremely piercing, extraordinarily clear in the silent night!

Accompanied by the bells, there was an evident commotion and racket from below the Profound Celestial Tower.

With waves of shouting, all the disciples and guards of the Profound Celestial Temple woke from their slumber, rushing here from all directions within the temple.

Ye Zhi finally revealed a trace of a smile, saying, “I don’t care who you are, while my disciples have yet to gather, if you leave now, you still have a chance to live!”

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