Chapter 878: The Eyeball of the Dangkang (Second update, requesting all)

Due to limited time, the longer he stayed, the more likely he was to be discovered, so Li Zhangsheng had to abandon the low- and mid-tier spiritual plants.

With the help of Xiaoguai and the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, one spiritual plant after another was transplanted into the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian.

After a quarter of an hour, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat dug up all the soil around the roots of the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree, and under Xiaoguai's direction, lifted the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree up in one go.

Although the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat was small in size, it was, after all, a Demon King-level Demi-God Beast, so its strength was naturally great; furthermore, the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree was not very large, at least in terms of volume, it was far from the Tree of Life.

Kailan sprinkled a large amount of green light spots, which landed on the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree, preserving its vitality as much as possible.

Soon, all spiritual plants that reached the Heavenly Essence Grade were moved into the Dangkang Xianglian Kongjian.

Li Zhangsheng let Kailan and the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat continue to assist Xiaoguai in planting the spiritual plants; he had stayed here for half an hour and had no intention of continuing to sweep through Dou Yuanbin's mansion, otherwise, if the commotion were too great, it would be bad.

Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power scanned the entire mansion; compared to the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit tree, Dou Yuanbin's other collections were nothing at all. After all, truly precious treasures were usually carried on one's person, and only those treasures that were not easy to carry would be kept at home.

Li Zhangsheng had no intention of lingering; he first used the Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Secret Technique to observe the outside, and after the patrol outside the courtyard passed, he took out the cracked Forbidden Bead again and stuck it onto the Prohibition Light Screen.

Under the effect of the Forbidden Bead, the Prohibition Light Screen broke open a large hole again; Li Zhangsheng immediately drilled out, disappeared in the blink of an eye, and put a large distance between himself and Dou Yuanbin's mansion.

Crack! Crack!

During this process, the Forbidden Bead made a shattering sound. Looking at the glass-like fragments in his hand, Li Zhangsheng could not help but feel a pang of pain; this Forbidden Bead had performed great service for him time and again, and he only had one in his possession.

After leaving Dou Yuanbin's mansion without anyone knowing, Li Zhangsheng restored his appearance in a deserted corner and walked slowly toward the Imperial Palace.

Along the way, Li Zhangsheng kept the Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Secret Technique active, observing the movements nearby, especially the Stronger individuals in Yecheng.

In Li Zhangsheng's eyes, a Stronger individual had to be at least a Pseudo-King; otherwise, even a Sixth-tier Beastmaster would not be a match for him in a single exchange, and would be no better than cannon fodder.

Observing along the way, Li Zhangsheng found that these Yecheng Stronger individuals were basically staying in their own mansions. Either he was too suspicious and had persecution mania, or Dou Zhangsheng was too confident.

By the time Li Zhangsheng arrived outside the Imperial Palace, night had already fallen.

Soon, a eunuch led Li Zhangsheng into the Imperial Palace.

After a series of twists and turns, Li Zhangsheng arrived at Chongming Hall deep within the Imperial Palace, which was also where Dou Zhangsheng worked.

"His Majesty has an order, summon Li Zhangsheng for an audience!"

The eunuch's shrill voice rang out, the doors of Chongming Hall slowly opened, and Li Zhangsheng followed the eunuch inside slowly.

Chongming Hall was very large and luxuriously decorated, but these were not the point.

The point was Dou Zhangsheng sitting on the dragon throne, and the four Stronger individuals standing in attendance below him.

Third Prince Dou Yuanbin, Yecheng City Guard Xu Tailai, Prince Rong Dou Qingtian, and Prince He Dou Qinghe.

Among them, Dou Qingtian and Dou Qinghe were both veteran Pseudo-Kings, and their seniority was even higher than Dou Zhangsheng's.

Li Zhangsheng's gaze lingered the longest on Prince Rong Dou Qingtian; among these four Pseudo-Kings, Dou Qingtian could be said to be a person who had been in the top ten of the Top 100 Ranking for years, and his strength was slightly inferior to Xu Wenhua.

Seeing Li Zhangsheng enter, the corners of Dou Yuanbin's mouth curled into a perverted smile, and he stared at Li Zhangsheng with a gaze like he was looking at a dead man.

"It seems this cannot end well!!"

Seeing the change in Dou Yuanbin's expression, Li Zhangsheng's heart sank, and he understood that the matter had ultimately developed in the worst direction.

However, this also made Li Zhangsheng breathe a sigh of relief; after all, this was better than being plotted against by the rulers of the Kailing Empire or the Tianshuang Empire.

Dou Zhangsheng sat on the dragon throne, toying with a 'precious bead' the size of a bowl in his hand. There was no extra nonsense, nor did he pin any trumped-up charges on Li Zhangsheng; while Li Zhangsheng was watching, he chose to act.

An invisible ripple radiated from the 'precious bead' in his hand and swept toward Li Zhangsheng.

At the same time, a small Forbidden Array suddenly appeared where Li Zhangsheng had entered, manifesting dense silver energy chains that bound toward Li Zhangsheng from all directions.

Dou Zhangsheng's movements were too fast, exceeding Li Zhangsheng's expectations. He had originally thought that Dou Zhangsheng would communicate with him before acting, but who knew he would not say a word of nonsense.

Because it came too suddenly, coupled with the terrain limitations of the palace, Li Zhangsheng had no chance to dodge and had to subconsciously release the Eight-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform.

In an instant, the Star Power in Li Zhangsheng's Star Aperture resonated with the Eight-Rank Star Palace Lotus Platform, manifesting a layer of rich Starlight Barrier.

The silver energy chains landed on the Starlight Barrier one after another, but could only cause the Starlight Barrier to ripple slightly.

It was also at this time that the invisible ripple landed on the Starlight Barrier.

An unexpected thing happened: the invisible ripple directly ignored the Starlight Barrier and hit Li Zhangsheng directly.

"Success!"

Dou Zhangsheng stood up from the dragon throne, a victorious smile appearing on his face.

What was in his hand was naturally not a precious bead, but an eyeball—to be precise, an eyeball of a Dangkang.

In the rankings of Divine Beasts, the Dangkang could only be ranked in the middle, but in terms of pupil power alone, it could definitely enter the top three.

It was for this reason that among the materials on a Dangkang, the most precious were not the tail feathers, nor the bird crest on its head, but that pair of eyeballs.

This time, Dou Zhangsheng used the pupil power of the Dangkang eyeball to cast a top-tier soul-type Secret Technique, wanting to forcibly achieve the goal of controlling Li Zhangsheng.

As for why Dou Zhangsheng wanted to deal with Li Zhangsheng, Dou Yuanbin's instigation was only secondary; the main reason was that Li Zhangsheng grew too fast, far exceeding his expectations. As long as one was a normal person, one could guess that Li Zhangsheng contained a great secret.

Most importantly, Dou Zhangsheng wanted to go a step further and become a Double-Character King.

The Langya Kingdom had been established for nearly three hundred years; during this period, several kings had emerged, but they all stopped at the rank of King, and not even one had approached the Double-Character King, which showed the difficulty of advancing to a Double-Character King.

Dou Zhangsheng was no exception; he felt that if nothing unexpected happened in his lifetime, he would also stop at the rank of King. Naturally, he would not be reconciled and would not let go of any opportunity.

In Dou Zhangsheng's eyes, Li Zhangsheng was his opportunity; he wanted to use a soul-type Secret Technique to control him and obtain his secrets from Li Zhangsheng's mouth. For this, he would not hesitate even if he had to pay a great price.

Compared to the temptation of going a step further, what were the throne and reputation worth? Even if he were pointed at by thousands and became notorious, so what?

(End of chapter)