Chapter 51

"This is something you planned long ago; why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Yang Hongyue had one hand pulled forward by Shen Tianxing, her other hand covering her mouth and nose, and she also voiced the doubt in her heart.

"Walls have ears; we've come all the way, it can be said to be calm and smooth. The reason is simple: someone has been secretly watching us, they didn't try to kill us along the way, but rather, as we neared the Capital, someone came to kill me, not you."

"From this we can see they want to lure you into a trap; the best layout is to use their scheme against them. Knowing they're secretly watching, I'll just be open, without hiding anything, letting them know the information I want them to discover."

"In other words, all the plans we discussed earlier are actually fake; what is your real plan? And where are you taking me now—aren't my grandfather and the others in Tianlao?"

Yang Hongyue was both suspicious and angry, suspicious of what Shen Tianxing was up to, and angry that he hadn't told her beforehand.

"The safest plan is the fewer people who know, the better; even my wife doesn't know, and all my previous plans weren't in vain—we dug a tunnel to the Tianlao, and inside the Tianlao there must now be heavy guards."

Unfortunately they didn't know that beneath the Tianlao, everywhere except the corresponding cells had been hollowed out, supported by some wooden stakes; if one of them were removed, the underground of the Tianlao would collapse accordingly.

As long as we move one of those wooden stakes when we escape, we can trap a large group of people so they can't join the pursuit; even if they did join, they couldn't catch us—this is also a smokescreen.

"But that's not the point; what I want to know is the point—what exactly is your plan? Where are my grandfather and the others?"

"You have no patience at all; they've definitely already been transferred to the Imperial Palace, you can rest assured—there's already someone waiting for them there, and there's also a passage that lets them leave quickly; we just need to go back and wait for them to arrive."

"What? You're not coming with me? Is that safe? Besides, don't you want to make a good impression in front of my family?"

Yang Hongyue felt from the heart that Shen Tianxing had too many tricks; his bursting combat power was at least eighth rank, and he even had a dragon capable of enlarging its head—this completely surpassed her understanding.

"I sent Uncle Qiao, plus Tian Guangguang and Zhao Lingfei; you think with one ninth‑rank and two seventh‑rank fighters, compared to you, I'd be more reliable?"

Yang Hongyue relaxed this time, and also understood why Shen Tianxing had appeared here so openly—to draw Sun Zhongquan's attention, including that of the true experts.

Letting Sun Zhongquan know their plan was actually so that, when they moved Old General Yang and the Yang family members, they could conveniently intervene and rescue the people.

Backed by a mysterious family with mysterious means, even though he only has sixth‑rank strength he can burst forth with eighth‑rank power, and he also has a ninth‑rank expert as escort, a miraculous dragon, and some extraordinarily strong subordinate soldiers—this is Yang Hongyue's image of Shen Tianxing.

"Wait, we can't go back yet—we have to go fight, or rather, you come with me and I'll go fight."

Shen Tianxing suddenly spoke up, because he had received a message from Qiao Yinxiang: a ninth‑rank, third‑level expert had blocked him, and while Qiao Yinxiang could barely hold him off with his supreme martial art, rescuing anyone was impossible.

"What does that mean?"

"Uncle Qiao's side has run into trouble—a ninth‑rank, third‑level expert has shown up; he's probably a reserve left by Sun Zhongquan, or maybe something was missed."

Shen Tianxing replied, and at the same time, through the system he located Qiao Yinxiang's position; he forcefully pulled Yang Hongyue into his arms, and before she could react, he lifted her in a princess carry.

"Don't move around—I'll take you there as fast as I can."

In the midst of speaking, Shen Tianxing took a sip of Lei Bi, then deployed the Lingbo Microstep; his form became a fleeting shadow, instantly leaving the sand‑covered area, and at the same time he came under Night's gaze.

"What incredible speed—trying to catch him wouldn't be easy either; he's heading toward the Imperial Palace, apparently sensing that the tower master has already made a move, so going after him would just be suicide!"

Night muttered something, then gave chase, and surprisingly their speeds were nearly the same.

"Hong Yi, get ready—soon you may need to take my form and stand in for me; I want to use the Master Experience Card, I'll make myself into an old geezer so that all the experts in the world will tremble."

Shen Tianxing knew that with his current strength it wouldn't be easy to make a clean getaway; he must have miscalculated a step, so he had no choice but to use the Master Experience Card.

Fortunately, the system mall still has one Senior Master Experience Card, usable five times; the only thing that pains Shen Tianxing is that it costs 50 million killing value.

As long as he saves up 50 million killing value before his Master Experience Card's three uses are exhausted, he can exchange it for another five uses; the key is that after it's used up there's still a single Land Immortal Experience Card, which costs 500 million but can be used ten times.

These are the two highest‑grade items currently in the system mall, essentially unique; as for whether they'll be updated later, Hong Yi refuses to say.

"You finally decided to use it? I thought you were going to keep that newbie gift for your retirement!"

Hong Yi teased as usual; she also took part in this operation, serving as the two‑way phone link between the sides, and only after the third‑stage mission is completed and upgraded can Shen Tianxing perfectly achieve remote mental communication with his guards below.

"How's the situation now? How are the Yang family people? Most importantly, how is the old general? He's crucial to these two missions."

"They've all been tortured; Yang Tieqiang also has eighth‑rank strength, but his pipa bone was previously pierced—although Qiao Yin wanted to help him remove it, he now has little combat left."

"Right now he's escorting the Yang family people while we deal with the other imperial troops; speaking of which, there are still plenty of them here—over a thousand—so why don't you summon the Tiger‑Leopard Cavalry?"

Hong Yi felt a bit like she was luring a gambler, while Shen Tianxing sped along, rolling his eyes.

"I'm almost there—once I use the Master Experience Card, I could take on not just a thousand but ten thousand imperial troops; stop fussing about me using my trump card, it's just too costly."

Hong Yi fell silent, and Shen Tianxing drew ever closer to the Imperial Palace's location, when the system prompt sounded in his ear.

"The system detected that the host is about to encounter the Black Shadow Tower's master, Black Shadow, and issued a decapitation mission: kill the Black Shadow Tower's master, Black Shadow, and completing it will reward 1 million killing value."

Seven‑Color Treasure Box, High‑Grade Guard Summon Token, Wish Treasure Box, Divine‑Grade Pet Summon Card, Advanced Lottery three times, Intermediate Lottery six times, Beginner Lottery twelve times, and 10,000 taels of gold!