Chapter 459: Great Melee

Heavenly Old Face and the two Wu Juehuang brothers again fell into an awkward situation.

Exactly! Their life or death really has nothing to do with Heng Xian.

Heng Xian sized up the three, smiled, and said: "I'm very curious—inside the National Elder Pavilion, experts are as numerous as clouds, so why did the Heavenly Empress come and go freely, yet still trap you guys??"

Heavenly Old Face and Wu Juehuang remained silent.

But Ji Shihai couldn't help but say: "What else could it be? Obviously she used immortal aura to scare us!"

"Immortal aura?" Heng Xian asked curiously, "Is it the woman's floating immortal aura, or the immortal's immortal aura?"

Heavenly Old Face sighed: "The immortal's immortal, immortals exist in heaven, immortals have the power to destroy heaven and earth; immortal aura is completely different from the spiritual aura of ordinary cultivators—a wisp of immortal aura can utterly annihilate us, no matter how high our cultivation is useless, not to mention us, even if a Union-stage great cultivator came, it would be a dead end; beneath immortals, everyone is ants, how could that be empty talk?"

Heng Xian couldn't help but look up at the sky, immortals?? Are there really immortals in heaven? He asked: "Can cultivators, upon reaching a certain level, rise on rosy clouds and become immortals?"

Heavenly Old Face wryly smiled: "You'd have to reach the Crossing the Tribulation stage to understand! My Great Zhou hasn't seen a Union-stage cultivator in three thousand years, let alone Mahayana or Crossing the Tribulation—I don't get it!"

Heng Xian said: "In that case, we're doomed—the Heavenly Empress has immortal aura, an invincible existence; we can't escape!"

"No!" Heavenly Old Face said: "Only afterward did we realize she used fake immortal aura; with her cultivation level, she absolutely couldn't control real immortal aura—we were tricked by her!"

Wu Juehuang also said: "Exactly! She used immortal aura to deceive us, completely trapped us, then step by step seized Great Zhou's dragon energy and fortune to aid her cultivation!"

Heng Xian said: "So you picked me, taking advantage of my jailbreak from Dao Ye's place, and brought me here?"

Wu Juehuang said: "These days we've been hearing your reputation; we thought, since you're exceptionally smart, you must be from a prominent family, so you should have some ideas,"

but we never got the chance to contact you; never expected that Dao Ye, by sheer accident, dug up here where we are, and you just happened to run over yourself—life really is full of fate!

Heng Xian thought for a moment and said: "Fine! I can help you get out, but you must follow my commands and help me and Ji Yaoyue leave here—how about that?"

Heavenly Old Face laughed: "Don't worry, as soon as we get out, that demon empress will naturally be struck down, and Ji Chun, who is your father-in-law, will become emperor, bringing peace to the world!"

Great!

Heng Xian stood up, following the Heavenly Hexagram's guidance, pointed to a direction: "Using the Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation, we can dispel the Yin-Yang Trapping Character Formation without harming the National Elder Pavilion—this is the Heavenly Pivot!"

He pointed to another direction: "This is the Twinkling Light!"

"Heavenly Pivot..."

"Heavenly Mysterious..."

"Heavenly Fine Jade..."

With seven experts standing in seven positions, using the Big Dipper formation, we will strongly break it without harming the National Elder Pavilion!

As soon as Heng Xian finished speaking, Heavenly Old Face's expression turned marvelous: "Excellent! Using seven to overcome seven cleverness, we lure the great Yin-Yang formation into a counterattack, then use force to break force—naturally it will dissolve from inside out, superb—why didn't we think of that?"

Heng Xian felt a bit embarrassed; frankly, he didn't really understand what the old man was saying.

Hum!

Just then, four old fogey-like old men walked out of the surrounding illusion, plus the Wu Juehuang brothers and 'Old Face,' the seven of them flew together to sit cross-legged in the seven positions, bursting forth with mighty momentum.

Seeing this, Heng Xian couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Seven Nascent Soul old monsters!!

……

As time passed second by second, the seven Nascent Soul cultivators combined their efforts to break the formation; the surrounding illusion faintly collapsed, and specks of light appeared in the corners!

Heng Xian looked toward the light; although fully breaking the formation might still take some time, he couldn't wait any longer!

He didn't know how things were outside, wondering if Ji Yaoyue would be in danger.

His wife still hasn't shared the bridal chamber.

Thinking of this, he formed hand seals, his aura mighty, and rushed straight for a gap in the formation.

Ah……

The fan-wielding youth Ji Shihai was still about to shout, but Heng Xian had already forcefully drilled his way out.

"Pfft……"

Just after breaking the formation, Heng Xian couldn't help but feel his qi and blood surge; he spat out a mouthful of clotted blood, lifted his head and looked around—seeing he had already exited the great formation and arrived at a strange, temple-like room.

The house is huge, its specifications solemn and strict, but the hundreds of stone carvings around it are somewhat eerie.

In the corner, incense was still burning, the smoke faint and far-reaching, quite possessing a temple ambience.

This must be the outer court of the National Elder Pavilion.

He looked toward the gate and strode over.

Out the gate, the light was blinding, but today wasn't a clear day.

Dark clouds covered the sky, enveloping the Imperial City; in the distance, the Imperial Capital's orderly layered buildings seemed to have lost some of their former prosperity, gaining a bleak harshness!

He didn't know how many days he'd spent in the illusion, but what major events had happened in the Imperial Capital these past few days?

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked out of the temple-like National Elder Pavilion's grand courtyard.

Just as he stepped out of the courtyard, two guards saw him, were instantly startled, and immediately knelt reverently: "Greetings, Ancestor!"

Heng Xian glanced behind him, thinking, "All right, I'm being taken for the royal ancestor who walked out of the National Elder Pavilion," he coughed lightly and said solemnly: "What year and month is it now?"

One guard replied: "Back to Ancestor, now it's the seventh year of Great Prosperity, the reigning emperor is Emperor Ji Chun, today is the twenty-fourth of the first month!"

The twenty-fourth of the first month?

Heng Xian's heart skipped a beat: the Heavenly Empress's birthday was the thirteenth of the first month; seven days after her birthday is the twentieth of the first month—he had been captured, and already four days had passed?

He said solemnly: "Hmm, these past few days outside have been filled with gloomy miasma—what happened?"

The two attendants exchanged a glance, not daring to conceal: "The struggle between emperor and empress! The Heavenly Empress first, on the charge of great disrespect, placed the emperor under house arrest, then gave him poisoned wine, killing the emperor's most beloved Virtuous Consort……"

The emperor's Valiant Cavalry Guard and Black Guard have nearly been strangled to death by the Heavenly Empress's Imperial City Guard!

These past few days, the Crown Prince, Prince Wu, and Princess Taiping fled the Imperial Capital, gathered the West Might Guard and West Mountain Guard, and attacked the Imperial City,

the Qin Prince and the Princess Chang Gongzhu's Four Guards Army intercepted them; the two sides' hundreds of thousands of troops fought fiercely outside the city for three full days!

Just today……

Heng Xian breathed a sigh of relief—so long as Ji Yaoyue is safe—but he also felt this court intrigue was truly oppressive; his mother-in-law was just killed like that?

Asked the Dao: "What's wrong today?"

The guard replied: "Just now…… it seems the Emperor's eight-direction conscripted border troops suddenly came charging; this seems to be an imperial edict issued a few months ago!"

The three hundred thousand border troops that rushed over were exceptionally brave and skilled in battle; joining forces with the crown prince and princess, they defeated the Qin Prince and the Chang Princess, and now they have already approached the imperial city!

Heng Xian glanced at the eastern imperial city, his form flickered, and he darted over.

Upon reaching the area of the imperial city's Main Hall, a glance made his scalp tingle; everywhere he looked were golden helmets and iron armor, filling the entire imperial city to the brim.

From the inner palace's Hall of Graceful Purity to the southernmost Martial Sage Gate, everything was filled with troops!

Outside, even more soldiers in iron helmets and armor frenziedly attacked the palace city!

Everywhere were shouts of killing, roars, and the clashing of weapons.

Chaotic and disordered, the killing intent was icy!

I suppose at this time, Ji Yaoyue and the others haven't yet broken in?

Heng Xian thought for a moment, changed direction, went to the other side, and exited the imperial city through the main gate.

What a coincidence!

Outside just happened to be the 'Netherworld Prison'!

However, the Netherworld Prison at this moment was also being frenziedly attacked by thousands of soldiers, a chaotic mess.

A large group of criminals took the opportunity to flee.

And the general leading the attacking troops was very familiar—it was none other than Prince Wu, Ji Yifan!

Heng Xian couldn't help shouting: "Ji Yifan!"

Ji Yifan turned his head, and beneath his golden helmet his weary face showed a hint of joy: "Brother-in-law, I've finally found you!"

Heng Xian nodded: "Mm, let's cut the small talk, now..."

"Don't say anything now!" Ji Yifan immediately interrupted, "I've come to take you away, Lord Wei!"

The elderly eunuch beside Consort De suddenly appeared beside Heng Xian; without waiting for his reaction, he instantly erupted with Nascent Soul aura and seized Heng Xian.

Heng Xian tried to struggle a bit, but couldn't move, and involuntarily said: "Ji Yifan, what are you up to, you brat?"

The smile on Ji Yifan's face vanished: "Father Emperor is imprisoned, Mother Empress killed; as children, we must fulfill filial duty. Elder sister doesn't want you to follow her to death; she says, although she forcibly made you her husband, in this life her heart holds only you, wishing you well in this lifetime, Lord Wei."

Eunuch Wei acknowledged with a sound, grabbed Heng Xian, and vanished in a flash.

When they reappeared, they were already at a lake outside the capital city.

"Old Wei, there's no need for this; I have a way—first release me!" Heng Xian urged.

"Prince Consort, this is the princess's order!"

The old eunuch was obstinate, lightly punching Heng Xian on the back of the head.

Nascent Soul power surged forth mightily.

Heng Xian only felt dizzy and blurred vision, a numbness all over, and fell flat on his back.

These past few days the author has run into some trouble; the promised three chapters have become awkward! I'll try to post at least two chapters tomorrow, sorry everyone!

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