Chapter 317

Before Gao Anyu could ask, Wang Hai told the story.

Just like the news brought back by You Ziyang, he and Xiaosi followed the clues and chased to Nanjing city, investigating the four Garrison Eunuchs.

At the beginning, the two only secretly investigated the family property and wealth flow of the four Garrison Eunuchs, wanting to see if it was related to the group of eunuchs who flowed into the Jianghu after the Imperial Mausoleum incident.

Wang Hai sighed.

"Actually, when we first investigated, we also thought about directly forcing these four dead eunuchs to rebel, just to chop them up. Anyway, the eunuchs in Shuntian Prefecture have already been killed seven or eight out of ten, and it's just time to clean up Nanjing."

"So we actually deliberately leaked some news, letting these four Garrison Eunuchs know that the Embroidered Uniform Guard was investigating them."

Not worthy of being brought out by Li Miao, Wang Hai's approach was exactly the same as Li Miao's method of rectifying the Five Mountains Sword Sect.

Regardless of whether these four Garrison Eunuchs colluded with Liu Jin or not, they were not good things anyway; people died, and regardless of whether they colluded before, they couldn't collude afterward anyway.

"To prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and also to be able to cut the Gordian knot quickly when making a move, we transferred four offerings from Shuntian Prefecture... that is, four Heaven-Men of the two-road realm."

"With an imperial edict, offerings who can assassinate them one-on-one, the Embroidered Uniform Guards stationed in Nanjing, and the secret cooperation of dozens of Nanjing officials... if there were no accidents, this matter should be ten out of ten."

Speaking of this, Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan both knew.

If there were no accidents, then there was an accident.

"The accident came from this Immortal Master Zheng."

Wang Hai said in a deep voice.

"On the day we were ready to make a move, this person suddenly appeared in front of the four Garrison Eunuchs. All the anomalies in Nanjing city now are caused by him."

"The things that happened in the middle won't be mentioned much; you two just need to know that the four offerings, dozens of Nanjing officials, the three Embroidered Uniform Guard Battalion Commanders stationed in Nanjing, and the manpower we brought—"

"Overnight, all died at his hands."

Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan were both stunned and shocked.

"What!?"

"Not to mention others, four Heaven-Men of the two-road realm could already destroy any major sect in the Jianghu. If they joined forces, I'm afraid they could suppress the entire Jianghu... all dead!?"

Wang Hai nodded.

"Yes, and it's not a simple death."

"It's the kind of death where they exhausted all their means, couldn't shake the other party in the slightest, and finally were killed in one move without any resistance."

"And that Immortal Master Zheng was unscathed."

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Zheng Yi's sword stopped.

Just like the swiftness when she stabbed, as if the process had been eliminated. Her sword stopped, also as if there was no process.

When the sword tip reached one inch in front of Zheng Anqi's chest, it could not advance any further.

Zheng Yi looked up at Zheng Anqi.

Zheng Anqi was a human, not an immortal. The method he used to block Zheng Yi's sword was not some Immortal Art, but Wu Gong, true Qi.

And it was the Yingzhou internal power true Qi that was of the same origin as Zheng Yi's.

But precisely because it was true Qi... it made Zheng Yi feel even more cold all over.

Protective true Qi, a method that almost all Heaven-Men would master to some extent. The battle between Heaven-Men in the Great Ming was too cruel, often resulting in flesh and blood flying, and besides healing techniques, all Heaven-Men would try to find ways to strengthen their "defense."

Protective true Qi was one of them, and Zheng Yi, as a Heaven-Man who had cultivated Sumeru and also had the high and subtle heritage of Penglai, naturally mastered this method.

Zheng Anqi used this method.

The protective true Qi that lingered around his body like substance, flowing slowly, was as thin as cicada wings, as if it had draped a light gauze over his body, faintly reflecting the moonlight.

At the same time, it also fixed Zheng Yi's sword in mid-air.

Zheng Yi suddenly remembered the sentence Zheng Anqi chanted in the room when she first entered this courtyard.

"Cleanse the mysterious mirror, can it be without flaws?... Give birth to it but not possess it, act but not rely on it, lead but not dominate it, this is called mysterious virtue..."

Zheng Anqi smiled.

"Has the honored guest finally figured it out?"

"That's right. Flawless and without blemish, always guarding and always present. This is—"

"Mysterious mirror."

"The fundamental realm of the long-life method among the three natures of heart, spirit, and intention, the fundamental realm that connects nature and life, one of the nature-cultivation realms that has been lost for a thousand years, and also the root of my Yingzhou heritage... how about it, am I sincere enough?"

Zheng Yi didn't say a word, just desperately agitated her true Qi, trying to break through Zheng Anqi's protective true Qi and push the long sword forward by another inch.

Only one inch away, it could pierce Zheng Anqi's chest.

But it was just this inch, which was like a natural chasm. Even though Zheng Yi's true Qi was pouring into her meridians crazily, and even left dark injuries, this sword that could split a giant rock could no longer advance an inch.

Zheng Yi let go of her hand and retreated rapidly!

She had done what she could. If she learned the most important point from traveling with Li Miao this way, it was "fight if you can win, fight another day if you can't."

If things go wrong, Li Miao is just not here, and he will arrive in Nanjing at the latest tomorrow. Since she had already tested the root of "Mysterious mirror," the most important thing right now was to save her life and bring the news to Li Miao.

Although she didn't want to admit it, Zheng Yi had a kind of inexplicable certainty—she had no way to deal with Zheng Anqi, but Li Miao definitely could!

As long as she escaped, it was a victory!

Zheng Yi flashed and retreated more than ten zhang, flipped like a kite and jumped several zhang high. At the same time, she waved her hand violently, true Qi wrapping around the tiles and shooting toward the back, and then pointed at the roof to fly away!

But she stopped abruptly.

Because Zheng Anqi appeared in front of her.

"Since the honored guest has come, why leave without saying a word?"

He flicked his sleeves with both hands and looked at Zheng Yi leisurely.

"I have waited here for the honored guest for a full month, just to wait for the honored guest to come to the door; if I let you go—wouldn't it be a waste of my hard work this month?"

Having said that, he raised his hand and grabbed toward Zheng Yi's shoulder!

Zheng Yi turned to dodge, but was suddenly fixed in place.

It was that eerie protective true Qi again!

The moment she touched that protective true Qi, her body was wrapped in it, and she could no longer move an inch like a long sword!

If she moved forcibly, she would probably tear the body wrapped in it apart... then she wouldn't need Zheng Anqi to make a move, she would be seriously injured herself, and it would be even more impossible to escape from Zheng Anqi's hands!

Zheng Yi had no means left and could only watch helplessly as Zheng Anqi's palm got closer and closer to her shoulder, about to grab it firmly!

At this instant, Zheng Anqi's eyes changed abruptly.

"Finally arrived!"

"I thought you wouldn't come!"

Boom!

A hand reached out from behind Zheng Yi and collided with Zheng Anqi's hand... two protective true Qis, as if substance, collided together and exploded!

Zheng Yi only felt her collar tighten from behind, as if someone had grabbed her clothes and threw her behind them.

Was it Li Miao?

Zheng Yi's complexion was happy, looking at the person who saved her, about to speak.

"Li—"

The words were not finished, and she paused abruptly.

Shock climbed onto Zheng Yi's face, her pupils trembled violently, and her fingers slowly clenched until they turned white.

Looking at the familiar figure standing in front of her, Zheng Yi trembled and slowly uttered a title that had not been called for several years, but appeared in her dreams almost every night.

"Mo... Mother?"