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There was a lot of banging and clanging inside the room, but Li Chang'an showed no intention of helping.
"So it's Lord Li. I don't want to reveal my identity, please protect me, sir."
Fu Xiang was draped in a light veil, her skin was fair and smooth, her figure was outstanding, her eyes were alluring, and her slender hands were brazenly stroking Li Chang'an's chest.
"I am willing to pay any price."
This appearance is indeed quite nice, but Li Chang'an has little interest in a corpse, after all, Ye Ji herself is also very alluring and charming.
There's no rush to expose her now. We'll have plenty of ways to deal with this vixen when we're done combing her cage, making her serve us obediently in her true form.
"You vixen, I can tell you're not human at first glance."
If we expose her now, Yoru might run away.
At least for now, Ye Ji believes that Li Chang'an only sees her as a fox spirit and is unaware that she has possessed a corpse.
Fu Xiang said softly, "I have never harmed anyone. Our clan simply prefers to live among humans."
She felt that if Li Chang'an could see that she was not human, he could naturally see that Xiao Yuenu was not human either. Since Li Chang'an could accept Xue Ji, how could he possibly expose her identity for no reason?
"Tomorrow I will comb the hairpin. If you can win first place, I will serve you with all my might."
"If Lord Li lets someone else beat him to it tomorrow, it doesn't matter, but he won't be able to enjoy my first night."
"If Lord Li comes to see me again tomorrow, I will not accept any money from you, as a way of thanking you for saving my life."
Fu Xiang chuckled, bit her full red lips, and after promising Li Chang'an that she could enjoy him for free forever, she gave him a seductive wink that could captivate anyone.
Li Chang'an grasped Fu Xiang's hand and gently pushed it back, saying, "Lust is a bone-scraping knife; your little knife can't scrape through steel and iron."
Fu Xiang's affection level is 60. To have such a high level of affection on the first meeting, besides being attracted by her looks, it must be because Xiao Yuenü said something to her.
"boom!"
A sharp sound rang out from inside the house, followed by a violent burst of energy. Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou had already chased after them from the rooftop. It seemed that the flower thief was quite powerful.
Then, in a flash, Li Chang'an disappeared from Fu Xiang's sight.
Fu Xiang, a fourth-rank demon, was greatly alarmed, because Li Chang'an's movements were extremely fast, clearly much stronger than that of an ordinary martial artist. If Li Chang'an possessed such strength, she would be no match for him.
"Fortunately, I don't want to be enemies with Lord Li. This body is so beautiful, no less than my original self. It's really too good for Lord Li to serve with such a body."
"Hmph, what are steel bones and iron bodies? I'll make you lose your soul and be unable to stop."
Fu Xiang's face flushed with a peach blossom-like smile as she began to ponder. Li Chang'an should not be able to see through her clever possession technique.
Ye Ji originally intended to use her status as a courtesan to gather information, so she truly intended to use Fu Xiang's body to become the courtesan.
Li Chang'an stepped on the roof tiles and caught up with Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou in a few steps. The other two Jinluo were injured and their pace was slower.
"Yang Yan, this flower thief seems to be from the Taoist sect."
As Yang Yan chased after him, he said, "It should be a Taoist dual cultivation method. There may be something wrong with the cultivation method this person is practicing, so he had no choice but to commit the crime in the capital."
This makes sense. This person has a powerful dual cultivation technique, but if the woman's cultivation level is insufficient, she will inevitably be drained of her essence and die.
Nangong Qianrou said, "This thief's lightness technique is extremely advanced; we can't catch up with him for a while."
All four were fourth-rank experts, and they caught up with the thief to the outskirts of the city in a quarter of an hour. Seeing that there were few houses, the flower thief became anxious.
"My lords, my cultivation technique went out of control and I made a grave mistake. I will never dare to commit any more crimes in the capital. I will leave the capital tonight and never return. Please, my lords, show me mercy."
This is what bandits who can't escape say all the time; Yang Yan has seen it many times. "Enough nonsense, die!"
Li Chang'an grabbed Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou by the shoulders, and then instantly activated the Xingzi Secret Technique. The three of them approached the flower thief in the air at an extremely strange speed.
In the past three months, Li Chang'an has made initial progress in comprehending the "Xing" secret among the Nine Secrets, and his movement techniques have greatly improved.
Yang Yan was overjoyed, and the spear in his hand suddenly shot out a burst of light. The flower thief was shocked and threw a punch. Both of them fell from the air and landed on the ground.
Once the flower thief had regained his footing, Li Chang'an could finally see the man's appearance clearly. He was fair-skinned and had a rather refined demeanor.
With such a distinguished appearance, it's estimated that he wouldn't even need to be forced to commit the crime; if he hadn't killed the woman, it wouldn't have been discovered.
"Watchman! Why are you forcing me!"
His fair face contorted with a ferocious expression, as if he had been forced into a corner.
Nangong Qianrou's gentle face revealed a hint of sarcasm, "You wretched child! You're acting all wronged."
The flower thief took out a blue jade pendant, crushed it angrily, and said fiercely, "The technique malfunctioned. I didn't want to do this either. I can only blame these women for being too weak. Young ladies from noble families can't do it, and neither can courtesans from brothels!"
"Oh no! He's calling for reinforcements!"
Yang Yan's expression suddenly changed. The method he had just used to break the jade pendant was clearly a way for the Daoist sect to seek help.
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed a flash of green light beside his ear, and Li Chang'an's flying sword shot out.
In the pitch-black night sky, a blinding green light shot out in an instant and struck a yellow shield with a clang. The impact of the magical artifacts produced a dazzling light.
"A magical artifact! It really is from the Daoist sect, is it the Human Sect or the Earth Sect!" Yang Yan's spear moved like a dragon, attacking instantly, and he asked sharply.
Li Chang'an narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected this person to have a defensive magic weapon. If he wasn't mistaken, this person should be from the Earth Sect of the Daoist School. Recently, many people in the Earth Sect had encountered problems with their cultivation techniques.
In the blink of an eye, Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou had already launched their attack. The two martial artists engaged in close combat, leaving the flower thief struggling to defend himself.
"Master! Save me!" The flower thief, who was surrounded and attacked, let out a shrill scream.
Just then, a jet-black cloud shot out from not far away, and within the cloud, there was a faint but powerful aura of the Daoist sect.
"You dogs of Wei Qingyi, you really love to meddle in other people's business."
Yang Yan caught a glimpse of the rapidly approaching black cloud out of the corner of his eye, and his heart tightened, because the aura within the black cloud was at least a third-grade Daoist.
"The night watchman is here to right wrongs! What kind of wicked tricks do you Earth Sect practitioners use to cultivate merit?"
As the old man in a Taoist robe appeared from the dark clouds, Yang Yan confirmed the identities of the two people.
Li Chang'an also saw the Taoist's true colors clearly. The black veins on his face looked like bulging spider webs, his eyes were blood-red, and his body was surrounded by demonic energy.
"Heh heh! You watchdogs, I'll send you to see the Celestial Venerable Morality today!"
With a sharp shriek from the old man, a large mass of black clouds attacked Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou.
"boom!"
A sharp sword aura shot out, a bright silver light streaking across the night sky like a sweeping downpour, piercing into the old man's pitch-black clouds.
With a soft "plop," the old man's arm was severed at the root, and blood spurted out.
The astonished old man roared in fury, "This is the sword intent of a fourth-rank martial artist! You must be Li Chang'an! Xu Gu has fallen into your hands."
During this time, in addition to nurturing Huaiqing and training Lin'an, Li Chang'an also comprehended the sword intent of dripping water, and his martial arts have now entered the fourth-grade "intent" realm.
With a Confucian fourth-rank, a martial arts fourth-rank, and a Taoist fifth-rank, such strength is already comparable to a third-rank.
Li Chang'an was able to sever the old man's arm with his sword energy because the old man underestimated him and never expected Li Chang'an's sword intent to be so powerful.
The old man was not bothered by his injury. He landed on the ground and unleashed a terrifying aura. Ripples of black mist swirled up sand and grass, forming an array that emitted black spiritual light.
Almost instantly, everyone was trapped by an overturned glass bowl, clearly a powerful Taoist formation.
"Evil forces!" Yang Yan roared, his spear flashing out in a flourish, dispelling the black mist around him.
But these black mists seemed to have a life of their own, and quickly gathered together.
The old man chuckled sinisterly, “My Hundred Ghosts Formation is easy to enter but difficult to leave. Even if you are all fourth-rank martial artists, you can only be worn down and die inside.”
The fourth-rank sorcerers of the Imperial Observatory are array masters. Their arrays utilize the power of heaven and earth and can exist for a long time.
However, the formations of the Taoist sect are set up by manpower, and as the spiritual energy of the Taoist sect is depleted, the formations will become ineffective. The two formations are not the same thing.
Of all the cultivation systems, Taoism excels at cultivating the primordial spirit. The sixth-rank Yin spirit of Taoism can snatch people's souls at night and control the life and death of mortals.
This Hundred Ghosts Formation uses a similar method.
However, the old man's methods were clearly not limited to this. Dozens of blood-red lightning bolts suddenly descended from the black formation, and the terrifying crimson lightning, flashing with blood-red light, tore through the night sky.
At the eighth rank of the Taoist sect, one can wield magical treasures and summon heavenly lightning. The higher the rank, the more unique the type of heavenly lightning and the more powerful it is.
Amidst the heavenly thunder, two purplish-black lotus-shaped magical treasures suddenly attacked Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou.
"Hmph! A little trick!"
Yang Yan dodged the two attacks from the purple lotus, and then immediately brandished his spear. The spear shone with silver light like a shooting star, instantly becoming one with Yang Yan and the spear, unleashing a powerful aura!
At the same time, Nangong Qianrou's golden longsword slashed out from the sky, and the two powerful auras merged into one!
Li Chang'an used sword intent, while Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou used spear intent and saber intent, respectively.
With a loud boom, the entire formation trembled violently, but it was not broken.
The old man had already grabbed his flower-picking disciple and was preparing to flee the area.
"The purple lotus is ten feet in front of me!"
Upon hearing Li Chang'an's casual remark, the old man's expression changed drastically. Li Chang'an had actually guessed his identity: the junior brother of the Earth Sect's leader, Daoist Jinlian, the old Daoist Zilian. While he was surprised, he immediately activated his Daoist energy to defend himself.
However, the Confucian principle of "words become law" is a way to change the rules. It can be used three times against enemies of the same level, but the number of times it can be used against enemies of a higher level will be reduced.
Li Chang'an mobilized his righteous energy to suppress the backlash that had just surged from his body. Then, he gathered his energy in his right hand, and a giant golden bell-shaped shadow descended from the sky, enveloping the old Taoist priest and his disciple, who were approaching him.
With a loud bang, the Prajna Heart Bell shattered the so-called Hundred Ghosts Formation in an instant!
"Buddhist techniques!"
Yang Yan and Nangong Qianrou escaped from the formation and exclaimed in surprise.