There was a stir in the low bushes, and a cat poked its head out, looking around curiously with its golden and silver , two silver darts flew out and nailed the cat into the ground. "It's just a cat. You two are getting a little nervous." The leader silently took back the dart in his hand, turned around and said to his two subordinates with cold light flashing in their eyes. "Sir, it's not our fault that we are suspicious of others. It's just that the news has been too tense recently. And you know that the Imperial Observatory cannot afford to make any mistakes." "Of course I know." The leader snorted coldly, "The astrologers in the Imperial Observatory are all reincarnations of stars. The imperial court would be heartbroken if one of them were to die. But it's nothing like us cheap creatures. If a whole bunch of us died, no one would even blink an eye." After complaining, the leader said seriously: "Be smart and don't make mistakes. Killing a cat is not a big deal, but if you release the wrong person, things will be troublesome." "My subordinates know." When the two men clasped their fists and saluted, Yin Xiu and Ren Qi flashed past them out of the corner of their eyes, took advantage of the shadows, and went to the back of another room and squatted down. The map of the Imperial Observatory that Yin Xiu was holding in his hand was from more than a hundred years ago.

The gift the iron-armored man gave to the old lady wearing embroidered shoes. Although no one knew why someone would give the blueprint as a gift, more than a hundred years later, the blueprint still helped Yin Xiu. After crossing the first wall, according to the information on the blueprint, there is a bridge on Luoshen Mountain in the middle leading to the main hall. This bridge is the only passage, suspended high above a cliff with a rushing river below. Anyone who passes through the bridge will be stared at from all directions. If Yin Xiu and Ren Qi walked forward like this, they would undoubtedly become sitting ducks. "Why not use your teleportation technique to reach the other end of the bridge directly?" Ren Qi suggested. Yin Xiu refused, "There are barriers everywhere here. If I use [Star Shift] to appear in a certain place, I will probably be discovered immediately by the Qi Refiners who are watching over the barriers." "You mean they'll sense it, even just for a moment?" "Yes, even if it's only for a moment, the barrier will be able to sense it. I think in the Imperial Observatory, the use of magic should be prohibited under normal circumstances." Ren Qi thought about it carefully. Whether for the sake of the feng shui of the Imperial Observatory or for the stability of the barrier, it seemed reasonable to prohibit the use of magic here. "So, what do you propose?" Yin Xiu smiled slightly, "My suggestion is that we go around from the bottom." "under?" Ren Qi took a look at the cliff and had to admit that it was a natural barrier. The two sides are very far apart, and there is a turbulent current in the middle. Even though there is a legendary figure in history who crossed the river on a reed, he can only sigh across the river in the face of such dangers. Yin Xiu took the blueprint in front of him and pointed out a road that almost did not exist. Ren Qi's eyes widened for a moment, but he nodded with satisfaction. "This is very risky, and it is absolutely impossible to do it without being an expert."

“So this is the path that suits us.” Yin Xiu smiled and pointed at his feet. Under their feet was a rather low tunnel, perhaps due to soil erosion or perhaps for some other reason. Anyway, following this passage downwards, they arrived at the bottom of the cliff, or rather, a dangerous path hanging above the cliff with only room for one foot. It seemed that a gust of strong wind was enough to cause danger. However, this is only for ordinary people. At this time, Yin Xiu and Ren Qi each used extremely strong finger strength to hold on to a small crack in the rock wall that was as smooth as the back of a knife, and stood firmly on it. Their goal was the bottom of the long bridge leading to the other side. The only place where no one is watching is the bottom of the bridge. Yin Xiu took out a piece of steel wire from his pocket. At the other end of the wire was a small dart. With a shake of his hand, the dart pierced into the bottom of the bridge and embedded into the wooden board. Taking out two daggers from his pocket and holding them in his hands, Yin Xiu stepped on the ground and flew into the air. Holding the steel wire, he turned around in the air, then inserted the two daggers into the bottom of the bridge and hung himself under the bridge. Ren Qi also caught the wire and landed behind Yin Xiu with the same operation. The two men turned over and hung upside down, with their bodies pressed against the bottom of the bridge and their backs facing the river. They used two short blades as tools to crawl and moved step by step to the other side. They controlled their movements with an exaggerated grip that allowed them to hang there. Yin Xiu remained patient and moved forward. In his ears he could hear the strong wind blowing from the valley, which seemed like it would blow them both down if it got any stronger. But the strong wind also covered up the noise they made under the bridge, making them move faster. Yin Xiu was focused on moving forward, but suddenly heard from behind that Ren Qi had stopped moving without knowing when. He turned his head and saw the back of Ren Qi's head facing him. There was suddenly an extra person under the bridge. He also hung under the bridge in the same posture as Yin Xiu and the others, with his entire body even sticking to the bottom of the bridge, like a gecko clinging to the ceiling. The man's palms were as big as two plates, red and swollen, like a lizard. Not only his hands, but also his head, face and eyes look strange like a lizard, giving people an uncomfortable feeling. "One of the Five Poisons, Gecko Ai Qing." Ren Qi recognized the person at once. "Commander Ren, you have a good memory." Ai Qing's voice was hoarse and sharp, as if a knife was scraping against glass, causing pain in the listeners' eardrums. "I still remember that when I entered the palace, it was you, Commander Ren, who led me there." "Really? I don't remember." Ren Qi was very cold. "You don't remember this incident, but you still remember my name, right?"

He laughed, "That's what you said, that as long as I tell you where our master is, you'll let me and my sister go, and just think that we were coerced, not that we were trying to rebel. But you deceived us and destroyed everything we had!" As he said this, his expression changed, and his two eyes, which were bulging out of their sockets, were filled with red bloodshot. "You lied to me. I followed your request and betrayed my master, causing the entire Five Poison Sect to be slaughtered. I thought that was enough, that this was my great achievement, enough to allow my junior sister and I to enjoy wealth and glory for the rest of our lives. But you killed my junior sister! I held her body! She grew colder in my arms. Her eyes clearly said that she wanted to be with me in the next life, but you killed her! You took her away from me, Ren Qi! That was the only person I loved in the world, and for her I sacrificed everything! I gave up everything! And you killed her!" There was already a tone of crying in his voice, carrying with it a strong sense of pain and unwillingness. Yin Xiu also frowned when he heard this and pushed Ren Qi, "It seems that this is also your enemy." "It's none of my business!" Ren Qi was unusually angry. He said to Ai Qing on the other side, "Why would I kill your junior sister? Am I so bored that I kill people for fun every day? I am not interested at all in your junior sister who treats her like a treasure. But when I told her that you betrayed your fellow disciples and the condition was that she had to live with you, and when she received the reward, she committed suicide without hesitation. " "impossible!" Ai Qing's eyes rolled around, "Why did she want to commit suicide? Junior Sister really likes me." "That's not the case." Ren Qi held the dagger, seeming helpless. "This is your illusion, Ai Qing. Who do you think you are? If you like others, they must like you?" "Absolutely impossible!" Ai Qing was very determined, "What do you know? Do you know what our relationship was like before? Do you know the twists and turns and experiences between us? You don't know anything at all, but you are making self-righteous judgments here. Are you trying to find excuses for yourself, Ren Qi? You don't dare to face me!" Ren Qi hung one hand down, looking helpless, and as if he was planning something. Yin Xiu was watching from the side and only vaguely understood the ins and outs through the narration. However, at this moment he suddenly felt that Ren Qi seemed to be preparing something. Of course he didn't know what Ren Qi was thinking, but a very uneasy feeling arose in his heart. Suddenly, Ren Qi's lowered hand pointed at Ai Qing like a gun, firmly and sharply. "Ai Qing! Why didn't she accept the gifts you gave her repeatedly? Why is it that whenever you want to be alone with her, someone else suddenly appears from nowhere? Why do you say that there are always twists and turns between you? When she saw you, she lowered her head? Yin Xiu finally understood the source of his uneasiness. He quickly reached out to grab Ren Qi and said, "Stop talking!" However, it was too late, and Ren Qi gradually laughed out loud. “There is only one answer, that is, she doesn’t like you at all!

That lovely junior sister whom you treasured like a treasure never liked you from the beginning to the end. Every time she saw your face full of pimples and no good features, she would be so disgusted that she couldn't eat! So she would rather commit suicide in front of me than be with you. She feels that even if she dies, it is better than being with you, Ai Qing!" Ai Qing stood there in a daze, as if petrified for a moment, unable to move. Yoon Soo pulled his hand back and sighed. "Why do you have to be so venomous? Why don't I say something fair, buddy?" Yin Xiu looked at Ai Qing sympathetically, "Although I am just a passer-by and it has nothing to do with me, and I know nothing about the whole story, I have to say something fair. That is, maybe you really misunderstood and expressed the wrong feelings, even if your junior sister really liked you a little bit, or had a good impression of you, she was just pretending when she drew her sword and committed suicide. The best swordsman in the world was right in front of her. If she had shown any hesitation, she would have been suppressed by Ren Qi. However, she was so fast that even the famous Ren Qi couldn't stop her. There is only one possibility, that is, others have never liked you from the beginning to the end!" "you're lying!" Ai Qing roared, but his voice was soon drowned out by the wind in the canyon. However, his body began to change dramatically again. His palms were swollen even more than before, swollen and bulging like a corpse that had been soaked in water for several days. However, his palms were red, and the strange red spread to his skin, neck, face, and even his eyes were red. As he took deep breaths, bursts of white steam came out of his body, mouth and nose, like a boiling kettle, which was extremely scary. Gecko Ai Qing, his name suits him. "This guy has gone crazy." Ren Qi sneered. "Is he so powerful?" Yoon Soo was just surprised. "What's so great about it?" Ren Qi still sneered, "That's why I said he went crazy. He went crazy after his junior sister died. In order to pursue a high level of martial arts, he cut off his own luck and relied on the luck of the Forbidden Palace. In this life, he will be nothing more than a slave who cannot leave the Forbidden Palace." "I see." After hearing what Ren Qi said, combined with Liu Banxian's previous discussion, Yin Xiu already understood why there were only a few great masters in the world, but they seemed to be everywhere in the Forbidden City. That is because these people may have been great masters outside the palace before, or they may have touched the three secret treasures in the palace, but they have one thing in common, that is, they can only parasitize on the fortune of the Forbidden Palace. Whether it was for the sake of improving their martial arts realm, increasing their lifespan, or avoiding the erosion of time, they accepted the gift of the Forbidden Palace's luck at different times and situations, and paid a price for it, being imprisoned in the Forbidden Palace. Not to mention leaving Yujing, even if they left the Forbidden Palace and lost the protection of their luck, they would probably decline quickly. The cold wind blew away some of the white mist coming out of Ai Qing's body. However, at this time, the pores on his body became very obvious, even prominent, making people feel their scalp tingling at just one look.

Ren Qi still kept one hand on the dagger and the other hand on the sword. He turned his head slightly and said to Yin Xiu, "You go first, I'll handle this." Yin Xiu possesses the [God of Speed], so it is much easier for him to move under the bridge than Ren Qi, both in terms of movement and physical skills. However, if he were to be entangled by Ai Qing here at this time, everything would be very troublesome. Yin Xiu’s target should be the Black Emperor’s son hiding in the Imperial Observatory, not the battle under the bridge. Fighting against Ai Qing like this, no matter how many times you win, is meaningless. So Yin Xiu turned around without looking back. "Come to me after you win." "Don't worry, it will be soon." Ren Qi placed his thumb on the hilt of the sword, looking relaxed. "I gave him a good beating when he was in the Imperial Palace. Although he was able to get to the three great secret treasures thanks to the Imperial Palace's luck, in my eyes, he is still that gecko, and has not changed much." "Well, I'll wait for you at the place you indicated before." Yin Xiu thrust the dagger forward and swung it back again. Seeing this, Ai Qing immediately wanted to take action. However, he only saw a hint of cold light flickering faintly from the scabbard. "Ren Qi, you only have a sword and one hand left, do you think you can stop me?" Ren Qi sneered and stood behind Yin Xiu like a city wall, stopping Ai Qing. "One sword is enough to deal with you." (End of this chapter)