My enemies became my companions

Chapter 309: Confrontation in the Palace
Under the gloomy sky, Chen Yi crossed the Donghua Gate and as he moved forward, he saw a palace maid walking slowly towards him from afar.

Chen Yi paused for a moment.

The palace maid came forward step by step, with the distance between her steps almost the same. Her figure seemed fragile, but in fact she did not tremble at all in the cold wind.

She stood about three or four feet away from Chen Yi and spoke loudly:

"Captain Chen, please go back. If anyone wants to see Her Majesty today, Her Majesty will not see them."

Chen Yi seemed not to hear it. He paused for a moment and then continued to move forward.

He closed the distance between himself and the palace maid.

The maid's eyes had slowly turned fierce, but she remained calm as she said:
"There are more than ten palace masters on duty in the outer court of the imperial palace, and there are two masters of the Magpie Pavilion in the inner court, not to mention the master of the Magpie Pavilion. If Captain Chen mistakenly enters them, the consequences will be bad."

After he finished speaking, Chen Yi did not stop.

The palace maid's eyes flickered slightly, a silver cold light shone out from her sleeves, and her breath flowed slowly.

"To fight to live or to kill?"

A question suddenly came to her ear.

The palace maid attacked almost instantly as a reaction to the attack. Her body suddenly twisted and the dagger pierced through the air.

Just as the dagger was about to pierce the man's wrist.

Her figure suddenly bent, and a horrifying fist mark appeared between her abdomen.

boom!
There was a loud explosion beneath the palace wall, like a muffled thunder under the dark sky.

And Chen Yi had slowly retracted his fist.

He half-crouched, slightly dodging the dagger, and then punched the palace maid in the abdomen, where she was unable to react. Everything happened in a flash.

The maid's body was half-sunk in the palace wall, blood was dripping from the corner of her mouth, and the culprit turned around and left only one sentence:

"Okay, got it."

The palace maid turned her head with difficulty and looked at the man's back, watching him walk alone into the imperial city and head towards Jingren Palace.

He walked step by step, neither hurried nor slow. He did not look like an assassin, but more like a minister who insisted on seeing the emperor. He was loyal and courageous.

After passing through a section of palace wall and turning a corner, Chen Yi looked up and saw two figures standing firmly in the distance. They were both wearing long sleeves with cloud patterns and had golden swords on their waists. They were the masters of the imperial palace.

After the Empress Dowager came to power, she launched rounds of purges in the imperial palace. In addition to abolishing the Silijian and establishing the Shangshu Neisheng, the masters of the palace were also eliminated and reorganized.

Many of the most skilled men in the palace who were trusted by the previous emperor either died or were dismissed. Those who remained were a group of people who were not valued. They also experienced a round of downsizing, and their duties changed from guarding the inner court where officials ate and lived to guarding the outer court where officials attended court.

Even so, for ordinary people in the martial arts world, every master of the Imperial Palace should not be underestimated.

That’s right, for ordinary people in the world.

Every master in the palace is at least of the seventh rank, which makes it difficult for people in the martial arts world to deal with them.

But for Chen Yi,

The only difference between bullying a weak opponent and beating a weak opponent is that the weak opponent won't move.

A master from the Imperial Palace took the first step, drawing his sword and stepping forward. The sword drew a delicate arc in the air.

Chen Yi lifted his left foot first and stepped forward, then raised his right hand slightly.

The masters of the Imperial Palace can serve as guards of the royal city. Even if their martial arts are not amazing, they are still regarded as treasures in the vast martial arts world. Moreover, they are experienced in fighting and saw at a glance that Chen Yi was going to step out with his left foot, twist his body sideways, and then feint with his right hand and punch with his left hand.

So the master from the Imperial Palace slowed down a step and deliberately let the knife miss.

The uninvited guest in front of him seemed to have not reacted yet, and his right hand was already raised.

The master from the Imperial Palace followed the momentum of the knife, twisted it 90 degrees, and slashed from left to right, trying to cut off Chen Yi's hand.

Bang!
There was a sound like the cracking of metal and stone.

The master from the Imperial Palace saw a shiny blade flying into the air, then looked down at the broken knife in his hand and the barely perceptible scratch on Chen Yi's arm.

The next second, a straight punch hit the right chest.

The master from the Imperial Palace vomited blood and was sent flying three feet away by this punch, then slid and rolled on the ground.

Chen Yi pulled at his torn sleeve and continued forward.

Another imperial master was trembling with fear, holding the hilt of the knife tightly with both hands.

How can I earn just a few dozen taels of silver a month...

He seemed to turn around and leave.

But when he looked down at his colleague not far away, he found that although the latter was injured, he was not dead...

In a flash, he rushed forward with his knife.

The blade was raised above the head, opening and closing wildly, and a huge flaw was exposed in front of Chen Yi.

Chen Yi frowned slightly.

The master from the Imperial Palace rushed slower and slower, and raised his sword higher and higher, until he was about ten feet in front of Chen Yi, and it could not be any slower.

He winked at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi finally understood and pushed it away lightly with his palm.

The palm strike hit his abdomen, and the master of the Imperial Palace lost all his strength and flew backwards. His colleague fell three meters away, but he fell four meters away. He closed his eyes and passed out.

Passing two palace masters, Chen Yi passed through the gate connecting the outer court and the inner court. In the distance, a corner of the Jingren Palace with a dark golden color was revealed under the cover of the palace wall.

The deep red palace wall was bottomless. Chen Yi's reflection on the stone road was very long, blending with the sky, and was not clear.

After walking for a while, Chen Yi stopped.

He turned around and saw a figure half hidden and half visible in the darkness.

"I can't come in, by rights,"

A man wearing a golden hat and with a tiger back and slim waist walked out slowly. Judging from the patterns on his body, he must be a master of the palace.
"Cao Jiuweng, please give me some advice."

Chen Yi didn't waste any more words with him, his eyes were murderous.

Cao Jiuweng looked at Chen Yi meaningfully, watching him stride forward, his pace gradually quickening, from a leisurely stroll at the beginning to slightly bending his knees, and then he rushed over like an eagle, as if trying to break through the dark sky.

Along with him, the Embroidered Spring Sword also rushed forward.

It was a vertical cut from top to bottom.

Cao Jiuweng raised his foot, stretched out his left hand, and turned his body to the side, just avoiding Chen Yi's vertical slash. Then he twisted his right hand into a crane shape and hit directly at Chen Yi's wrist holding the knife.

The sound of breaking through the air was a sharp scream.

However, just as Cao Jiuweng was about to strike, Chen Yi raised his wrist and pulled the knife back suddenly. His speed was beyond imagination. The situation changed instantly, and it seemed as if Cao Jiuweng had hit his hand against the blade.

Cao Jiuweng let out an "eh" sound and instantly raised his hand, and the blade missed the crane attack. In the short confrontation, the situation was unpredictable and full of dangers, but in the end, nothing happened.

Cao Jiuweng took a few steps back and sighed slightly:
"I secretly observed your Kung Fu and deduced the trajectory of your Qi. I thought this attack should have succeeded and let your sword slip. I never thought you could change again. Why is that?"

Chen Yi did not answer his question, but asked: "Tiger-Crane Double Form Fist?"

Cao Jiuweng's expression remained unchanged as he said, "That's right."

Chen Yi shook the Wuzaonian in his hand.

When Cao Jiuweng first entered the martial arts world, he did not make a sound to reveal his realm. Instead, he deliberately suppressed the flow of his true energy, making his breathing long and rapid, and his four-way steps were also very rigid, just like those practiced in a martial arts gym.

If Chen Yi was bullying the weak ones since he entered the palace, then Cao Jiuweng was pretending to be a weak one to make Chen Yi let down his guard, and then he would look for a good opportunity to defeat the enemy with one move.

Cao Jiuweng had a good idea, but with the help of Shangqing Heart Method, Chen Yi saw the demeanor of a master that Cao Jiuweng inadvertently revealed when he raised his hand.

This kind of demeanor is like murderous intent. If you can hide it, it's best to hide it. If you can't hide it, you can't deceive others.

Chen Yi bent down again and moved forward, the blade of his sword like a full moon, killing towards Cao Jiuweng.

This time, Cao Jiuweng no longer hid anything. He completely opened his fists, crouched down, and showed the posture of a tiger hunting. When Chen Yi's knife came at him, he rushed forward in shock.

The black shadow flashed before his eyes in an instant. Chen Yi let go of the knife and punched up and down.

One punch hit him in the face, and the other hit him in the abdomen. After the two punches, with a terrible burst of sound, Cao Jiuweng flew backwards, his clothes bulging and shaking, as if he was about to be defeated.

Chen Yi took a step forward and pursued the enemy.

However, just when Chen Yi rushed to within two meters, Cao Jiuweng's figure suddenly burst out with a burst of strength, and fell to the ground with a thud as if a block of iron was added to it. Then his figure arched up, and after the recoil, he pounced towards Chen Yi!

It turned out that he took advantage of the moment when he was knocked back and deliberately exposed a flaw.

Cao Jiuweng's claws were like hooks, trying to tear Chen Yi to pieces alive, and his figure breaking through the air created a strong wind.

The ends of Chen Yi's hair moved in the strong wind, his figure swept backwards, his face indifferent.

At the moment when Cao Jiuweng's claws approached, everything in front of his eyes went dark.

Wu Za Nian, who had fallen to the ground, moved on his own and hit him in the face, causing blood to flow.

Cao Jiuweng had never expected this method of controlling objects with Qi.

After the shot, his figure was in disarray, and he had to stop quickly the next second, because Chen Yi had taken the sword from his back and put the tip of the sword on Cao Jiuweng's neck.

"Uh, uh, uh..."

The sword edge was only an inch away. Cao Jiuweng was panting, staring at the cold and bright sword edge, with his claws raised in the air, not daring to move at all.

Chen Yi looked at Cao Jiuweng quietly, then struck him on the right chest with his palm.

With the sound of bones breaking, Cao Jiuweng was blown away. He landed on the ground with difficulty, took a few steps back, and fell to the ground again.

He still had some strength to get up, but he stopped there and didn't continue to get up.

But Chen Yi had turned around and strode away, and Jingren Palace was getting closer and closer.

Passing through the long palace wall and entering the last palace gate, the wide square in front of the palace paved with white marble came into view. Looking up, Chen Yi saw the palace with wisps of white steam rising from it.

It seemed like someone was waiting for him inside.

Just as Chen Yi raised his foot and started.

The figure of the nameless old lady suddenly appeared again.

Chen Yi was about to stop.

A figure appeared beside him.

The one-armed woman passed him and headed towards the nameless old lady in the dark sky.

(End of this chapter)