The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 432 Anti-Hunting
Tang Lanzhou stared intently at that face.

He knew that the person who killed his wife had already been killed by Li Miao, and what he was seeing now was just another celestial being from Yingzhou. But amidst the turmoil of his emotions, a throbbing pain still shot through his temples, causing him to instinctively press his hand to his brow.

The subordinate official who had spoken earlier came out, helped him up, and said with concern.

"Teacher, are you a little tired?"

"If you are unwell, I can take care of you instead..."

Tang Lanzhou shook her head, forcing herself to stay calm.

"No, you can't."

"Accompanying this old man in his madness is already fulfilling our bond. Only I can do this, and only my life can withstand it. You shouldn't die here, nor can you withstand this."

"Go and summon General Han."

The official hesitated for a moment, sighed, and turned to go inside.

A moment later, the leader of the Imperial Guards came out.

"Lord Tang."

"General Han, I remember you came from the Xiaoling Guard, right?"

"Yes."

"Go find Commander Zhu Shoujing and tell him that I saw the Yingzhou Celestials chasing someone towards the city gate."

The commander of the Imperial Guards' expression changed drastically.

Tang Lanzhou boarded the ship halfway through his journey, but he was a member of the Xiaoling Guard planted by Zhu Shoujing in the Imperial Guard. He knew Yingzhou's background very well and also knew what Li Miao had said before falling into a deep sleep.

Yingzhou has been divided.

For millennia, generations have been imprisoned on the island by An Qisheng from birth, born and dying silently. Zheng Anqi's rebellion and the emergence of Penglai were not coincidences, but inevitable outcomes. Yingzhou was fundamentally a powder keg ready to explode at any moment, only forcibly contained by An Qisheng.

Now, An Qisheng is seriously injured.

All the celestial beings of Yingzhou felt that slight fluctuation of "sex".

They saw hope for freedom.

Therefore, rebellion and pursuit naturally occurred.

Now, An Qisheng is the one who's running for his life.

However, the commander of the Imperial Guards knew very well that An Qisheng's weakness was only temporary. According to Li Miao, the reason he was able to seriously injure An Qisheng was largely because An Qisheng had given his "sex" to the celestial beings of Yingzhou.

For every celestial being from Yingzhou who dies, An Qisheng will recover one unit of his essence.

This is a process of mutual hunting, and if left unchecked, An Qisheng will most likely emerge victorious. Compared to the civil officials, the Eastern Depot, Yingzhou, and Ji Tianrui, the constantly recovering An Qisheng is the real threat.

Thinking of this, the leader of the Imperial Guards clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"Please wait a moment, Lord Tang, I'll be right back!"

Instead of returning to the palace, he chased after An Qisheng and the Yingzhou Celestials in the direction they had left, and reached out to strangle a Gu worm in his arms.

At the same time, Zhu Shoujing, who was inside the palace, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Found it, An Qisheng."

He turned his head to look to one side.

"His Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand.

"Go and protect the Celestials of Yingzhou first. There's no need to try to kill An Qisheng. Wait for me to arrive."

"Yes!"

Zhu Shoujing clasped his hands in a fist salute, and then waved his hand.

"go!"

He then led several celestial beings from Xiaoling Guard, Ruan Mei, and a few surrendered retainers out of the palace and flew towards the outside.

Inside the palace, however, the emperor remained unmoved.

He simply stared quietly at the coffin before him, holding his breath and carefully observing Li Miao's condition as he slept.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

Li Miao's expression changed instantly from its previous blankness to a ferocious one. This was an expression never before seen on Li Miao's face; it was extremely venomous, like that of a demon from hell.

Without hesitation, the emperor pointed a finger at Li Miao's brow.

After a short while, Li Miao's expression gradually calmed down.

The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned to Zhu Zai beside him and said, "Minister Zhu, I will go and check on An Qisheng's condition first. If we can get rid of him, it might solve the predicament of the Great Li."

"Be extra careful. Ji Tianrui has not yet shown herself, and Liu Jin is hiding in the shadows. Don't be careless."

Zhu Zai nodded.

"know."

The emperor then slipped out of the door and chased after Zhu Shoujing in the direction he had gone.

On the imperial side, aside from the unconscious Li Miao, almost all of their Celestial Realm warriors had been mobilized to pursue An Qisheng. Further ahead, the number of people closely following An Qisheng had increased from one to three.

"Island Master, wait a moment—I have something to say!"

"An Qisheng, die!"

"You old dog, give my grandfather's body back!"

The three people, one woman and two men, were all middle-aged and their cultivation levels were all above that of a Venerable. They were staring intently at An Qisheng, who was fleeing ahead, and kept shouting.

They had never experienced such exhilaration before.

The monster that had kept them like animals, wantonly robbing them of their freedom and bodies, was now on the run. And—just looking at An Qisheng's appearance, these people were already bursting with excitement.

Both arms were severed at the root, only the ankle remained of the left foot, and the left shoulder collapsed, with a fist mark etched on it, from which blood dripped with each movement.

He looked worse off than Li Miao.

But unlike before, he now looks a few years younger, with a few strands of black hair mixed in with his silver hair, and fewer wrinkles on his face.

The celestial beings from Yingzhou who followed also noticed this.

"He's recovering. Did many of his fellow disciples die last night?"

"Everyone in Yan Song's household is dead. It was that Miao witch who did it!"

"Tsk, we can't let him escape any longer! Every moment his injuries heal a little, if we let him fully recover, even all our fellow disciples combined wouldn't be a match for him!"

The three of them looked at each other.

The most imposing man suddenly lunged forward and landed on a rooftop, then his entire upper body fell backward like a fully drawn bow.

The remaining two grabbed each other's arms and darted in front of him.

Bang! ! !
The burly man suddenly threw a punch, striking the protective aura that the two men had condensed!

whoosh-

The two of them darted toward An Qisheng like arrows.

In the blink of an eye, the distance was halved.

Just as the two were about to reach their goal, the male celestial being suddenly grabbed the female celestial being's arm in mid-air and spun around—then suddenly let go!

The female celestial being, like a lead ball, instantly crossed the final distance and appeared behind An Qisheng.

Without hesitation, she used all her strength to slap An Qisheng's back!
"Die, you old dog!!!"

With a hoarse voice, this palm strike drained all her true energy and strength, determined to smash the head of that old dog An Qisheng!
In an instant, his palm was an inch behind An Qisheng's head!
A hint of joy appeared on her face.

"Finally! Finally!"

"After a thousand years of confinement, today we are finally free!"

She extended her palm forward.

One inch short.

She channeled her inner energy, trying to rush forward.

It's still one inch short.

Finally, she realized something was wrong—it seemed that no matter how hard she tried, she could never eliminate that tiny gap.

No, that's not right.

It's not about distance.

The reason she couldn't kill An Qisheng wasn't the distance, but rather that behind An Qisheng was an impenetrable, transparent wall.

Protective Qi.

Her pupils constricted sharply—An Qisheng hadn't completely lost Xuanlan! The three of them shouldn't have been his match; he shouldn't have run away. And the reason he was running away now was…

Ok?
Suddenly, she frowned.

where am I?
What am I doing?
who am I?
Two startled and anxious shouts came from behind her, as if they were warning her. She instinctively turned around and saw two men rushing up behind her, reaching out their hands to her.

"careful!"

"An Qisheng!"

Who is An Qisheng?
She was taken aback at first, and then suddenly realized what was going on.

Oh, An Qisheng is an enemy.

He was behind me.

whoosh-

A foot swept through the air, aiming for her neck.

Just before her head left her body, she suddenly remembered everything. Although it was too late to dodge, she still desperately left a final warning before dying.

"He can influence our 'sex'—"

Bang!
The skull exploded.

Blood splattered on the faces of the two ashen-faced Yingzhou celestials and on An Qisheng's face behind the headless corpse.

(End of this chapter)