Slender willows sway in the breeze

Chapter 113 Secret Realm
Master Lu dared not be careless. He held the Golden-Winged Umbrella in front of him and channeled all his spiritual power into it.

The black pillar of spiritual energy collided with the golden-winged umbrella, unleashing a burst of intense light and spiritual energy fluctuations. Master Lu was forced back several steps by this powerful force, but he managed to regain his footing thanks to his profound spiritual energy reserves.

"Is that all you have?"

"Provocatively, Master Lu Dan quickly formed a hand seal. Centered on himself, a white spiritual energy domain rapidly expanded, enveloping the three evil cultivators within it.

Within this spiritual realm, the evil aura emanating from the evil cultivators was suppressed by the purifying power and began to become disordered.

The leader of the evil cultivators' expression changed drastically. He knew the power of this purification force well. If he were trapped in it for too long, he would probably be purified to the point of his soul being scattered.

He gritted his teeth and shouted to the other two evil cultivators, "Attack together and break this spiritual domain!" The three evil cultivators simultaneously channeled their spiritual power and unleashed their strongest spells. Black spiritual light shot into the sky, clashing with the white purifying spiritual domain.

In an instant, spiritual energy raged throughout the palace, and the light of various spells intertwined, dazzling the eyes.

Gu Changzhou closely monitored the situation from the side.

Although Master Lu Dan was quite powerful, he was under great pressure facing three evil cultivators at the same time.

These three evil cultivators were stronger than Du Xiuwei and the others. However, in the palace, the dragon energy suppressed them, so the power of any evil cultivators' evil power was greatly reduced.

That's why Master Lu Dan was able to hold them off for so long all by himself.

He turned to Liu Sijun and said, "Sijun, please wait here for a moment. I will go and lend Master Lu a hand."

Liu Sijun nodded and said, "My lord, be careful. These evil cultivators seem to have a backup plan."

Gu Changzhou nodded, wielding the Star Sword, and charged into the battlefield like lightning.
He unleashed the "Star Shattering Technique," and countless twinkling stars appeared in the sky. The power of the stars converged into a giant star sword, which he slashed fiercely at the evil cultivators.

The evil cultivators' expressions changed drastically upon sensing this powerful force.

The leader of the evil cultivators hurriedly commanded the other two evil cultivators, and the three of them gathered their black spiritual energy together to form a huge black shield in an attempt to block the attack of the Starry Sky Giant Sword.

"boom!"

The Star Sword collided with the black shield, unleashing a deafening roar.

The powerful spiritual energy surged outwards like a storm, causing cracks to appear in the palace walls and tiles to fly everywhere.

The black shield began to crack under the attack of the Starry Sky Greatsword, and finally shattered with a deafening roar. The evil cultivators were shaken by the impact, their blood churning and they all coughed up blood.

But they were still unwilling to accept defeat, their eyes flashing with a crazed light, preparing to launch another attack. At this moment, Master Lu seized the opportunity and made another hand seal.

Countless white flames surged from the spiritual realm, like nimble fire snakes, rushing towards the evil cultivators.

The evil cultivators were entangled in white flames, letting out painful screams, and their evil aura was quickly purified.

Taking advantage of the evil cultivators' preoccupation with the white flames, Gu Changzhou once again wielded the Star Sword, unleashing the "Star Phantom Step," his figure transforming into countless phantoms that attacked the evil cultivators from all directions. Under the combined assault of the white flames and Gu Changzhou's attacks, the evil cultivators gradually found themselves unable to defend themselves.

Just as Gu Changzhou and Lu Danshi were launching a full-scale attack on the evil cultivators, the battle between Ye Ying and Min Rui also entered a fierce stage.

Min Rui unleashed the "Nine Yang Sky-Splitting Slash," and a golden sword beam shot towards the Blood Demon Ancestor like a rainbow. The ancestor's evil magic was broken by Min Rui, and he quickly flew towards Night Shadow to join him.

Night Shadow unleashed the Shadow Guard's ultimate technique, "Shadow Annihilation," transforming into a streak of black light. His longsword gleamed with a chilling light as he moved freely among the evil cultivators, each strike taking the life of one of them.

Under the combined attack of Ye Ying and Min Rui, the evil cultivators were forced into retreat.

Seeing an opportunity, Ye Ying called out to Min Rui, "Lord Min, let's join forces and use our combined attack technique to deal with these evil cultivators as soon as possible!" Min Rui nodded.

The two quickly adjusted their positions. Night Shadow was surrounded by a dense power of shadow, while Min Rui was radiating intense power of the Nine Suns.

They simultaneously channeled their spiritual energy, fusing the power of shadow and the power of nine yang together to form a powerful beam of spiritual energy in black and white, which shot towards the evil cultivators.

The evil cultivators were terrified when they sensed this powerful force.

They tried to dodge, but the beam of spiritual energy was extremely fast and struck the group of evil cultivators instantly.

With a deafening boom, the evil cultivators were reduced to ashes by this powerful force.

After dealing with the evil cultivators here, Ye Ying and Min Rui immediately rushed to Yangshou Palace to support Gu Changzhou and Master Lu Dan.

At this moment, the evil cultivators inside the Longevity Palace were on the verge of death under the attacks of Gu Changzhou and Master Lu.

Seeing that all was lost, the leader of the evil cultivators felt a surge of despair.

He suddenly burst into maniacal laughter: "Hahahaha, even if you kill us, you can't stop our plan."

Gu Changzhou snorted coldly, "You evil cultivators have committed countless evils, and today is your death day."

With that, he swung his Star Sword and killed the leader of the evil cultivators.

The other two evil cultivators also vanished completely under the sword light of Min Rui and Ye Ying.

Just then, Emperor Bei Chenyao arrived at Yangshou Palace, surrounded by a group of guards.

He looked at the devastated palace, his face grim.

Gu Changzhou and the others hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects.

Bei Chenyao waved his hand and said solemnly, "Recently, evil cultivators have been active and frequently invaded the palace, which makes me very uneasy. Marquis Molin, do you know what their ulterior motives are?"

Gu Changzhou clasped his hands in a fist and said, “Your Majesty, according to my and Master Liu’s speculation, what the evil cultivator wants should be under the alchemy furnace in the Longevity Palace.”

Bei Chenyao frowned slightly and waved his hand: "Go take a look."

A large number of guards rushed into the hall and worked together to move the alchemy furnace away.

Min Rui stepped forward, releasing his spiritual power to probe, and after a moment said with a solemn expression, "Your Majesty, beneath the alchemy furnace lies a secret realm. These evil cultivators risked their lives to break into the palace, presumably coveting what's within the secret realm."

A hint of worry flashed in Bei Chenyao's eyes: "A secret realm? There is such a hidden place in the palace."

The key point is that he didn't know this even after living in the palace for so many years.

Min Rui nodded: "Now it seems that the evil cultivators must know about this secret realm and that it contains treasures that are extremely useful to them, otherwise they wouldn't be so crazy."

Wave after wave.

This is the imperial palace!

Gu Changzhou: "Your Majesty, during our battle with the evil cultivators, we heard them mention that this treasure seems to be closely related to elixirs. Since the Longevity Palace is a place for refining elixirs, it is likely that what is hidden inside is some kind of extremely precious elixir, or perhaps a key ingredient in elixir refining, which would greatly help the evil cultivators improve their cultivation."

(End of this chapter)