New and dark light years

Chapter 525 He is your imperial grandfather
Yue Zhong led a group of people in.

Although he was standing at the front, his 'subordinates' behind him were divided into two distinct groups.

On the left was a group of men dressed in various styles, either martial artists or spirit hunters.

On the right is a group of people with pale faces and no beards, but dressed in uniform black official robes. This group is clearly from the Fusi Bureau.

When Yue Zhong saw Yang Yourong's murderous expression and then the purple phoenix attached to her body, he subconsciously swallowed.

But he still followed her out, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty Zifeng, this humble subject pays his respects."

After saying this, he bowed and clasped his hands in a gesture of respect to the other party.

Zi Feng sneered, "What, the Demon Extermination Bureau has come knocking on our door to take me in?"

“That’s not the case.” Yue Zhong said calmly, “It’s just that the Emperor wants you to receive an imperial decree.”

The head eunuch of the Pacification Commission immediately put on a fawning smile.

Zi Feng laughed: "I am, after all, his great-grandmother, an elder. If His Majesty has any filial piety, he can simply come to pay his respects. How can he make me accept his decree? Does he think I am his subject?"

"The Emperor is the ruler of the world, a sage before mortals. The Empress is indeed an elder, but the Emperor is also the Emperor. There is a distinction between ruler and subject, even among relatives."

Zi Feng understood what the other party meant, and she sneered: "Yue Zhensi, you mean... I will listen to this great-grandson!"

“Your Majesty, you are currently in the body of Consort You Rong, which is a difficult matter to discuss,” Yue Zhong said neither humbly nor arrogantly. “His Majesty wishes to allow Consort You Rong to return home. Please grant Your Majesty’s permission.”

"Granted?" Zi Feng sneered, then looked at the head eunuch beside her: "Are you here to deliver an imperial decree?"

The eunuch felt a cold sweat pour down his back. For some reason, he had a feeling that he was about to die. However, he dared not do anything rash and simply lowered his head and said, "His Majesty... sent me to deliver the imperial decree to the Empress."

Now everyone in the capital with even a little bit of inside information knows that Consort Yourong is no longer Consort Yourong; she has been possessed by a demon.

However, this strange situation is intricately connected with the Zhu family and the imperial family. This should have been a family matter for the royal family, but they, as outsiders, are caught in the middle and are in a very difficult position.

"Then declare it," Zi Feng said coldly, a sneer playing on her lips. "I'll see what my great-grandson has to say!"

The eunuch trembled as he opened the yellow imperial edict, intending to read it aloud, but the edict suddenly shattered into more than a dozen pieces, as if it had been cut by some invisible sharp blade.

Yue Zhong's eyes narrowed; he couldn't see what method the other party had used.

The eunuch stared blankly at the scraps of paper in his hand, his body trembled, and then he sat down on the ground with a thud, his lower clothes wet with liquid.

An unpleasant smell wafted over.

Zi Feng took a few steps back in disgust.

Yue Zhong waved his hand with a cold face, and the people behind him immediately dispersed, forming a semi-circle around Zi Feng.

Zi Feng glanced around at the surrounding half-circle and laughed, "Time to make a move?"

Yue Zhong slowly drew the short sword from his waist: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. No matter what, we must bring you into the palace."

As Yue Zhong drew his sword, his subordinates behind him also drew their weapons.

"Array."

With a shout from Yue Zhong, more than a dozen people quickly took their positions, forming a strange formation.

At the same time, they pulled out a strange piece of hardwood with black stripes drawn on it, resembling talismans.

Then, they threw the piece of wood forcefully at their feet and stuck it into the ground.

When all the wooden pieces were inserted into the ground, they lit up simultaneously, and green light appeared between them, connecting all the wooden pieces together.

Everyone crouched down and channeled their vital energy into the wooden piece to maintain its 'shine'.

These 'threads' intertwine on the ground, forming a wondrous array.

Only Yue Zhong did not do that.

He stood in the center of the formation, all the threads gathered on his body, and finally condensed on his sword.

"The Demon-Slaying Formation." Zi Feng's cold and beautiful face was full of mockery: "In your eyes, am I already evil?"

“All ghosts and demons are evil beings.” Yue Zhong said solemnly, “I originally thought that you, Lady Zifeng, were different, but now it seems that you are just another anomaly who is unwilling to abide by the rules of our human race.”

"Hahaha!" Zi Feng laughed loudly: "I don't abide by the rules of the human race? That's just your excuse. If we're talking about killing people, you've killed far more than I have. If we're talking about the country and the people, I at least forced back the Di people and saved the capital sixty years ago. What good things have you people done for the country and the people?"

The subordinates of the Demon Extermination Bureau all looked ashamed.

Yue Zhong snorted and said, "Serving the country with loyalty is a matter of course, regardless of gender or social status. Your Majesty, you hold a high position and are supported by millions of people. These are things you should do."

Zi Feng looked at Yue Zhong with surprise: "You are quite eloquent, but it's a pity that the Di people would listen to your reasoning.

Yue Zhong was not affected by the words; the long sword in his hand shone even brighter.

But then he frowned deeply: "Why doesn't Your Majesty escape!"

"Why would I run away?" Zi Feng laughed.

"The Demon-Slaying Formation..." Yue Zhong sighed. "This formation was created specifically to deal with the supernatural. Even someone as powerful as Your Majesty cannot escape it. Since you recognize this formation, you could have escaped while we were setting it up. Why are you still standing there, watching us finish setting it up?"

Yue Zhong knew very well that Zi Feng... was a phoenix, born with the ability to fly, and if she wanted to leave, the group really couldn't catch up with her.

Moreover, setting up a formation takes time.

Zi Feng laughed and said, "Why would I run away? They are just a few mortals."

"In that case, I, Yue, will have to offend you."

Yue Zhong pointed his short sword forward, and in an instant, several streaks of blue light, seemingly lightning, shot out.

As a result, the array runes on the ground lit up brightly, and a pale golden light appeared in the sky.

Those beams of blue light shot out at extremely high speed, accompanied by the sound of thunder.

Zi Feng simply waved her hand, and the streaks of blue light vanished.

Then she laughed and said, "Is that all you've got?"

Yue Zhong frowned, then looked at the golden light shining on Zi Feng.

This is the greatest benefit of this formation.

With omnipresent light, evil is suppressed.

Those streaks of blue light were merely a binding function.

Zi Feng was bathed in golden light, but her expression didn't change at all; she even smiled.

"The Demon-Slaying Formation... is nothing special."

Seeing that Zi Feng remained unmoved in the golden light, completely unaffected, Yue Zhong was greatly surprised.

"How could you be unaffected..."

Although this Demon-Slaying Formation is slow to start and requires preparation, it has never failed in all the years since its inception.

Any evil spirit, even if it doesn't die, will be greatly affected and unable to move under this golden light.

But Zi Feng was completely unharmed.

That's impossible, unless... she's not a ghost.

This is even more impossible!
Yue Zhong was terrified and roared, "Retreat first..."

But it was too late.

Zi Feng waved her sleeve again.

Snowflakes fell from the sky, and the demon-slaying subordinates who were fleeing were slowed down by the snowflakes, and a layer of white frost gradually appeared on their bodies. Seeing this, Yue Zhong immediately took out a red ball from his pocket and crushed it.

In an instant, a whirlwind of flames suddenly rose up around him.

The flame didn't burn anything; it simply dispelled the surrounding chill.

Those members of the Demon Extermination Division who were about to be frozen were immediately able to run quickly again.

"No fire left behind, you're really willing to give it up." Zi Feng smiled.

Then she stretched out her right hand, and the surrounding space suddenly began to distort. Those inside were almost unable to move, and even felt their bodies twisting and deforming little by little with the space.

Pain followed.

Yue Zhong and the others were terrified and struggled desperately, but they were completely unable to move.

When she saw that these people's bodies were gradually contorted to the point of near disability and death, Zi Feng stopped.

She suddenly looked towards the direction of the palace, for a huge golden-armored deity had appeared there and was looking at her.

Yue Zhong and the others regained control of their bodies, and they were all so shocked that they broke out in a cold sweat.

They retreated repeatedly.

The purple phoenix took flight and stopped when it was still a dozen feet away from the golden-armored deity.

The golden-armored deity was enormous; its head alone was a size larger than Zi Feng's entire body.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Zi Feng narrowed her eyes, her smile icy cold: "Are you going to kill your elders?"

"I only wanted to save Yue Zhong; he has done a lot for the Great Qi."

The voice of the golden-armored deity rang out above the capital city.

"But he wanted to kill me."

"He was just following my orders; he had no intention of killing you."

"You've already unleashed the Demon-Slaying Formation, and you still say you don't want to kill me!" Zi Feng said coldly, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

The golden-armored deity snorted: "I only want to get back Consort You Rong's body; that will only strip away your spirit."

"Do you think I'd believe that?" Zi Feng sneered. "Anyone who sits on the dragon throne is a heartless and ruthless person. The events of over sixty years ago, and the events of today, all prove one thing: none of you surnamed Zhu are good people."

The golden-armored deity was silent for a moment, then said, "But that's no excuse for you to have an affair with someone else."

"So what if I had an affair with another man? You wanted to kill me, but now you've discovered that you don't seem to have as much control over me as you thought, right?"

"Great-grandmother, what exactly is going on..."

"You want to ask me why I'm not afraid of the Demon-Slaying Formation, and why I've become so much stronger, right? I'm not going to tell you."

The golden-armored deity said calmly, "It's obvious without even guessing that your good fortune is mostly related to Li Lin."

"You should call him Imperial Grandfather, understand!" Zi Feng snorted and laughed. "He's my man now, so you should treat him as an elder, both morally and logically, understand?"

The golden-armored deity's face twisted and his appearance changed, revealing more than a dozen different faces in just a few breaths.

Zi Feng even saw the face of her former husband in it.

She seemed to realize something, and her face showed disgust: "So that's how it is. No wonder this golden-armored deity is controlled by your Zhu family."

"Great-grandmother, there are many things you can't say carelessly. Don't force me to take action."

"Then why don't you make your move? You're not confident you can kill me, huh?" Zi Feng laughed. "I'm staying at the Yang residence now. I'm just waiting for Li Lin to come to the capital again so I can make peace with him. What can you do about it? Not only do I like him, but Xiao Rong'er likes him too. He's much better than you, in every way."

The golden-armored deity's expression changed, turning green, and then he raised his hand.

At this moment, Zi Feng was surrounded by black energy, and the battle between the two sides was about to break out.

But at that moment, the golden-armored deity slowly lowered his hand.

"Great-grandmother, take care of yourself and don't bring too much shame to the Zhu family."

The golden-armored deity's body faded and gradually disappeared.

Zi Feng snorted, transformed into a streak of purple light, and flew back to the Yang residence.

She wrote a letter and handed it to the steward: "Use the Yang family's connections to deliver this letter to Li Lin, the military governor of Jin County."

The butler nodded and then left.

Inside the palace, Zhu Jing emerged from the talisman array, his face ashen and his appearance extremely unpleasant.

He then found a chair, sat down, and closed his eyes.

Then his face suddenly contorted.

"Give me your body, I'm going to kill that bitch, ah, I'm going crazy with rage."

Zhu Jing's face was full of anger.

But his body remained completely still.

"Give it to me now, do you hear me, you unfilial son and grandson?"

At this moment, Zhu Jing suddenly opened his eyes: "Great-grandfather, calm down. She's just a woman, why get so angry?"

"That's your great-grandmother. She was having an affair and you didn't do anything about it."

"We can't control her. She's no longer afraid of the Demon-Slaying Formation, and her strength has increased dramatically. How can we control her!"

"She has the secret technique of primordial yin on her body, wouldn't that just benefit outsiders?"

"It's not necessarily that it benefited outsiders; it's possible that she used it herself. Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why my great-grandmother suddenly became so much stronger."

“Primordial Yin Qi does not have this effect.”

"It's hard to say... Now that the inheritance of heaven and earth has been severed, my great-grandmother was a phoenix spirit, so it's possible that she inherited some innate divine consciousness."

Zhu Jing's distorted face gradually faded, and only a faint voice rang out: "Jing'er, remember, only when you have mastered the late stage of Foundation Establishment and forged the Golden Armor Divine Body can we truly become immortals and gain freedom. The same goes for you. Don't care about ethics and principles. If there is an opportunity, seize it. If you are one step behind, you will be behind at every step."

"Jing'er understands."

Zhu Jing then closed his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly opened them, his face turning deathly pale.

He then knelt on the ground and dry heaved. He only felt better after vomiting a cloud of white foam.

Then he took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out a body-strengthening pill, and swallowed it.

He glanced at the bottle of the health-enhancing pills, stood up unsteadily, and started walking upstairs.

The body-strengthening pills worked very well. When Zhu Jing came out of the secret passage, his complexion was rosy and almost back to normal.

He sat in his chair and asked the waiting eunuch beside him, "Master, how is Huan'er doing?"

"Which aspect of the government are you referring to?"

"How's his investigation into the Li family going?"

"We've already sent people to the East China Sea, and it seems they've found something."

"Then send a few people to keep watch, and once we find the Li family, we'll try to secretly copy down some of their elixir recipes."

The eunuch bowed and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this old servant will arrange for someone to take care of this matter."

(End of this chapter)