Chapter 177 Leading the Firefly and fighting against Youchuan’s old subordinates!

The empress, who had been playing like a little girl all night, showed her inner coldness and arrogance as soon as she got serious. Coupled with her stunning appearance, Li Xingyun couldn't help but stare at her in a daze.

"Of course." Li Xingyun replied. He did not mind the empress doing this. On the contrary, this kind of arrogance in declaring sovereignty made Li Xingyun very happy. Of course, he also felt a little guilty.

Liking and loving are inherently full of possessiveness, not to mention Li Yunji, who is already proud. To be able to achieve this, she must have struggled with herself thousands of times in her heart.

"Yun Ji..." Li Xingyun glanced at the empress's eyes, and the words he wanted to say were suddenly choked.

"What's wrong?" The empress hummed and looked up at Li Xingyun.

"You look so beautiful today..." Li Xingyun blurted out subconsciously.

"Nonsense, there is no day when I am not beautiful?" The empress snorted.

"Come, help me light the lantern." The empress held the Kongming lantern in her hand. Li Xingyun bent down and walked forward, looking at the New Year's wishes written in a line of beautiful small characters on it.

"May the world be peaceful, may Qi be stable, may Xingyun be safe..."

Li Xingyun raised his head slightly and met the empress's gaze. They smiled at each other and released the Kongming lantern together, carrying wishes and hopes.

The two of them snuggled together and watched the Kongming lanterns slowly fly into the sky. The empress said softly, "From now on, every Lantern Festival, we will release Kongming lanterns together, okay?"

"Okay!" Li Xingyun nodded slightly and said forcefully.

Pedestrians pass by on the street, on the other side of the stone bridge.

"Xue'er, what wish did you write on it?" Lu Linxuan leaned on Ji Ruxue's shoulder curiously, but saw that there was nothing written on Ji Ruxue's Kongming lantern.

"Hey, don't you have any wishes?" Lu Linxuan looked at Ji Ruxue strangely.

"There's nothing special I want to write for now." Ji Ruxue said lightly, but her eyes couldn't help but look at the two figures on the other side of the stone bridge.

Lu Linxuan immediately sighed, "Xue'er, oh Xue'er, okay, if you don't want to write, I'll write it."

"I want to help my senior brother realize his dream of world peace!"

Lu Linxuan picked up his pen and wrote on the lampshade.

Ji Ruxue couldn't help but say as she watched this scene: "Sometimes I envy your personality, you are so free and easy."

While releasing the Kongming lantern, Lu Linxuan said calmly, "It doesn't matter if I'm not free and easy. In this world, it's not easy to live well and know what I want to do. I feel that what my senior brother is doing is a big thing, a big thing that will benefit the people of the world. It's great to be able to help him accomplish such a big thing."

"You're right." Ji Ruxue nodded, but she had her own persistence. Maybe she was just a twisted person...

"Don't move, this is mine!"

"I'm going to write it on yours!"

At this time, the two voices immediately caught Ji Ruxue's attention. Chi Meng and Ajie were arguing again, and the two of them were fighting for the same Kongming lantern, neither of them giving in.

At this moment, Chi Meng suddenly looked sideways, she let go of the lantern in her hand, and due to inertia, A Jie fell flat on her back with the Kongming lantern in her arms.

"Ouch, hey, it's dripping..."

The elder sister cried out in pain and then laughed, finally winning the fight. But Chi Meng suddenly said to her, "Tell the little brother that I have something to take care of."

With a whoosh, Chi Meng disappeared from the spot.

"Ah? Where are you going?" The elder sister was a little confused. Ji Ruxue beside her frowned. What did Chi Meng see?

……

"What? Chi Meng left suddenly?" Li Xingyun frowned slightly, but then he raised his brows and said, "I'm afraid someone from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave has come."

"Don't we need to send someone to look for it?" Ji Ruxue looked at Li Xingyun and asked.

"I roughly know who is the person who came to the Ten Thousand Poison Cave to look for her. Chi Meng's safety is not a problem, but... let's still look for her."

Li Xingyun narrowed his eyes slightly. If what he expected was correct, the person who came to look for Chi Meng should be the top master of the younger generation in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, You Chuan!
"My subordinates will do it now!"

Shangguan Yunque took out a flare from his waist and then threw it into the air with his internal force.

Whoosh!
There was a sudden noise, and soon after, bad people in black clothes gathered here from all directions. The bad people hiding among the people also came to pay their respects to Li Xingyun immediately.

"I have met His Highness!"

"I have met His Highness!"

Li Xingyun said calmly: "Find Chi Meng."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

……

Whoosh!
Chi Meng moved among the crowd, his eyes fixed on a beetle that was flying in the air in front of him and flashing green light. The Central Plains was extremely cold, so it was impossible for such a bug to exist. The only possibility was that the bug was released by someone from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave.

Who could this person be? Is it my father's man? Or is it the poisonous bastard's man?

Chi Meng frowned slightly. It had only been a short time since she came out. Could something have happened in the Poison Cave?
Chi Meng chased all the way until he left Chang'an City and came to a dense forest on the outskirts of the city.

Chi Meng looked up at the sky and saw dense swarms of beetles flashing green light flying towards the depths of the jungle.

"Guiding Firefly, is he Dad's man?"

Most of the insect masters in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave tend to support the Gu King faction, so Chi Meng thought that her father's people were looking for her. Chi Meng quickened her pace and jumped into the dense forest in one step.

Whoosh!
At this moment, a hidden dart attacked.

Chi Meng frowned, dodged sideways, tapped his toes on a tree trunk nearby, and turned in the air. At this moment, several more darts attacked.

The jade flute in Chi Meng's hand spun rapidly, and a tinkling sound suddenly rang out. Chi Meng shouted in a delicate voice:
"You are such a sly person, come out now!"

Suddenly, several figures flew out from the dense forest. Without exception, these people were dressed in black robes and had bamboo hats on their heads.

"The poisonous bastard's people!"

Chi Meng looked at the six people in front of her and couldn't help but change her expression. Although she had never fought with the old subordinates, she knew how terrifying these six people were. "Where is my dad? What did you do to my dad?"

Li Yao said calmly: "Saintess, the Gu King is safe. We are following his orders to find you."

"Nonsense, my dad won't let me go back!" Chi Meng is not stupid. These six old subordinates are the poisonous turtle's trump card. How could they listen to her father's orders?

"Saint, then you can't blame us." Li Yao said lightly, and with a tap of his toes, the rapier in his hand suddenly popped out.

Whoosh!
Chi Meng frowned and dodged, but attacks from other old subordinates followed one after another.

"I'm going to die..." Chi Meng shouted softly and threw the gourd at his waist with all his strength. Suddenly, there was a loud bang and a buzzing sound came from the gourd.

It is not easy to protect Chang'an from external insects in winter, so Chi Meng can only use the poisonous insects he raised.

"Hide!" It was obvious that Li Yao and others who also came from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave were also very clear about Chi Meng's methods. The six of them hid to the side at the same time. The six of them were trained by Chi Li since childhood, and they specialized in combined attacks and assassinations. Naturally, they were not as good as Chi Meng, the saint of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave in the way of controlling poison.

buzzing.

While the six people were dodging the poisonous insects, Chi Meng turned and ran out of the dense forest.

"Chase!"

Li Yao and his companions sprinkled insect repellent powder on their bodies and then chased after Chi Meng.

"You bastards, my dad will not let you go."

Chi Meng cursed and felt a little regretful. He should have called his little brother and the others earlier. Who knew that the people coming from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave were actually the former subordinates of the Poison Turtle? If it were anyone else, Chi Meng would still be able to fight back, but with these six people working together, their strength was at the Great Heaven Level, which was far beyond the current Chi Meng's ability to match.

Whoosh!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Whoosh!
Poisoned darts flew towards Chi Meng's back in an instant. Chi Meng kept dodging, but his speed eventually slowed down.

“Saintess, surrender obediently, or you will suffer further physical pain!” Li Yao’s eyes were cold. Not to mention the Saintess of Raojiang, even the Gu King had been imprisoned by them. Now in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, the Witch King was the only one who could cover the sky with one hand!

"Don't even think about it!" Chi Meng turned around and shouted, then suddenly turned around, tiptoed, and slapped out with one palm. An old member of his team who was following closely behind him was caught off guard and was hit by Chi Meng's palm.

boom!
Chi Meng looked at the people who fell out and snorted coldly, "I'm not afraid of you. This is Chang'an City, my brother's territory. Someone will come to save me in a while. You guys just wait to die!"

"Changan, Li Xingyun, it seems you have found him."

Li Yao frowned, looked at Chi Meng and said coldly: "Saintess, do you know that you will ruin the Ten Thousand Poison Cave by doing this?"

"You're talking nonsense, my dad is right! That poisonous bastard knows nothing about governing Raojiang." Chi Meng turned around and cursed, he could only say something that didn't make sense.

"Go!" Li Yao didn't waste any more words. He shouted and took the lead to stab Chi Meng with the sword.

Ding.

Chi Meng blocked the sword with the jade flute in his hand, but then five figures came to his side. Chi Meng blocked a palm, but was instantly kicked on the shoulder by a hidden kick from the side.

"Tie her up!"

Li Yao shouted softly, and suddenly a figure fell from the sky, wearing a blue dress and white hair.

"Greetings, Young Priest!" Li Yao bowed to You Chuan who had landed on the ground. You Chuan waved his hand and said, "You guys go down first. I'll take care of the Saint."

“This… is not appropriate.” Li Yao said hesitantly, “Everyone in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave knows that you and the Saint are on good terms. If you let the Saint go, I’m afraid I won’t be able to explain to the Witch King when I go back.”

"I will take the saint back, and I will explain it to my adoptive father when the time comes." You Chuan said calmly as he looked at the six old subordinates.

The six people of Li Yao looked at each other, and no one dared to agree first. Li Yao bowed and said, "Young priest, I know that you are worried that the Saint Girl will be wronged. Why don't we accompany you and the Saint Girl back to Raojiang together?"

You Chuan frowned slightly. What he was afraid of was not that Chi Meng would be wronged, but that Chi Meng would die if he returned.

"Brother Youchuan, are you going to listen to that poisonous bastard and take me back?" Chi Meng, who was behind Youchuan, stood up and said to Youchuan with a sad expression.

"I..." You Chuan's tone was a little hesitant.

At this time, Chi Meng suddenly asked: "How are my dad and the others?"

You Chuan paused and said, "The Gu King is fine for now, Chi Meng, you don't have to worry."

"What does 'temporary safety' mean?" Chi Meng suddenly became anxious and asked You Chuan.

At this moment, rustling footsteps suddenly sounded in the dense forest surrounding everyone.

The six old subordinates immediately stood together with their backs, and You Chuan also looked around vigilantly. In front of them, a group of bad guys wearing leather armor, bamboo hats and ghost masks, holding Tang swords, slowly appeared.

"Come here, little demon girl." Li Xingyun shouted to Chi Meng, then looked at the seven people whose clothing style was very different from that of the Central Plains and said, "Are you from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave?"

"Little brother, you're here!" Chi Meng slowly retreated to the front of Li Xingyun, and at this time You Chuan slowly turned around and looked at Li Xingyun, frowning slightly and said: "You, are Li Xingyun?"

"Exactly."

"Hiss, he's so handsome." Li Xingyun glanced at You Chuan, crossed his arms and looked at Chi Meng and said, "Why don't you introduce me to him?"

Chi Meng hid behind Li Xingyun and pointed at You Chuan and the six old subordinates and said, "He is Brother You Chuan, the adopted son of Poison Turtle, but he is not a bad person. The six of them are his old subordinates, the killer organization of Poison Turtle, and they are particularly bad!"

"Is that so?" Li Xingyun looked at Chi Meng with a half-smile and said, "So what you mean is that we should keep the good guy and kill the bad guy?"

Chi Meng nodded fiercely and said, "Yes, yes, that's what I mean!"

"You can decide our life and death with just one word. You are worthy of being a descendant of Li Tang. You are so arrogant." You Chuan looked at Chi Meng and Li Xingyun who were so close to each other, and his tone couldn't help but carry a hint of sourness.

"Oh, it sounds sour, but You Chuan, do you know that I am arrogant because I have the capital to be arrogant!"

After Li Xingyun finished speaking, he suddenly turned into a golden light and disappeared on the spot.

You Chuan's pupils shrank slightly, and he exclaimed, "So fast!"

Whoosh!
boom!
The two men faced each other with their palms, and after a stalemate of only a moment or two, golden lightning slowly flashed on Li Xingyun's body, sizzling!

You Chuan's face changed, and he felt that Li Xingyun's internal energy seemed to be endless. He immediately took a few steps back and said, "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Art!"

"Have some experience, Shangguan, sword!"

Li Xingyun stretched out one hand, and Shangguan Yunque in the crowd behind him immediately shouted:
"Your Highness, take the sword!"

The Longquan Sword flew into the air, whistling towards Li Xingyun. At this time, the six people from Li Yao also looked at You Chuan and said, "Young Master, let's break out together!"

"Okay!" You Chuan shouted softly, and rushed towards Li Xingyun together with Li Yao and other six people.

Whoosh!
Li Yao, who had just finished speaking, looked changed expression, and saw a golden sword energy flying in front of him. He swung his sword to block it, but was hit by the golden sword energy and staggered and fell backwards with a swish.

The golden sword energy cut a bloody mark on Li Yao's shoulder.

"What kind of sword technique is this?" Li Yao exclaimed. He also used a sword, but even if he spent his entire life, he would not be able to strike out with such a sword!
Wow!
You Chuan gathered his internal strength in his hands, and the scimitar at his waist instantly flew into his hands. He then turned into a blue shadow and flew towards Li Xingyun.

clang!
The swords collided, and the two looked at each other. You Chuan's face was cold and he asked, "Can you protect her?"

"Guess?" Li Xingyun chuckled, and the two of them fought in the air for more than ten rounds in an instant.

At this time, Li Yao and others also rushed to Li Xingyun's side, but a long sword blocked their way. "Hey, our prince attacked you to give you face, but you still want to play the game of bullying the weak with the strong. You are so shameless!"

Li Yao said nothing more and stepped forward with the sword in hand, but he only saw a flash of the knife and the opponent disappeared in front of him at an eerie speed.

"Boss, be careful!"

The two old members of the team pulled Li Yao's shoulders and stepped back, barely avoiding Shangguan Yunque's sword.

“The feeling of being in the Great Heaven Realm is truly indescribable!” Shangguan Yunque smiled faintly and looked at the six people coldly!

(End of this chapter)