An couldn't possibly resist. Thankfully, Xue An lacked brute force, but his quick wit made up for it. Realizing he couldn't hold back, he instantly retreated, slipping away on his heels to allow the...In the depths of a silver night, a carriage continued its journey toward the distant imperial palace. In the surrounding darkness, figures flickered intermittently.

As the carriage drove away, these figures emerged one by one and came to the site of the battle.

"Hiss~ This person is so domineering and vicious!"

On the ground, a lump of charred black as small as a baby lay there. The surrounding plants were also scorched, and more around it were strands of torn flesh!

A pungent smell of burnt flesh reached my nose, and seeing the shredded human flesh all around me, everyone's faces turned pale with horror.

After all, no one wants to end up like this.

Who is this

The charred remains were too badly burned to identify the victim.

"It should be Luo Qingyan." Someone found some pieces of a paper fan from elsewhere.

"Lu Qingyan Lu Qingyan from Baihuagong!"

Those who learned the victim's information were even more incredulous and shocked.

Although Baihuagong Lu Qingyan arrived in the capital recently, his fame and appearance are well-known to many.

The dashing figure that once lingered in everyone's mind was now reduced to ashes, and the terrifying screams they had heard before came back to haunt them. A shiver ran down their spines as they recalled the horrific scene.

Looking at the scene on the ground, some people silently retreated into the darkness, while others stood there with uncertain expressions. Some remained indifferent and chased after the direction where the carriage was leaving.

It matters not how many chase after, in the end, they all meet a tragic fate, reduced to ashes by the terrifying internal fire!

One or two charred corpses might not be shocking, but the road ahead was lined with them. Anyone who saw it couldn't remain unmoved.

Bang!

"Ah~"

With a palm strike, a heart-wrenching wail echoed. Around Zhang Liyang, four or five figures now lay motionless on the ground.

Every person was struggling on the ground, every mouth letting out a heart-wrenching scream, and every body began to carry a faint smell of flesh.

Without stopping, Zhang Liyang strode over the people and then hurried on in his carriage.

Outside the imperial city, in a village, a figure was circling around someone lying on the ground.

From the flickering candlelight, one could see that the person lying on the ground was now flushed red all over, like a piece of charcoal heated in a fire, and there was a smell of burnt meat emanating from their body.

This is someone who has attained the divine ability of Zhang Liyang's fire-melting golden essence!

"Well then, what do you think"

Someone in the crowd spoke up.

"The internal fire is incredibly domineering, generally an Eight Pulse Realm can't stop it at all. Even those top-tier Eight Pulse Realms can only temporarily suppress it."

"To completely dispel this fiery fervor, at the very least one would need to be at the Innate Realm!"

"I've never seen such a powerful fire before!"

Someone asked out their inner question.

"Hmph, you don't even look at where that is. It's normal to see martial arts we've never seen before."

"Now we need to do is stop that person."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

"If we sent out a congenital realm…"

“No!” Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted. “We’re not here to compare skills with them, and we can't beat them. If we really sent out a congenital expert, do you believe the other side would immediately send three-ring cultivators to wipe us all out”

"What shall we do"

They do have the Top Eight Meridian Realm, but they've all long since become charcoal. As for those in the Extraordinary Meridian Realm, well, going there is just like sending yourself to be slaughtered.

But if you don't go, the pressure on top will crush you just the same!

"Gentlemen, if we don't come up with a plan soon, that man will be at the city gate."

"The city gate" someone suddenly spoke, "I remember the palace gate guard, Hu Fei is on duty tonight, right"

"So what, that blockhead can't even move anymore."

"My name is Don't Move, but his father can."

"What's the price His father is not someone to mess with."

"That's not something we need to worry about, let the adults decide."

"No need for the adults to decide." someone waved their hand, "We can settle this ourselves and don't have to involve his father either."

"Wasn't he always eager to prove himself on the frontier Tonight, we give him his chance. Let him defend that borderland – he can choose where."

"Hu Fei is quite capable, it's worth a try."

Then it's settled!

After the group had made their plans, a dove immediately shot out of the darkness and flew toward the imperial palace.

Squeal, squeak...

The carriage continued on, Zhang Liyang sat in the front of the carriage, using the exquisite jade to replenish the energy of heaven and earth while his eyes were slightly narrowed.

Although half an hour has passed with no one coming to stop him, Zhang Liyang knows that once someone arrives, they will inevitably be a formidable opponent.

As he walked along, Zhang Liyang also saw the shadow of the imperial city walls. Afterward, Zhang Liyang arrived at the city gate beneath the walls.

Logically, the city gate of the imperial city should be closed at night, but tonight the gate was opened a crack, just large enough for a carriage to enter.

Who comes

As soon as the carriage arrived at the city gate, a roar came from inside. Then, a squad of well-equipped soldiers, armed and on high alert, emerged.

These are the royal city guards, their prowess surpassing even that of the elite soldiers in Pán Shí Camp. Their armor is equally formidable.

Feeling as if nearly a hundred crossbows were aimed at him, Zhang Liyang said nothing but took out a token and showed it to the soldiers.

This was given to me by Feng Zhen, it is specially used to enter the imperial city. If you don't have this token, no matter who you are, if you get close to the imperial city gate without the Great Qiany Emperor's decree after dark, you will be killed!

These soldiers had obviously also been notified beforehand. After verifying the token in Zhang Liyang's hand, they didn't speak and directly made way for his carriage to enter.

"Hold on!"

Just as the carriage was about to continue on its way, a voice came that made the soldiers at the city gate tense up again, their weapons all pointed at Zhang Liyang.

"General Hu!"

As the clang of armor echoed, a general stepped out from the city gate.

"See General Hu!"

"Well, get up! What's going on Who let him in here"

Faced with the questioning of their own general, these soldiers were slightly stunned, "General, he has a token."

"Where is the token"

Seeing the soldier looking at him, Zhang Liyang remained silent and took out his token again to hand it to the young general who had suddenly appeared.

Having received the token, I thought I could continue to let it pass. However, this general only glanced at it and then put it in his pocket. "If you want to pass, take the token from me! Otherwise, don't even think about passing tonight!"It has been half a month since the message arrived, during which time Zhang Liyang's three hundred blood pills had been consumed by him like candy.