"The old master's orders have now been completed, with Tan Chongrui in hand, whether alive or dead, this budding reform that involves the Imperial Court's various dukes and local marquises can be nipped in the bud. As for the Peace Path assisting me this time, I understand it's mutually beneficial, but I'm not sure what the old master's view on this Baojiao County's rebels is? Could it be he would just let Baojiao County be lost?"

Thinking this way, he seemed to vaguely grasp the old man's intentions.

Feeding the bandits...

The Marquis of Han Shou's Mansion was granted the title due to military merits. If there were more war, it wouldn't be a bad thing for the mansion.

It's just a small Baojiao County, after all.

Perhaps the old master is hoping that this Peace Path has some capabilities, capable of withstanding the suppressing forces from the Prefecture City at the time, then...

The Imperial Court would have no choice but to summon the Marquis of Han Shou again to don his armor and personally come to suppress it.

By then, wouldn't it be another meritorious deed?

The masked man, feeling he understood a bit of the old master's mind, slowly returned to the garden. Tonight, amidst the chaos in Baojiao County, he took the opportunity to abduct Tan Chongrui, an action taken suddenly. Now that things have escalated, for the safety of the Little Princess, it's best to take her and Tan Chongrui, and return to the Marquis Mansion first.

Unexpectedly, when he entered the garden, he was shocked to see the two maids from the Marquis Mansion serving at the Commandery Princess's door, all unconscious on the ground.

Tang, the masked man's face changed dramatically:

"Commandery Princess!"

His figure whistled through, directly breaking through the gate, accompanied by the sound of the door frame smashing. Once inside, he saw an empty bed.

"What?"

In an instant, the masked man's vision darkened:

"Who did this?"

From the unconscious maids and the empty bed, how could he not guess that the Commandery Princess had been kidnapped...

The key is, with Princess Hongluan's abilities, even a typical Sixth Realm martial practitioner wouldn't gain any advantage over her. In this Baojiao County, who has such abilities?

The masked man's mind was in a turmoil:

"How am I to explain this to the old master?"

He managed to retrieve Tan Chongrui, but lost the Commandery Princess.

Meanwhile.

After the Peace Path Leader transformed into his soul form and fled, it didn't take long before he encountered Ma Tianlin and the three Dharma Protector Gods who came asking.

"Xu En, my friend!"

The Piao Gao Preacher's divine eyes caught sight of a soul drifting like a wandering ghost, immediately noticing the halo behind the soul, his face changed dramatically:

"That Qin Yuxian has such abilities? Able to shatter four layers of your incense halo in a row."

"It's not just Qin Yuxian, there's also an old man and a young one..."

Xu En, in soul form, came before the Peace Path members, weakly spoke:

"That old man's skill is no less than Qin Yuxian's, and he can wield 'Thunder Skill'. I was struck twice by his thunder, shattering three layers of my incense halo, the other layer was shattered by a young man using some 'hitting the divine soul' technique. If not for finally abandoning that body, it would be uncertain whether I could return."

"An old man with skill higher than Qin Yuxian's? And a young one?" Ma Tianlin said incredulously: "Did our intelligence go wrong? Qin Yuxian had such figures by his side?"

"What young man, capable of shattering your incense halo?" Piao Gao was incredulous.

The incense halo was a world-surpassing divine method personally imparted by the God of the Yellow Heaven to the Peace Path Leader Xu En, called the "Nine Heavens Divine Spell".

There are nine layers in total, a divine spirit incarnation condensed from incense faith, each layer has different functions, after achieving great achievement with nine layers, a 'Dharma Body' can be condensed.

If it's shattered by someone with superior skill using Thunder Skill, that would be understandable, as Yin Soul most fears the power of yang thunder fire.

But a young one, able to shatter one layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Spell.

"Though that young one only has Five Realms cultivation, his methods are astonishing, the white light he expelled from his nose rivals against the soul restraints, vaguely not below Thunder Skill." The Peace Path Leader said in a deep voice: "Before I left, I heard snippets from them, Qin Yuxian called him 'junior brother'."

"Qin Yuxian's junior brother?" Ma Tianlin suddenly thought of something: "In our intelligence, Qin Yuxian didn't have a junior brother. If indeed there is one, it's exactly as when recently during the martial test, Qin Yuxian mentioned taking a boy named 'Chen Ku' from this county as a junior brother on behalf of his master, could it be him?"

"Where is the True Void Ancestor?" The Peace Path Leader noticed only now, the True Void Ancestor was not with the others.

"The True Void Ancestor fell while going to suppress the youth named Chen Ku in Medicine King Hall." Piao Gao said incredulously: "Could it really be this person named Chen Ku, not only killing the True Void, but also able to shatter even your incense halo, Xu En?"

At this moment.

Suddenly, someone from the Peace Path reported anxiously:

"Report! Three quarters of an hour ago, all people from Medicine King Hall climbed over the North Gate and fled."

Ma Tianlin almost confirmed that this person must be Chen Ku.

"This Chen Ku, first killed the True Void Ancestor, then shattered your incense halo... At such a young age, to have such abilities, he is feared to become the great enemy of our Peace Path!"

Unexpectedly, the Peace Path Leader took a deep breath and said: "This young one indeed has dreadful potential, but for now, we only need to proceed with the plan. Baojiao County has now been basically captured. Next, just proceed to prepare for the Yellow Heaven Grand Ritual..."

"Respect the Dharma Decree!"

Everyone took the order.

All were aware that capturing Baojiao County City was nothing. The key to whether they could hold Baojiao County City lies in whether the Yellow Heaven Grand Ritual could succeed.

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