According to the plan, Ye Tian will act as an assistant with the man. This will bypass the security check. A little while later, they arrived at the security point in front of the palace gate. The soldier looked at the man, and said, “Official Ji Feng, who is this besides you?”
“This is my assistant. I’ve already submitted the application and has already been approved by the Labor department,” the man said casually.
The guard looked at Ye Tian, while Ye Tian just smiled, and said, “It’s nice to meet you sir, I will be in you care from now on.”
The man just rolled his eyes. What a devil this guy is.
“Alright, you guys can go ahead.” the guard said approvingly. Guards always love it when someone sucks up to them.
Ye Tian and the man went inside and walked towards the man’s office. Ye Tian scanned and looked around to confirm that the map he got from the noble was accurate. He was also trying to figure out an escape rout in case things goes terribly wrong. Once inside the office, the man explained to him where the gate of the inner palace is.
Whackkk!
Ye Tian knocked him out again and gave him a bit of the forgetful potion. He had a bit left, but he had been figuring out the ingredients from the few experiments he initiated. He was very close to figuring out the properties of the potion. This will become helpful for his future battles. Also, since the man actually never tried to lie to him and did what he was supposed to do, Ye Tian didn’t want to kill him. After all, he felt a bit sorry on what he had done to the man’s crouch. The status of the crouch was unknown.
Ye Tian left the room and walked towards the inner palace gate, where he met other security guards. Ye Tian took out the medalthat he took from the noble, and said, “I’m a servant of young master Ji Feng, the son of the great general Ji Long. I’m here on orders to retrieve a few things from the general’s office.” Ye Tian explained.
The guard instructed the hawk to scan the medal. The hawk was trained to scan what was real or fake among the medals. The hawk roared, and the guard said, “Ok, you have 20 minutes to do what you need to do. That’s the rules. If you don’t come back, we will kill you at all cost!”
“I understand captain!” Ye Tian replied. Ye Tian felt a bit relieved. He thought the hawk’s roar was a sign of warning but was instead a sign of approval. He saluted the captain and continued to walk inside the inner palace. After he entered the inner palace, the gate closed again and no one from outside can see anything inside the inner palace. Ye Tian scanned around and concluded that no was around the area. He dashed forward like a phantom and went towards a route that he remembered from the map. He finally arrived near the distance of a grand room. Palace guards were standing in front, while the room was bright and Ye Tian could hear the voice of a man and several women.
Ye Tian walked towards the guards with his head down. “Good evening friends. I have a message for the emperor from general Ji Long. Please take a look at the letter’s symbol.” The symbol was a a sign very few people within the empire had. It was meant to be used for secret intelligence. The two guards checked the symbol and said, “Who are you? Why this late?”
“I’m a new servant of general Ji Long. I was ordered to send this urgent message to the emperor without any delay. My profile has been checked by the outside palace guards and by the the captain that’s guarding the inner palace gates. Please friends. I’m just a humble servant trying to send this message. This might be very crucial to the empire’s safe being.” Ye Tian said urgently.
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The guards looked at each. They knew they would screw up if this information that concerns the safety of the empire had never arrived at the emperor’s hands. They both nodded, and one of them warned, “Go, but you must leave any weapons you have here.”
“I understand,” Ye Tian replied, and took out his dagger and handed it to the guards. He then walked past the guards. As soon as the guards turned around to continue guarding, Ye Tian made a sneak attack.
Ye Tian releases two water snakes and twirls its way towards the guards. The water snakes disperse and attack the guards’ mouths, nostrils, and ears within a blink of an eye. Ye Tian then dashes forward with two palm attacks that hit the guards back, specifically the spine area. No one could hear anything except for Ye Tian and the two guards. The sound of cracks, fractures, and the sound of a yelling pain was subjugated by the water snakes.
The guards fell with their eyes bulging out. Ye Tian hid their bodies in a well. He then set up an array surrounding the grand palace room as quietly and as quickly as possible.
“Okay, the array is set up. No one can from the outside can hear anything happening inside this room.” Ye Tian says to himself.
Ye Tian was getting prepared for a swift and deadly attack aimed at the emperor.
From the distance, his eyes saw the shape of a fat figure, then throws his dagger joined by a water snake surrounding it. The dagger pierces the door and continues towards the emperor’s throat. Ye Tian also dashes inside the room following closely behind the dagger. The concubines react in time and tries to block the attack, but the water snake splits into two and attack the two concubines first. The water snakes pushes them away from the emperor while the concubines are busy blocking the attack. The dagger continues toward the emperor, but another concubine comes to the rescue and blocks the dagger.
Ye Tian was surprised at this scene. He underestimated the concubines. He never knew the concubines were actually bodyguards as well.
The last concubine jumps in and clashes with Ye Tian. Boom. Boom. Booom. In a few breaths, the clash happens several times before separating. The concubine i sbleeding from the mouth and her arm. But Ye Tian continues to dash towards the emperor and combines his hands together like holding a sword. Water elements appear again in his hands, but this time in a form of a blade. Ye Tian makes a slashing motion downward, and a water blade shoots forward like an arching beam.
“Aahhhh.” One of the concubines that just blocked the dagger tries to defend the water blade but cuts her arm off, and the force continues and slashes the emperor’s body.
“Aaarrghhh.” the emperor yells. The emperor’s chest rips but a golden armor is behind the silky robe and ends up saving the emperor’s life. The emperor crashes to the ground. The concubines and the emperor look at Ye Tian with fear. They knew Ye Tian is at the same dao realm as them, and yet, their strength are so far apart.
Suddenly, the array Ye Tian set up a while ago disappears, destroyed by the first two concubines. While the the other two were battling Ye Tian, The first two knew there was an array set up that isolated the noises. Otherwise, there would’ve been guards by now. They searched for the weak point and was able to destroy it. Now everyone outside can hear!
Ye Tian ignores the situation and dashes forward again towards the emperor. He is the closest to the emperor. Ye Tian whispers and creates another water dao. Five water pikes appear instantly and starts rotating in front of him.”Go!” Ye Tian yells. The water pikes shoots one after another. Two each from side to side stabs the emperor in different places, but the emperor is able to focus on blocking the attacks, then suddenly,”Shriekkk!” The last water pike pierces through the emperor’s forehead.! The other pikes were able to distract the emperor.
Blood drips on the ground……eyes bulging staring at Ye Tian, then the emperor kneels to the ground grimly. He’s dead!
“Nooooo!” the concubines yelled. “Kill him!” By this time many guards have already arrived.
The guards attack Ye Tian but he’s able to swiftly evade the attacks every time and counter every single one. He jumps left, back, dashes forward and sideways. For every step he lands on the ground, he counters and kills every guard that attacks him with great decisiveness. Within several breaths 8 have already died. But more guards came as a second wave.
Ye Tian continues to evade, counter, and kill the guards one after another. He’s also able to evade the concubines attack but ignores countering them. More guards came. This is the 3rd wave with about 30 guards surrounding Ye Tian!
Can he come out alive? Or will he fail the exam?