As the saying goes, money makes the mare go. These silver notes could be regarded as hush money for them.
The few warriors quickly nodded. After Feng Yunshu finished her layout, she immediately took action.
At this moment, in the palace.
After releasing the last bit of his spiritual power, Kong Ze fainted again. Dongfang Mengling was locked in the meditation hall and forced to copy Buddhist scriptures.
"Have you all done what I ordered?"
"Your Ladyship, we have arranged everything around the dungeon as you commanded."
"Very well. Go down."
Concubine Mu stroked the black cat in her arms and sneered coldly. "Hehe, how can these stupid mortals compare with me?"
Saying this, Concubine Mu turned and walked into the inner hall. There were no candles lit in the hall, and it was completely dark. However, her vision was not affected at all. Instead, her eyes shot out a dark red light.
She walked straight to the high - footed table with a vase on one side and reached out to turn the vase. Only to hear a rumbling sound, a wall in the inner hall slowly opened, revealing a secret chamber inside.
Concubine Mu walked in. There was a formation in the secret chamber. All around the formation were placed some bloody and strange things, such as thousand - year - old centipedes, poisonous snakes, and all kinds of souls. A strong smell of blood assailed the nostrils.
In the very center of this formation was a black jar. Floating above this jar was a wisp of black smoke, to be exact, a wisp of soul.
"Your Majesty, the Demon Lord, just wait a little longer. Once I extract the souls of those cultivators and offer them to you, you will surely reappear in this world!"
Concubine Mu knelt down and bowed towards the black soul in the center. Her eyes were filled with undisguised admiration and passion. "Once you are resurrected, our Demon Clan will surely rise again and unify the Three Realms!"
The face of the Demon Lord Zhu Shan vaguely emerged from the black soul. The black soul trembled as if it was trying to say something, but it couldn't really speak without a physical body.
Seeing the black soul floating, Concubine Mu thought that Zhu Shan was impatient to be resurrected and became even more enthusiastic.
"As long as I can resurrect you, Your Majesty, the Red Fox is willing to do anything for you. I hope Your Majesty won't forget the Red Fox's loyalty after resurrection..."
Just then, a red light quickly flew in.
"Your Highness, something's wrong!"
"What's the matter? Why are you so panicked? Where's the soul? Why did you come back empty - handed today?" Concubine Mu frowned unhappily as she looked at the woman in front of her.
"Your Highness, I had successfully found the target today. Just as I was absorbing the person's soul, I was suddenly interrupted by a ray of spiritual light. I saw that the person had powerful spiritual power and was not someone we could fight against, so I quickly fled back."
"Oh? Apart from Kong Ze, the only other person with powerful spiritual power in the imperial city... The person you saw should be a young woman, right?"
The woman quickly nodded. "Yes. In my haste, I took a look at the person. It was indeed a young woman."
"Hehe," Concubine Mu sneered nonchalantly after hearing this. "The woman you met should be Feng Yunshu."
"Feng Yunshu? Isn't she the woman Your Highness wants to deal with?"
Concubine Mu nodded. "Yes."
"I saw that Feng Yunshu has deep spiritual power and is not easy to deal with. Your Highness must be more cautious if you want to deal with her."
"Hehe, don't worry. As the saying goes, know your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat. I've already found out almost everything about her. She's doomed to die once she enters the palace."
"Go down first. Continue searching for souls tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
...
Near the third watch of the night, Feng Yunshu led several helpers to sneak into the palace.
In order not to alert the palace guards, she used her spiritual power to make herself and the other warriors invisible. The warriors had taken special pills that could also hide their auras, so they wouldn't be easily detected.
After entering, Feng Yunshu first found a hidden place to use her spiritual power to detect Kong Ze's location. Finally, she accurately located the dungeon.
The group quickly walked towards the dungeon.
"Master, master, you must be extremely careful. If Third Senior Brother's capture was a trap, then the person behind it must have expected us to come and rescue him. That means there may already be ambushes around this dungeon."
Xiaoling, who used to be fearless, had become more cautious after going through all these things.
Feng Yunshu nodded and looked up at the dungeon not far away. The entrance of this dungeon was relatively hidden. If she hadn't located it in advance, it would have been very difficult to notice this place.
There were quite a few guards at the entrance, and the guarding was more strict than in other places.
This time, Feng Yunshu didn't rush in immediately.
She secretly concentrated her spiritual power in her eyes, and the vision in front of her immediately changed.
Sure enough, there was something wrong!
After her eyes were infused with spiritual power, Feng Yunshu was extremely sensitive to any aura, as well as the existence of barriers and formations. Right now, she clearly saw a barrier around the dungeon. This barrier was invisible to the naked eye and had no offensive power.
"Master, there's a formation around the dungeon!"
Thanks to the spiritual power in her master's eyes, Xiaoling quickly noticed something strange around the dungeon.
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Although we don't know exactly what this formation is for, we can be sure that if we go in without any preparation, we'll definitely run into trouble."
Feng Yunshu stared at the formation. When she entered the palace just now, she not only used her spiritual power to detect Kong Ze's location, but also sent out a wisp of her consciousness to explore other parts of the palace.
The place she was looking for was the palace where Concubine Mu was. Soon, this wisp of her consciousness floated back, confirming that Concubine Mu was indeed in the palace at this time.
Feng Yunshu pondered for a moment and slowly curled the corner of her lips.
"You two follow the direction guided by this paper crane. When you get there, be careful not to expose yourselves. Then hang this thing on the beam directly opposite the palace. After that, you..."
Xiaoling was listening beside her. As soon as Feng Yunshu finished speaking, she couldn't wait to ask, "Master, will this method really work?"
"Hehe," Feng Yunshu smiled. "Whether it works or not, we'll only know if we give it a try, right?"
"Oh, right. Take these beads. There's some spiritual power attached to these beads. If you accidentally expose yourselves and encounter any special situation, immediately throw the bead out. It can save your lives."
The few warriors might not be very smart, but they were quite brave. After hearing Feng Yunshu's words, they immediately nodded. "Okay, we'll definitely do as you say, Great Shopkeeper!"
"Okay, go."
Watching them leave, Feng Yunshu instructed the remaining people, "You guys quietly approach the dungeon later. See those strange black stones on the ground around the dungeon?"
The group followed the direction Feng Yunshu was pointing and quickly noticed the few black stones on the ground. Then they nodded. "Yes, we see them!"
"After you get there, take those stones away. Later, I'll knock out the people at the door and go into the dungeon. You guys stand guard outside for me. Notify me immediately if there's any sign of trouble outside."
Saying this, Feng Yunshu took out a few small flying insects that looked like fireflies from her treasure bag. These small flying insects didn't seem to be afraid of people and would even land directly on people.
"These insects are called echo insects. You can tell them about the situation outside, and I can hear it inside."