Star Trace Gate

[Ding~ You have received a new mission. Emperor Jing ordered you to rush to southern Xinjiang quickly and secretly meet the Tianji Master. Bandits are rampant along this road, so you have to be careful, otherwise you will end up accidentally. 】

[Ding~ You have received a special mission from Xu Laodao, using southern Xinjiang Gu to secretly control the target. After the mission is completed, you will receive a lot of rewards. 】

[Ding~ The emperor has sent you to secretly investigate the tomb of the princess of the previous dynasty and find out its connection with the person who was destined to die. It is said that the female ghosts there are all kinds of charming and have always been eager to find a man with strong yang soul to practice double cultivation. 】

[Ding~ Investigate the cause of the old emperor’s death, and continue to secretly help Prince Huai Zhu Zigui to ensure that his identity will not be exposed. 】

"...!"

The ten players hidden throughout Prince Huai's Mansion activated the main mission almost at the same time. Some of them needed to continue hiding, while others needed to take the initiative, or even go out to far away places.

Ren Ye picked up the Zhenguo Sword and instantly advanced the entire "script interpretation" process.

……

In the meditation hall.

Ren Ye stood behind the throne, holding the sword of Zhenguo, his mind clear.

All the strange phenomena in the room have disappeared, and things have slowly returned to calm.

Got a peerless magic weapon so easily?

Ren Ye was ecstatic in his heart, looking at Zhenguo Sword with hot eyes, saying in his heart, I am indeed the son of destiny, the protagonist of the plane! …

[Congratulations, you are the one who is destined to be blessed by Heaven’s Pardon. Zhenguojian has felt the aura of Heaven’s Pardon emanating from you and is very willing to recognize you as the master. But the spirit inside the Zhenguo Sword seems to be lost. You need to find it to completely restore the Zhenguo Sword to its former glory. Currently, it is only sharper than an ordinary weapon. 】

"Fuck, you don't have superpowers, and you still say shit!" Ren Ye immediately scolded in disappointment: "You made such a big noise, so you are better than a kitchen knife?"

If you want to restore its original magical power, you must find the spirit again? Forget it, we'll talk about this later, there's no rush, now he just wants to see where the secret passage leads to.

Ren also looked up at the cracked wall. The secret passage was dark and filled with an unknown and strange feeling.

He felt a little weak, turned to Er Leng and ordered: "My dear general, go, get down!"

Er Leng blinked his smart eyes, his expression hesitant.

"Why, you still want me to find the way for you?"

"That's not what I mean." Er Leng scratched his head: "I can go down, and even die, but can you not let me serve the army and horses?! To be honest with His Highness, I am a little scared...!"

Ren Ye was heartbroken, thinking that this man was really stupid and couldn't even hear the joke: "Go down and have a look. If you behave well, I will allow you to only be worthy of a mare."

"Your Highness, are you serious?" Er Leng's eyes brightened.

"……Um!"

"I obey." Er Leng was overjoyed and ran into the corridor with a quick stride, as if he didn't know what fear was.

Ren Ye held the Zhenguo Sword in his arms and waited for a while in the palace. Then he heard a stunned voice shouting from the tunnel: "Your Highness, we are rich! There are a lot of gold and silver jewels hidden here, and there are no mechanisms."

"Wait a moment."

Hearing Er Leng's call, Ren did not rush to enter the secret passage, but stepped out of the hall and called in the corridor: "Lian'er!"

"Your Highness, my servant is here." Lian'er came over with a smile, her eyes were like water, and she was a little shy.

"Turn around." Ren Ye ordered.

Lian'er glanced at Ren Ye strangely, then turned away obediently.

A familiar masculine smell floated into her nostrils, her heart was pounding like a deer, and her pretty face turned red.

Lian'er had had close contact with Zhu Zigui and knew that His Highness the Prince had special hobbies. No matter what the environment, day or night, whether there were outsiders present or not, he might do that kind of thing.

No, His Highness will not be here...

Lian'er felt him approaching slowly and gently touched her back with his hands. She felt extremely nervous and lowered her head in shame.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, there was a stabbing pain in the back of her head.

"Well, what are you doing, Your Highness?" Lian'er stood there stiffly.

Ren Ye quickly took off a bunch of Lian'er's hair and quickly walked into the hall again: "Okay, you can go down."

Lian'er looked back with a dull look on her face, filled with doubts in her heart: "Your Majesty...Why is Your Majesty pulling a strand of my hair? What new habit is this?!"

After entering the palace, Ren Ye twisted two or three hair strands together and lightly tied them on all the doors and windows in the palace. This is to prevent someone from sneaking in without knowing it.

Why not make your own?

Maybe it's because he wears a crown and it's not very convenient to pull it up. Of course... maybe it's because it hurts too much.

After some operations, Ren Ye walked into the secret passage with the Zhenguo Sword in his arms, and lit the torches hanging on both sides of the wall with a fire stick.

……

The beating firelight dispersed the darkness, and Ren Ye walked down the winding bluestone steps for about seven or eight meters before arriving at a secret room.

This room is about 20 square meters, and the internal space is almost filled with various shelves, standing in two rows, with only a narrow aisle in the middle. The environment is very much like a private archives room.

There are a dazzling array of items on the shelves, including valuable gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as many weapons, case files and other items.

Ren Ye held a torch and walked through the narrow passage. He saw Er Leng standing outside an iron door, looking curiously: "Your Highness, you see there is another door here."

Ok?

Why is there a door in the secret room?

Ren Ye took a closer look and saw that the iron door was simple and heavy in shape. There were some vague lines on the door panel that were not clearly visible, like a mural. There was also a string of Taoist symbols with yellow background and red characters affixed to the door knocker.

As he got closer, Ren felt a gust of wind coming from the cracks in the iron door, and instantly a layer of goosebumps appeared on his neck.

"Why does it feel like this Yin door is whizzing like it's connected to the underworld?" Er Leng is a martial arts practitioner and has a strong Yang Qi, but at this moment he actually feels uncomfortable all over his body.

Ren Ye stepped cautiously and slowly moved his body forward, wanting to follow the crack in the door to see what was inside.

"rustle……!"

In front of the iron gate, the fire light flickered on and off, and the dark wind blew through the cracks in the door, causing the Taoist charms to fly gently.

Ren Ye swallowed his saliva, stretched his neck and stepped forward, looking through the crack in the door with one eye...

"Bang!!!"

At this moment, there was a loud noise from the iron door, as if someone had slapped it hard.

Ren Ye was immediately frightened and took three steps back, while Er Leng just shuddered and stood in front of him without hesitation.

"Whoa, whoa!"

The sound of iron chains scraping against the ground came from behind the iron gate.

"Woo~"

The strong wind howled, accompanied by a faint wailing sound.

"groove!"

Ren Ye suddenly felt sweat on his forehead, and instinctively stretched out his hand to pull Er Leng: "Don't come forward."

[You find a sealed secret room. According to legend, three eunuchs in charge of the Night Jingxin Hall once saw a person hanging from the beam of the main hall late at night, with red silk wrapped around his neck, and his body swaying in the shadow of the candle...]

[Currently, you cannot open the secret room. Perhaps you can break the Tao Talisman only if you possess the spiritual Zhenguo Sword. 】

In both ears, the cold reminder of the Star Mark Gate suddenly sounded.

Ren also heard that this secret room was related to the mission, and he was slightly relieved: "Er Leng, let's find the secret edict first, and ignore this door."

"Okay." Er Leng nodded.

After saying that, Ren Ye wiped his sweat and turned around.

The moment he turned back, his pupils shrank sharply.

In the dark secret room, a human face suddenly appeared, less than half a step away from him.

It was a face that was mostly covered by hair. It was old and pale, with bleeding pupils and purple lips. For a moment, it was not clear whether it was a man or a woman. He only stared at Ren Ye with resentful eyes...

Just one glance made Ren Ye's hair stand on end, and a chill shot straight up to the sky.

Snapped!

All the torches in the secret room went out together.

"Unworthy descendants! Give me back my life, give me back my soul!!"

A shrill cry exploded.