"Master Zhan, wait a moment." Yan Ze said and went into the Imperial Study.

Just now, when Grand Preceptor mentioned that they couldn't send troops to Dongling, Lan Kuo was annoyed. When Yan Ze came in at this moment, he asked loudly, "What's up?"

"Your Majesty, Master Zhan wants to see you." Yan Ze then replied.

Hearing that, Lan Kuo was not angry anymore. He quickly stood up and said, "Come on. Let him in."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yan Ze replied and walked out.

Seeing Yan Ze coming out, Zhan You walked forward and asked with a smile, "How's it going?"

"Master Zhan, His Majesty calls you in." Yan Ze then looked at Zhan You and said.

Upon hearing this, Zhan You walked to the Imperial Study.

When Lan Kuo saw Zhan You come in, he quickly stood up and went to Zhan You. He asked, "You are back. How is it going?"

"Please look at it, Your Majesty." Zhan You said at this moment and took out the jar containing the king seduce of the nightmare.

Lan Kuo took over the jar and gently opened it. Seeing that the king seduce of the nightmare inside was as active as ever, he couldn't help laughing loudly and said, "Fine... Good."

"But there were some accidents." Zhan You and then said to Lan Kuo.

Upon hearing this, Lan Kuo frowned slightly, and then asked, "Accidents? What's that?"

"It's all my fault. I've made a decision without authorization, which made Your Majesty lose an assistant. Forgive me, Your Majesty." Zhan You at this moment knelt in front of Lan Kuo, then kowtowed and said.

Seeing that, Lan Kuo couldn't help but become confused. He asked, "Why?"

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that I said before that one of the Twin Worms was in the infanta's body, and the other worm would be in Marquis Shuo's body." Zhan You told Lan Kuo, the Emperor Xiling.

Lan Kuo frowned at this time and said, "Why? How is it related to this matter?"

"Marquis Shuo of Dongling came to exchange the infanta with the seduce of the nightmare. But before he had left, the venomous worm in his body began to eat the blood of his heart. He suddenly sweated in pain and could not move." Zhan You said to Lan Kuo at this moment.

Seeing that Lan Kuo became silent, Zhan You continued, "Later, I thought that Marquis Shuo was excellent. If we fight against Dongling in the future, he would be a big stumbling block for us. I just thought why not take this opportunity to catch him. It would save a lot of trouble in the future. Thinking of that, I asked someone to tie him up."

"Master Zhan, it's very thoughtful. Why..." Hearing that, Lan Kuo did not understand, so he asked.

At this moment, Zhan You became angry and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Shuo had endured the pain and killed the man who was going to tie him up. When the deputy commander saw it, he ordered his soldiers to go together. But then suddenly two people with skilled martial arts came out from one side and killed the guards one by one. Later, when the deputy commander saw it, he ran forward to fight with one of them."

"But unexpectedly..." Zhan You stopped.

Lan Kuo quickly asked, "But what?"

"Mr. Yan was not his equal. After a few movements, he was killed by that person... And I thought it went terribly wrong. I was afraid that he would take away the king seduce of the nightmare again, so I quickly escaped from the back door." Zhan You said, and his brow wrinkled slightly.

Hearing that, Lan Kuo didn't worry at all. He said, "Hey, Master Zhan, you don't have to blame yourself. You had thought about the future. You could not predict a later accident. Never mind. Arise, please."

Lan Kuo then said to Zhan You.

"Thanks, Your Majesty." Zhan You said and stood up.

While Lan Kuo talked with Zhan You, Yan Ze, who stood at the door of the Imperial Study, couldn't help but clench his fist.

Yan Hao was his twin brother. They had ancestral instruction that "Men in Yan Family were loyal to Xiling from generation to generation to protect His Majesty", but they never thought that they were just considered as pawns.

Hearing that, Yan Ze gave orders for the guards beside him and ran to the courtyard where his brother was killed.

When he rode to the courtyard, he saw that there was a mess in front of the yard. It must be caused by Yan Hao and others. The bodies were lying all over the floor.

Yan Ze dismounted and ran over, only to see Yan Hao lying among these bodies.

Yan Ze saw Yan Hao's chest pierced by a sword at this time. Although he had already died, his eyes were still open.

Seeing that, his eyes moistened. He walked forward and squatted down, then he turned his head and closed Yan Hou's eyes.

Then he turned around, picked up the sword beside him, stepped aside and began to dig on the ground with the sword.

Soon, a pit was dug. And then Yan Ze came to Yan Hao and bent down to hold Yan Hao up.

He went to the front of the pit he had just dug and gently put Yan Hao in it.

He then put the sword beside Yan Hao.

At this time, Yan Ze got up, closed his eyes, and said, "Brother, goodbye. This is our life. From the moment of birth, our destiny has been arranged, and we have no choice. Maybe only death is our liberation."

Then there even were some tears in his eyes.

Thinking of that, Yan Ze sighed and buried the soil to Yan Hao by hand.

Shuo Ling and others had come to the Witchcraft Mountain at this time.

Pei Moning then asked Yang Zijin in the carriage, "How's it going? Haven't he woken up yet?"

Yang Zijin was now wiping the sweat on Shuo Ling's forehead with a handkerchief.

"Not yet." After hearing this, Yang Zijin lifted the curtain and said to Pei Moning.

Pei Moning nodded at this moment, and then said, "Then see if there is a card on him."

"Card? What card?" Upon hearing this, Yang Zijin couldn't help but frown slightly.

Pei Moning explained to Yang Zijin, "Of course a card to enter Witchcraft City. I heard Mo Li mentioned it last time."

"Well, OK. I'll look for it." Upon hearing this, Yang Zijin nodded and said.

Then she searched Shuo Ling.

Sure enough, she found a card in the front part of his robe.

It had the words "Witchcraft City" written on it.

At this time, Yang Zijin handed it out to Pei Moning and said, "Brother, do you mean this?"

"It should be. You are going too slow, so I will arrange it first." Pei Moning picked up the card, and had a look at it, then he nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Yang Zijin nodded toward Pei Moning.

Then Pei Moning told Runyu, "Go straight along this road. Don't turn around. You can see Witchcraft City. I will go ahead and make preparations. I'll wait for you at the gate of the city."

"OK." Runyu nodded and said.

After speaking, Pei Moning clipped the horse's belly with his legs and quickly ran in the direction of Witchcraft City.

At the city gate, Pei Moning took out the card.

The gatekeeper nodded, then let Pei Moning in.

Pei Moning glanced at this little card at this moment, and couldn't help but nod. He thought of the attitude of these gatekeepers towards Mo Li and him last time which was awful. The card did work.

But this time he didn't have time to pay attention to these. He quickly ran to the Hou Shi's residence.

He had come here before. So, he vaguely remembered the way here.

But after walking for a while, Pei Moning found something was wrong. He was about to look for someone to ask. When he turned around, he saw a man playing chess in the pavilion beside him.

Then he looked intently. It was the king of witchcraft. He couldn't help being happy.

He rushed forward, and just wanted to speak when he saw Hou Shi motion for him not to speak at this moment.

Seeing that, Pei Moning had to watch him silently.

Hou Shi at this time put down a black piece first and a white piece then. His eyebrows slightly wrinkled when he was thinking where to put these pieces.

Pei Moning became anxious, and he wanted to interrupt several times, but every time before he moved forward, he saw Hou Shi waved to him.

Pei Moning had to continue to wait.

It was not until Hou Shi finished playing this game of chess that he raised his head and looked at Pei Moning. After a little thought, he asked, "You are the one who came here with Mo Li to take the Awakening Worm."

"Exactly, Master. It's me. I'm Pei Moning. This time I come here for some urgent things." Pei Moning then nodded and said.

Hearing that, Hou Shi was puzzled and then asked, "What happened?"

"Marquis Shuo is now unconscious." Pei Moning then said.

At this time, Hou Shi frowned and asked, "Unconscious? Why?"

"Yes, there is the Awakening Worm in his body, and he fought with Xiling people when the worm was absorbing his blood. Now he is very weak." Pei Moning then told Hou Shi the reason.

Hou Shi then asked again, "Where is he now?"

"Now maybe they are at the gate of Witchcraft City. I came here to tell you first." Pei Moning said to Hou Shi.

Hou Shi nodded and said, "OK, I will accompany you to see it."

He then stood up and walked to the door.

Pei Moning hurriedly followed up at this moment.

At the gate of Witchcraft City.

Runyu had stopped the carriage by the gate.

After a long time, Pei Moning had not come out.

At this time, Yang Zijin looked at the unconscious Shuo Ling in the carriage. She couldn't help but worry. She lifted the curtain and asked, "Mr. Runyu, what if my brother doesn't come out?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Wait for a while. If he doesn't come then, we'll find another way." Runyu turned around and said to Yang Zijin.

Upon hearing this, Yang Zijin nodded.

As soon as Runyu said so, he saw Pei Moning come out with a person. He jumped down from the carriage and saluted Hou Shi. "Master."

He had met the king of witchcraft when he was looking for Wanchu about three years ago.

"Are you Ghost Immortal?" Hou Shi stood there looking at Runyu. His eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. He looked up and down him and asked him.

Runyu nodded.

"Why are you here, the barren place?" Hou Shi asked again at this moment.

Runyu smiled at this time, and when he was about to say something, Yang Zijin in the carriage heard the voice and asked, "Mr. Runyu, is the king of witchcraft here?"

"Master, please check the venomous worm in the body of My Lord." Runyu said to Hou Shi at this moment.