"Who goes there?!"
The soldiers guarding the Prince Mansion suddenly raised their guns.
At this mont, night had fallen, and the mansion's large lantern hung overhead, illuminating the surrounding area and making the distance even darker.
They heard unusual footsteps and instinctively reprimanded.
After all, the Prince Ying Mansion held a revered status in the Capital, and they were all fierce and brave forr military n.
For so many years, they hadn't heard of any ruffians daring to cause trouble at the mansion.
But it was this slight laxity that caused a major loss for them.
Just as they were looking ahead, elite masters from the Captain Bureau had already sneaked around the wall and suddenly launched an attack.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With several muffled sounds, the guards at the gate were knocked unconscious.
Soon after, the sound of armor plates rustling echoed from the darkness ahead.
There appeared squads of sharp warriors clad in black fish scale armor, wielding standard Yanling sabers, surrounding the mansion.
In the midst of the formation, so held heavy crossbows, and there were quite a few gunners.
These were all gunn dispatched by the Divine Machine Camp.
Their precious Divine Fire Guns, indispensable elsewhere, were standard equipnt for them here.
This was the source of Luo Mingzi's confidence.
The Emperor had sent him n, albeit without Grandmaster caliber experts, but with so many sharpshooters, along with the elite of the Captain Bureau and Law Enforcent Hall, they had the courage to directly face a Grandmaster without retreating.
Shadows flickered, bodies surged and leaped.
Soon, all the defenses around the mansion were cleared.
Even the sentries hidden in the trees were dragged out by skilled hands of the Captain Bureau with chains around their necks.
However, they didn't rush in imdiately.
Twelve yellow-crowned Taoists erged from the formation.
Nimbly, they grouped in threes, quickly occupying the four positions of Kan, Li, Zhen, and Dui outside the mansion.
The leading elder Taoist, expressionless, took out the Compass for a glance, then said, "The Prince Mansion, as recorded in the construction register, is not like this. They've secretly tampered with it. Nine concealed locations correspond to the Beidou Nine Stars, the gold-plated copper crane in the mansion courtyard acts as the Array Eye, stealing the Dragon Vein Earth Qi of the king's city, blessing their descendants with wealth and prosperity."
"Such boldness!"
"Get moving!"
These Taoists were clearly familiar with dismantling feng shui formations.
Each held peach wood stakes and iron talisman nails, simultaneously stepping the Yu Step, crafting "Earth Suppressing Technique," and chanting:
"Clear heavens and calm earth, Dragon Energy ceases; I obey the decree, pin the vein and seal the spirit!"
This is the "Supre Dragon-breaking Chapter," the Mystical Sect's thod for breaking feng shui dragon veins.
In this realm, there flows Innate Astra Bane Qi; three great dragon veins run through the Divine State, hence throughout history, there have been earth masters in the Mystical Sect, devising ways to sabotage others' feng shui layouts. Not just royal Qi Fortune, it's often used on battlefields too.
For instance, Zhou Gong suppressed the Nine-headed Phoenix Vein, forever stifling Chu Territory's final step.
For instance, during the Five Barbarian Turmoil in ancient tis, the Northern Land's layout was a ss.
The most recent example was the battle at the Northern Border years ago, where the Divine Land Xuann set up an array and broke the last Qi Fortune of the Golden Tent Wolf Country...
Consequently, the Taixuan Orthodox Sect has developed a complete system of spells.
They have specific magic thods for dragon veins, breaking a Prince Mansion's house-protecting feng shui array is naturally a piece of cake.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With Taoists driving the Nightmare Suppression peach wood stakes soaked in black dog blood into the mansion's earth vein nodes, three muffled sounds appeared out of thin air.
The ground of the mansion trembled slightly, and cracks spiderwebbed across the walls.
Looking closely, the exposed ground in those cracks revealed Taishan Stones and Copper Coins.
Yet now they were all dim and dull.
However, it wasn't over yet.
With Astral Steps, one Taoist took down the Cow Horn Bow from his back, loaded a wolf-toothed arrow as thick as his thumb, unleashed Hidden Energy with a creaking pull, while the other two hung black Blood Talismans on the arrowhead, whispered incantations to activate the talismans.
Simultaneously chanting: "Yang essence dispersed, Yin Sha self-originates; foul Qi rushes to the sky, treasures fall to dust!"
This was the second step, tainting protection artifacts and dismantling the Spiritual Core.
In layouts like these grand mansion feng shui arrays, there's generally a central hub.
The Prince Mansion's was located in the courtyard, with the incessantly fragrant gold-plated copper crane, able to envelop the mansion in dense fog during a critical mont.
These Taoists were experienced, knowing that without dismantling the formation first, those inside could very well escape through underground passages aided by the thick fog. What's more, the mansion's hidden masters could launch surprise attacks in the fog, causing casualties.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Swords with talismans from four directions simultaneously whooshed towards the courtyard.
"Such audacity!"
Suddenly, angry shouts echoed from within the mansion.
A gray-robed elder appeared, leaping and soaring onto the eaves, his arms extending like an ape, his fists swinging out.
Bang!
The wolf-toothed iron arrow as thick as a thumb bent and slamd to the ground.
A Hundred Households Captain beside Luo Mingzi coldly said, "It's Chen Tieshou, indeed hiding in the mansion!"
"He's a Tongbei master from Cangzhou, infamous in the Northern Land in earlier days, known as 'punch like thunder, palm like a collapsing mountain.' Because of his explosive temper, he committed murders in the streets multiple tis and was hunted by the Captain Bureau, rumored to be hiding at the mansion as a house guardian..."
There were more than one in action.
On the mansion's west side, another burly man with a beard jumped onto the roof, sat low with stable footing, his palms swinging like millstones.
The encompassing palm wind under his control redirected incoming arrows fiercely back at the Captain Bureau's formation, the montum even more violent!
With forceful steps, Luo Mingzi advanced boldly, caught the arrow using the sa technique, and frowned, "A Taoist disciple?"
This was Taiji Skill, and a Taoist's secret training strength thod.
"It's Zhang Yunhe of Wudang."
The nearby Hundred Households Captain quickly explained, "He was expelled from the sect long ago, and raped several won."
"Hmph!"
Luo Mingzi's expression turned ugly, "Indeed, a den of filth and vice."
Finishing his words, he flicked the arrow back to the Taoists.
And from behind the mansion's pillar, a tall and slender man also leaped out, ghost-like in his movents, employing the Eight Trigrams Palm's "Wandering Soul Step," flipping in mid-air like a kite to grasp the arrow, also preparing to throw it back.
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