Seeing Ying Yuan come, King Tuoba's heart tightened. After all, Princess Xi Han was still poisoned. If she couldn't be cured, she would become mentally retarded and the marriage would be ruined.
He put away his expression and forced a smile. "Your Highness, it's so late yet I still disturbed Your Highness. I'm sorry for my rudeness."
"It's fine. I'm just curious about what happened in the capital. Why are there so many experts gathering? What's ahead?"
Ying Yuan asked. He didn't show anything on the surface, but his heart was still a bit perturbed.
"To be honest, this is the Tuoba Country's royal tomb. The ancestors of the royal family are enshrined inside. I received news that there were thieves who snuck in and are currently arresting them."
King Tuoba didn't hide anything, but he smiled easily. "I believe that it won't take long for this matter to settle down. Your Highness should go back and rest early."
When Ying Yuan heard the words "royal mausoleum", his mind went blank for a moment!
Others might not know the nature of the Corpse Puppet Sect, but he, Ying Yuan, was the most clear!
Ever since he secretly subdued Yuan Zhi and the other four, he had secretly dug up many corpses for them. After all, the Corpse Puppet Sect relied on this to gain a foothold. If they became stronger, it meant that Ying Yuan's wings were thicker, so he let them be.
Therefore, Ying Yuan was even more clear about the huge attraction of powerful corpses to the Corpse Puppet Sect disciples!
Coincidentally, the Tuoba Kingdom actually built their royal tomb in the royal city?
Generally speaking, Thunderblaze Dynasty and Starfall Dynasty would specially choose a place with good feng shui for their royal tomb. Who would build one in front of their own house?
Unless this place was the best treasure!
Ying Yuan wasn't concerned about this. Instead, he thought that Yuan Zhi and the other four were very likely the thieves who snuck into the royal tomb!
Otherwise, who would sneak into the royal tomb?
More importantly, he clearly sensed some corpse and ghost energy from the aftermath of the fight not far away. If he wasn't wrong, it should be Yuan Zhi and the others!
These five people were all in the middle and late stage of Spirit Astral Realm. They were a very strong force anywhere, but under the siege of Heaven Man Unity Realm and numerous experts, defeat and death was only a matter of time.
The five of them were forces that Ying Yuan secretly cultivated with great difficulty. To him, they were of great use and definitely couldn't be lost!
Therefore, he had to protect these five people!
Ying Yuan cursed in his heart, "A bunch of brainless people. They really know how to find trouble!"
He smiled and said to King Tuoba, "Your Majesty, pardon me for asking, but how do you plan to deal with these people?"
"Hmph!"
King Tuoba snorted coldly and said, "I must tear them into pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart. However, it is best to capture them alive first.
Those people were actually able to hide from the senses of a Unity of Heaven Realm expert and sneak into the royal mausoleum. They might have some accomplices. We can't let anyone go! "
When Ying Yuan heard this, his eyeballs began to move. Just as he was about to say something else, a shocking sword shadow suddenly shot up into the sky from the royal mausoleum, as if it was going to cut the night sky into pieces!
A terrifying sword intent surged forth. It was merely a formless sword intent, but all the low-level guards below the fourth level of Celestial Being died in an instant!
Tuoba Hui took a step forward and flipped his palm. A wave-like palm force surged out and protected the king and Ying Yuan. He said in surprise, "It's Tuoba Qin's Heavenly Spirit Sword Technique. The thieves were actually able to force him to use this technique. It can be seen that they are very difficult to deal with."
King Tuoba's cultivation wasn't high, so he couldn't see anything. He asked, "Tuoba Hui, what is the background of those thieves?"
Tuoba Hui replied, "There are a total of five thieves. Their combat strength isn't very strong, but the scary thing is that each of them can control two or three strange things.
Those things are a bit like puppets, but they have a human appearance. From the aura, it is very likely that they are corpses … "
He paused and then couldn't help but raise his voice. "Could they be people from the Corpse Puppet Sect?!"
King Tuoba's eyes widened slightly. As a king, his dignity made him feel awe-inspiring without being angry. When he heard that the thieves were people from the Corpse Puppet Sect, which meant that they were the ones who poisoned Princess Xi Han, he was instantly enraged!
He shouted angrily, "Tuoba Qin, capture those five people alive, and I will pardon your negligence!"
Tuoba Qin heard and changed his sword technique. The soaring sword shadow turned from one to five and pierced down. Yuan Zhi and the other devil cultivators immediately lost a refined corpse.
The refined corpses were also refined by their own minds. When the refined corpse died, it caused them to suffer a backlash. They continuously vomited blood and were also injured.
Yuan Zhi transmitted a message to the other four. "Run!"
Immediately, the five of them used all their strength to control all the refined corpses and rushed towards Tuoba Qin like moths to a flame. Tuoba Qin was the biggest threat here. As long as they could hold him back, they would have a chance to break out.
Close to ten refined corpses rampaged. Tuoba Qin sneered. These refined corpses might seem difficult to deal with to others, but in front of absolute strength, they were still not enough.
He was about to draw his sword, but in the next moment, everyone didn't expect that all the refined corpses would self-destruct at the same time!
"Boom boom boom!"
The terrifying Corpse Qi and Ghost Qi wreaked havoc. The entire royal mausoleum began to collapse, and violent explosions rang out.
Yuan Zhi and the others suffered a backlash one after another. Their faces were as pale as paper. Fortunately, the self-destruction of several refined corpses had opened up an opening for them. The five of them burned their essence blood and quickly escaped!
Tuoba Qin was held back by the self-destruction of the refined corpses. He himself also suffered some superficial wounds. Seeing that Yuan Zhi and the others were about to escape, he was extremely angry.
A huge edgeless heavy sword suddenly appeared in his hand. A sharp killing intent instantly locked onto the five of them. Although the sword had not been sharpened, everyone within a radius of several thousand feet could feel the sharp sword intent that was everywhere!
Yuan Zhi and the others were like arrows at the end of their flight. They also regretted entering the royal mausoleum because of their greed. In reality, they had been very successful. It was only when they were about to collect the corpses that something triggered the array of the royal mausoleum, causing them to be exposed.
Now that they were at death's door, they could only try their best to escape. However, at this moment, Yuan Zhi saw Ying Yuan from afar. His footsteps slightly paused.
Ying Yuan naturally also saw Yuan Zhi. He seemed to have guessed what Yuan Zhi wanted to do. His heart instantly jumped a few times. He continuously gave Yuan Zhi a meaningful glance, telling him to not expose his relationship with him.
However, Yuan Zhi still shouted from afar, "Your Highness Ying Yuan, save me!"
"Swoosh."
King Tuoba and Tuoba Hui simultaneously looked towards Ying Yuan. Could it be that the five people from the Corpse Puppet Sect were related to Ying Yuan?
The Corpse Puppet Sect was notorious. If Ying Yuan was really related to them, his reputation would probably be ruined.
Of course, what King Tuoba cared more about was that Princess Xi Han was poisoned by the corpse poison of the Corpse Puppet Sect. The disciples of the Corpse Puppet Sect were Ying Yuan's people. Then, could it be that Ying Yuan secretly ordered them to poison Princess Xi Han?!
The more King Tuoba thought, the more he felt that this possibility was very high!
Because he was also very clear that Ying Yuan did not want to marry Princess Xi Han. He despised her status for not being worthy of Ying Yuan, the crown prince of the Starfall Dynasty. However, he did not expect that Ying Yuan would actually do such a despicable thing!
Ying Yuan's expression was also very ugly. He had already cursed Yuan Zhi's ancestors many times in his heart. Asking him for help at this time, wasn't it the same as admitting to it without being pressed?
He could clearly feel that King Tuoba's gaze already carried a bit of coldness when looking at him!
He hurriedly said, "Your Highness King Tuoba, there might be some misunderstanding here."