Chapter 400: Escape (5)
Shwedagon Pagoda.
The original site of the temple, which covered an area of hundreds of miles, turned into a huge pit hundreds of feet deep.
Several rivers, large and small, that originally served as the temple's water source and waterscape, gurgled into the big pit. In just over a day, it had turned into a vast lake.
There were even a large number of aquatic creatures such as fish, shrimps, turtles and crabs in the lake, and egrets were already gliding slowly over the lake with their wings spread.
At this point, all that’s missing is a row of fishing boats casting their nets on the lake and a few fishermen with loud voices singing.
However, the lake was now surrounded by countless soldiers, and there were several floating mountains in the sky, with various forbidden lights flashing on the peaks. Groups of elite armored soldiers stood on the edge of the mountain, looking down like eagles.
On a grassy area near the lake, there were several huge tents made of exotic animal leather and embroidered with gorgeous patterns with gold and silver threads.
Xuan Taiyi and his group sat in the tent with expressionless faces, staring coldly at the official who was kneeling on the ground and reporting loudly.
The capital of Yuzhou was completely looted, and all the counties, prefectures, and magistrates in Yuzhou were plundered. Even the great families in Yuzhou, the elders who stayed behind in the family headquarters, and a group of expert clan members were abducted.
A curtain of light was suspended beside the official, and in the curtain of light was the image of the bald man transformed by Lu Yi.
This portrait has also spread to all directions of the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty. All the states and counties of the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty have already heard the news and dispatched countless elite troops to guard the surrounding traffic key points, strictly guard against it, and hunt down the wanted bald man.
"Let's not talk about this guy. He can't escape from our territory." Xuan Taiyi said sinisterly, "Where did the evil monk Fahai go?"
The face of the official of Xuan Yanxian Dynasty who was kneeling on the ground suddenly became extremely stiff.
He did not dare to look up, but knelt on the ground and said dryly: "Now, all the prefectures, counties, government offices at all levels, and the guards and spies scattered across the country have been mobilized... However, only a few state troops that were attacked reported the whereabouts of the bald man who dared to rob the public treasury."
"This demon monk Fahai...it seems like he has completely disappeared. No one has seen him."
Xuan Taiyi chuckled: "Could it be that he flew into the sky? Hidden underground? Or, he is a master of the half-step heavenly realm, or even the heavenly realm, and he broke through the air and teleported away from the territory of my Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty?"
"A bunch of incompetent rubbish... Investigate, increase your efforts, investigate at all costs... The evil monk Fahai must be captured alive... And this bald man who took advantage of the chaos to rob... Hehe, capture him alive too!"
"I want to see who it is... or which force dares to be so bold!"
Xuan Taiyi's face was dark, dark, dark!
Blacker than the ash at the bottom of a pot.
This kind of thing... the loss is not big, but it is too much!
It was embarrassing enough that Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty could not protect the "distinguished guest" in front of Cang Moxuan, his father-in-law, and the high-level officials of Baoguang Pavilion, the backer of the long-time enemy Yunluo Ancient State.
The huge Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty had its capital city of Yuzhou breached in succession, and the county towns, prefectural towns, and county towns below were also looted... Alas, someone looted an important city of a state of your Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty with just one person!
I won’t mention the property loss.
This face was slapped so hard that it made a loud 'slap' sound!
At this moment, Xuan Taiyi, like Cang Moxuan, Jin Huang and others, was racking his brains to figure out what the so-called 'Black Sky coming to the world' actually referred to.
What was the origin of this daring bald man? How could he dare and do such a cruel thing?
The door curtain of the tent moved suddenly, and a gust of wind blew in.
The wind swirled and a figure emerged in the small whirlwind.
A middle-aged man wearing a dark black robe with a few large swallows embroidered on the sleeves with dark gold thread, with a deep and unfathomable aura, raised his hands, straightened his back and bowed to Xuan Taiyi.
"Royal brother... cough cough!"
Xuan Taiyi looked at his brother, Xuan Taisu, who was named the 'King of Ying' and was given an important task to manage the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty's imperial guards and secret agents. He forced a smile on his stiff face: "Taisu, what's the matter? Have you found the whereabouts of the bald man, or have you found the demon monk Fahai?"
Jin Huang, Jin Lei, Jin Can and other high-ranking officials of Baoguang Pavilion all looked over.
They don’t care whether the bald man who looted Yuzhou is dead or alive. After all, it is the face of the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty that is lost, isn’t it?
But what about Lu Fu?
If anyone dares to kill the evil monk in Jinkeng, they will definitely capture him alive, bring him back and chop him into pieces, and execute him in the most cruel way. Especially for Jin Can, he must bring Lu Yi back alive, otherwise Jinkeng's biological mother, the precious daughter of the owner of the contemporary photo studio, will never let him go!
Xuan Taisu looked a little embarrassed.
He looked at Cang Moxuan, then at Jin Huang.
Cang Moxuan held the teacup in both hands and said slowly, "Xiao Taisu, is there anything you want to hide from me? What weird things happened again?"
Xuan Taisu looked at Xuan Taiyi.
Xuan Taiyi nodded at him.
Xuan Taisu laughed dryly: "Well, it's not a big deal, it's just..."
Xuan Taisu pointed at the light curtain floating beside the kneeling official and said, "According to the news just reported, this guy just passed by Qingzhou City. He...broke the city defense formation of Qingzhou City and hijacked the key point of the formation. He also broke into the public treasury of Qingzhou City and emptied it...Uh, the headquarters of the 32 major families in Qingzhou City were also looted by him."
Xuan Taiyi opened his mouth slightly, but was unable to speak for a long time.
Xuan Taisu said dryly: "The public treasury of Qingzhou City is storing a huge amount of money and property on the day when the prefectures and counties pay taxes to the imperial treasury once every ten years... and the headquarters of the thirty-two major families..."
Xuan Taiyi took a deep breath and asked, "What is the total loss?"
The public treasury of Qingzhou City, after all, has to pay taxes to the court every ten years and deliver various precious resources. Therefore, even if the public treasury coincides with the tax payment period once every ten years, there is a huge amount of wealth stored in the treasury, and the loss of that amount... should not be too great.
However, the thirty-two wealthy families in Cheongju all had their headquarters in Cheongju City, which must have contained a portion of the family's savings over the years.
Xuan Taiyi knew it very well that these local wealthy families had been lingering in these places for tens of thousands of years, and each of them was like a Pi Xiu who only took in money and never gave out. The wealth accumulated by each wealthy family was a terrifying astronomical figure.
According to the habits of these wealthy and powerful families, they are well aware of the principle that a cunning rabbit has three burrows.
The main family headquarters in Qingzhou City would store about 30% of the family's wealth and savings for daily expenses, and about 70% of the wealth and savings would be stored in the family's secret base.
Even so, 30% of the wealth accumulated by the 32 wealthy families is wealth accumulated over tens of thousands of years!
Even if it was only 30%, it would be a hundred times more than the total amount of taxes that Qingzhou City had to pay every ten years? Or hundreds of times? Or even thousands of times?
Xuan Taiyi smacked his lips subconsciously.
This is a big piece of fat meat...how could it be kidnapped by this bald man?
It made Xuan Taiyi's heart beat fast!
After coughing lightly, Xuan Taiyi pointed at Xuan Taisu and said, "This matter must not be tolerated... Taisu, you personally lead people to take down this crazy lunatic. This man acts so high-profile and so rebellious and lawless. There must be a very powerful force behind him to support him!"
Xuan Taiyi's eyes suddenly lit up.
He looked at Cang Moxuan and said, "Father-in-law, you see, this bald man suddenly appeared at this time, and looted so wantonly. Could he be related to the Fahai demon monk?"
Cang Moxuan and Jin Huang's expressions changed slightly.
At the same time, they recalled the time when they were in the imperial city of Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty and wanted to use the Void Teleportation Array to rush to Yuzhou, but were thrown into a state of panic by the sound of a bell.
The sound of the bell was so powerful that even Xuan Taiyi and Jin Huang, who were both at such high levels of cultivation, were left with a shattered look on their faces.
It seems that this matter is not simple.
"Perhaps, they really have some connection." Cang Moxuan glanced at Xuan Taisu: "Taisu, take your men to chase this bald man... Bald? Monk? Hey... I will let Cang Hai Lou's spies in various places help you."
Jin Huang on the side also said in a deep voice: "King Ying just focuses on the pursuit, my Baoguang Pavilion ... cough cough!"
Jin Huang waved his hand and said calmly: "My Baoguang Pavilion is naturally clean in Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty, without any bases or hidden agents...but what about the photo studio?"
Jin Can stood up and said in a deep voice: "I will send a message back and ask the assassins and informants of the studio to help King Ying to hunt down the bald man... Perhaps they will really be implicated."
Xuan Taiyi and Xuan Taisu looked at Jin Can at the same time.
Haha, so it seems that your photo studio has planted quite a number of strongholds and spies inside the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty!
Xuan Taiyi's eyes flickered and he glanced at Xuan Taisu.
The two brothers have a tacit understanding in their hearts that when this matter is over, they will take advantage of the situation to clean up the exposed studio bases and spies again, and they will kill you until a river of blood flows.
It is true that Canghai Tower and Baoguang Pavilion have formed an alliance, but Canghai Tower and Ying Tower have not formed an alliance!
Your studio went to the territory of Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty to set up strongholds and spies... To put it lightly, this is a public security issue; to put it more seriously, this behavior threatens the safety of the royal family of Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty. Do you want to kill officials and rebel?
Xuan Taisu went out personally, bringing along the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty's royal guards and spies, and followed the clues left by the "Bald Thief" all the way to catch up.
At the same time, all states, prefectures, and counties in the Xuanyan Immortal Dynasty also received Xuan Taiyi's orders.
Without caring about the small loss, cities of all sizes in provinces, counties, and prefectures activated their city defense formations one after another, and the garrisons in the city and the master monks of all families and races were on high alert.
Everyone knows that there is a daring bald thief who has robbed many cities, and no one knows who will be the next unlucky person.
At this time, Lu Yi was already standing at the south gate of Yazhou City, which was only 110,000 miles north of Qingzhou City.
The walls of Yazhou City were filled with elite soldiers.
A slightly black transparent light curtain has covered the entire Yazhou City with a radius of 300 miles.
