"When it's ugly, the library..." Luo Chen repeated the message left by Ling'er, and his mind was full of thoughts. Who is this mysterious palace maid, or this woman who calls herself Ling'er? Why did she help herself? Why betray the "holy religion"? All of this was like a cloud of fog, shrouding Luo Chen's heart.
However, now is obviously not the time to think about these things. The most urgent task is to find the second key to stop the conspiracy of the "Holy Church".
Luo Chen looked at the sky, and there was still some time before the Chou Shi. He decided to go to Qingshuang and Mo Han first, tell them the information provided by Ling'er, and then discuss the next step together.
Luo Chen quietly left the Imperial Garden and followed the original path back to the underground palace. At this time, Qingshuang and Mo Han had returned to the entrance of the underground palace, and they were anxiously waiting for Luo Chen's return.
"How are you? Have you found clues about the Chaos Artifact?" Luo Chen asked impatiently as soon as he saw the two of them.
"Finished!" Qingshuang's face showed an excited expression, "We found some ancient words on a stone brick, which recorded the sealed place of the Chaos Artifact - the Nine Dragon Tower! Moreover, it also mentioned that Nine special keys are required to open the seal. ”
"Nine Dragon Tower? Nine Keys?" Luo Chen was stunned. Isn't this the information Ling'er told him? It seems that Ling'er did not lie to him.
"That's right." Mo Han nodded, "However, we only found a part of the clues about these nine keys, and it's still a lot short of it."
"I know another clue." Luo Chen said, and then told Qingshuang and Mo Han about the information provided by Ling'er.
"Ling'er? A palace maid?" Qingshuang and Mo Han looked at each other, both a little surprised. "Why did she help us?" Qingshuang asked.
"I don't know." Luo Chen shook his head, "She said her name was Ling'er. As for why she wanted to help us, she didn't say it, just asked us to find the key as soon as possible, and also said that "Holy Church" has other undercover agents in the palace. , let us be careful. ”
"It seems that this palace is far more complicated than we imagined." Mo Han frowned and said, "Who is this Ling'er? Is her words trustworthy?"
"No matter who she is, at least part of the information she provides is true." Luo Chen said, "She knows the Nine Dragon Tower and the Nine Keys, which is consistent with the clues you have found."
"That's true." Mo Han nodded, "Then what should we do now? As she said, go to the library to find a second key?"
"Go, of course you have to go." Luo Chen said firmly, "regardless of whether this is a trap or not, we must go and see it. Otherwise, if the key falls into the hands of the "Holy Church", the consequences will be unimaginable."
"Okay, then go and have a look." Qingshuang nodded in agreement, "However, we must act carefully just in case."
"Yes." Luo Chen and Mo Han both nodded.
The three of them had decided to go to the library together when they were ugly.
Time passed by minute by minute, and soon, it was ugly. Luo Chen, Qingshuang and Mo Han quietly left the underground palace and sneaked towards the library.
The Library Pavilion is the place where classics are stored in the palace. It is located in the northwest corner of the palace and is a tall attic. At this time, the night was already deep, and there was silence around the library, with only a few dim lanterns swaying in the night wind.
The three of them came outside the library and found that the door of the library was closed and there were no guards at the door.
"Strange, why is there no one guarding the library?" Mo Han said in confusion.
"Perhaps, it's because the books stored here are all stored, and the people of the 'Holy Church' think there is no value here." Luo Chen guessed.
"No matter what, we should be careful." Qingshuang said, then took a step forward and gently pushed the door of the library.
The door opened with a sound and was not locked.
"It seems that we are lucky." Luo Chen smiled and said.
The three of them walked into the library and found it was pitch black inside and could not see their five fingers.
"Why are there no lights here?" Mo Han asked.
"Maybe it's for fire prevention." Qingshuang said, "After all, everything stored here is all books, so it's easy to catch fire."
"Then what should we do? You can't look for it in the dark, right?" Mo Han said.
"I have a way." Luo Chen said, taking out a talisman from his arms, and with a light wave, the talisman burned and emitted a faint light.
"Is this a illumination talisman?" Qingshuang asked.
"Yeah." Luo Chen nodded, "This was what I used to exchange for points when I was in the Random Cultivator League. I was reluctant to use it. Today it finally came in handy."
With the light of the illumination talisman, the three of them began to search in the library.
There are three floors in the library, each of which is filled with bookshelf, and various books are densely packed with them. The three of them acted separately, carefully flipping through the books on the bookshelf, trying to find clues about the second key.
However, they searched all the books on the first floor and found no useful information.
"Strange, why didn't there be?" Luo Chen frowned and said, "Is the information Ling'er gave false?"
"Probably not." Qingshuang said, "She has no reason to lie to us."
"Can it be that the key is not here?" Mo Han guessed.
"It's possible." Luo Chen nodded, "Let's go to the second floor to take a look."
The three of them came to the second floor and continued to search. However, the situation on the second floor is the same as on the first floor. They searched all the books and found no clues about the keys.
"It's trouble now." Mo Han's face became ugly. "If we can't find the key, we can't stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'."
"Don't be discouraged." Qingshuang comforted, "There is still a third floor. Let's go to the third floor to have a look."
The three of them came to the third floor and found that the bookshelf on the third floor were much less than the first and second floors, and most of the books on the bookshelf were miscellaneous books, and there were no important classics.
"It seems that this place should be a place to store some unimportant books," said Luo Chen.
"Will the key be here?" Mo Han asked.
"I don't know." Luo Chen shook his head, "But since he is here, let's look for it."
The three of them continued to search on the third floor. Suddenly, Qingshuang stopped, pointed to the bookshelf in a corner and said, "You see where you want to see."
Luo Chen and Mo Han looked in the direction Qingshuang pointed, and saw a thick book on the bookshelf, with four big characters written on the cover of the book - "The Secret History of the Royal Family".
"The Secret History of the Royal Family"?" Luo Chen's eyes lit up, "Is this related to the key?"
"It's possible." Qingshuang nodded, "Let's take a look."
The three of them walked forward and took down the book "The Secret History of the Royal Family". When I opened it, I saw that what was recorded inside were all secrets about the royal family of the Tianyuan Empire.
"Will there be any records about the keys on this?" Mo Han asked.
"I don't know." Luo Chen shook his head, "Let's take a closer look."
The three of them carefully read "The Secret History of the Royal Family", and suddenly, Luo Chen's eyes stopped on a page.
"Finished!" Luo Chen said excitedly, "Look at this place!" Qingshuang and Mo Han hurried over and saw that the page read: "Nine Dragon Tower, nine keys, hidden in nine places of the palace, The second key is hidden on the third floor of the library, the bookshelves of the word "Tian" in the third row, and the fifth book."
"I really found it!" Mo Han also became excited, "It turns out that the key is hidden in this book!"
"The bookshelves with the word "Tian", the third row, the fifth book..." Luo Chen found the book according to the prompts in the book, and then took the book off the bookshelf.
This is a very ordinary book with no words on the cover. Luo Chen opened the page and searched carefully.
Suddenly, he touched something hard and stuck in the middle of the page.
"Finally found!" Luo Chen took out the hard object and found that it was a key!
"This is the second key!" Mo Han said excitedly, "We finally found it!"
"That's great!" Qingshuang also smiled on her face, "Now, we have found two keys. As long as we find the remaining seven, we can stop the conspiracy of the "Holy Church"!" >
"Yes." Luo Chen nodded, "No further ado, let's go find other keys."
At this moment, a voice suddenly rang behind them: "What are you looking for?"
The three of them were shocked and quickly looked back and saw a man in a black robe appearing behind them at some point, looking at them with a sinister smile on his face.
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"Who are you?" Luo Chen asked in a deep voice, while secretly hiding the key behind him.
"You will know who I am soon." The man in black robe smiled gloomy and said, "But before that, you should go with me first."
"Go with you? Dream!" Mo Han snorted coldly and said, "Why do we want to follow you?"
"Because you have no choice." The man in black robe said, and suddenly rushed towards the three of them.
"Be careful!" Luo Chen shouted loudly and quickly pushed Qingshuang and Mo Han away.
The man in black robe was extremely fast. As soon as Luo Chen pushed Qingshuang and Mo Han away, the man in black robe had already reached him.
Luo Chen quickly dodged and dodged, but was still a step slower and was hit in the chest by a palm of the man in black.
"Puff!" Luo Chen squirted out a mouthful of blood and his body flew backwards.
"Luo Chen!" Qingshuang and Mo Han exclaimed and hurriedly ran towards Luo Chen.
"You'd better take good care of yourself first!" The man in black robe sneered and chased Qingshuang and Mo Han.
"Damn it!" Mo Han cursed angrily, blocked Qingshuang's body, and fought with the man in black.
"Mo Han, be careful!" Qingshuang shouted anxiously while helping Luo Chen up.
"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Mo Han said while fighting the man in black, "You guys go quickly, I'll hold him!"
"No, I have to go together!" Qingshuang said firmly.
"Don't be stupid, you guys go!" Mo Han shouted loudly, "It will be too late if you don't leave!"
"Mo Han is right, let's go first!" Luo Chen struggled to stand up and said, "Stay the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. Let's leave here first and then find a way to deal with him!"
"But..." Qingshuang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Luo Chen.
"Don't let it go!" Luo Chen said, pulling Qingshuang up and running outside the library.
"You can't leave!" Seeing this, the man in black wanted to chase after him, but was entangled by Mo Han.
"Your opponent is me!" Mo Han shouted loudly, "If you want to go over, defeat me first!"
"Looking for death!" The man in black roared angrily and increased the attack.
Although Mo Han is not weak, he is still a little worse than the man in black robe. Soon, he fell into a disadvantage and had several wounds on his body.
"Mo Han, be careful!" Luo Chen and Qingshuang ran away while looking back at Mo Han, their hearts full of worry.
"Don't worry about me, go!" Mo Han shouted loudly, "Remember, you must stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!"
"Mo Han..." Qingshuang's eyes were filled with tears. She knew that Mo Han chose to stay for them.
"Stop crying, let's go!" Luo Chen pulled Qingshuang and ran forward without looking back.
The two ran out of the library and ran all the way until they ran far away before they stopped.
"Mo Han..." Qingshuang said with a sob, "He won't be in trouble, right?"
"Don't worry, he won't be in trouble." Luo Chen comforted, "He is so smart, he will definitely be able to get out."
"Yes." Qingshuang nodded, but her eyes were still full of worry.
"What should we do now?" Qingshuang asked, "Are you going to find other keys?"
"Of course we have to find it." Luo Chen said firmly, "We cannot give up, we must stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!"
"But we are already alerting the enemy now. People from the 'Holy Church' will definitely be more vigilant. If we want to find other keys, it will probably be even more difficult." Qingshuang said.
"Then you have to find it too." Luo Chen said, "No matter how difficult it is, we have to give it a try. Moreover, we have the clues given by Ling'er. As long as we follow the clues, we should be able to find them."
"Okay." Qingshuang nodded, "Then where will we go next?"
"Go..." Luo Chen was about to say the next place, but suddenly, he stopped, as if he had thought of something.
"What's wrong?" Qingshuang asked.
"We... seem to have overlooked a problem." Luo Chen said, "Will the clue given by Ling'er be a trap?"
"Train?" Qingshuang was stunned, "You mean that Ling'er deliberately gave us wrong clues to lure us into the trap?"
"That's right." Luo Chen nodded, "Think about it, why did Ling'er help us? Why did she betray the 'Holy Church'? All of this is too strange. Moreover, the clues she gave were too easy. I got it, it's simply unreasonable."
"Then what you mean..." Qingshuang's face became ugly, "Are we cheated by Ling'er?"
"It's not necessarily because I've been cheated," said Luo Chen. "But at least, we can't believe her completely. We must plan the worst just in case."
"What should we do now?" Qingshuang asked, "Do you still have to follow the clues given by Ling'er to find the key?" (End of this chapter)