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Chapter 71: 29, the granddaughter of the Sixteenth Prince



``` At that moment, as the ground above the wine cellar shattered, Lin Yue saw the night sky of Qingdu. The already dark night sky flowed slowly, becoming increasingly deep and black. A blazing, scorching sunlight, a cool, bright moonlight, and countless bright, twinkling starlights all converged, weaving together to form this radiant giant hand, reaching for Lin Yue and Yu Shiqi! "Four Symbols Essence?" Yu Shiqi looked up at the incoming Essence hand. With a grasp in the Void, a dark, heavy iron rod appeared in her hand. "I can hold it!" As her muttering voice sounded, Lin Yue didn't see what happened, only seeing her iron rod transform into a fleeting shadow and disappear. Then— "Boom!" A terrible explosion suddenly rang out. The Essence hand, formed by the convergence of energies, disintegrated on the spot and turned into a shocking wave sweeping in all directions! With the cracking sounds, all the wine jars stored within the wine cellar shattered at that moment. The wine inside didn't have time to splash before being turned into mist by the shockwave, spreading madly around with the impact, filling the air with the fragrance of wine. "What great brute force." A voice of astonishment came from above. The next moment, an amber mountain-shaped seal flew into the sky, suddenly enlarging a thousandfold, ten thousandfold, as it flowed with the increasingly deep and dark night, sweeping up the blazing sunlight, cool moonlight, and the starlight to crash down below! The incredibly heavy momentum was like a mountain collapsing, with an overwhelming sense of oppression arising. "I can break free!" Yu Shiqi murmured, swinging the dark, heavy iron rod with both hands, smashing it fiercely toward the seal. "Clang!" The immensely heavy mountain-shaped seal suffered a heavy blow, with much of the Spirit Light Essence dissipating and the seal shrinking back. Lin Yue looked carefully, seeing a large group of people surrounding above, including hundreds of Martial Cultivators in Golden Armor, two Patrol Envoys of the Confucian Sect of unknown authenticity, and Baili Fengzhi. How did they find us? Lin Yue felt puzzled. The next moment, Yu Shiqi swept around with the iron rod in one hand, unleashing a fierce impact in all directions. She then turned and hugged Lin Yue around the waist. "Let's go!" Lin Yue only heard the whistling wind passing by his ear, his waist seemingly yanked by a sudden burst of speed nearly to the point of breaking. The scene before his eyes retreated wildly at an astonishing speed, everything rapidly transforming into a blur, evidently due to being whisked away by Yu Shiqi. "Still want to escape?" With an elderly voice sounding, sharp edges suddenly slashed toward them. Out of the corner of his eye, Lin Yue saw the elder, Gu Jingrong, holding a large brush, using the Void as paper, heaven and earth as the desk, freely wielding it, and causing sharp edges to attack along the brush's stroke. "I can hold it!" Yu Shiqi swung her long rod, turning it into an Illusion, breaking several edges in succession. Yet, when the last edge appeared, she felt her arm momentarily stiffen and failed to swing the rod in time. She had to hold Lin Yue with one hand and twist her waist, using her back to withstand the last edge. "Splatter!" Blood sprayed out. Yu Shiqi staggered forward, biting her lips but still tightly holding Lin Yue, trying her best to shield him from the remaining edges. "Release His Highness!" A cold shout sounded as a dark red shadow flashed across the ground, rushing straight forward. It was Baili Fengzhi, long spear in hand! "Stop!" At the abrupt shout, Baili Fengzhi paused, his figure halting, his eyes under the silver mask looking at Lin Yue with puzzled and slightly furrowed brows. "Your Highness?" She couldn't understand why Lin Yue stopped her. Lin Yue frowned tightly, his expression filled with uncontrollable anguish, and he said lowly, "Back off! No one is allowed to take action!" He subtly tapped Yu Shiqi's elbow and found she didn't understand his intention. Feeling a bit helpless, he continued, "Do you all want to get me killed? Can't you see she's using me as a hostage?" Yu Shiqi hesitated for a moment, then realized what he meant. She quickly put her hand on his chest, her pretty face reddening, and shouted unconfidently, "Don't come closer~" "..." Is she blushing because she's lying... Lin Yue was left speechless. "Your Highness?" Baili Fengzhi furrowed his brows slightly, feeling something was off, but raised a hand, commanding, "Back off, everyone!" Elder Gu Jingrong and the young man, Pei Bin, landed on the ground ten yards away, oddly watching Yu Shiqi and Lin Yue, also ceasing to take action. "Go." Lin Yue whispered quietly into Yu Shiqi's ear. Yu Shiqi gave a small "Oh" and then left, carrying Lin Yue, soon disappearing from sight. All that remained were Baili Fengzhi's thousand strong Personal Guard, over a hundred Martial Cultivators in Golden Armor, the two Patrol Envoys, and Baili Fengzhi. The night wind softly wafted past. After a while, the young man Pei Bin and the elder Gu Jingrong exchanged looks, coughed, and spoke, "I didn't expect that female assassin's Daoist skill to be so high. Despite our joint siege, she still found an opportunity to seize His Highness." Elder Gu Jingrong sighed, "It seemed His Highness was speaking on behalf of that female assassin. Could it be he was enchanted by her?" Baili Fengzhi knitted his brows and glanced at him coldly, saying, "Although the two Patrol Envoys used the Four Symbols Essence, it seemed they did not exert full power. If the first strike had succeeded, perhaps we could have rescued His Highness." ```

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