Chapter 14: Meeting Her Highness the Princess (Part 2)

  Everyone pushed and pulled Xiao Si into the bathroom to bathe, change clothes, apply medicine to reduce swelling, and then changed into a new outfit. They hastily sent him out on horseback. Xiao Si looked up at the sun overhead and thought: "Anyway, it's already late, I'll let her wait a bit longer. The old man said that a true master always arrives fashionably late, making an entrance with flair, only then will his presence be imposing."

  He slowly rode his horse to the outside of Huan Guang Gate, and from a distance he saw a small eunuch leaning against the wall root, drowsy and about to fall asleep, who should be the person sent by Princess Jin Cheng to receive him.

  Xiao Si got off his horse, and Xiao Tai listened to the movement and opened her eyes. She ran over and asked, "Are you Lord Xiang?"

  Xiao Si nodded slightly, and couldn't help but ignore the strange looks on the faces of the gate guards as they stared at him. He took out the golden arrow that Princess Jincheng had given him and handed it to the little eunuch.

  The little eunuch smiled and took over the golden arrow, saying: "Fourth Master, you got up really early, hurry up and follow me into the palace."

  According to the palace rules, Xiao Si and others must undergo a body search and are not allowed to carry any sharp objects into the palace. Perhaps Princess Jincheng had given prior instructions, so the imperial guards did not conduct a thorough search and let them in.

  Xiao Si followed the little eunuch into the imperial city, walking through corridors and galleries for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, until they arrived in front of a palace. The little eunuch said: "Fourth Master, Princess is waiting for you in Ganlu Temple, please go in."

  Xiao Si nodded slightly and walked up the jade stone steps in a slow and steady manner, completely unaware of the sympathetic gaze that the little eunuch had cast upon him from behind.

  Just as he stepped onto the last step, Xiao Si was shocked and saw a white tiger lying at the entrance of Ganlu Temple, its eyes half open and half closed as if it were dozing off.

  This is no ordinary tiger, but the "Snow King Tiger" that has been recorded in countless classics!

  Xiao Si didn't turn his head back, but the little eunuch was still standing on the steps below, smiling at him as usual and saying: "Fourth Master can rest assured, that's Xiaobai, very well-behaved and obedient, never bites randomly."

  Xiao Si thought to himself: "Never bitten randomly... what kind of talk is this? Has it ever bitten anyone before?"

  Helpless, he carefully and quietly moved step by step towards the temple gate, staring intently at Xue Wang Hu: "Brother Tiger, have you had breakfast? Hmm, it's good that you've eaten. Don't worry, as long as you don't bite me, I won't bite you either."

  That Snow King Tiger was a spiritual beast, and it seemed to have understood Xiao Si's words. It suddenly opened its bloody mouth wide and let out a yawn, revealing rows of sharp teeth as sharp as knives.

  Xiao Si felt a surge of anger and his whole body's muscles tensed up, silently cursing: "This life-threatening thing isn't even given a plug, no conscience at all!"

  He slowly and quietly passed by the Snow King Tiger's side, suddenly rushing into the hall like a gust of wind, feeling his heart thumping non-stop.

  The old saying goes: The ignorant are fearless; but true heroes must learn to bear and adapt to fear.

  Xiao Si let out a soft sigh, raised her head and looked around the grand hall in front of her. The lighting inside was quite good, with several faint golden light beams passing through the windows and shining on the soft carpeted floor. In the center of the high ceiling of the grand hall, which was over 15 meters high, there hung a huge palace lantern that emitted a gentle and serene pale blue glow even in the daytime.

  "You're too late." A cold voice suddenly echoed in the vast and quiet grand hall.

  Xiaosan suddenly looked around and found that Princess Jincheng was already standing under the palace lamp, her slender figure swaying gently.

  Today she wore a thin white gauze skirt as thin as cicada wings, with a light yellow waistband that was just enough to hold it in place.

  Xiao Si's gaze involuntarily swept from top to bottom, giving Princess Jincheng a once-over.

  Only to see hair like clouds and bright eyes like stars, cheeks like morning sun and lips and teeth flowing with fragrance, icy skin and jade bones are like snow lotus blooming in the empty mountains and valleys, clearly only at arm's length, yet making people feel far away on the horizon, visible but unreachable.

  "Wow...!" Xiang Xiao Si couldn't help but stare at Princess Jin Cheng's towering breasts, letting out a heartfelt sigh of amazement.

  It wasn't until quite some time later that he came back to himself and said, "Your Highness is unaware of the situation. This commoner got up early today and rushed to the evening market. Before dawn, I set out for Hanguang Gate, but as soon as I left Yong'an Square, I saw a few ruffians surrounding a flower-selling girl, teasing and bullying her. This commoner's blood immediately boiled with rage, and despite being outnumbered and outmatched, he charged forward, punching and kicking the group of ruffians until they were crying and begging for mercy on their knees."

  At this time, a group of family slaves heard the noise and dared to come, surrounding the grass people with sticks, knives and guns. The grass people were fearless, protecting the flower-selling girl and fighting those family slaves until day and night were no longer visible, using up an hour before subduing them all, then escorting the girl back home.

  Xiao Si said in a garrulous manner: "It wasn't until then that I remembered my meeting with Your Highness, and I couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. But thinking about it again, if it were Your Highness who encountered this situation, you would definitely have lent a helping hand to rescue the flower-selling girl. Even if it meant being late and receiving your punishment, I wouldn't regret it! It's just that I've kept you waiting for so long, and my heart really can't bear it."

  In his mind, after this passionate and moving speech, Princess Jincheng would be delighted. Unexpectedly, the princess's face was calm and collected, she lit a stick of incense on the table and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, while waiting for you, I added 19 more formations in the Ganlu Temple."

  "What's going on?" Di Xiao Si asked in surprise: "In Ganlu Temple?"

  "Listen, you have the time it takes for an incense stick to burn out to extinguish the palace lantern on your head. If you can't do it within that time, well... Xiaoxue will be having lunch."

  "Xiao Xue, isn't it Xiao Bai?" Di Xiao Si couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Snow King Tiger lying outside the door, and he felt a chill all over his body. He shouted loudly: "Am I wrong? I'm not here to feed you!"

  Jincheng Gongzhu seemed to have not heard, reminding: "Xiangtou is not waiting for people, now it's one-sixth."

  Xiao Si asked: "Can't we make a deal, exchange one incense stick and start anew?"

  The Golden City Princess had not yet responded when this guy suddenly used his utmost strength to kick off the Qingyun boots and leaped up, like a hidden dragon soaring into the sky, and flew straight towards the palace lantern hanging in the thatched well.

  "Whoosh——" A pale blue glow poured out of the palace lanterns like a waterfall, and in an instant, Xiao Si's eyes lost all sight.

  Xiao Si's Qinglong hand grasped at nothingness, and the illusory shadow of the palace lantern suddenly disappeared from the spiritual platform.

  He knew that this way he would be in a precarious situation, with enemies on all sides and danger lurking everywhere. The situation was more dangerous than ever, so he immediately sank his breath and shouted: "This time I'm not ready, it doesn't count, let's start again!"

  The words had barely fallen when both feet landed solidly on the ground. The grand hall was empty, with no one responding, and the pale blue light gradually faded, like a transparent veil gently rippling around her, and the scene in front of her slowly reappeared.

  Xiao Si's eyes widened as he stared, and he couldn't help but let out a cry of "You damn Nine Palaces Surrounding the Moon!"

  What he was in, the Ganlu Temple, unexpectedly transformed into nine, overlapping and intersecting with each other, virtual and real blending together, true and false indistinguishable. Even the palace lanterns under the Doukou were transformed into nine!

  Xiao Si's mind quickly calmed down, and he carefully looked around before raising his head to gaze at the palace lanterns. "This is a real eight-fake image," he thought to himself. "I don't have time to slowly waste it!" He reached out and took out a silver ingot, but then changed his mind and exchanged it for nine copper coins, which he flicked towards the palace lanterns with a wrist motion.

  "Hiss——" Nine copper coins flew halfway and suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if swallowed by the void.

  Before Xiao Si could even begin to deduce the changes in the array, the four golden dragons painted on the pillars beside him suddenly came to life, breaking free from their restraints and pouncing on him from all sides.

  "Whoosh——" Four golden red flames shot out with a loud whistle, the intense heat almost scorching people in an instant.

  Xiao Si thoughtlessly dodged to the side and fell to the ground, rolling outwards with a loud rumble. He drew out the Youquan knife and manipulated the Taiyi star energy to fiercely slash out.

  "Hsss!" Sen Han's blade sliced through a golden dragon, cutting it in half at the waist, but he didn't expect that even though it was dead, its tail still thrashed about with great force.

  Xiao Si was caught off guard and received a severe blow to the back, if not for the unusually thick unknown cold energy in his body, he would have certainly suffered a broken bone or torn tendon.

  Even so, this time he was beaten until his eyes were dizzy and his face turned green, his body flew up like a bundle of firewood, and the clothes on his back crackled with flames.

  "Hmph!" Xiao Si fiercely activated the Xuanwu Seven Stars, a burst of icy cold air exploded from his body, and a faint humming sound was heard as the chill spread across his back, extinguishing the Golden Dragon True Fire.

  One wave has not yet subsided when another rises; on the top of the pillar in front, four golden dragons suddenly appear in mid-air, spewing fire and flames as they charge over.

  Xiao Siyi steeled himself and flung out a "Hundred Ghosts Night March Talisman". This time, he didn't need to use his internal energy to ignite it. The talisman flew into the raging flames and instantly disintegrated, releasing a dense black gas that engulfed the four golden dragons in an instant.

  "Ding Mao turns to Yi Chou, Jia Zi changes to Bing Yin——" Xiao Si's brain flew quickly, calculating the position of the eight golden dragons attacking from all sides. A string of numerical symbols and array formulas flashed through his mind, and he suddenly twisted his waist, "Clang" a knife inserted into the left side of the Ming pillar.

  "Hsss——" The three golden dragons that were chasing from behind dispersed with a hiss, but then slowly reappeared on the bright pillar.

  Xiao Si drew out the Youquan knife and slid down along the bright pillar in front of him, his feet had not yet touched the ground when another strange change occurred!

  Only on the horizontal beam above the head, a fierce tiger wooden carving burst into bloom and jumped down, swelling more than ten times in mid-air, baring its teeth and claws to pounce on Little Four.

  "The Immortal Board's Dragon and Tiger Converge, Yin and Yang Double Kill! You're ruthless, Little Maiden Skin!" Xiao Xiao Si was speechless, asking the heavens why his own character explosion had brought about such an extravagantly grand reception.

  He was inspired by the crisis, with both hands hugging the pillar, the twenty-eight constellations in his body were like a whirlwind on the water, and he fell straight down to his legs. A string of seven-legged Zhuque flew up, "Boom boom boom" and clashed head-on with the black tiger.

  Hei Hu was kicked out, and Xiao Si's pant leg was also torn to shreds, his legs covered in blood, the pain piercing through his heart.

  Just as another black tiger pounced down from the beam, he no longer had the courage to confront it head-on. He borrowed force to fly upside down and performed the Thirty-six Heavenly Body Technique, weaving in and out of the pillars, but where was there still time to break this Nine Palaces Locking Moon?

  Thinking of the burning incense head and the Snow King Tiger outside the door, Xīao Sì flew back and forth in the heavy palace, counting and observing all kinds of strange phenomena and changes. In his mind, a mysterious Nine Palaces Array was slowly taking shape.

  He roared loudly: "You stinky girl, watch me behead a hundred dragons and cleave ten tigers, and directly attack the Nine Palace Lanterns!"

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