Reincarnated As a Fox With System

Chapter 1041: Chapter 1041: Reactions from All Parties!

Then, she let Little Loki out of [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda].

"Little Loki, we still need that guy, so he cannot die yet. Store that guy in your [Temporal Storage]." Tang Li Xue told Little Loki.

Little Loki nodded obediently to Tang Li Xue before it opened its tiny mouth and sucked the unconscious Third Prince into its [Temporal Storage].

Tang Li Xue frowned deeply as she carefully thought about what she had to do next in this dire situation.

’Fortunately, I had expected something like this would happen beforehand, so I had already sent my perfect copy out of this palace yesterday.’

’Currently, my perfect copy is still outside with Xi’er and the others, so I can escape from here with my [Swap] skill anytime I want.’

A beautiful, reassuring smile bloomed on Tang Li Xue’s charming face.

’No, how could I waste such a golden opportunity like this by escaping like a timid fox?!’

’Since I can escape from here at any time I want, then let’s do something a little bit bolder~!’

When Tang Li Xue thought about her mission to persuade Xu Yang, a brilliant plan suddenly came into her mind.

Yes, Tang Li Xue planned to use this opportunity to get closer to Xu Yang, so it would be much easier for her to persuade him later.

"Let’s go, Little Loki~! We will try to find Doctor Xu first and see if we can help him out." Tang Li Xue said to Little Loki.

Little Loki, who looked around curiously, nodded at Tang Li Xue and jumped onto her right shoulder.

Tang Li Xue activated her [Ethereal Form], and her alluring, slender figure turned invisible and undetectable.

Then she sprinted out of the Third Prince’s courtyard using her [Moonlight Flickering Dance Step].

Her speed was so high that everything around her seemed to turn blurry.

On her way, all of the towering crimson trees were attacking everyone in the palace by using their roots to tie their targets, then pulling their targets toward them, and tying their targets like coccoons to absorb their cultivation and life force.

Tang Li Xue felt really uncomfortable and guilty watching those scenes, especially since she was literally the one who secretly planted these towering crimson trees in the palace.

She could only try to comfort herself by thinking that even if she did not do it, Shao Ying could just let someone else do it instead.

Feng Shuang, who set the crimson barrier right outside the palace, was the perfect example of that.

Shao Ying could also let Tang Li Xue set the crimson barrier outside the palace, but she did not do it because she was very prudent.

Shao Ying still did not know much about Tang Li Xue’s abilities and strength, so she let Feng Shuang do it instead because she knew that Feng Shuang could even run away from a Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmaster with her shadow-type divine abilities.

As for why she let Tang Li Xue spread the crimson seeds inside the palace, it was mainly because Shao Ying had already seen how good Tang Li Xue’s [Thousand Myriad Faces] disguise was when they sneaked into the Capital City before, so she did not worry that Tang Li Xue would fail at carrying out such a simple task.

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Right at this dire time, all the Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters inside the palace had already gathered and were thinking about the countermeasure together.

"What about the Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince? Are they all right?" The Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmaster with long white eyebrows asked in a worried tone.

"Don’t worry. They are all fine. Fortunately, Old Lu made his move in time, so the Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince were not exposed to the poisonous gas." Another Grandmaster with a white mustache replied.

All of the Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters, who gathered here, were old men with white hair and wrinkled faces, but their strength was unquestionable.

These old Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters were the ancestors and the true pillars of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Even the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty had to treat all of them respectfully.

"I think we should try to break that confinement barrier first, and then evacuate the Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince to the safe place." The hunchback old woman holding a cane suggested.

But the grandmaster with long white eyebrows shook his head and explained: "I have already tried to break it with my full power attack, but it has not even budged."

"Alas, it seems those lunatics from the Blood God Cult truly went all out this time." Grandmaster with a white mustache sighed helplessly.

"I already told you all that we should just wipe out all of those lunatics before, but you all would not listen to me and said that we should leave it all to our younger generation to handle. What a fart—! Look at what happened now! This is all your fault!" Another grandmaster with a bald head just came and scolded in a harsh tone.

"All right, stop it, Old Lu! This is not the time for us to argue and blame each other. We should think about how to break this situation instead." The grandmaster with long white eyebrows stated to everyone.

Grandmaster with a bald head named Old Lu snorted unhappily, then he suggested: "Why don’t we just burn down all of those creepy trees at once with your Samadhi True Fire?!"

The hunchback old woman holding a cane shook her head and explained: "I have already tried it. It did not work. Not only would we kill all the people that tied to those trees, but new trees would grow to replace the burned trees."

"If we burn one tree, two trees or more will grow to replace it. If we burn two trees or more, several trees will grow rapidly at once." The hunchback old woman concluded her explanation.

"Damn it! What kind of strange tree is this?! Then, at least we can try to save our people from those trees, right?" Old Lu angrily cursed before he suggested again.

"That will not work either. After our people inhale their poisonous gas and get tied into cocoons by those trees, it seemed as if they were integrated with those strange trees. Once we pull people out from those trees, they will turn into a puddle of blood instead." The hunchback old woman replied in a helpless tone.

All of the Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters were stumped and fell silent for a few minutes.

The crimson barrier outside the palace seemed to be connected with the crimson towering trees inside the palace.

The crimson barrier used the cultivation and life force drained by the crimson towering trees from the people inside the palace to reinforce itself.

If they wanted to break the crimson barrier, they had to destroy the crimson towering trees first.

But if they tried to destroy any crimson towering trees, those crimson trees would multiply themselves instead.

And their source of nutrition to multiply themselves was also those people’s cultivation and life force.

Of course, these old Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters definitely had enough power to destroy the crimson barrier and all the crimson towering trees if they worked together, but it would mean all of those tens of thousands of people or even hundreds of thousands of people would all die.

In short, the lives of the people who were living inside the palace were the hostages of those crimson towering trees.

These old Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters might not care about the lives of the guards, servants, or maids, but there were still many important people among those hostages.

There were still other princes, princesses, the Emperor’s concubines, high officials, descendants of aristocratic families, descendants of their Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters, and so on.

They really could not afford to lose them all!

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When all the Spirit Transformation Stage Grandmasters were still confused about what they should do next to get out of this dire situation, someone had already made his move to try to resolve it too.

"Master, are you all right?!" Taoist Uncle asked Xu Yang in a worried tone.

"Don’t worry. I am all right. Have you already forgotten that I am a Miracle Doctor? Even a poison ten thousand times more virulent than this could not kill me." Xu Yang replied coldly in a confident tone.

Taoist Uncle sighed in relief after he heard Xu Yang’s reassuring words.

So many crimson tree roots kept whipping and attacking Xu Yang’s office in the Supreme Medical Hall from all sides, but the protective formation set by the Taoist Uncle blocked all of them.

"Those damn trees are really persistent! Master, what should we do next? Should we just wait patiently here until all of this is over?" Taoist Uncle asked Xu Yang.

Xu Yang stood up and stared at the towering crimson trees from the window in his office.

"It is all my fault. If I had killed her four days ago, all this might not have happened. No, I should have killed her a long time ago." Xu Yang muttered absentmindedly.

"Killed? Who?" Taoist Uncle asked in confusion, but he immediately realized who Xu Yang was talking about.

With Xu Yang’s cleverness, it was not hard for him to guess who was behind all this.

It should be impossible for anyone from the other anti-government to sneak into this Imperial Palace that easily, and even spread these crimson trees without anyone noticing it.

There was only one person who could do all this.

The person with perfect disguise ability who could sneak in and out of the palace easily...

The person who could even lure the Second Prince out of the palace and kill him...

Well, it was actually not a person... Who else, if it was not Tang Li Xue, right?!