Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhou Yiqiao was suddenly startled and thought of a horrifying answer.

"Could it be that Yu Poyun is colluding with the Queen!?"

Cold sweat streamed down his back, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility.

Even if the Immortal Emperor allowed children of aristocratic families like Yu Poyun to enter the palace as guards, he would never give them important positions.

Therefore, combined with the fact that Yu Poyun mentioned the relationship between the Yu family and the Sheng family many times in the jade slip, Zhou Yiqiao had such suspicion.

"If it is really related to the Queen, then this matter will become even more complicated."

Zhou Yiqiao frowned, feeling very distressed.

He didn't know that the Immortal Emperor Luo Fengtian was planning to take action against the Eight Pillar States, so he still believed that the Queen, like Luo Shanhu, was an extremely precious person in Luo Fengtian's eyes.

If the Queen really had something in collusion with Yu Poyun, then the forces and conspiracies behind this matter would probably be far more unfathomable than he had imagined.

Zhou Yiqiao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He knew that now was not the time to panic. He had to sort out his thoughts and find a way to resolve the current situation.

"No matter what, now at least we can be sure that the Sheng family and the Yu family have encountered someone in the process of stealing the Ascension Pill. As long as we can find clear evidence, it can be regarded as completing the task assigned to me by Luo Fengtian."

He encouraged himself secretly, then put the jade slip and the jade bottle containing the Nine-Turn Soul-Restoring Pill back into the wooden box, and hid in the darkness.

Zhou Yiqiao stood still and waited for a whole day and night, before a pair of monks in black robes and masks finally appeared in his sight.

Zhou Yiqiao was very familiar with the way these people were dressed, and in an instant he recognized them as the Dragon Elephant Guards led by Luo Shanhu who were ambushing Prince Luo Ang!

"I clearly dealt with all the Dragon Elephant Guards at that time, but now so many of them have appeared to work for Luo Shanhu."

"It seems that the entire Daxuantian has really been infiltrated by the Sheng family. A place like the Royal Hunting Ground can send in so many guards."

Zhou Yiqiao was secretly shocked and realized that the situation was more serious than he had expected.

He held his breath and tried his best to blend his breath with the surrounding environment to avoid being discovered by these Dragon Elephant Guards.

The Dragon Elephant Guards searched the area as he had expected and soon found the wooden box that Zhou Yiqiao had put back.

These people did not check the contents of the jade slips and jade bottles. They just nodded to each other to confirm that they were what they were looking for, and then disappeared on the spot with the wooden boxes intact.

Zhou Yiqiao did not hesitate at all. He immediately released his spiritual sense, locked onto the direction in which the Dragon Elephant Guard was moving away, and quickly followed with his spiritual power.

The two sides flew one after the other for half an incense stick of time, almost flying over the entire Canglong Ridge, before finally stopping at a riverbank at the westernmost end.

The camp was brightly lit and filled with shadows. It was obvious that there were many people stationed here.

Zhou Yiqiao did not dare to be careless. He hid in the crown of a big tree, overlooking the camp below from a high place, trying to find out the movements of the Dragon Elephant Guards.

After the Dragon Elephant Guards entered the camp, they headed straight towards the largest tent in the center.

In front of the tent, two guards in similar attire saw them coming back and immediately opened the tent curtain to let them in.

Zhou Yiqiao's heart moved, and he guessed that there must be an important person in that tent.

He approached the tent cautiously, and at the same time released his spiritual sense to the limit, trying to detect the movements inside the tent.

The person in the tent was not Luo Shanhu as Zhou Yiqiao had guessed, but the third princess, Luo Ziyan, whom Zhou Yiqiao had only met once!

Luo Ziyan sat in the main seat in the tent. Her face was stern and her brows revealed an unquestionable majesty, which was completely different from the gentle and lovely image he had seen before the winter hunt.

Beside her, there stood two monks in black robes on each side. Each of them had an extremely powerful aura and it could be seen that they were both top-notch masters of the Dragon Elephant Guard.

"Third Princess, the things have been retrieved."

The leading Dragon Elephant Guard placed the wooden box on the table in front of Luo Ziyan with a respectful tone.

Luo Ziyan nodded. She opened the wooden box and saw the jade slip and the Nine-Turn Soul-Restoring Pill inside. A gleam of satisfaction flashed in her eyes.

"Great, you did a great job."

Zhou Yiqiao heard it clearly outside the tent and became even more confused.

He originally thought that Luo Shanhu was behind all this, but he didn't expect that Luo Ziyan was also involved.

Before participating in the Winter Hunt, in order to prevent Zhou Yiqiao and her identity as a "fake Taoist couple" from being discovered by someone with ulterior motives, Luo Lishang forced herself to instill a lot of information about the identities and backgrounds of her brothers and sisters.

It was also through Luo Lishang's introduction that Zhou Yiqiao learned that Luo Ziyan had always been low-key, and the Imperial Concubine Yi and the Rong family of the Eight Pillars of the State behind her had never participated in the royal struggles.

Luo Ziyan's actions now are obviously very different from the image described by Luo Lishang, which forces Zhou Yiqiao to re-examine the third princess.

"Third Princess, what should we do next?"

While Zhou Yiqiao was deep in thought, the Dragon Elephant Guard who handed in the wooden box asked.

"Where's the Sixteenth Sister? Hasn't she solved her own problems yet?"

Luo Ziyan did not answer the other party's question, but frowned and asked back.

The Dragon Elephant Guard's expression froze when he heard this, and then he spoke hesitantly.

"Her Highness is still digesting the dragon energy in her body and is temporarily unable to come out to provide any help to the Third Princess."

But Luo Ziyan sneered, as if she didn't believe the Dragon Elephant Guard's explanation at all.

"Digesting the dragon energy in your body? I think you were forced to refine the dragon energy without the approval of the Great Mysterious Heaven's destiny, and suffered a backlash, right?"

"Third Princess, please respect yourself!"

Upon hearing this, Long Xiangwei's face instantly turned cold.

"Your Highness is the daughter of State Sheng Zhuguo, and you are of noble status. How could you be attacked by a mere dragon energy?"

Luo Ziyan smiled coldly and didn't intend to let go of this topic.

"Noble status? Among all the descendants of the emperor, only the former crown prince Luo Chen and the mother of Luo Lishang and Luo Lihan were demoted or fell out of favor because they had no background. The rest of them, who is not from a big family or a powerful force?"

Having said that, she ignored the angry looks from all the Dragon Elephant Guards and sat back in her seat.

"We are now on the same side of the same tree. Why should I, Luo Ziyan, run around for her while Luo Shanhu finds a safe place to practice in seclusion?!"

"The Dragon Heart Pillar, that was really hard to come by."

"It is a masterpiece that my third uncle has poured countless efforts into, and the Rong family also spared no expense to send it to Canglong Ridge and change the place where the dragon energy falls."

"And I, Luo Ziyan, had to flatter Luo Ang for more than ten years before I gained his trust and made him believe the location of the Dragon Heart Pillar!"

"What did Luo Shanhu and the Sheng family do?"

"Luo Shanhu not only let Luo Ang go, but also ignored our plan because he wanted to refine the remaining dragon energy for his own selfish desires, which has caused all our plans to stagnate now."

"The Sheng family has done nothing but send you trash into Canglong Ridge. How can I, Luo Ziyan, be willing to serve them?"

Luo Ziyan's voice was filled with anger and dissatisfaction, and her eyes were like sharp blades, sweeping across every Dragon Elephant Guard present.

"Third Princess, our Sheng family's promise to you has never changed."

The leading Dragon Elephant Guard spoke in a deep voice, trying to calm Luo Ziyan's anger.

"Promise? Your promise is to let me wait here, while Luo Shanhu acts in secret and swallows the dragon energy for himself?"

Luo Ziyan sneered, obviously not satisfied with the Dragon Elephant Guard's explanation.

"Third Princess, please believe us. The Eight Pillars of the State will rise and fall together. The Sheng family will not do anything to harm us!"

The Dragon Elephant Guard still persisted.

"You are loyal, but the masters you serve are a bunch of idiots."

Luo Ziyan took a deep breath. Although she was not convinced by the other party's reason, she still forced herself to calm down.

"It's a good thing for us that Luo Ang hasn't left the range of Canglong Ridge yet."

"If you, the Sheng family, want to make up for this mistake, go tell Sheng Kaiyao or Luo Shanhu to use all your strength to bury Luo Ang and the other two in Canglong Ridge!"

"also......"

Luo Ziyan leaned back in the royal chair and gave the order in an extremely tired voice.

"Leave some people to find Yu Poyun and the other useless people from the other families. It's time to mobilize the power of these dandies."

As soon as Luo Ziyan's order was conveyed, the Dragon Elephant Guards quickly left the tent and carried out Luo Ziyan's instructions.

After everyone left, the scene in the tent returned to that of Luo Ziyan and her four guards.

"Go, quickly send this Nine-Transformation Soul-Restoring Pill out of Canglong Ridge and give it to Third Uncle."

"He is the only weapon refiner in my Rong family who has the hope of advancing to the eighth level. Nothing can go wrong before the dawn!"

Luo Ziyan raised her hand and handed the jade bottle of Nine-Turn Soul-Restoring Pill to a guard beside her.

The guard took the jade bottle respectfully, and disappeared into the tent in a flash.

With the disappearance of the guard, Zhou Yiqiao only saw Luo Ziyan waving her jade hand and activating several formations and restrictions in the tent, instantly blocking all external detection.

Zhou Yiqiao's heart tightened, knowing that he could not continue to spy with his spiritual sense, otherwise Luo Ziyan would definitely notice it.

He retreated quietly, left the camp like a ghost, and disappeared into the night.

After simply sorting out the thread of the Eight Pillar States' alliance, Zhou Yiqiao took advantage of the moonlight and returned to the valley where Luo Lishang and Luo Ang were hiding.

After the two parted, Zhou Yiqiao felt like a hundred years had passed. Greeted by Luo Lishang, he entered the valley in a trance. After thinking for a long time, he told all the information he had found out in the past two days.

"The Eight Pillars have united and are trying to harm the three of us."