Mortal Mage

"Well, your majesty means that you should do what you are able to do." Qi Yuanqinghe bowed and sat in the guest seat in the hall.

"This array is easy to control and has great power. I'm afraid it can barely be considered a low-grade magical weapon." Wang Wan'er was confused and dazed.

After a long while, she sighed deeply and said slowly, "Our Wang family has been dreaming for generations that one of us will become an immortal and save the people of the world from disasters with the power of an immortal, but the road to becoming an immortal is long and endless."

She said halfway, shaking her head, "Master Qinghe, please go back and report. I accept the order."

"Where did Zhang Mingxuan get such a powerful low-grade magic weapon? Our Wang family has been practicing for generations, but we haven't been so lucky in thousands of years." Jin'er stood beside Wang Wan'er and said with a pout.

"Jin'er, you can't address His Majesty by his name."

She and Qi Yuanqinghe had already concluded in their hearts that this array was not obtained during a house search, but the two of them kept it to themselves and did not ask about its source.

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Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The hall is decorated with jade carvings, magnificent and splendid, as if proclaiming its rich cultural heritage to future generations.

It makes people fascinated, as if they are in a dream.

"Bang."

The heavy dragon throne made of gold was overturned by a dozen young eunuchs.

"Come on, come on, move aside, let me take a look."

Zhang Mingxuan raised his hand to push away the two young eunuchs who were blocking his side, and poked his head to look inside.

"Hey, as expected, this city defense formation has a core rune."

Under the dragon throne was a huge, dusty bluestone slab, on which was engraved a rune of coiled and winding snakes.

"Go call a painter to copy this rune."

Soon two young eunuchs spread a piece of rice paper and covered the bluestone.

Then a young eunuch hurried out, leading a middle-aged man wearing a third-rank dark blue official uniform of the Ministry of Works. After the man entered the hall, he picked up the brush and began to copy the painting carefully.

"Lift up this slab again."

After the painter copied it, Zhang Mingxuan continued to order a group of young eunuchs.

A group of young eunuchs held sticks and hemp ropes, and after they were crossed and fixed together, they shouted in unison: "One, two, three, up!"

With a "clang" sound.

The bluestone slab was turned over heavily and turned upside down.

Under the bluestone slab, there was a piece of yellow high-quality spirit stone.

"Hey, as expected, this city defense formation has a core spirit stone." Zhang Mingxuan smiled faintly, stepped forward, bent down and picked up the spirit stone; "Okay, all of you, don't tell anyone about this, do you hear me?"

"We, the servants, swear to never tell anyone until we die."

More than a dozen young eunuchs knelt down in a large group, performed a trembling salute, and then worked together to lift the stone slab and the dragon throne back to their places.

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"Xiao Feizi, go and bring Li Xucheng up."

"Take Li Xucheng to the palace!"

Fifty or sixty Feather Guards led Li Xucheng, who had thick chains wrapped around his wrists, into the hall.

"I have already been honest with you and tried to ward off evil spirits. Why do you still want to tie me up?" He stared at Zhang Mingxuan and shouted.

"You are at the third level of Qi Refining. I am afraid you might escape, so I have to lock you up."

Zhang Mingxuan held the high-quality spirit stone he had just obtained in his hand, his eyebrows slightly raised, and his tone was light.

"If you don't kill me, you must have something to ask of me." Li Xucheng turned his head and looked away.

"Let me ask you something first. Why do you know so much about the treason case of Bu Dazhen and Ye Wen on August 8 last year?" Zhang Mingxuan walked to the dragon chair and sat down.

Li Xucheng leaned forward, looking tired. After thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "Bu Dazhen asked me to surrender to the crown prince, and then he framed Qi Yuanqinghe and made me the Minister of War. In fact, he wanted to secretly manipulate the Ministry of War and withhold the spiritual stones sent to Xuanshi Pass for the maintenance of the guard formation. At the same time, he promised to take me as his disciple and teach me the attainments of formations."