Chapter 861 Nine Keys and Nine Evil Dragons?

"Look for it, of course we have to find it." Luo Chen said, "But we can no longer go without any defense like before. We must be careful and take every step to prevent ourselves from falling into Ling'er's trap."

"Yeah." Qingshuang nodded, "You're right, we must act carefully."

"Let's do this." Luo Chen said, "Let's find a place to rest first and discuss the next action plan. We will take action after dawn."

"Okay." Qingshuang responded, and the two of them found a hidden place and started to rest.

......

No words all night.

The next morning, Luo Chen and Qingshuang woke up.

The two discussed it and decided to follow the clues given by Ling'er to go to the next location to take a look.

However, they did not go directly, but observed around them first and confirmed that there was no danger before walking towards their destination carefully.

On the other hand, after a fierce battle with the man in black, Mo Han finally lost and was defeated by the man in black.

"Hmph, just you want to stop me?" The man in black robe looked at Mo Han who was lying on the ground and said with a sneer, "I'm really overestimating my ability!"

"Cough cough..." Mo Han coughed a few times, spit out a mouthful of blood, and said, "You... don't be proud. Even if I die, Luo Chen and Qingshuang will definitely stop you!"

"Is that true?" the man in black robe smiled gloomy and said, "Then I'll wait and see." After that, he turned around and walked out of the library.

"Wait!" Mo Han suddenly stopped him.

"What? Do you have any last words to say?" the man in black robe turned around and asked.

"You...who are you?" Mo Han asked, "Why should we help the 'Holy Church'?"

"You don't need to know who I am," said the man in black. "As for why I want to help the 'Holy Church', this is not something you should care about."

"You..." Mo Han wanted to ask again, but was interrupted by the man in black.

"Okay, you have too many problems." The man in black robe said, "I don't have time to talk nonsense to you." After that, he strode away from the library.

Mo Han looked at the man in black robe's departure, his eyes full of reluctance. He struggled to stand up, but found that all his strength had been taken away.

"Damn..." Mo Han fell to the ground weakly, his heart full of despair.

Just then, a voice suddenly rang in his ear: "Are you okay?"

Mo Han was stunned and quickly looked over and saw a figure appear in front of him.

"Ling'er?" Mo Han said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I'll save you." Ling'er said, helping Mo Han up.

"Save me?" Mo Han was even more surprised, "Why did you want to save me?"

"Because..." Ling'er hesitated for a moment and said, "Because you are Luo Chen's friend."

"Luo Chen's friend?" Mo Han frowned, "It's because of this?"

"Yeah." Ling'er nodded, "Luo Chen is my friend, I can't watch something happen to his friend."

"You..." Mo Han looked at Ling'er, his heart full of doubts. He really couldn't figure out why this mysterious woman had to help them again and again.

"Okay, don't think so much." Ling'er said, "I'll take you out of here first."

"Wait!" Mo Han suddenly said, "Can you tell me why the 'Holy Church' collects nine keys? What exactly do they want to do?"

"This..." Ling'er hesitated for a moment and said, "I can only tell you that the 'Holy Church' collects nine keys to open the seal of the Nine Dragon Tower and release the nine evil dragons suppressed inside."

"What?" Mo Han was shocked, "Release the nine evil dragons? Are they crazy?"

"They are not crazy," Ling'er said, "they just want to use the power of the nine evil dragons to achieve their goals."

"What is their purpose?" Mo Han asked.

"I can't tell you this yet," Ling'er said. "You just need to know that the purpose of the 'Holy Teaching' is very dangerous. Once they succeed, the entire world of cultivation will fall into disaster."

"Then what should we do?" Mo Han asked, "How can we stop them?"

"The only way to stop them is to find the nine keys and prevent them from opening the seal of the Nine Dragon Tower." Ling'er said, "But now the 'Holy Church' has obtained two keys, and you must find the remaining seven as soon as possible. , otherwise, it would be too late."

"I get it." Mo Han nodded, "Thank you for telling me this."

"No need to thank you." Ling'er said, "It's time for me to leave. Remember, you must stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!" After that, Ling'er's figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.

"Ling'er..." Mo Han murmured to himself as he looked at the direction where Ling'er disappeared, "Who are you? Why do you want to help us?"

Mo Han couldn't figure it out, but he knew that now was not the time to think about these things. He must find Luo Chen and Qingshuang as soon as possible, tell them the information Ling'er told him, and then stop the conspiracy of the "Holy Church".

Mo Han struggled to stand up and walked out of the library. While walking, he secretly swore in his heart: "Luo Chen, Qingshuang, you wait for me, I will definitely find you! Let's stop the 'Holy Teaching' and save the world of cultivation!"

"Wait for me!" Mo Han gritted his teeth and stumbled forward.

......

Luo Chen and Qingshuang came to the imperial kitchen carefully.

After the first two experiences, both of them were more vigilant and no longer easily believed the clues provided by Ling'er. They first observed carefully outside the imperial kitchen and found that there were a lot more guards around the imperial kitchen than usual, and the strength of these guards was not weak. It was obviously the people of the "Holy Sect" who strengthened their guards.

"It seems that our previous actions have attracted their attention." Qingshuang said with a frown, "What should I do now? Do I still need to go in?"

"Win, of course we have to go in." Luo Chen said, "But we can't force ourselves to break out, we have to find a way to take it out."

"Go ahead of wisdom?" Qingshuang asked, "How to go ahead of wisdom?"

"The imperial kitchen is the place responsible for the diet of the palace. There are a lot of ingredients coming in and out every day." Luo Chen said, "We can disguise ourselves as people who transport ingredients and get in."

"This is a solution." Qingshuang nodded, "But where do we get the ingredients and delivery tools?"

"This is easy to deal with." Luo Chen smiled and said, "When I was wandering around the palace before, I discovered a place where there should be something we need."

After saying that, Luo Chen took Qingshuang and walked towards a corner of the palace. Soon, they arrived at a remote courtyard with some debris piled up in the courtyard, which looked like an abandoned warehouse.

"It's here." Luo Chen said, "I saw someone transporting ingredients from here before, and there should be what we need here."

The two walked into the courtyard and searched carefully. Sure enough, in a corner of the courtyard, they found several trolleys carrying ingredients, and some empty baskets.

"That's great. With these things, we can pretend to be the ones who transport the ingredients." Qingshuang said happily.

"Yeah." Luo Chen nodded, "But this is not enough. We still need some ingredients to better cover up."

"Ingredients..." Qingshuang thought for a while and said, "There should be some vegetable fields near the Royal Seating Room, so we can go there to make some."

"Good idea." Luo Chen agreed, "Let's take action separately. You go get some ingredients, and I go find something that can be used for disguise."

"Okay." Qingshuang responded, then turned around and walked towards the vegetable field.

Luo Chen continued to search in the courtyard. Soon, he found some worn clothes and hats, as well as props for disguise.

"These things should be enough." Luo Chen said to himself.

After a while, Qingshuang also came back, and her basket was filled with all kinds of fresh vegetables.

"Luo Chen, look, are these ingredients enough?" Qingshuang asked.

"Enough, enough." Luo Chen said, "Let's start pretending now."

The two of them put on their worn clothes and hats, disguised themselves with some props, then put the basket on a trolley, and walked towards the imperial kitchen.

When they arrived at the door of the imperial kitchen, they found that there were indeed a lot more guards than usual, and they all looked serious and looked vigilantly at everyone entering and leaving.

"What should we do? Can we get in?" Qingshuang asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to get in." Luo Chen said, "Remember, we are transporting ingredients, behave naturally and don't let them see the flaws."

"Yeah." Qingshuang nodded, took a deep breath to calm herself down.

The two of them pushed the cart and walked towards the door of the imperial kitchen. The guard stopped them and asked, "What are you doing?"

"We are transporting the ingredients." Luo Chen said, "This is today's vegetable, please check it out."

The guard looked at the vegetables in the basket, then looked at Luo Chen and Qingshuang, and asked, "Which palace do you belong to?"

"We are..." Luo Chen was about to answer when suddenly a voice came from behind them: "They are with me."

Luo Chen and Qingshuang looked back and saw a familiar figure appearing in front of them.

"Ling'er?" Luo Chen said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I'll help you." Ling'er said, "Come with me quickly."

After saying that, Ling'er took Luo Chen and Qingshuang and walked into the imperial kitchen. When the guard saw Ling'er, he seemed to know her, so he did not stop them anymore.

"Ling'er, thank you." Luo Chen said gratefully, "If it weren't for you, we might not have been able to get in."

"No need to thank you." Ling'er said, "I'll help you by the way."

"By the way?" Luo Chen asked, "What are you doing in the imperial kitchen?"

"I'll find something." Ling'er said, "But now is not the time to talk about this. You guys come with me first."

Ling'er took Luo Chen and Qingshuang through the lobby of the imperial kitchen and came to a remote room.

"Where is this?" Luo Chen asked.

"This is the storage room of the imperial kitchen." Ling'er said, "I got the news before, and the third key is hidden here."

"The third key?" Luo Chen and Qingshuang looked at each other, both a little surprised.

"That's right." Ling'er nodded, "But I don't know where to hide it. We need to look for it carefully."

"Okay, let's look for it together." Luo Chen said.

The three of them searched carefully in the storage room. There are various ingredients and seasonings piled up in the storage room, and some debris, which looks messy.

"When will we find so many things?" Qingshuang said with a frown.

"Don't be discouraged, we will definitely find it." Luo Chen said, "Everyone is careful and don't let any corner."

The three of them continued to search, and suddenly, Luo Chen stopped and said, "You see here."

Qingshuang and Ling'er hurriedly came over and saw Luo Chen pointing at a large tank in a corner.

"Is there anything wrong with this tank?" Qingshuang asked.

"The location of this tank is a bit strange," Luo Chen said, "You see, the other tanks are placed against the wall, only this tank is placed in the corner, and the opening of the tank is covered with a lid."

"You mean, the key may be hidden in this tank?" Ling'er asked.

"It's possible." Luo Chen nodded, "Let's open and take a look."

The three of them worked together to open the cylinder head and found that the cylinder was not filled with ingredients, but some debris.

"How could this happen?" Qingshuang said disappointedly, "Isn't the key here?"

"Don't worry, let's look for it carefully." Luo Chen said.

The three of them took out the debris in the jar one by one and carefully checked it. Suddenly, Luo Chen touched something hard.

"Finished!" Luo Chen said excitedly, "Look, what is this?"

Luo Chen took out the hard object and found that it was a key!

"This is the third key!" Ling'er said excitedly, "We finally found it!"

"That's great!" Qingshuang also smiled on her face, "Now, we have found three keys. As long as we find the remaining six, we can stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!"

"Yes." Luo Chen nodded, "No further ado, let's go find other keys."

"Wait." Ling'er suddenly said, "I have one more thing to do."

"What's the matter?" Luo Chen asked.

"I came to the imperial kitchen. In addition to finding the key, I also have another purpose, which is to investigate the undercover agent of the "Holy Church" in the imperial kitchen." Ling'er said, "I got the news before that the "Holy Church" had installed a "Holy Church" in the imperial kitchen. Undercover, responsible for monitoring every move of the palace."

"Undercover?" Luo Chen and Qingshuang were both surprised, "Do you know who it is?"

"I only know that the code name of this undercover agent is 'shadow'." Ling'er said, "I don't know who it is, and we need to investigate."

"Then how can we investigate?" Qingshuang asked.

"We can start with the account of the imperial kitchen." Ling'er said, "The undercover agent of the 'Holy Church' will definitely use his position to provide some convenience for the 'Holy Church', such as transporting some special ingredients or items. They will leave traces on the account."