Ying Yuan looked carefully and found that there was no bleeding from the wounds of the men in black who were chopped. Instead, a black gas came out and the wounds healed quickly.

"Evil magic!" Ying Yuan's heart sank. It seemed that Lao Ai had indeed used some evil magic.

"Ying Yuan, do you think you really understand me?" Lao Ai's voice sounded particularly eerie in the wind, "I am no longer the Lao Ai of the past!"

Suddenly, Lao Ai flashed and appeared in front of Ying Yuan like a ghost. He had a dagger in his hand and stabbed Ying Yuan in the chest.

Ying Yuan reacted quickly, dodged sideways, and slashed at Lao Ai with his sword. However, Lao Ai was like a phantom, and the sword passed through him without hurting him at all.

"What kind of sorcery is this?" Ying Yuan was horrified. He had never seen such strange martial arts.

Lao Ai sneered and disappeared again. The next moment he appeared behind Ying Yuan and stabbed Ying Yuan in the back with the dagger again.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Meng Tian shouted and pushed Ying Yuan away with all his strength.

The dagger pierced Meng Tian's shoulder, blood gushed out, Meng Tian groaned, and fell to the ground.

"Meng Tian!" Ying Yuan's eyes were bloodshot. He didn't expect that Meng Tian would be seriously injured in order to save him.

"Ying Yuan, today is the day you die!" Lao Ai's voice sounded like it came from hell, full of gloom and murderous intent.

He swung the dagger again and stabbed at Ying Yuan. Ying Yuan resisted the discomfort and fought back. However, Lao Ai's martial arts were strange and unpredictable, and Ying Yuan gradually fell into a disadvantage.

At this critical moment, a white light flashed, and the dagger in Lao Ai's hand was knocked to the ground.

A woman in white appeared in front of Ying Yuan, holding a long sword and with a cold look in her eyes, like the Lady of the Nine Heavens descending to the mortal world.

"Who are you?" Lao Ai looked at the woman in white in surprise and suspicion.

"The Moon Goddess of the Yin-Yang School of the Great Qin." The woman in white said coldly.

"Yin-Yang Family?" Lao Ai's face changed. He didn't expect that the Yin-Yang Family would actually interfere in this matter.

"Lao Ai, your time of death has come." The Moon Goddess' voice was as cold as ice and snow.

She swung the sword in her hand, and a sharp sword energy went straight to Lao Ai. Lao Ai was unable to dodge and was hit by the sword energy. He let out a scream and flew backwards.

"You...you actually..." Lao Ai looked at the Moon Goddess in disbelief. He did not expect that the Moon Goddess' martial arts skills were so powerful.

The Moon Goddess ignored Lao Ai. She turned and looked at Ying Yuan, with a complicated look in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Ying Yuan looked at the Moon God in front of him, his heart full of doubts. He had no dealings with the Yin-Yang family, so why did the Moon God suddenly appear to save him?
"Thank you, Moon Goddess, for saving me." Ying Yuan said with a bow.

"Your Majesty, you are welcome." Moon Goddess said calmly, "I am only here on the orders of Donghuang Taiyi to help Your Majesty get rid of Lao Ai."

"Donghuang Taiyi?" Ying Yuan was even more confused. Why would Donghuang Taiyi help him?
"Your Majesty, this is a long story," said the Moon Goddess. "Now that Lao Ai has been eliminated, it is time for me to take my leave."

After saying that, the Moon Goddess flashed and disappeared into the night.

Ying Yuan looked at the direction where the Moon Goddess disappeared, his heart full of doubts and confusion. He felt as if he was caught in a huge conspiracy, and he knew nothing about it.

At this time, Meng Tian struggled to get up from the ground and asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Ying Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm fine. Meng Tian, ​​how are your injuries?"

"I'm fine, just a superficial wound." Meng Tian said, "Your Majesty, those men in black..."

Ying Yuan looked at the men in black and found that they had all fallen to the ground, with black gas coming out of their bodies, as if they had lost their vitality. "It seems that Lao Ai's evil magic has been broken by the Moon Goddess." Ying Yuan said.

However, Ying Yuan felt uneasy. He felt that this matter was not that simple. The resurrection of Lao Ai and the appearance of the Moon Goddess were all too strange.

He had a hunch that a bigger conspiracy was yet to come...

Ying Yuan took a deep breath and suppressed the doubts in his heart. Meng Tian's injury needed to be treated as soon as possible, and the strange death of Lao Ai and the sudden appearance of the Moon Goddess required him to think carefully.

"Help me return to the palace." Ying Yuan said in a deep voice, with a barely perceptible hint of fatigue in his tone.

After returning to the Xianyang Palace, Ying Yuan immediately summoned the imperial physician to treat Meng Tian. Looking at the blood oozing from Meng Tian's shoulder, Ying Yuan's face became more gloomy. Lao Ai, this clown, actually dared to hurt his people!

After the imperial physician treated Meng Tian's injuries, Ying Yuan dismissed his attendants and left only Meng Tian alone.

"Meng Tian, ​​tell me honestly, how did Lao Ai come back to life?" Ying Yuan looked straight at Meng Tian, ​​with a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

Meng Tian hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I...I don't know. I only know that Lao Ai seems to have mastered a kind of evil magic that can bring people back to life."

"Witchcraft?" Ying Yuan sneered, "There is no such thing as witchcraft in this world! It's just some unorthodox methods."

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However, Ying Yuan knew in his heart that Lao Ai's resurrection was no accident. He thought of the strange black air that had emanated from Lao Ai before, as well as the black air that had come out of the bodies of those men in black after they died, and felt vaguely uneasy.

"Meng Tian, ​​take good care of your injuries. I will go and get to the bottom of this matter." Ying Yuan said in a deep voice.

Meng Tian bowed and said, "I obey your order."

Ying Yuan left Meng Tian's bedroom and went straight to Donghuang Taiyi's observatory. He had to figure out what tricks Donghuang Taiyi and the Yin-Yang family were playing.

On the observatory, Donghuang Taiyi, dressed in a black robe, stood quietly in front of the star disk, as if blending into the night.

"Your Excellency Donghuang, I have a few questions to ask you." Ying Yuan said straight to the point.

Donghuang Taiyi turned around slowly, his eyes beneath the mask were deep and mysterious, making it hard to understand.

"Your Majesty, please speak." Donghuang Taiyi's voice was low and hoarse.

"Is the resurrection of Lao Ai related to the Yin-Yang School?" Ying Yuan looked directly at Donghuang Taiyi with a hint of questioning in his tone.

Donghuang Taiyi was silent for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, the Yin-Yang School follows the will of heaven. The resurrection of Lao Ai is the will of heaven."

"God's will?" Ying Yuan sneered, "I don't believe in God's will! I only believe that man can conquer nature!"

Donghuang Taiyi did not refute, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, the will of heaven cannot be violated."

"I want to see what this will of heaven is!" A trace of determination flashed in Ying Yuan's eyes.

"Your Majesty, knowing too much about some things may not be a good thing." Donghuang Taiyi said meaningfully.

"I'm not afraid!" Ying Yuan looked at Donghuang Taiyi without fear.

Donghuang Taiyi was silent for a moment, then said, "Since Your Majesty is determined to investigate this matter, then follow me."

Donghuang Taiyi brought Ying Yuan to the underground secret room of the observatory. In the secret room, there were many strange instruments and books, and the air was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.

"Your Majesty, this is the forbidden area of ​​the Yin-Yang family. Only the Donghuang of each generation can enter." Donghuang Taiyi explained. (End of this chapter)