Nightfall

He Mingchi

Li Yu had been standing still for a very long time before she turned around. Her action was slow because of exhaustion. Looking at He Mingchi, she said, “It looks like the chaos in Chang’an was all your fault.”

“Yes, it was.”

He Mingchi said, “Now Chang’an is like a weak patient and the frightening Chao Xiaoshu has left. As long as the chaos starts, no one can stop it.”

Li Yu continued, “The Divine Hall knows little about our ways. We don’t like chaos, so however the chaos is going to be ended, it will end soon.”

“Your Highness, it is not the right time for arguing.”

He Mingchi said to her with a smile, “Like the Hierarch Lord said in the letter he gave you, the punishment should fall on you because of your selfishness and greed. You’d better give up since you can’t run away from it.”

Li Yu answered, “Even though you have pretended to be a Tang man for so many years, you still don’t know us… In our world, no one will give up.”

He Mingchi clapped his hands, clearly and melodiously. Then he said, “Inspiring but useless. “Haotian is invincible and Haotian Taoism will exist forever. The Headmaster and your father are gone. What can you do? I promised my teacher that I would try my best to save your people, so I hope you will lose soon.”

Until hearing this, Li Huiyuan finally realized the magnitude of the mistake he had made. He became anxious and murmured, “You are from the Divine Hall… How can you be from the West-Hill Divine Palace? Then, why did you save me in the imperial garden? Why did you save the Emperor of Tang?”

He Mingchi sympathetically looked at him and said, “An Emperor like you is the best friend Haotian Taoism can have. You being alive are more worthy than being dead.”

“But you really surprised me recently as you are still capable to do something. If possible, I will try to kill you. However, it is hard to kill the Royals in the palace. Xu Chongshan has tried for me, hasn’t he?”

Looking at Li Yu, he said, “I think you are unable to keep me here.”

Then he turned to the outside of the palace at a low speed and wasn’t bothered being killed by Li Yu, which was a huge humiliation to the sister and brother sitting on the couch.

In the darkest night, he walked out of the palace and entered the imperial garden. Stopping in front of the small building, he looked up at the sky and opened the yellow oil-paper umbrella.

The umbrella was broken by Xu Chongshan and looked funny when it was open. However, its aura was still sacred.

As the umbrella was open, many lines appeared on the vast stone ground under the small building which represented the God-stunning Array and the City of Chang’an.

The sacred aura seeped into the lines and lighted them up. A few minutes later, the light was gone. Only a Divine Talisman Master or an array master could tell the differences.

Some of the lines were blocked as if carriages blocked the Vermilion Bird Avenue of Chang’an.

He Mingchi stood among the trees in the imperial garden, feeling the changing underground until he confirmed what had happened was as good as expected and then he nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, as long as they could find the array’s eye pestle, they could break through the God-stunning Array, Chang’an, and even the Tang Empire.