Chapter 312 The Real Target

As if he had sensed something was happening, a black-robed Taoist priest poked his head out of the door.

Seeing all the guards fall, his face changed drastically, and he reached for the hidden pocket in his sleeve, and at the same time opened his mouth and exclaimed, "Someone——"

But he had just started, and before he even said the word "prison break", he was pierced by a dragon scale.

A frontal attack was also Xia Fan's prison break strategy.

Disguise and infiltrate, design and maneuver, it is possible to get into the prison, and if handled well, the risk may be lower, but all of these will take a lot of time to achieve. Once the Privy Council realizes that the palace is not the real target, the prison will be surrounded in a moment. When the high-level Taoist priests come, the chance of a successful escape will undoubtedly become very small.

Therefore, "quick battle and quick decision" is the core of the strategy.

Use a lightning-fast attack to break through the prison defense line and reach the cage where Yan Qing is imprisoned. While everyone's attention is attracted by the explosion, he escapes with the green sword. This method may seem reckless, but the shock technique is suitable for attacking, and with the support of the listener Luo Qingqing, it is not a problem to deal with several garrisoned Taoist priests. As for those ordinary guards and jailers, it is even more impossible to stop them.

After passing the fallen sixth-grade Taoist priest, Luo Qingqing took the lead and took the lead.

"I'm responsible for the front, you look at the back."

Six dragon scales unfolded behind her one by one, like floating golden wings.

This scene is very similar to the moment of encountering demons in the Qingshan Town Scholar Examination.

"Then you should be careful, there are Taoist priests above the third grade in the enemy."

Xia Fan did not compete for the first battle - although the shock technique is powerful, it is not suitable for defense. Compared with the attack and defense fairy dragon scale, Luo Qingqing is indeed more suitable to be the arrowhead of the team.

"Meow--"

When they walked halfway, a rolling cry came from outside the window.

The cat spirit stretched out its front paws and waved them down vigorously, "Meow!"

In front of the two people, there was a fork in the prison, one continued to extend forward, and the other led to the underground.

"You mean, Yan Qing is locked up down there?" Xia Fan asked.

"Meow!" Gun Gun shook his head vigorously.

Since it couldn't enter the prison to explore, this was the last guidance it could give.

Luo Qingqing and Xia Fan looked at each other and leaned over to walk towards the underground stairs.

The light below was obviously much dimmer, and the torches on the wall could only illuminate a small area around, making the ground under his feet even darker.

After walking a few steps, Xia Fan suddenly heard a light bang, like the buzzing of a bowstring suddenly loosened.

Before he could speak out to remind him, Luo Qingqing had already reacted.

Two dragon scales suddenly rushed out one after the other, splitting the arrow into two pieces in mid-air, while the other two pieces went straight into the dark passage, as fast as golden light!

A muffled "puff" sound came from a distance.

"Hit?"

"No..." Luo Qingqing frowned slightly in confusion, "The aim of the dragon scales should not be off, but the thing it hit looked like wood."

"Can you see the enemy's qi?" Xia Fan turned his back to the other party, holding the copper wire pendant tightly in his hand.

"Just now I did see a flash of qi, but now there is no trace, it should be hiding."

Being able to launch a preemptive attack in an environment where it is difficult to see your fingers, and also avoid the counterattack of the dragon scales, this is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. Xia Fan already had a hunch in his heart that this opponent was most likely the core alchemist of the Privy Council. In addition to Yan Qing, the people he had seen included Qian, Baizhan, Weihuang, and Yu Linglong. Among them, Yuyi Qian seemed to be more inclined to close combat, so he could probably be ruled out. In other words, the opponent should be one of the remaining three.

The good news is that in such an occasion that does not rely on vision, Luo Qingqing has a natural advantage. She can directly "see" the world composed of qi, and any sneak attack has nowhere to hide in her eyes.

Every time the enemy showed up, it was a test on the edge of life and death - what they had to do was to wait for the other party to reveal a flaw.

However, the next attack did not appear.

Time waits for no one. After a long stalemate, Luo Qingqing could only retract the dragon scales and continue to move deeper into the dungeon.

...

On the other side, Yu Linglong squatted behind the partition wall, her heart full of surprise and disbelief.

What did she see?

Xia Fan actually appeared in the prison of the Privy Council!

When the shadow shot the arrow from the dark, she had already aimed the arrow at the jailer from another angle - this was also one of her usual tricks, with the shadow's feint to the east and attack in the west, or both sides attacking at the same time, her unpredictable attack was enough to make the opponent unable to defend.

However, the moment she saw the appearance of the person coming with the help of the firelight, Yu Linglong's hand pulled the bow back.

She even couldn't believe her eyes.

Although Xia Fan had disguised his appearance, this change was not worth mentioning compared to his physical characteristics. It was okay to deceive the city guards who had never seen the real person, but it was impossible to hide from her insight. It was precisely because of this that Yu Linglong found it incredible.

Did he know that he was already the target of the Privy Council's close surveillance?

Once he was discovered, he would face a hunt that he could not escape.

At this time, it was naturally better to be as far away from Shangyuan City as possible, or everyone thought that they had gone far away, but he did not leave.

Not only did he not leave, he also broke into the prison of the Privy Council!

Faced with such a bold and ignorant act, Yu Linglong was surprised, but she felt a gentle warmth in her heart.

Xia Fan came here for no reason, it could only be to rescue that person.

Even though the other party was the core alchemist of the Privy Council, even though the risk was huge, he did not simply choose to let go.

This person is really... incredible.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about! Haven't you seen me being stabbed through?" Shadow emerged from behind her, shouting in dissatisfaction, "That woman is not easy to deal with, you'd better be careful. But I didn't expect Xia Fan to fall into the trap. This is a good opportunity to make merit. As long as you catch him-"

"If I catch him, no one can save Yan Qing." Yu Linglong interrupted the other party and said, "If no one saves Yan Qing, Yan Qing will die in prison. Doesn't that mean that if I let him go, Yan Qing can still live, and the second prince can't blame anyone?"

"Uh... It sounds reasonable." Shadow also thought about it, "But you and I know this matter. Don't you feel guilty for betraying the Privy Council like this?"

"What is conscience?"

"..." Shadow probably had never seen such a shameless answer, and was choked and speechless for a long time.

"Stay at the door," Yu Linglong ordered, "If anyone enters the prison without permission, notify me."

"Isn't the intruder right in front of you--" Seeing the other party's raised hand, Shadow immediately changed his words and said, "Okay, I'll go. What about you?"

She smiled slightly, "Of course I'll stay here to make sure he and Yan Qing meet safely."