Chapter 859 The Mysterious Maid?

"I don't know about that." Mo Han shook his head, "Maybe they have some special means to find out the whereabouts of the Chaos Artifact."

"No matter what, we can't let them get the Chaos Artifact!" Luo Chen said firmly, "Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"That's right." Qing Shuang nodded in agreement, "We must stop them!"

"But what should we do now?" Mo Han frowned and asked, "These people from the 'Holy Church' are powerful and numerous. We are not their opponents at all."

"It's definitely not possible to fight head-on." Luo Chen pondered for a moment and said, "We must outsmart them."

"Outsmart?" Mo Han and Qing Shuang looked at each other, both puzzled.

"Yes, outsmart." Luo Chen's eyes flashed a cunning light, "Since they want to use the Chaos Artifact to revive the 'Holy Lord', then we start with the Chaos Artifact and destroy their plan!"

"You mean..." Qing Shuang seemed to understand Luo Chen's idea.

"That's right." Luo Chen nodded, "Since the Chaos Artifact is so important, we may be able to strike first, find the Chaos Artifact, and then hide it or destroy it, so that they can't revive the 'Holy Lord'."

"This is a good idea!" Mo Han's eyes lit up and said excitedly, "As long as we find the Chaos Artifact, it's like strangling their throats. At that time, they can only let us slaughter them!"

"But where is the Chaos Artifact in the palace?" Qingshuang asked the key question.

"This..." Luo Chen and Mo Han were silent. Although they knew that the Chaos Artifact was in the palace, the palace was so big that finding the Chaos Artifact was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"It seems that we have to act separately." Qingshuang suddenly said.

"Act separately?" Luo Chen and Mo Han were a little surprised.

"That's right." Qingshuang nodded, "The three of us have our own strengths, and we should work together to improve efficiency."

"How do you plan to divide the work?" Luo Chen asked.

"Mo Han and I are responsible for finding the whereabouts of the Chaos Artifact." Qingshuang said, "Mo Han is proficient in mechanical arts, and I... am more familiar with the layout of the palace. The two of us should be able to find some clues together."

"What about you?" Mo Han looked at Luo Chen.

"Me?" Luo Chen was stunned, then he smiled, "Of course I am responsible... um, responsible for supporting you."

"Support?" Mo Han and Qingshuang were speechless. This guy, to put it nicely, is supporting, to put it bluntly, isn't it just a soy sauce?

"Don't look at me like that." Luo Chen shrugged, "I'm not strong enough, and I can't help you with the action. It's better to stay outside and keep an eye on you and find out the news by the way."

"Okay." Mo Han shook his head helplessly, "Then you stay outside and keep in touch at any time."

"No problem!" Luo Chen patted his chest and promised.

"There is no time to lose, let's act now." Qingshuang said, and turned to walk deep into the underground palace.

"Wait!" Mo Han suddenly called her.

"What's wrong?" Qing Shuang turned around and asked.

"You...are you familiar with the palace?" Mo Han hesitated for a moment, but still asked the doubts in his heart. He always felt that Qing Shuang's familiarity with the palace seemed to be beyond the cognition of ordinary people.

"Yeah." Qing Shuang responded lightly, without further explanation.

"You...have you been to the palace before?" Mo Han continued to ask.

"No." Qing Shuang shook her head.

"Then how could you..." Mo Han wanted to ask again, but was interrupted by Qing Shuang.

"Now is not the time to talk about these." Qing Shuang's tone was still calm, but a trace of imperceptible complex emotions flashed in her eyes, "Let's find the Chaos Artifact first."

After that, she ignored Mo Han and walked straight forward.

Mo Han looked at Qing Shuang's back, frowning, and his heart was full of doubts. But he knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it, so he could only suppress his doubts temporarily and follow.

Luo Chen looked at the two men's backs as they left, smiled, and said to himself: "These two guys are so mysterious, they must have some secrets to hide from me. But, forget it, who doesn't have some secrets? As long as they don't cheat me, it's fine."

After that, he turned and walked out of the underground palace.

The three of them acted separately and started their own investigations.

Qingshuang and Mo Han searched carefully in the underground palace, trying to find clues about the Chaos Artifact.

And Luo Chen left the underground palace and wandered around the palace, looking for information.

Time passed by minute by minute, and in a blink of an eye, two hours had passed.

Qingshuang and Mo Han still found nothing. There was no other discovery in the underground palace except those black-robed men.

And Luo Chen also found some information, but they were all insignificant gossips that did not help their actions.

Just when the three of them were at a loss, Qingshuang suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Mo Han asked.

"Here..." Qingshuang pointed to an inconspicuous corner and said, "Something seems to be wrong here."

"Something wrong?" Mo Han walked forward and carefully observed the place Qingshuang pointed, but did not find anything unusual.

"Is there anything wrong here?" Mo Han asked.

"I don't know." Qingshuang shook his head, "But I always feel that there seems to be something hidden here."

As she said this, she squatted down and looked carefully.

Seeing this, Mo Han also squatted down and started looking with Qing Shuang.

The two searched carefully for a long time, and finally, Qing Shuang found a slight trace on a stone brick.

"This is..." Qing Shuang's eyes lit up, as if she had found something.

"What is this?" Mo Han also came over.

"This seems to be an ancient text." Qing Shuang said, "I have seen it in an ancient book."

"Ancient text?" Mo Han frowned, "What is written on it?"

"Let me see..." Qing Shuang carefully identified the text on the stone brick. After a moment, she showed a look of surprise on her face, "Found it!"

"What did you find?" Mo Han asked hurriedly.

"Clues about the Chaos Artifact!" Qingshuang said excitedly, "This records the place where the Chaos Artifact is sealed!"

"Really?" Mo Han also got excited, "Where is it?"

"Nine Dragon Tower!" Qingshuang said word by word, "The Chaos Artifact is sealed in the forbidden area of ​​the palace - the Nine Dragon Tower!"

"Nine Dragon Tower?" Mo Han frowned, "What is that place?"

"The Nine Dragon Tower is a forbidden area of ​​the palace. It is said that there are nine evil dragons suppressed inside. It is extremely dangerous. No one except the emperor is allowed to enter." Qingshuang explained.

"Then what should we do?" Mo Han asked, "We can't just force our way in, right?"

"Of course we can't force our way in." Qingshuang shook her head, "It's also recorded here that nine special keys are needed to open the seal of the Nine Dragon Tower."

"Nine keys?" Mo Han's face turned ugly, "Where can we find them?"

"Don't worry." Qingshuang comforted, "It also records some clues about the keys. We should be able to find them as long as we follow the clues."

"Okay." Mo Han nodded, "Then let's go find the keys now."

"Yeah." Qingshuang responded, and together with Mo Han, they searched for the keys according to the clues recorded on the stone bricks.

On the other side, Luo Chen was still wandering around the palace.

Suddenly, he saw a palace maid sneaking towards the Imperial Garden.

"Strange, why is she going to the Imperial Garden so late?" Luo Chen was puzzled and followed quietly.

After the maid arrived at the Imperial Garden, she looked around and made sure that there was no one around. Then she took out a piece of paper from her bosom and stuffed it into the gap of a rockery.

After doing all this, she left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Luo Chen hurried over and took out the note from the gap of the rockery.

When he opened it, he saw that it said: "Nine Dragon Tower, the first key, midnight, Imperial Garden."

"This is..." Luo Chen's eyes lit up, and he was secretly happy in his heart, "Is this the clue about the key?"

He looked at the sky and saw that there was still some time before midnight, so he decided to wait here first.

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon, it was midnight.

Luo Chen hid in a dark place, quietly observing the movements of the Imperial Garden.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the Imperial Garden, it was the maid before.

She walked to the rockery, took out a key from her bosom, and inserted it into a hole on the rockery.

With a "click", the rockery slowly opened, revealing a secret passage.

"Sure enough, there is a secret passage!" Luo Chen was delighted and was about to follow, but suddenly stopped.

"No, how could this maid know that the key is here? Moreover, she seems to know everything about our actions. There may be a trick!"

A trace of vigilance flashed in Luo Chen's eyes. He decided to wait and see what the maid wanted to do.

After the maid entered the secret passage, she quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Luo Chen waited for a moment, and after making sure that the maid had gone far away, he quietly followed.

He walked along the secret passage and soon came to a spacious stone chamber.

In the center of the stone chamber, there was a stone platform, and on the stone platform, there was a key!

"Is this the first key?" Luo Chen was delighted and was about to go forward to take it, but suddenly stopped.

"No, how can this key be obtained so easily? There must be a trick!"

A sly light flashed in Luo Chen's eyes. He did not go forward to get the key directly, but took out a stone from his arms and threw it at the key.

With a "whoosh", the stone hit the key.

At this moment, something strange happened!

I saw countless arrows suddenly shot out from all around the stone room, shooting at the key on the stone platform!

"Sure enough, there is a trick!" Luo Chen was shocked and dodged quickly.

The arrows shot on the stone platform, making a "ding-dong" sound, and smashed the key on the stone platform into pieces!

"It's a close call!" Luo Chen secretly rejoiced that he did not rush forward, otherwise, he would be the one shot into a hedgehog.

"Who is this palace maid? Why did she do this?" Luo Chen was full of doubts.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the stone chamber: "As expected of Luo Chen, you are really alert."

Luo Chen was startled and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw that the palace maid had appeared in the stone chamber at some point and was looking at him with a playful look on her face.

"Who are you?" Luo Chen asked in a deep voice.

"You will soon know who I am." The maid smiled and said, "But before that, I have a gift for you."

After that, she took out a note from her bosom and threw it to Luo Chen.

Luo Chen took the note and opened it. It read: "Nine Dragon Tower, second key, Chou hour, library."

"This is..." Luo Chen narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "What does this maid want to do?"

"Okay, my mission is completed." The maid said, "Next, it's up to you."

After that, she turned and walked out of the secret passage.

"Wait!" Luo Chen stopped her, "Why are you helping me?"

Luo Chen stopped the maid who was about to leave, with a puzzled light in his eyes.

He really couldn't figure out why this mysterious maid helped him again and again.

The maid stopped and smiled, with a hint of cunning and helplessness in her smile: "Do you need a reason to help someone? Maybe I just like you?"

"I like you?" Luo Chen's mouth twitched. What kind of reason is this? He didn't believe that this maid would risk her life to help him for such a nonsensical reason.

"Believe it or not." The maid shrugged, seemingly not caring about Luo Chen's suspicion, "But I advise you to find the other two keys as soon as possible, otherwise, when the people of the 'Holy Church' react, you will be in trouble."

"Wait!" Luo Chen said hurriedly, "You haven't told me yet, who are you? And why did you betray the 'Holy Church'?"

"My name is Ling'er." Ling'er said softly, "As for why I betrayed the 'Holy Church'...you will know later."

"Ling'er..." Luo Chen muttered to himself, remembering the name in his heart. He looked at Ling'er, his eyes still full of doubts, but he also knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it.

"Okay." Luo Chen nodded, "Then let's go find the other two keys first. But you have to tell me, does the 'Holy Church' have other undercovers in the palace?"

"Yes." Ling'er said without hesitation, "And they are all very powerful, you must be careful."

"How powerful?" Luo Chen asked.

"At least... much more powerful than the ones you are facing now." Ling'er's tone became solemn, "So, you must not act rashly, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

"I know." Luo Chen nodded, secretly alert in his heart. It seems that this palace is far more dangerous than he imagined.

"Okay, that's all." Ling'er said, "I should go. Remember, at Chou time, the library, the second key."