Chapter 860 Countless Mysteries!

"When it's ugly, the library..." Luo Chen repeated the message left by Ling'er, and his mind was full of thoughts. Who is this mysterious palace maid, or this woman who calls herself Ling'er? Why did she help herself? Why betray the "holy religion"? All of this was like a cloud of fog, shrouding Luo Chen's heart.

However, now is obviously not the time to think about these things. The most urgent task is to find the second key to stop the conspiracy of the "Holy Church".

Luo Chen looked at the sky, and there was still some time before the Chou Shi. He decided to go to Qingshuang and Mo Han first, tell them the information provided by Ling'er, and then discuss the next step together.

Luo Chen quietly left the Imperial Garden and followed the original path back to the underground palace. At this time, Qingshuang and Mo Han had returned to the entrance of the underground palace, and they were anxiously waiting for Luo Chen's return.

"How are you? Have you found clues about the Chaos Artifact?" Luo Chen asked impatiently as soon as he saw the two of them.

"Finished!" Qingshuang's face showed an excited expression, "We found some ancient words on a stone brick, which recorded the sealed place of the Chaos Artifact - the Nine Dragon Tower! Moreover, it also mentioned that Nine special keys are required to open the seal.”

"Nine Dragon Tower? Nine Keys?" Luo Chen was stunned. Isn't this the information Ling'er told him? It seems that Ling'er did not lie to him.

"That's right." Mo Han nodded, "However, we only found a part of the clues about these nine keys, and it's still a lot short of it."

"I know another clue." Luo Chen said, and then told Qingshuang and Mo Han about the information provided by Ling'er.

"Ling'er? A palace maid?" Qingshuang and Mo Han looked at each other, both a little surprised. "Why did she help us?" Qingshuang asked.

"I don't know." Luo Chen shook his head, "She said her name was Ling'er. As for why she wanted to help us, she didn't say it, just asked us to find the key as soon as possible, and also said that "Holy Church" has other undercover agents in the palace. , let's be careful."

"It seems that this palace is far more complicated than we imagined." Mo Han frowned and said, "Who is this Ling'er? Is her words trustworthy?"

"No matter who she is, at least part of the information she provides is true." Luo Chen said, "She knows the Jiulong Tower and the Nine Keys, which is consistent with the clues you found."

"That's true." Mo Han nodded, "What should we do now? As she said, go to the library to find a second key?"

"Go, of course you have to go." Luo Chen said firmly, "No matter whether this is a trap or not, we must go and see it. Otherwise, if the key falls into the hands of the "Holy Church", the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Okay, then go and have a look." Qingshuang nodded in agreement, "But we must act carefully just in case."

"Yes." Luo Chen and Mo Han both nodded.

The three of them had decided to go to the library together when they were ugly.

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon, it was ugly. Luo Chen, Qingshuang and Mo Han quietly left the underground palace and sneaked towards the library.

The Library Pavilion is the place where classics are stored in the palace. It is located in the northwest corner of the palace and is a tall attic. At this time, the night was already deep, and there was silence around the library, with only a few dim lanterns swaying in the night wind.

The three of them came outside the library and found that the door of the library was closed and there were no guards at the door.

"Strange, why is there no one guarding the library?" Mo Han said in confusion.

"Perhaps, it's because the books stored here are all stored, and the people of the 'Holy Church' think there is no value here." Luo Chen guessed.

"No matter what, we should be careful." Qingshuang said, then took a step forward and gently pushed the door of the library.

The door opened with a sound and was not locked.

"It seems that we are lucky." Luo Chen smiled and said.

The three of them walked into the library and found it was pitch black inside and could not see their five fingers.

"Why are there no lights here?" Mo Han asked.

"Maybe it's for fire prevention." Qingshuang said, "After all, everything stored here is all books, so it's easy to catch fire."

"What should we do then? You can't look for it in the dark, right?" Mo Han said.

"I have a way." Luo Chen said, taking out a talisman from his arms, and with a light wave, the talisman burned and emitted a faint light.

"Is this a illumination talisman?" Qingshuang asked.

"Yeah." Luo Chen nodded, "This was what I used to exchange for points when I was in the Random Cultivator League. I was never willing to use it. Today it finally came in handy."

With the light of the illumination talisman, the three of them began to search in the library.

There are three floors in the library, each of which is filled with bookshelf, and various books are densely packed on the bookshelf. The three of them acted separately, carefully flipping through the books on the bookshelf, trying to find clues about the second key.

However, they searched all the books on the first floor and found no useful information.

"Strange, why didn't there be?" Luo Chen frowned and said, "Is the information Ling'er gave false?"

"Probably not." Qingshuang said, "She has no reason to lie to us."

"Can it be that the key is not here?" Mo Han guessed.

"It's possible." Luo Chen nodded, "Let's go to the second floor to take a look."

The three of them came to the second floor and continued to search. However, the situation on the second floor was the same as that on the first floor. They searched through all the books and found no clues about the key.

"This is trouble." Mo Han's face became ugly, "If we can't find the key, we can't stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'."

"Don't be discouraged." Qing Shuang comforted, "There is still the third floor, let's go to the third floor to have a look."

The three of them came to the third floor and found that there were fewer bookshelves on the third floor than on the first and second floors, and most of the books on the bookshelves were some miscellaneous books, and there were no important classics.

"It seems that this should be a place to store some unimportant books." Luo Chen said.

"Will the key be here?" Mo Han asked.

"I don't know." Luo Chen shook his head, "But since we are here, let's look for it."

The three of them continued to search on the third floor. Suddenly, Qingshuang stopped and pointed to a bookshelf in a corner and said, "Look there."

Luo Chen and Mo Han looked in the direction Qingshuang pointed, and saw a thick book on the bookshelf. On the cover of the book, there were four big characters - "The Secret History of the Imperial Family".

"The Secret History of the Imperial Family?" Luo Chen's eyes lit up, "Could this be related to the key?"

"It's possible." Qingshuang nodded, "Let's take a look."

The three of them walked forward and took down the Secret History of the Imperial Family. When they opened it, they saw that it contained some secrets about the imperial family of the Tianyuan Empire.

"Will there be any records about the key on it?" Mo Han asked.

"I don't know." Luo Chen shook his head, "Let's take a closer look."

The three of them carefully flipped through the Secret History of the Imperial Family, and suddenly, Luo Chen's eyes stopped on a page.

"Found it!" Luo Chen said excitedly, "Look here!"

Qing Shuang and Mo Han came over quickly and saw that the page read: "Nine keys of the Nine Dragon Tower are hidden in nine places in the imperial palace. The second key is hidden in the third floor of the library, the third row of the 'Tian' bookshelf, the fifth book."

"I really found it!" Mo Han was also excited, "It turns out that the key is hidden in this book!"

"The 'Tian' bookshelf, the third row, the fifth book..." Luo Chen found the book according to the instructions in the book, and then took the book off the bookshelf.

This is a very ordinary book, with no words on the cover. Luo Chen opened the pages and searched carefully.

Suddenly, he touched a hard object sandwiched between the pages.

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

"This is the second key!" Mo Han said excitedly, "We finally found it!"

"Great!" Qingshuang also smiled, "Now, we have found two keys. As long as we find the remaining seven, we can stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!"

"Well." Luo Chen nodded, "Let's go find other keys without delay."

Just then, a voice suddenly sounded behind them: "What are you looking for?"

The three of them were startled and looked back quickly. They saw a man in a black robe who appeared behind them at some point and was looking at them with a sinister smile.

"Who are you?" Luo Chen asked in a deep voice, while secretly hiding the key behind him.

"You will soon know who I am." The man in black robe smiled sinisterly and said, "But before that, you should go with me first."

"Go with you? Dream on!" Mo Han snorted and said, "Why should we go with you?"

"Because you have no choice." The man in black robe said, and suddenly rushed towards the three people.

"Be careful!" Luo Chen shouted and quickly pushed Qingshuang and Mo Han away.

The black-robed man was very fast. Luo Chen had just pushed Qingshuang and Mo Han away when the black-robed man's attack had already reached him.

Luo Chen quickly dodged, but he was still a step slower and was hit in the chest by the black-robed man.

"Puff!" Luo Chen spit out a mouthful of blood and flew backwards.

"Luo Chen!" Qingshuang and Mo Han exclaimed and hurriedly ran towards Luo Chen.

"You should take care of yourself first!" The black-robed man sneered and chased after Qingshuang and Mo Han.

"Damn it!" Mo Han cursed angrily, blocked in front of Qingshuang, and fought with the black-robed man.

"Mo Han, be careful!" Qingshuang shouted anxiously while helping Luo Chen up.

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Mo Han said while fighting with the black-robed man, "You guys go quickly, I'll hold him back!"

"No, if you want to go, go together!" Qing Shuang said firmly.

"Don't be silly, you guys go quickly!" Mo Han shouted loudly, "If you don't go now, it will be too late!"

"Mo Han is right, let's go first!" Luo Chen struggled to stand up and said, "The green mountains are there, there is no worry about firewood, let's leave here first, and then find a way to deal with him!"

"But..." Qing Shuang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Luo Chen.

"Don't say but, go quickly!" Luo Chen said, pulling Qing Shuang up and running out of the library.

"You can't leave!" Seeing this, the black-robed man wanted to chase him, but was entangled by Mo Han.

"Your opponent is me!" Mo Han shouted loudly, "If you want to go, defeat me first!"

"Looking for death!" The black-robed man roared and increased the intensity of his attack.

Although Mo Han was not weak, he was still a little inferior to the black-robed man. Soon, he fell into a disadvantage and had several more wounds on his body.

"Mo Han, be careful!" Luo Chen and Qing Shuang ran away, looking back at Mo Han, their hearts full of worry.

"Don't worry about me, go!" Mo Han shouted loudly, "Remember, you must stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!"

"Mo Han..." Qing Shuang's eyes were full of tears. She knew that Mo Han chose to stay for them.

"Don't cry, let's go!" Luo Chen pulled Qing Shuang and ran forward without looking back.

The two ran out of the library and ran all the way until they ran a long way before stopping.

"Mo Han..." Qing Shuang said with a sob, "He will be fine, right?"

"Don't worry, he will be fine." Luo Chen comforted, "He is so smart, he will definitely be able to get away."

"Yeah." Qing Shuang nodded, but her eyes were still full of worry.

"What should we do now?" Qingshuang asked, "Should we look for other keys?"

"Of course we should." Luo Chen said firmly, "We can't give up, we must stop the conspiracy of the 'Holy Church'!"

"But now we have alerted the enemy, and the people of the 'Holy Church' will definitely strengthen their vigilance. It will be even more difficult for us to find other keys." Qingshuang said.

"We have to look for them." Luo Chen said, "No matter how difficult it is, we have to try. Moreover, we have the clues given by Ling'er. As long as we follow the clues, we should be able to find them."

"Okay." Qingshuang nodded, "Where should we go next?"

"Go..." Luo Chen was about to say the next place, but suddenly, he stopped, as if he thought of something.

"What's wrong?" Qingshuang asked.

"We... seem to have overlooked a problem." Luo Chen said, "Could the clues Ling'er gave be a trap?"

"Trap?" Qing Shuang was stunned, "You mean, Ling'er deliberately gave us wrong clues to lure us into the trap?"

"That's right." Luo Chen nodded, "Think about it, why would Ling'er help us? Why did she betray the 'Holy Church'? All this is too strange. Moreover, the clues she gave are too easy to get, which is totally unreasonable."

"Then what do you mean..." Qing Shuang's face turned ugly, "We were deceived by Ling'er?"

"Not necessarily deceived." Luo Chen said, "But at least, we can't trust her completely. We must prepare for the worst, just in case."

"What should we do now?" Qing Shuang asked, "Do we still have to look for the key according to the clues Ling'er gave?"