Chapter 1320: The Branch Hall Burned to Ruins

Li Taihang, Lin Yue, and Li Jiang disguised themselves and returned to the city.

At this time, martial law has begun in the city, leaving only one gate for passage. Even when passing by, soldiers will stare at it.

They seemed to be looking at other people's faces to see if they were zombies.

After all, the city was in panic because of the zombie incident in the Xingheng Branch Hall.

Because of their disguises, Li Taihang and the others were not noticed by the soldiers.

Surprisingly, among the soldiers guarding the city gate, there were actually Knights from the Templar.

They also helped keep an eye on the people coming in and out, but they didn't just go up to intercept them like the soldiers.

On the streets, in addition to pedestrians, there were more soldiers patrolling. Occasionally, there were Templar knights passing by, or watching in the dark.

"I didn't expect the city to change so much? There are people watching everywhere." Lin Yue said in a low voice.

"Yeah, thanks to me becoming the Corpse King, otherwise I wouldn't be able to avoid the secret observation of these Templars." Li Jiang had a feeling of luck.

He might have been caught at the city gate when he was in a flying state.

The three of them communicated quietly along the way and slowly arrived near the Xingheng Branch Hall.

But they did not go any further. Instead, they found an inn nearby and stayed in it.

Then, he observed the situation in the Xingheng Branch Hall upstairs.

But he saw that the surrounding area was under full martial law, not only the soldiers of the city lord, but also the soldiers and knights of the temple.

They formed three lines of defense.

The first line of defense is the soldiers sent by the city lord. They guard the outermost perimeter to prevent anyone from approaching within a few hundred meters of the Xingheng Branch Hall.

The second line of defense is the soldiers of the temple. They are established in the center to prevent anyone from accidentally or deliberately breaking in. They are only a hundred meters away from the Xingheng Branch Hall.

The third line of defense was guarded by the Knights Templar themselves.

They stood guard around the Xingheng Branch Hall, watching the surroundings vigilantly and forbidding anyone from approaching.

Looking further into the Xingheng Branch Hall, the entire Xingheng Branch Hall has been reduced to ruins.

There were people inside clearing the ruins, and those people were the Templars.

At this time, the leader of the Knights of the Temple asked the knights who were cleaning up the ruins, "How is the cleaning going?"

"It will take half a day to get back to the captain," the knight replied.

"Well, speed up, the master will be here soon." The leader urged.

"yes."

The knights rushed to clean up the ruins, and the burned debris was also removed in piles.

But because they didn't know the specific location or the entrance situation, they didn't clean up too violently, but carefully cleaned up the garbage.

The regiment leader went to patrol the perimeter again, and also sent people to keep an eye on the perimeter, not allowing anyone to get close to here.

You must know that the secrets of the temple are hidden here and must not be exposed.

"It seems that the defense is quite tight." Li Taixing told them after observing.

"Sir, what should we do next?" Li Jiang asked.

"There's no rush. You guys can observe here first." Li Taixing thought for a while and said, "I'll go out and check the situation."

"Yes, Young Master!" Li Jiang responded.

"Okay." Lin Yue replied.

In the city lord's palace.

Li Taixing quietly lurked into the city lord's mansion, wanting to see what the situation was like here.

In the city lord's palace.

The city lord and the general are discussing secretly, because the temple has sent people to take over the affairs of the Xingheng Branch Hall, and they also have to discuss some countermeasures.

However, fortunately, the temple did not come immediately to settle the score with them.

On the contrary, let them help build the defense line, and then let them guard it well.

"City Lord, what do you think they are doing?" the general couldn't help but ask.

The city lord took a sip of tea and shook his head, "I don't know, but looking at them, they seem to be looking for something."

"Looking for something?"

"It should be a very valuable thing." The city lord put down the tea cup and said.

"Really? Is there any secret hidden in this Xingheng Branch Hall?" the general asked.

The city lord stroked his beard, "Probably, it's strange here because it's strange. What is hidden in it? It actually alerted a purple-clothed bishop of the temple?"

"That's right." The general nodded, and suddenly his heart moved, and asked: "City Lord, are we?"

"Don't!"

The city lord naturally understood what he meant and quickly gave up on this terrible idea.

"We must not interfere. We just maintain order and fully cooperate with them."

The city lord was timid and seemed frightened.

"Yes!" the general said helplessly.

Although the Xingheng branch is on their territory, according to the agreement, he has no right to interfere with the affairs of the temple branch. It is good to be able to send people out to maintain order.

Moreover, dozens of their soldiers died as a result. Not only did this incident bring no benefit to them, but they also suffered a huge loss.

"What about the accountability at the temple?"

"It's okay, we have an agreement."

The city lord had already figured out how to deal with this matter, and the dozens of soldiers he died could also be used to make a case against the Xingheng Branch Hall for its inaction.

Of course, the specific method of operation depends on the city lord himself and the attitude of the temple.

After Li Taixing figured out the attitude of the City Lord's Mansion, he quickly left.

"It seems that the main enemy this time is still the temple. The city lord does not want to interfere in this matter."

Then, Li Taihang left the City Lord's Mansion and quietly came to the outside of the Xingheng Branch Hall.

At this time, Li Taihang was alone. After finding out the situation of the Xingheng Branch Hall, he knew that they were indeed looking for something, and according to Li Taihang's divine sense, it was the demon corpse.

Although he didn't know where they got the real demon corpse from, the demon corpse was very powerful. In terms of realm, it could reach the level of the Sword God, and even because of its physique, it was better than the Sword God.

"We must get this corpse and refine it into our own puppet, and then use it to deal with the people of the Temple. It's perfect." Li Taihang thought to himself.

Then, he quickly returned to the inn.

After returning to the inn, Li Taihang asked: "Did you encounter any situation?"

Lin Yue nodded, "Just now, some soldiers came to investigate us, but they didn't find anything."

"That's good."

Li Taihang also told the two about the situation outside.

"Brother Li, what should we do next?" Lin Yue asked curiously.

Li Jiang also looked at him curiously.

Li Taihang whispered: "I plan to seize the demon corpse in their underground!"

"Ah?"

"But what is its use?"

"There are two purposes for seizing it. One is to weaken the power of the temple, and the other is to refine it into a puppet and make it our super fighter." Li Taihang said his idea, and the two were very surprised after listening.

For the first reason, they felt it was justifiable.

But for the second reason, can they really do it?

However, when Lin Yue saw Li Taihang say this, it must be no problem.

"That's fine!" Lin Yue nodded.

"But the defense there is tight, how should we get in?" Lin Yue asked.

"Have you forgotten the hidden gem?" Li Taihang said.

"Oh, yes." Lin Yue suddenly realized and said happily: "With this hidden gem in hand, it will be difficult for them to find us."

"Yeah."

"Then sir, when do we set off?" Li Jiang also seemed a little impatient.

Li Taihang thought for a moment and said, "We'll set off after they dig through the underground passage."

"Okay."

So they decided to wait in the inn. After two hours, as the ruins were thoroughly cleared, the hidden underground passage was also dug through.

"Captain, we found it."

This surprised the Knights' leader, Bamon, very much, "Really? That's great."

Bamon hurried to the entrance, took a look at the dark entrance, nodded, and thought to himself, "It seems to be here. I can feel the evil breath coming from it."

Immediately, Bamon turned around and said, "Okay, it's finally dug through. You guard this place well and never let outsiders in. Do you understand?"

Bamon immediately gave orders and gave instructions.

"Yes!"

Bamon immediately called in heavy troops and guarded the entrance heavily.

"They have succeeded." Li Taihang used his spiritual sense to sense the situation over there and told Lin Yue and Li Jiang.

"Then shall we go there now?" Lin Yue was a little worried.

If they go too late, will they lose this good opportunity?

"But how can we pass those defense lines?" Lin Yue asked puzzledly.

"Have you forgotten our hidden gem?" Li Taihang said speechlessly.

"Oh, right." Lin Yue came back to his senses and laughed awkwardly.

"Okay, let's go." Li Taihang said.

"Okay."

Lin Yue nodded, used the hidden gem, covered the three of them, and disappeared on the spot.

The three of them passed through the defensive line of those soldiers, came to the ruins of Xingheng Temple, and then walked towards the entrance.

"Watch out, don't let a fly run in, otherwise you will die." A knight captain said to the knight guarding the gate.

"Yes."

There were many knights guarding there. At the same time, in order to prevent someone from sneaking in, they used detection magic from time to time to check the surroundings to prevent someone from sneaking in.

But this had no effect on the hidden gem.

"Let's go, don't worry." Li Taihang saw that Lin Yue and Li Jiang had stopped, and understood their concerns, so he reminded them.

"Okay."

At the same time, under Li Taihang's amplification, the effect of the hidden gem was increased by a hundred times.

And the detection magic couldn't detect anything at all.

Besides, they could also avoid the detection magic.

Soon, they came to the heavily guarded entrance, and there were already knights all around them.

However, they seemed not to see the three people, and just like that, the three people passed them and entered the underground passage.