Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 105: The Imperial Seal? This is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty!
Yuan Shao thought that things were developing according to his plan, but he didn't know that the main driving force behind this was actually Ji Qiu.

It was Ji Qiu who used the toxin developed by Zhang Zhongjing to infect a large number of Northern Army soldiers with the plague, which led things step by step to this point.

The fundamental reason why Ji Qiu did this was to be able to enter the palace and seize the imperial seal!
"Okay, let's go to Chengde Hall now without further ado!" Ji Qiu said lightly.

The imperial seal was placed in Chengde Hall, which was one of the thirty-six main halls of the Eastern Han Dynasty imperial palace.

Located in the northwest corner of the palace.

The place is heavily guarded, with armored soldiers patrolling and guarding it day and night.

Although now, because Yuan Shao attacked the imperial palace, the Ten Eunuchs transferred all the garrison forces in the palace to Jiulong Gate to resist Yuan Shao.

But Ji Qiu was not sure whether the defense forces here included the defense forces of Chengde Palace.

After all, the Chengde Palace contains the imperial seal, and the garrison responsible for guarding the Chengde Palace is an independent system in the palace and does not accept general transfer orders.

So he didn't dare to use the time and space gate to go directly to Chengde Hall. He needed to go to the palace near Chengde Hall first, and then walk there.

So Zhang Ning used the secret technique of moving forward, reducing both his own and Ji Qiu's presence.

Ji Qiu took out a dagger that exuded a mysterious aura from his personal space.

The overall shape of this dagger is exquisite yet domineering.

The blade is long and narrow, like a cold crescent moon, and the edge of the blade flashes with a cold light, as if it can cut through the void.

It is engraved with winding dragon patterns using a rare secret method.

Those dragon patterns seem like living things, and they seem to take off into the sky in the changing light and shadow. The scales on the dragon's body are detailed and meticulous, and the dragon's whiskers and claws are lifelike, showing the majesty and mystery of the ancient dragon clan.

The handle is made of rare dragon marrow crystal, which is warm with a hint of chill. The grip fits the palm perfectly, as if it has a natural understanding with the user.

The name of this dagger is Hidden Dragon Cold Blade.

It is a third-grade advanced dragon weapon that can perform third-grade advanced dragon energy secret techniques and become invisible!

This was what Ji Qiu got from Jian Shuo. When he captured Jian Shuo in the Shangjun Captain's Mansion, Jian Shuo was able to hide his body by relying on the ability of this dagger.

However, the invisibility secret of this dagger can only allow the user to hide his body, but not his breath.

This enabled Jian Shuo to accurately lock onto Ji Qiu's breath when he used the life detector to detect him.

However, Zhang Ning's stealth technique can reduce his presence, which is equivalent to having the effect of hiding his aura.

Combining these two secret techniques allows one to conceal both form and aura, increasing their power exponentially!

Ji Qiu held the Hidden Dragon Cold Blade and performed the secret technique of invisibility.

In an instant, an invisible wave emanated from the Hidden Dragon Cold Blade, as if covering Ji Qiu and Zhang Ning with an invisible veil.

The surrounding scene remained the same, but in the eyes of others, they gradually dissipated into the air like a wisp of smoke.

At this moment, they could clearly feel their own existence, yet seemed to merge with the world, becoming an observer hidden in the darkness.

In stealth mode, they moved freely and their footsteps were so light that there was no sound at all.

Whether he was moving through a bustling crowd or sneaking into a heavily guarded enemy camp, he would not cause any ripples.

The enemies are close at hand, but are completely unaware of them. They are like the god of death coming from the shadows, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.

However, the secret technique of invisibility of the Hidden Dragon Cold Blade is not completely invincible.

The invisibility secret technique will continuously consume dragon energy, and the more people covered by the invisibility range, the faster the dragon energy will be consumed.

Therefore, the usage time of the invisibility secret technique is potentially limited.

Ji Qiu must rationally plan the amount of his dragon energy to calculate the time he can use the secret technique of invisibility.

After performing the secret technique of invisibility, Ji Qiu took Zhang Ning and quickly rushed to Chengde Palace.

Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at Chengde Hall.

Chengde Hall is a huge palace with a broad base paved with heavy stones, each of which is polished to be smooth.

The hall stands like a giant, and its vermilion pillars are so thick and solid that it takes dozens of people to hug them together, and they firmly support the towering roof.

The roof of the hall is stacked layer upon layer, and the flying eaves and corners are like a dragon's head raised high. The glazed tiles sparkle in the sun, as if covering this grand building with a layer of gorgeous golden clothes.

As you cross the high threshold and enter the hall, the air of luxury hits you.

The golden bricks paving the ground have been polished over the years and have a soft luster. Every step you take seems to be able to hear the echo of history.

On the walls, murals outlined with gold lines and inlaid with gems depict mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and the majesty of the emperor. The colors are bright and the characters are lifelike, and every detail shows the exquisite craftsmanship.

The figures in the murals, some wearing tall hats and wide belts, some with strong postures, seem to be interpreting the splendor and glory of the past.

In the center of the hall is a dragon throne that symbolizes supreme power.

The dragon throne is made of finely carved rosewood. Nine golden dragons are coiled on the armrests and backrests. The dragons have strong bodies, dense scales, and wide-open eyes, as if they will break through the wall and fly into the sky at any time.

The chair's seat is adorned with auspicious cloud patterns embroidered in gold thread, and the soft seat and backrest are filled with rare bird and animal fur, creating a warm and comfortable feel. Above the dragon throne, a vast caisson ceiling, nested layer upon layer, resembles a mysterious vortex in the sky. At its center, a massive night-shining pearl emanates a soft and mysterious glow, illuminating the entire area like a fairyland.

On both sides of the dragon throne, there are a wide variety of rare treasures on display.

The crane carved from jade has an elegant posture and the texture on its wings is clearly visible.

The vase is made of white jade and is inlaid with rubies and sapphires, which shine brightly under the candlelight.

There is also a bead curtain made of South China Sea pearls, hanging on the side, and when the breeze blows, it makes a crisp and pleasant sound.

Every artifact here exudes nobility and luxury, demonstrating the royal honor and majesty.

But none of these could attract Ji Qiu's attention.

Ji Qiu's attention was completely focused on the table in front of the dragon throne.

It was a large desk, made of thousand-year-old sunken wood. The wood was shiny black, and the texture seemed to contain the vicissitudes and mystery of time.

The four legs of the table are carved into the shape of a coiled dragon. The dragon's body is strong and powerful, and its claws are tightly grasping the ground, as if to firmly root the table in this imperial land, showing its majesty and solemnity.

The table top is wide and flat, with a map of the nine provinces' mountains and rivers outlined with gold threads. Every mountain, river, and city is lifelike, as if the whole world is encompassed here.

On the table, the official seals of the governors of 105 counties across the country are neatly arranged. Each seal is exquisitely carved and made of precious materials.

There is warm Hetian jade, which has a soft luster under the candlelight;
There are ancient bronze seals, which have been covered with mottled rust over the years, but they look more profound;
There are also crystal clear crystal prints that reflect colorful light.

These official seals are arranged in order of prefectures and counties, like an army waiting for inspection.

Only the location of Taishan County was empty, but this was because Liu Hong had given the official seal of the Taishan County prefect to Ji Qiu in advance, which led to the lack of an official seal here.

All the official seals of the prefects formed a square direction, and in the center of the direction was a jade seal with a corner missing.

This jade seal is four inches square, with five dragons intertwined on the top. The seal inscription reads "Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper." The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, as if it contains the supreme destiny and majesty.

The jade seal is made of Heshi Bi, which is pure white, warm and lustrous. Under the candlelight, it emits a soft and mysterious light, like a bright moon, attracting everyone's attention.

It is surrounded by seals, just like the moon surrounded by thousands of stars, highlighting its unique and noble status and symbolizing the supremacy of imperial power.

This is the legendary imperial seal!

Ji Qiu was filled with heroic spirit, and he used the imperial seal and the official seals of the prefects of each county to harvest the spiritual energy of the people of the world.

This system is said to have been first established by Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

After Emperor Qin Shi Huang conquered the six kingdoms, he divided the world into 36 counties and appointed 36 county governors.

Then we have the basic model of this system.

All the dragon energy generated by the influence of the court's orthodox name on the people's minds was absorbed into the official seals of the prefects of each county.

It was then transferred from the prefect's official seal to the imperial seal, and was used by the emperor or the son of heaven.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and later this system was inherited and developed in the Han Dynasty.

During the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, every time the Han emperors established a new county, they would add a new seal of the prefect to this system.

Then the number of Taishou's seals gradually increased, and finally there were 105 Taishou's seals as we have today!
Therefore, the imperial seal represents more than just a jade seal, or even just a powerful dragon weapon.

What it represents is the name of the orthodoxy of the world, and more importantly, the massive amount of dragon energy that is harvested because of the name of the orthodoxy of the world!
No wonder in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shu obtained the imperial seal and had the courage to become emperor.

Ji Qiu didn't know how much appeal the imperial seal in the history of the Three Kingdoms period had.

But among the Three Kingdoms, if Yuan Shu could still obtain the imperial seal, he would probably still muster the courage to become emperor.

Because the benefits brought by the imperial seal are so great.

The significance of possessing the imperial seal is no less than that of Cao Cao using the emperor to control the princes!
And if one could obtain both the imperial seal and the official seals of the governors of 105 counties in the world at the same time.

That would be even more amazing.

Because from now on, as long as the Han Empire has not completely perished, as long as the people of the world still remember the former glory of the Han Empire, he will be able to gain a considerable amount of spiritual dragon energy from it!

And this is just the guaranteed income.

If it develops upward, Ji Qiu can completely rebuild a new imperial spiritual dragon energy harvesting system based on this!

However, Ji Qiu's excitement was eventually calmed down by him.

Because although there were no armored soldiers patrolling outside Chengde Hall day and night, there were still people guarding inside Chengde Hall.

There were not many people in charge of guarding, only sixteen in total.

But each of them exudes a powerful aura, and it is clear at a glance from the armor they wear and the weapons in their hands that they are at least mid-level dragon weapons!

Ji Qiu knew these people, or rather, he had heard of their names. They were called the Dragon Guards.

It is said that it was a force established by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu specifically to guard the imperial seal.

This unit never recruits personnel from outside, all the dragon guards are passed down from generation to generation, from father to son!
They never care about any disputes outside the Chengde Hall. They have only one duty, which is to guard the imperial seal and the official seals of the prefects of each county in the Chengde Hall!

Therefore, even with the power of the Ten Attendants in the palace, even though the palace is now facing a harsh environment with foreign enemies entering the palace, the Ten Attendants can only transfer the patrolling armored soldiers outside the Chengde Palace, but cannot transfer the dragon guards inside the Chengde Palace!
"So, if I want to take the Imperial Seal and the official seals of the governors of all the counties under heaven, I must first get rid of these dragon guards."

"Then how can we get rid of these dragon guards?" Ji Qiu thought to himself.

In fact, it is not difficult to simply deal with these dragon guards. Although each of these dragon guards has strong combat effectiveness, they can form a more powerful military formation when combined.

But after all, their number is too small, and Ji Qiu can mobilize a large army at any time to defeat the enemy with force, and there will always be a time to defeat these dragon guards.

However, according to the information Jia Xu had previously obtained, there was such an order among the orders received by these dragon guards.

If the most critical situation comes and we find that we are unable to continue protecting the imperial seal and the prefectural governor's seal, we must find a way to destroy them!
He would rather completely destroy the imperial seal and the official seals of the prefects than let them fall into the hands of the traitors who want to steal them.

Ji Qiu could fully understand why the Han emperors of all generations issued this order to the dragon guards.

But this inevitably put him in a situation where he was afraid to take action.

He worked so hard just to get the imperial seal and the official seals of the prefects, but he didn't want to end up with nothing!

So, either don't take action, or if you have to take action, you must do it with lightning speed and quickly deal with these dragon guards, not giving them the opportunity to destroy the imperial seal and the prefect's official seal!
But how can this be achieved?

Ji Qiu thought hard but still couldn't come up with a solution.

After all, this is really difficult.

Not to mention that the dragon guards are all powerful and have extraordinary combat capabilities.

The most important thing is that Ji Qiu has no specific information about them at all.

Without knowing their specific information, you won’t know what cards they have.

How can we destroy them instantly if we don’t know what cards they have?
However, Ji Qiu's action this time had no room for error.

If he fails and lets the dragon guards destroy the imperial seal and the prefect's official seal, all his efforts will be wasted!

However, he didn't expect how to get rid of the dragon guards in an instant.

But he thought of a solution that could basically solve the current problem.

For all wars in this world, it is nothing more than statistics of spears and shields.

If the spear's stats are high, then it can undoubtedly win.

But if the shield data is high, you can actually win.

He couldn't find a way to instantly eliminate the dragon guards, which was undoubtedly because the spear's stats were not high enough.

But the method used by the dragon guards to threaten him was nothing more than destroying the imperial seal and the official seal of the prefect.

If he could increase the defense of the Imperial Seal and the Grand Administrator's Seal when the Dragon Guardians attacked them, and improve the shield data, so that the Dragon Guardians could not destroy the Imperial Seal and the Grand Administrator's Seal, wouldn't this also solve the problem?
When it comes to how to improve the defense of the imperial seal and the prefect's seal, Ji Qiu has many ways.

The simplest way is to use the Halberd Warrior's exclusive secret technique to strengthen the army, Iron Wall!

This can provide all-round protection without blind spots, and as long as the attack does not exceed the upper limit of the dragon energy in the body, it can continue to withstand it!
The top halberd warrior under Ji Qiu has now reached the initial eighth rank.

There are about three hundred people, all of whom are middle and low-level officers in each camp.

If they could be gathered together and then led by Ji Qiu himself, using the secret technique of Iron Wall to protect the imperial seal and the official seals of the prefects, the defense of both would be greatly enhanced.

The reason why Ji Qiu had to lead the troops personally was because he had the most dragon energy in his body.

The duration of the Iron Wall Secret Technique is determined by the total amount of dragon energy in the troops.

Although this cannot guarantee that the imperial seal and the prefectural seal can be absolutely protected, in other words, if he really cannot protect them, it proves that his absolute strength is insufficient, and even if he tries other means to snatch the imperial seal and the prefectural seal, he will not succeed.

It can be said that I have no regrets in death.

Once the plan is finalized, the next step is implementation.

Ji Qiu first returned to Taishan County and gathered together the halberd warriors under his command who had reached the initial eighth rank.

After gathering together Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Wei Yan, Gao Shun, Ren Hongchang and other powerful generals and masters.

After everyone is ready, it’s time to wait patiently for the opportunity to fight.

Although the dragon guards have always been focused on guarding the imperial seal and ignored external things.

But they are human beings after all, and as long as they are human beings, it is impossible for them to completely ignore external things.

Therefore, major changes in the external situation will inevitably affect their status.

It's just that under normal circumstances, this situation rarely occurs.

But unfortunately, such a thing is about to happen today.

The aristocratic families headed by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are about to break into the palace!

As long as they break into the palace, the dragon guards will inevitably be distracted.

That would also further reduce the difficulty for Ji Qiu to seize the imperial seal and the prefect's seal.

And this is the opportunity Ji Qiu has been waiting for!
The fighter planes arrived soon.

Accompanied by flames rising into the sky and shouts of killing that quickly spread from far away, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, He Miao and others led their troops, officially broke through the Jiulong Gate and rushed into the palace.

A guard rushed into Chengde Hall from outside, panting, and reported the news to the dragon guards.

All the dragon guards were shocked and didn't know what to do for a moment.

And just when they were panicking, Ji Qiu, who had been hiding in the corner of the hall, launched a sneak attack!

bang bang bang...

First, more than a dozen flash bombs were thrown out, and the dazzling white light immediately made all the dragon guards temporarily blind.

Then seven or eight smoke bombs were launched, covering the entire Chengde Hall in smoke.

Taking advantage of the smoke, Ji Qiu's generals and three hundred halberd-wielding soldiers suddenly appeared in Chengde Palace.

As soon as the three hundred halberd warriors appeared, they immediately used the secret technique of Iron Wall under Ji Qiu's command.

A pale golden iron wall curtain rose up, covering everyone, as well as the table in the middle of them where the imperial seal and the prefect's official seal were placed.

It was not until this moment that the dragon guards who were attacked finally reacted.

"Enemy attack, top-level enemy attack! Destroy the Imperial Seal and the Governor's Seal immediately!"

The leader who led the dragon guards was quite decisive.

As soon as he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately realized that he had encountered a top-level enemy attack that the Dragon Guard had never encountered since its establishment.

The so-called top-level enemy attack is one that they cannot resist and that requires them to immediately destroy the imperial seal and the prefect's seal and perish together with the enemy.

So without any hesitation, he immediately issued an order to destroy the imperial seal and the prefect's seal.

As he gave the order, the dragon guards did not hesitate at all. They waved their weapons and used various secret techniques to attack the imperial seal and the prefect's seal.

But Ji Qiu had made so many preparations before just to prevent them from destroying the imperial seal and the prefect's official seal. How could he let them do as they wished now?
The iron wall light curtain withstood the first wave of long-range attacks from the dragon guards.

Then Ji Qiu immediately gave the order: "All the generals, listen up, each guard one side, and don't let the dragon guards rush in!"

"As you command!" All the generals responded in unison, and then each led their troops to guard a direction to resist these dragon guards.

The strength of these dragon guards is indeed extraordinary.

Surprisingly, each of them has mastered the innate combat secrets of the fifth grade or above, and has also practiced many acquired secrets.

If this were put on the battlefield, everyone would be a brave general who could charge into battle, kill the enemy and seize the flag.

Although there were only sixteen of them, even three hundred halberd warriors who had cultivated to the initial eighth rank could not withstand their charge.

Fortunately, Ji Qiu brought not only strong soldiers but also many generals this time!
And all the generals under his command are extraordinary.

They are all famous generals in history.

Only in this way can we withstand the attack of the dragon guards!
As a result, the battle situation became tense.

But for Ji Qiu, the anxious state is actually a state of victory!
Taking advantage of the time that the generals and the halberd warriors were using to resist the dragon guards, Ji Qiu began to quickly collect the imperial seal and the prefectural seal.

This does not take too long. Ji Qiu only needs to use his finger to lightly touch the imperial seal or the prefect's seal, and then he can put it into his personal space.

So it only took two or three minutes for Ji Qiu to collect all the imperial seals and the official seals of the prefects into his personal space.

The dragon guards outside saw that the imperial seal and the prefect's seal on the table disappeared inexplicably after Ji Qiu wiped them lightly. Although they didn't know what had happened, they could basically guess what had happened, and they all let out desperate roars.

Ji Qiu responded with a smile.

He shouted loudly: "I have already taken away the imperial seal and the official seal of the governor.

You failed to protect the imperial seal and the prefect's official seal, and you will surely die.

But if you are willing to surrender to me, I can take you with me and let you live!"

The dragon guards were so brave and courageous that he really felt sorry for their talent, so he offered to surrender.

(End of this chapter)