Evil Master and Disciple

At Prince Ning's Mansion, Lin Yi was listening to the report given to him by Butler Li.

Today during the day, Butler Li went to the Rulin Inn in person to inquire about the situation of Ye Feng and others.

Ye Feng and his friends just moved in last night, and they all registered at the inn using fake names.

They are Ye Zhengyi, Hong Tianxing, Yun Hanxi, Shen Funu, and Qin Jingmin.

Although they were fake names, Lin Yi had been in Yunhai Sect for many years and immediately recognized that the five people were Ye Feng, Hong Jiu, Yun Shuang'er, Shen Tianqi and Qin Chuchu.

As for why Ye Feng and others appeared in the capital and why they stayed in the Rulin Inn, there was no clue.

The only information we found out was that these five people were not staying there temporarily, but for a long time.

I have already paid in advance for one month's room and food expenses to the Rulin Inn.

This made Lin Yi feel a little uneasy.

When he was at Xingluo Peak, he heard that Ye Feng had taken Yun Shuang'er and Shen Tianqi down the mountain to train.

Since it is an experience, you should travel around.

Why did Ye Feng and others stay in the capital for so long?

Is it really directed at me?

Lin Yi suddenly felt a little regretful that he shouldn't have left the palace.

In the palace city, there are Confucian monks and Sitianjian monks, so he is relatively safe.

Now that he had escaped from the palace and was living in his own Ning Wang Mansion, the situation was different.

If Ye Feng really came for him, the guards in Prince Ning's Mansion would not be able to hurt Ye Feng at all.

Lin Yi is a cautious person. He plans to return to the palace early tomorrow morning.

"Butler Li, these five people are very powerful. They haven't left any traces, have they?"

"Don't worry, young prince. The owner of the Rulin Inn is Princess Changning's teacher when she was young. He is one of us. He won't say anything nonsense."

"Well, have the inn keep a close eye on these five people. Don't alert them."

"Understood! Young Prince, do you want to send someone to secretly follow these five people and see what they are doing in the capital?"

"No, how can you mortals possibly follow a monk? You can't send anyone to follow him. You just need to keep a secret watch at the Rulin Inn."

Lin Yi has not been blinded by hatred.

Letting mortals follow a group of highly skilled monks, isn't that like thinking they can't die fast enough?

After sending Butler Li away, Lin Yi sat in front of the fireplace and fell into deep thought again.

He was speculating whether Ye Feng came to the capital this time because he heard that he had returned to the capital, so he came to wipe out the roots.

at the same time.

Star Observation Tower.

The Observatory is the tallest building in the entire capital, a hundred feet high. Standing on the Observatory, you can have a panoramic view of the entire capital, including the imperial city and palace.

This place belongs to Sitianjian.

In the past, Sitianjian was just an institution under the Ministry of Rites that was specialized in observing the stars and predicting good and bad luck.

Later, in order to prevent the Confucianists from controlling the capital, the Si Tianjian was separated from the Ministry of Rites, and a group of monks were recruited to serve the royal family.

After nearly a thousand years of development, Sitianjian has become quite influential.

It has nearly a thousand monks.

Among them, Jianzheng Yunxuzi has the highest level of cultivation. It is said that he has reached the peak of the celestial realm and is only one step away from the realm of transformation.

As to whether the rumors are true, it is unknown.

It was an important means used by the royal family to restrain Confucianism.

It is also an important force used by the royal family to stabilize the capital and prevent the righteous and evil monks from causing trouble in the capital.

It is now early December, the crescent moon is sharp and the stars are bright, it is a good time for stargazing.

Three disciples of Si Tianjian, dressed in black robes, were standing on the observatory, using something like a telescope to observe the stars tonight and then record them.

In addition to recording the changes in the stars every night, they also have to watch for falling meteors.

The falling of a meteor is not a good sign for the royal family, and they must be carefully observed.

As the three were observing carefully, suddenly, a mist slowly came.

They didn't care.

This location is extremely high, so it is common to see some fog coming in occasionally.

However, after a while, the three of them began to feel unstable.

Then he fell down.

After the three people fainted, two figures slowly emerged from the darkness.

One male and one female.

The man was dressed in black and had a pale face.

The woman was wearing a pink dress and a veil.

The masked woman looked at the three unconscious people at her feet and said with a smile, "Young Master Ghost is truly kindhearted. He didn't kill them."

The man in black snorted and said, "This is the capital, and the three of them are sorcerers from the Si Tian Jian. Killing them will do us no good. It will only alert the Confucian monks and the Si Tian Jian sorcerers.

We are here for the Jade Crown Needle this time, so we will avoid killing people if we can."

The masked woman nodded and said, "Young Master Ghost is right."

These two people turned out to be the Demon Cult's Ghost Master Lu Hanya and the Holy Lady Lingyin from the Goddess Palace.

The two of them passed the three unconscious sorcerers and came to the edge of the observatory.

This is a not very large platform, towering above the capital.

At the edge, there is a stone pillar more than three feet high, with a round ball on top, and on the ball is a round jade plate with a diameter of about two feet.

This jade plate is engraved with dense lines and a red dot.

There are many words engraved on the edge of the round jade plate.

They are all words like the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams.

On top of the round jade plate, there is a jade pillar that is more than one foot long. To be more precise, it is a long needle carved from white jade.

One end is thick and the other end is thin.

This is the complete sundial.

It consists of a jade sundial face and a jade corona needle.

There is also a small hole on the corona needle, which is used for stargazing and positioning.

Saint Lingyin came to the sundial and looked at it carefully.

The ghost boy Lu Hanya stood aside with his hands hanging down, watching quietly.

After a moment, seeing that Saint Lingyin didn't make any moves, Lu Hanya couldn't help but ask, "Saint, how is it? Did you see anything?"

Saint Lingyin glanced at him and said, "Take out the jade sundial."

Lu Hanya hesitated for a moment, then took out a small cloth bag from the storage bracelet. When he opened it, he found three broken jade sundials inside.

This was obtained by them from Shuanglong Mountain and Qinglong Mountain some time ago.

"Are you sure you can repair the Jade Sundial?"

"The Jade Sundial is a divine artifact and a rare treasure. The two sundials in the capital were built based on it. The sundial in front of the Meridian Gate is used for timekeeping, while the sundial in the Astronomical Observatory is used for stargazing.

This sundial crown contains the spiritual power of the jade sundial.

According to the information I received, the broken jade sundial can be repaired using the sundial crown from the Observatory."

As Saint Lingyin spoke, she had already gently pieced together the three fragments of the jade sundial.

This formed a complete jade sundial.

Only the few tiny cracks on the jade piece looked very obvious.