The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

The entire main hall of the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion was deathly silent.

The expressions of the group of martial arts practitioners changed drastically.

At this moment, even Elder Jianxin and the others sensed that something was wrong.

Xiao Yu didn't host a welcome dinner for them; instead, Master Yuanzhen received them. And now Chu Xiu has arrived!

This shows what?

This suggests that Xiao Yu had received advance notice and may have even already fled with his men.

The reason for keeping Master Yuanzhen alive was simply to keep these people in check and get them to risk their lives to help Xiao Yu and the others escape.

Whether they were elders from sacred sects or wandering martial artists, no one believed they could kill Chu Xiu under such circumstances.

Even if Xiao Yu hadn't run away and was right here, leading the entire Xiao family of Yangzhou and the experts of the Maitreya Sect to join forces with them, it would still be impossible to kill Chu Xiu.

If I don't die at Chu Xiu's hands, it's a miracle that my ancestors have blessed me!

After all, they had already heard about how Chu Xiu had overwhelmed Xiao Yu with the Embroidered Uniform Guard's killing blade formation, causing Xiao Yu to flee in disarray.

Their purpose in coming to Yangzhou to offer assistance was not to confront Chu Xiu directly, at least not with the Jinyiwei's killing blade formation.

just now……

All those who came to Yangzhou to help were sold off by Xiao Yu!

They all felt like they were about to vomit blood from anger. They were no longer just glaring at Master Yuanzhen with unfriendly eyes, but with murderous intent in their eyes, wishing they could tear him to pieces!

"Master Yuanzhen truly possesses remarkable spirit!"

"I would rather die for the sake of preserving the strength of the entire Maitreya Sect and the Xiao family of Yangzhou!"

Li Hanchuan looked at Master Yuanzhen with icy eyes and said with murderous intent.

Although Elder Jianxin and the others did not speak, they had no goodwill towards Master Yuanzhen, or even towards the entire Maitreya Sect and the Xiao family of Yangzhou.

"Amitabha, good, good, good."

"Fellow Daoists, there is no point in discussing this matter any further."

"Since Chu Xiu has come, he must already know that you fellow Daoists have come to help us."

"Given Chu Xiu's character, even if you fellow Daoists were to take my head right now, he still wouldn't let you go!"

Master Yuanzhen clasped his hands together and said with a compassionate expression, "The only thing we can do now is to join forces to have a chance to escape."

Upon hearing this, Li Hanchuan and the others were even angrier. If Xiao Yu hadn't betrayed them, with their strength, they would definitely have had a chance to escape Yangzhou before Chu Xiu arrived.

At the very least, escaping Yangzhou city would be no problem at all.

As a result, Chu Xiu has now surrounded the entire Yangzhou governor's mansion, and even if they wanted to escape, they no longer have any chance.

However, while their gazes toward Master Yuanzhen still held hatred, the murderous intent within them had diminished considerably.

After all, Master Yuanzhen was a master at the Celestial Immortal level.

Even though he is currently suppressed by the heavens and earth and cannot unleash his true strength, he can still be used as a peak expert at the ninth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.

If they were to kill Master Yuanzhen, they would only be weakening their own strength.

"Let's go, fellow Daoists, let's go out and see Chu Xiu together."

"Although I blocked Chu Xiu's attack before, I have not actually met Chu Xiu yet."

"This old monk also wishes to meet the Marquis of Champion of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Master Yuanzhen slowly stood up, said something to Li Hanchuan and the others, and walked out of the hall.

Li Hanchuan and the others exchanged glances, then could only get up and walk out of the hall.

Chu Xiu merely surrounded the entire Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's residence, showing no intention of making a move.

In any case, none of these people can escape from him.

Using his aura-gazing technique, he could tell that the real experts gathered in the entire Yangzhou governor's mansion were all in the main hall.

The entire hall only had ten Earth Immortal level experts and dozens of Human Immortal level experts.

Chu Xiu frowned. Such strength was enough for even the Xiao family of Yangzhou and the Maitreya Sect to put up.

Not to mention that a large number of martial arts practitioners came to Yangzhou to help Xiao Yu.

Could it be that Xiao Yu has already run away?

Think of this.

Chu Xiu said in a deep voice, "Shadow Taotie."

"The humble position is here."

The shadowy Taotie appeared out of thin air behind Chu Xiu and spoke with utmost respect.

"You will personally lead a team to investigate the entire city of Yangzhou and uncover the Xiao residence!"

"Let's see if Xiao Yu has already run away!"

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then looked towards the main hall of the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion and spoke in a low but powerful voice.

"Yes, Your Excellency obeys!"

Ying Taotie's eyes narrowed, she bowed to Chu Xiu, and then disappeared from the spot as if she had never appeared at all.

Seeing Master Yuanzhen lead a group of experts out of the hall, the panicked Maitreya sect followers suddenly felt reassured and followed behind them.

It was only at this moment that Li Hanchuan and the others realized...

There were actually several thousand Maitreya sect followers in the entire Yangzhou prefectural government.

This shows what?

This shows that in order to keep these people in check and prevent them from noticing, Xiao Yu even abandoned these thousands of Maitreya Cult followers.

They only took the true direct descendants of the Maitreya sect with them when they ran away.

It should be noted that these thousands of Maitreya followers were responsible for guarding the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion, and each of them was a true elite of the Maitreya sect.

There are six people in the Immortal Realm, the Celestial Realm, and even the Human Immortal Realm.

As a result, Xiao Yu abandoned all these Maitreya sect followers without hesitation.

Upon discovering this, Li Hanchuan and the others were even more furious.

In a moment.

Master Yuanzhen led everyone to the gate of the Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion, where they immediately saw Chu Xiu standing at the gate.

He was backed by only a thousand elite Imperial Guards.

The remaining elite Imperial Guards had been deployed around the entire Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion, completely surrounding it.

"Fellow Daoists, kill!"

Upon seeing this, Master Yuanzhen's eyes lit up, and with a swift movement, he charged towards Chu Xiu like a thunderbolt.

Elder Jianxin and the others also realized that Chu Xiu had not yet used the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Killing Blade Formation. If they wanted to kill him, this was the best opportunity!

If they miss this opportunity, let alone killing Chu Xiu, even surviving will not be an easy task.

and so!

this moment!

Elder Jianxin and the others unleashed their full power.

Blade energy, sword energy, palm energy, finger energy, fist energy...

All attention immediately focused on Chu Xiu.

"You all actually gathered together instead of thinking about escaping from different places."

"That would be perfect, it would save me a lot of time!"

A hint of disdain flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes. He slowly raised the Taiqing Zhenyue Blade in his right hand, and said with overwhelming killing intent, "Slaughter Blade Formation!"

Zheng!

The words just fell!

Outside the entire Yangzhou Prefectural Governor's Mansion, more than nine thousand elite Imperial Guards drew their swords and formed a killing formation.

The moment the killing blade formation was formed, Chu Xiu's aura surged to the peak of the ninth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and was even more terrifying than the peak of the ninth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!

Although they haven't reached the Celestial Immortal realm yet, they're not far off!

"Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Sword Technique, Second Strike: Falling into the Mortal World!"

Chu Xiu said calmly.

He slowly raised the Taiqing Zhenyue Blade in his hand and slashed it towards Master Yuanzhen and the others.

A terrifying blade of energy appeared between heaven and earth.

This blade of energy had reached a length of a hundred feet, just like a mountain pressing down!

However, this strike is specifically designed to attack the mind.

The appearance of this strike stirred even the mind of Master Yuanzhen, whose cultivation had reached the Heavenly Immortal realm. He involuntarily felt a surge of anger, his Dao heart showed a flaw, and he was on the verge of going berserk. Their movements were greatly weakened at this moment.