Chapter 178.1 - I Became the Legendary Emperor Throughout the Ages After I Started Giving Away My Territory

The woman in gray wasn’t particularly strong, and her moves weren’t sharp, but every time she waved her hand, a group of people would faint.

As a result, more and more Imperial Guards fell to the ground.

Just then, Empty Hand Master and Wine Sword Immortal, having just finished drinking, arrived together.

Seeing the situation, they were shocked.

“What’s going on here?”

“Why is there a fight at the entrance of the imperial palace?”

One of the Imperial Guards reported, “Empty Hand Master, Wine Sword Immortal, this strange woman came with her mother, wishing to meet the esteemed Sword Elder! The Sword Elder is a Grandmaster of our nation, not someone she can just demand to see.”

“So she started causing trouble! She has a kind of smoke that’s said to be a special sleeping potion she made. Our brothers were incapacitated after being exposed to it! The situation has escalated, and we need the assistance of both masters!”

“I see!” The two masters nodded and looked over.

They saw that although the fight was fierce, the woman in gray was holding back, not injuring or killing anyone. She was merely knocking people out, which made the scene look quite pitiful.

Both Innates breathed a sigh of relief.

“Causing a commotion at the entrance of the imperial palace, what is this behavior? Well then, I shall capture her myself!” Empty Hand Master said with a laugh.

The Imperial Guards were overjoyed: “Thank you, Empty Hand Master!”

“It’s a small matter!”

No sooner said than done, Empty Hand Master took a quick step, crossing the distance of several people, and stood before the woman in gray, looking down at her: “Young lady, I can see you’re not a bad person. Surrender now, or I won’t be polite!”

The woman in gray didn’t listen and sprayed out another puff of white smoke.

Empty Hand Master laughed, “Young lady, I’ve traveled far and wide for many years, even through the empire’s palace several times. What kind of poison or trap haven’t I seen? Your drug is useless against me…”

Before he could finish, Empty Hand Master lost all his strength and fell to the ground.

Only his face remained, full of shock: “What kind of poison is this!? I held my breath and closed all my pores, yet I still fell for it!”

“It’s not poison, but a special sleeping potion I made. I apologize for the offense!” said the woman in gray.

Wine Sword Immortal, who had been watching the scene, burst into laughter: “Empty Hand Master, oh Empty Hand Master, today you’ve taken a tumble too!”

Empty Hand Master, embarrassed and annoyed, said: “Stop talking nonsense, if you’re so capable, you try!”

“Fine, I’ll do it!” Wine Sword Immortal, with his Innate Astral Qi condensed around him, charged forward.

But as soon as he got within ten feet of her, his body softened, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his Innate Astral Qi dissipating.

Wine Sword Immortal’s face was full of shock: “My body was covered in Innate Astral Qi, how could I still be poisoned?”

Now it was Empty Hand Master’s turn to laugh: “Wine Sword Immortal, oh Wine Sword Immortal, you laughed at me, but now look at you taking a fall! A lifetime of reputation, all ruined, haha…”

Wine Sword Immortal glared with annoyance and said, “What are you laughing at? We’re out of strength here, think of something quick!”

Meanwhile, the Imperial Guard, witnessing the fall of their two powerful allies, couldn’t help but panic and become distraught.

“What do we do? Empty Hand Master and the esteemed Immortal of Wine have both fallen!”

“Could this demoness have cast some kind of sorcery?”

“Quickly, report to Eunuch Liu, inform His Majesty!”

However, at that moment, the woman in gray waved her hand, and both Wine Sword Immortal and Empty Hand Master miraculously recovered.

Even the fallen Imperial Guards were all revived.

Everyone looked at her, utterly baffled.

You knock everyone out and then revive them, what are you trying to do?

The woman in gray bowed respectfully to Wine Sword Immortal and said, “Esteemed seniors, I had no intention of offending you. I only wished to meet with the venerable Sword Elder and had no choice but to resort to this strategy! Please forgive my actions. If you could introduce me to the venerable Sword Elder, I would be eternally grateful and will offer a generous reward!”

Despite the embarrassment they had just suffered, both Empty Hand Master and Wine Sword Immortal, maintaining their senior status, did not hold a grudge against the young woman.

Empty Hand Master asked, “We can let our incident slide, but what business do you have with the venerable Sword Elder?”

The woman in gray looked back at a wheelchair not far from her and said, “To save someone!”

Wine Sword Immortal pondered for a moment, “We can’t decide on this matter! Although you have your reasons, causing trouble at the imperial palace gate is unacceptable. Therefore, you must first come with us to apologize to His Majesty. Only after receiving His Majesty’s forgiveness will you have the chance to meet the venerable Sword Elder!”

“Then I must trouble the two seniors,” the woman in gray bowed.

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, they entered the palace to see the Emperor.

The woman in gray loudly proclaimed, “Long live the Emperor, may the Emperor live for ten thousand years!”

“Dispense with the formalities,” Lin Beifan responded indifferently.

He had already known about the commotion outside the palace gates but couldn’t be bothered to attend to it himself, leaving it to his subordinates to handle.

However, he had not anticipated that this woman would bring him such a tremendous surprise.

She had used a sleeping potion to perfection, not only knocking out a batch of Imperial Guards but also two individuals with Innate cultivation, Wine Sword Immortal and Empty Hand Master.

Admittedly, the two masters had been caught off guard, but it was still a skillful feat.

This piqued his interest.

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