My Hidden Strength Was Exposed by the Heavenly Dao Ranking List – Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Preparations Before Killing

Peng Feng, riding his thin horse, had just left Lhasa.

Then he turned the horse’s head around.

He wasn’t heading towards Western Xia, but towards Kaifeng City.

The reason was simple.

He had thought of something.

That was, during the Battle of Zhenwu City, where the Song Dynasty and Western Xia had previously clashed.

In that battle, after he had killed Yeli Tongtian,

he could have joined forces with Marshal Zhong Shidao to kill Li Ganshun.

But Li Ganshun didn’t engage at all, directly using a secret technique, Burning Blood Thousand Miles, escaping at one and a half times the speed of sound, making it impossible to catch him.

If he didn’t find a way to break this secret technique, Burning Blood Thousand Miles, he wouldn’t be able to kill Li Ganshun.

So, he decided to go to the Imperial Library to take a look.

To see if the Great Song Imperial Library had a way to break the secret technique! Burning Blood Thousand Miles.

After Peng Feng entered Kaifeng City.

He directly entered the Imperial Library.

Now that he was a Land Immortal, the Imperial Library was permanently open to him.

In the following period.

Peng Feng searched through the Imperial Library.

Looking in the cultivation technique area.

He searched for a full week before he was almost certain that there was indeed a technique that could counter the secret technique! Burning Blood Thousand Miles.

This technique was — the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.

The Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is divided into eight gates: Life, Death, Scene, Du, Rest, Shock, Injury, and Open.

The only gate that one can escape from in this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is the Open Gate.

And as long as the person setting up the formation stands at the Open Gate, they can hold off an opponent for a long time.

Once this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is set up, it can trap a Celestial Phenomenon Realm martial artist for quite a while, and even a Land Immortal would be trapped for a period of time.

It could be said that this formation was quite powerful.

However!

In this world, there were extremely few formation masters who specialized in cultivating formations. So, naturally, not many people knew how to set up this formation.

Peng Feng’s greatest advantage was that he learned everything very quickly.

An average person would need eight thousand years to master the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, but he had only practiced for fifteen years to achieve mastery.

And while this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was indeed difficult to learn, it would take an average person decades to learn formations from scratch, become a formation master, and reach the point where they could set up this formation.

However, Peng Feng only took two months to understand how to set up this formation.

Next, it was time to buy the materials.

Setting up this formation required a considerable amount of materials.

To set up the Life Gate, he needed a Fragrant Cloud Canopy.

To set up the Scene Gate, he needed Thunder Marsh Divine Sand.

To set up the Death Gate, he needed a Profound Yin Death Banner.

To set up the Rest Gate, he needed a Jade Scale Rush.

To set up the Du Gate, he needed a White Bone Lotus.

To set up the Injury Gate, he needed a White Eyebrow Needle.

To set up the Shock Gate, he needed Heavenly Light of the Cosmos.

To set up the Open Gate, he needed Aurora Magnetic Pole.

These eight items together cost a total of 250,000 taels of silver, and this was only for a single use, showing just how expensive it was to set up this formation.

Fortunately, when he had looted the Western Xia Imperial Palace before, he had obtained two million taels of silver.

This was taken from the Western Xia Imperial Palace to be used to kill the Western Xia Emperor.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with that.

After purchasing these eight items and making all the preparations.

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Peng Feng once again turned his horse around and headed to Western Xia.

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Half a month later.

Peng Feng arrived in Western Xia.

Because he was too famous in Western Xia, he had specially disguised himself, transforming into a common, rough Jianghu man with a large beard.

In this way, Peng Feng disguised himself and infiltrated the capital of Western Xia, Xingqing Prefecture.

After making some inquiries.

Good heavens.

The Emperor of Western Xia, Li Ganshun, was currently in the Imperial Palace.

That was the time to kill.

He first quietly buried the Fragrant Cloud Canopy, Thunder Marsh Divine Sand, Profound Yin Death Banner, Jade Scale Rush, White Bone Lotus, White Eyebrow Needle, Heavenly Light of the Cosmos, and Aurora Magnetic Pole in eight directions around the Imperial Palace.

His skills were too high, the ordinary guards of the Imperial Palace couldn’t detect his movements at all, allowing him to bury these eight items.

After making all the preparations.

Peng Feng didn’t rush to make a move.

Killing was a craft, one couldn’t be hasty.

He first went to a nearby inn.

Took a bath.

Put back on his blue robes.

Restored his usual attire.

He felt refreshed all over.

Then, he went to a nearby restaurant.

Ordered two taels of yellow wine and a pound of mutton.

Ate until he was half full.

Drank until he was slightly tipsy.

This slightly tipsy state was perfect for killing.

Peng Feng paid one tael of silver.

Then, he leisurely walked alone to the front of the Western Xia Imperial Palace.

Alone, carrying the Sun Devouring Blade on his shoulder, he stood defiantly in front of the majestic gate of the Western Xia Imperial Palace.

Alone, he blocked the gate of the Western Xia Imperial Palace.

（Some new Western Xia soldiers guarding the Imperial Palace wanted to cause trouble for Peng Feng, but the veterans recognized Peng Feng, and didn’t dare to move, their whole bodies trembling. ）

Alone, standing there, he had an aura of one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot pass.

Then!

Peng Feng, with his sword still sheathed, pointed it towards the Western Xia Imperial Palace, and shouted, “Peng Feng of the Great Song has come to kill! Li Ganshun, the Emperor of Western Xia, Xia Chongzong, come out and die!”

This shout.

His voice was like rolling thunder.

From the entrance of the Western Xia Imperial Palace.

It directly charged into the Western Xia Imperial Palace.

A long shout, echoing throughout the entire Imperial Palace.

For a time.

The Western Xia Imperial Palace was filled with cries of alarm, many people were frightened, some were so scared they fell to the ground, some were so scared they were weak all over.

The demon Peng Feng, who had looted Western Xia five years ago, had come again.

A long shout, the entire Western Xia Imperial Palace was terrified.

This long shout was like Zhang Fei shouting at Dangyang Bridge, scaring the Cao army general Xiahou Jie to the point of shattering his courage.