In Cyan Frost City, the White Cloud Immortal Artifact instantly reached the council hall inside the Hidden Origin Bell.
At the sa ti, Wang Wu had basically returned to normal.
Yet, the Heart of the Earth was throbbing faintly, reducing his Qi and Blood Circulation speed by nearly a third.
If he could only rely on the Five Demon Pills, it would an that a third of his overall strength was locked.
"My lord, are you alright?" Feng Muhai asked with so guilt, as if he had long predicted this outco.
"I’m fine, but you’d better give an explanation. Why did Blood Elder try to recruit Lu Tong? Why did Elder Hui cast Divine Calculation on at this ti? Is there no rule of law within the Hidden Origin Association?"
Feng Muhai was about to answer, but Lu Tong interrupted, "Things have co to this, there’s nothing to hide. My lord, perhaps I should start from the beginning for you!"
"You must know, this ti my master suffered severe injuries in order to enter the Hidden Origin Elder Council and offended two factions. Besides Blood Elder, the other was the Second-Grade Elder Liu Shengxuan, whom my master replaced."
"He is currently still the chief officer of the Auditing Bureau, the patriarch of the South Mountain Liu Family. He was once an attending elder of the Hidden Origin Elder Council, but was demoted due to the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower incident, reduced to a Third-Grade Elder. Over the past fifty years, he has already sent sixteen Earth Immortals and three Taiyi True Immortals from our Frost Domain into the Sin Domain Tower."
"Now, the whole Frost Domain is panicked. Many people dare not take action because who doesn’t have so black history? Falling into Liu Shengxuan’s hands ans a trip to the Sin Domain Tower!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Wu couldn’t help but ask, "Isn’t this too exaggerated? Does the Hidden Origin Elder Council just let Liu Shengxuan act recklessly?"
Lu Tong and the others all smiled bitterly, and Lu Tong didn’t say much but handed over a Jade Talisman, which listed one after another of the arrest warrants issued under the black domain of the Hidden Origin Association, shocking him to the core!
This stuff couldn’t possibly be faked because it was like news made public!
Good heavens!
In just fifty-five years, twenty-one people had been thrown into prison. The key was the charges were clear, the evidence was solid, and the whole process was fair and just, leaving nothing to fault from top to bottom.
Even Baiyu was among them, arrested for dereliction of duty and sentenced to fifty years in prison.
In short, no one was innocent.
Wang Wu thought his last imprisonnt was due to ignorance of the Hidden Origin Association’s rules and taboos.
Now it seed that people like Baiyu simply ignored these rules and taboos, relying on their leader, the Frost Monarch, and acting unscrupulously.
Of course, this was probably the norm for the Hidden Origin Association; Song Guangming, the Black Emperor’s apprentice back then, also misrepresented his projects, misappropriated resources, and built Dragon Tail City.
The difference only lay in whether they had a backing or if soone was out to get them!
But Wang Wu still deliberately asked:
"Is there any wrongful or false conviction in this?"
"No, it’s all facts, but these originally were gray areas, belonging to matters that wouldn’t be investigated unless they caused big trouble. The problem was that we had drawn too much spirit tax for building the Heaven and Earth Needle, coupled with the attack from the Dubhe Immortal Alliance, causing us significant losses."
"This led to our spirit tax being untily, allowing the Auditing Bureau to seize the opportunity. During my master’s absence, they conducted an investigation, using rules and regulations against us, leaving us powerless to resist."
"And you? What rules and laws did you violate? Given that you cultivated the Path of Vast Righteous Qi, you shouldn’t have such leverage against you."
Lu Tong sighed deeply,
"My lord, you aren’t aware, I now sincerely wish to be assassinated by the Wandering Taiyi, having all my Spirit Pills shattered and falling unconscious is preferable to being taken away for investigation."
Lu Tong spoke mournfully, Zhuang Bufei, Feng Muhai, and Qu Shenglian also sighed deeply, their expressions full of helplessness. Without the Frost Monarch, the Frost Domain was really about to collapse.
"What cri did you commit?"
"Ah! My lord, you’re not aware, before being caught by my master and beaten after being hung, I was also a Wandering Taiyi. I would do dirty work in my spare ti, hands stained with two Taiyi and eighteen Earth Immortals, and incidentally slaughtered a few cities, exterminating over a dozen families, robbing trillions in spirit tax. I am ranked on the wanted list of Nine Alliances, Three Conferences, and Two Sects."
"But I really turned over a new leaf. I cultivate the Path of Vast Righteous Qi, which loathes evil like a sworn enemy. Yet, I never expected a Level 8 Taiyi old guy to scrutinize , uncovering my dirty past."
"If Liu Shengxuan really discovers this, I’d be dood. Then, the joint trial by the Nine Alliances, Three Conferences, and Two Sects’ fifteen families would at least sentence imdiately with a ’cri of reincarnation’!"
"Hold on! Are you sure that Liu Shengxuan already found evidence of this? How is he so capable, able to know these things?"
Wang Wu asked at this point, still doubtful.
"Because of Elder Hui’s Level 27 Divine Calculation! It not only sees the future but also the past. As long as it uses the Celestial and Earthly Compass, and with Yin and Yang Qi illuminating, any tiny lead can beco a breakthrough," Feng Muhai suddenly spoke.
This made Wang Wu’s heart tighten.
Elder Hui, this was indeed a tough case.
"So, what are your current thoughts? I think the play-dead tactic might not work well."
"My lord, our thought is simple: Only my master can save . Only with her veto power can she save !"
"But we don’t even know where she went to heal in seclusion, nor do we understand why she would leave all her loyal disciples unused, letting you beco the Lord of the Frost Realm!"
"Now, my lord, for the sake of having risked my life for the Frost Domain, achieving countless rits for thrice ten thousand years, please contact my master and ask her to save my life!"
Thud!
Lu Tong knelt directly to Wang Wu.
Wang Wu was taken aback, glanced at Lu Tong, and then at Zhuang Bufei, Feng Muhai, and Qu Shenglian.
"Do you three also have any incriminating evidence against you?"
Surprisingly, all three nodded in unison.
Feng Muhai then solemnly said:
"My lord, actually our issues aren’t that significant. Even if we’re called in to cooperate with the investigation, there’s no major problem. At most, we’d be detained for a few centuries. Only our senior brother truly can’t escape, which is why we just used your negotiation with Blood Elder as an excuse to persuade him to flee."
"Unfortunately, our senior brother is too stubborn. Opportunities are fleeting, and Liu Shengxuan won’t give us another chance."
Zhuang Bufei also said at this ti, "Yes, that’s right. Now Liu Shengxuan’s investigation into my senior brother’s charges should have reached its final stage. Once he submits to the Hidden Origin Elder Council, they can co to Cyan Frost City to arrest him. We don’t have much ti left."
Upon hearing this, Wang Wu also found it very troubleso. Lu Tong, as a Taiyi Sixth-Stage True Immortal, is undoubtedly the main force of the Frost Domain. If he’s taken away, it’s basically no different from being dead.
However, he also didn’t know how to contact Frost Monarch!
Besides, now it’s too late to use the Divine Calculation to obstruct Elder Hui, and the charges against Lu Tong are probably almost collected.
"What other secrets are you hiding from us!"
Wang Wu suddenly asked.
These words stunned Lu Tong, while Zhuang Bufei, Feng Muhai, and the others initially didn’t think much of it but soon realized sothing.
"I... I’m a Deer Demon!"
Lu Tong finally gritted his teeth and revealed this truth.
Wang Wu nodded, no wonder he dared to play the trick of the Five Pills Shattered.
If he guessed correctly, Lu Tong should also have Five Demon Pills and Five Spirit Pills.
"If you suddenly disappear now, will the Frost Domain have to bear the responsibility?"
Wang Wu asked, already having a vague idea.
"There is joint responsibility, but it’s not too problematic. After all, we can also say we were deceived. So, my lord, do you have a way to hide my senior brother without being found by Liu Shengxuan and Elder Hui?"
Feng Muhai asked excitedly.
"There is indeed such a thod. It’s just a question of what kind of price you’re willing to pay."
Wang Wu pondered, calculating, and his thoughts gradually beca clearer.
He couldn’t help but think of what Frost Monarch had said before leaving, even specifically appointing him as the Lord of the Frost Domain, perhaps anticipating this layer?
"My lord, can you be more specific?"
Lu Tong raised his head and asked hopefully.
"Actually, my thod is quite simple. I can rescue you silently from the Jia Yi Sin Prison Tower, so I’m thinking, can we find another channel? You could make a mistake yourself and be thrown into the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower to avoid Liu Shengxuan."
"In any case, that’s roughly the plan. You can help devise a plan revolving around this point."
Wang Wu laid his cards on the table, seeing no need to conceal anything further.
"This plan might work!"
Zhuang Bufei slapped his thigh in excitent, "Because our Frost Domain is highly autonomous and has the authority to send our senior brother into the Sin Domain Tower. However, by doing so, Liu Shengxuan can leisurely interrogate, and it could take six months to convict, a year before execution!"
"My lord, you must be absolutely sure!"
"Yes, that’s right, my lord. Once you rescue our senior brother from the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower, it’s like a mortal storming the execution site, possibly alarming the Hidden Origin Divine Monarch! That would be not worth the trouble!"
Listening to their words, Wang Wu nodded, "That’s why I’m asking, Lu Tong, what kind of price are you willing to pay? Let put it this way, as long as you’re in the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower being executed, I can rescue you after the execution!"
"Note, it’s after identity verification and execution, after everyone believes you’re dead, after all attention shifts away from you, only then will I rescue you. Do you understand what I an? I need you to supplent all the details outside this core."
At these words, Lu Tong and the others were taken aback, because the plan was so absurd! It was absurd to the point where they couldn’t help but believe it.
After a mont of silence, Zhuang Bufei was the first to speak.
"If it’s really feasible, then it is indeed the best choice. Because our Frost Domain can endure being suppressed for millennia, utterly declining, even becoming the laughingstock, subject to all kinds of harassnt, but everyone knows, the enemy knows, as long as the master survives, we will rise again one day. The foundation of our Frost Domain cannot be destroyed."
"But the enemy now wants to cut off the master’s wings in preparation for the final confrontation that will erupt in tens of thousands of years."
"So, if we can keep our senior brother alive, even at a terrible cost, it’s worth it."
"Exactly! I’ll handle the arrangents with the Jia Yi Sin Prison. It’s very difficult to rescue soone from there, but extrely easy to throw soone in. Everything will follow proper procedures, with no slips."
Qu Shenglian spoke up.
"It’s best if we concoct several heinous charges against our senior brother to delay the process, to prevent Liu Shengxuan from quickly concluding the case and executing swiftly."
"So now the question is, my lord, how can you ensure that after my senior brother’s identity is verified and he’s executed, he can still co back to life?"
All four now looked at Wang Wu. This was even harder than silently rescuing soone from the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower!
Wang Wu contemplated for a mont before speaking seriously, "Because I have one last Immortal Pill!"
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