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demon baby corpse At this mont, Jiushan, already burned into a large charcoal ball, had beco lively once again.
The entire Patrol of Jinn, along with the Military Guard and the Governor’s Standard Soldiers, had all assembled, digging three feet into the ground around this area in search of clues.
To make use of the Patrol’s professional capabilities, Xiao Cha and her colleagues were assigned to search through the ruins of the Jiushan Sect.
Returning to the scene of the cri was like reopening old wounds, a revisitation of the past.
Xiao Cha wandered around with her head down, occasionally turning over the soil pretending to work diligently, but in reality, her attention was fixed on the strong individuals at the top of the mountain.
Beside the ruins of the “Spiritual Spring Palace,” three groups of people stood distinctly.
The first group consisted of Governor Jiang and Qiu Yan;
The second group was composed of the dignified Prince Qing and a Cultivator nad “Ling Gui,” who was one of his aides;
The third group was old acquaintances—Hua Ruoxi and Nan Jiping.
Both of them wore expressions of hard-to-conceal joy, while the other four had varying deanors.
Jiang Shixiang appeared the most composed, with a hint of schadenfreude.
One could not sleep peacefully by soone else’s bed, and this Governor, long dissatisfied with the Jiushan Sect, naturally felt relieved at this mont.
Qiu Yan was outraged, a rather normal reaction.
However, Prince Qing and Ling Gui looked as if they had just lost their father, which was sowhat baffling.
The aide nad Ling Gui, who looked quite young, was the first to confront Jiang Shixiang:
“Governor Jiang’s actions are excessively ruthless!
The Jiushan Sect has been completely annihilated, and their Spirit Vein has been forcefully destroyed!
Do you really think the court wouldn’t dare to express its anger?”
It was a face-off between equals, and Jiang Shixiang didn’t respond, allowing Qiu Yan to speak instead:
“Let’s speak plainly, this matter was not the doing of Governor Jiang.
You both should think this through.”
“Heh~ Fairy Qiu makes a good point.”
Ling Gui said with a smile that did not reach his eyes:
“Your Five Mountains Immortal Sect loves nothing more than to destroy sects and seize treasures, extracting Spirit chanisms.
Perhaps an elder from your Hua Mountain Sect has arrived?”
Upon hearing this, Qiu Yan coldly replied:
“I’ve heard that Mr.
Ling is sharp-tongued, and seeing you today truly lives up to that reputation.
With such vigor, you might as well go outside the border and take back the entrance to your [Changbai Secret Realm].”
“You…” Ling Gui was montarily at a loss for words.
It was well known among those in the circle that the Chuyun people had taken control outside the border and blocked the entrance to the sacred site with strong forces and heavy troops.
Seeing the atmosphere becoming increasingly tense, Jiang Shixiang waved his hand, and the commanding officer of the Standard Soldiers, who had been waiting at a distance, imdiately ca forward.
Clapping his sleeves with both hands, he knelt on one knee and reported:
“Report—Based on the traces left at the scene, the Jiushan Sect was first subjected to a fierce Firearms assault, and then the Sect Leader was defeated and killed.
The assailants were ruthless, leaving only a few remains.”
“Remains!
Where are they!”
Hearing there were remains, Prince Qing’s vertical eye on his forehead suddenly opened wide.
The commanding officer of the Standard Soldiers held up a cloth bag over his head and said, “Found it on a tree branch twenty miles away…”
Prince Qing hurriedly opened it to see, and inside was the body of a “demon baby,” its little face completely serene as if it was asleep.
“It’s not Fan Chengxun’s actual body…”
Prince Qing frowned, showing a look of disappointnt.
But it was better than nothing, his expression eased slightly as he called out to Jiang Shixiang:
“There’s sothing fishy about this matter, it truly wasn’t Mr.
Jiang’s doing, but Mr.
Jiang was sowhat negligent.”
Taking the outstretched hand offered by the other party, Jiang Shixiang, genteel and agreeable, said, “I shall seek punishnt from His Majesty.”
Both clearly did not wish to escalate matters, tacitly maintaining the situation.
They spoke without any reservations, and Xiao Cha, infusing her inner breath into her ears, listened to everything.
Since the bla couldn’t be pinned on the Governor, the girl was sowhat disappointed.
Seeing Prince Qing holding a sack containing a demon baby, she felt uneasy…
A prince handling such a vile thing, it couldn’t possibly be for a good cause!
Nan Jiping thought the sa.
It was indeed Prince Qing who gave Fan Chengxun the “Gluttonous Devouring Sky Technique,” which spawned a demon.
There must be sothing suspicious going on!
Master Nan stared intently at the sack in Prince Qing’s hand, just about to say sothing.
Hua Ruoxi, quick and decisive, grabbed his wrist and compressed her voice into her Spirit, transmitting:
“Old fool, don’t seek death!
This is a Manifestation Realm prince— he could swallow you in one bite!”
He feared that the stubborn old man would bring disaster upon himself; fortunately, Prince Qing was also in a hurry:
“This prince must return to the capital imdiately to report back.
All of you, intensify your search and swiftly find and severely punish the real culprit.”
As he spoke, a massive vulture squeezed from the void behind him, as large as a fighter jet!
Prince Qing and Jiang Shixiang exchanged a fist salute, then carefully, with the sack, he lightly jumped onto the vulture’s back.
The vulture flapped its wings and rose into the air, disappearing into the horizon amidst a storm of flying sand and rocks.
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The prince’s hasty departure made it clear to all observant eyes that it was related to the demon baby’s corpse he was carrying.
Nan Jiping felt a sense of helplessness.
External threats from Chuyun bore heavily, and internally these mbers of the Imperial family behaved so unseemly that every step was an arduous struggle—truly a wearing affair.
But what was even more exhausting was yet to co.
The Spirit chanism remained and was now staring at Nan Jiping, suddenly challenging:
“Might I ask Mr.
Nan, when did the Kill Body Society change its purpose?
Previously there was Xuanzang Temple, now Jiushan Sect, wanton destruction of sects and landscapes—how rampant.”
Knowing these deeds were all Lu Li’s doing, Nan Jiping straightened his face and asked, “What is it that you wish?”
The Spirit chanism, with a fake smile masking officiousness, said:
“When magic harms the loyal and the good, as the registrar of the Divine Heart Association, I, of course, cannot neglect my duties.
Who the villain is, and where they are, Mr.
Nan, please confess quickly.”
When he spoke, even Qiu Yan glared at Master Nan, eager to know who had tampered with the Spirit chanisms.
Chances were that it was the Four Spirits; even Jiang Shixiang was curious.
Facing the crowd’s gaze, Nan Jiping remained expressionless, only uttering four words: “No comnt.”
Seeing this stubborn old man unperturbed by anything, the Spirit chanism just wore a mocking smile, firmly occupying the moral high ground:
“With Li Yuanzhong preoccupied, Mr.
Nan, you miscalculated if you thought to test the law with yourself; wait to be thrown into the sky prison.”
He lowered his eyelids, hiding the shrewd light in his narrow eyes, and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Obviously, this man had so tricks up his sleeve.
Hua Ruoxi gave Jiang Shixiang a salute, then quickly pulled Nan Jiping away.
Only Jiang Shixiang and Qiu Yan remained, casually speaking:
“Every mber of Prince Qing’s lineage has had experiences studying in Chuyun and has even t the Emperor Chuyun.
It seems this ti they might take the opportunity, while Li Yuanzhong is unable to intervene, to target the people from Kill Body Society and sche against the Four Spirits.”
“It’s ridiculous that Li Yuanzhong is fighting fiercely at the front only to be stabbed in the back.”
Qiu Yan clenched her teeth, “Just perfect, I want to see who dared to snatch my Spirit chanism!”
Just as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a gaze upon her and turned her head to look; unsurprisingly, it ca from the patrol officers.
Many were looking this way, though Qiu Yan didn’t take it seriously; to her, they were all insignificant ants.
Xiao Cha secretly felt relieved and eagerly wanted to report what she heard to Lu Li.
anwhile, far away in Jinn, Lu Li’s expression hardened.
He sensed… the Kunlun Mirror had stopped opening the Sea of Consciousness.
This indicated that the Sea of Consciousness had reached the limit of the current realm, and it was ti for a breakthrough!
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