Chapter 748: Chapter 711: The King Against Betrayal and Death
The value of the items listed in the Jade Scroll far surpassed Wang Qiu Po’s imagination.
As a spy who left ho at a young age, he had never even heard of so of them.
In that instant, Wang Qiu Po began to believe more in what Xu Bai had said.
After a mont of ditation, he signaled Xu Bai to wait a mont.
Then he quietly lay back on the rattan chair behind him, seemingly falling into a deep slumber.
From Xu Bai’s perspective, the vitality of Wang Qiu Po was dissipating at an astonishing speed.
In rely a blink of an eye, he seed to be on the verge of death, indistinguishable from a corpse.
“No wonder he is a spy who has remained hidden for eight hundred years. He indeed has so tricks,” Xu Bai murmured to himself as he continued to watch.
The thatched cottage where Wang Qiu Po was residing also seed to possess so mysterious qualities. The disappearance of Wang Qiu Po’s vitality did not alert the people outside. They were still waiting in a line outside.
After a while, a gentle wind seed to pass through the room.
Then, like dried wood eting spring, Wang Qiu Po’s vitality returned.
However, Xu Bai noticed sothing. The old man, who had lived for eight hundred years, seed to be a step closer to death.
With a gentle cough, Wang Qiu Po stood back up and approached Xu Bai.
“I have confird with the organization. You, young man, are telling the truth,” he said.
“The previous transactions with you indeed established the credibility of the Overturning Heaven Society. However….”
Staring solemnly at Xu Bai, Wang Qiu Po questioned: “How can you prove that you are a mber of the Overturning Heaven Society?”
“And not a plant sent by the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals after discovering my true identity, trying to find more by reaching along the vine and strike back at us?”
“What were the contents of our previous two transactions?”
Faced with the continuous questions of Wang Qiu Po, Xu Bai was not surprised. He smiled faintly, then answered the question.
“The first ti was the test questions for the Immortal Alliance’s recruitnt examination. The second ti was the true identity of an ancient cultivator sought by the Immortal Alliance…”
Upon hearing these two pieces of information, Wang Qiu Po’s body, previously taut, relaxed once again.
A mont later, he said in a deep voice, “The organization has indeed observed traces of the Principle of Heaven and Earth being reversed. But the real identity of this Immortal Sovereign still has not been confird…”
“The organization agreed to this transaction.”
“However, involving the Immortal Sovereign, if a contract is signed, he may sense it faintly. So, this transaction can only be based on a verbal agreent and mutual trust.”
A slight flicker shone in Xu Bai’s eyes.
He laughed and said, “No problem. We will have many more opportunities to cooperate in the future. I believe you won’t breach your word.”
“If that’s the case, I’m going to share this information with you.”
Xu Bai’s face turned serious as he whispered: “The Immortal Sovereign is reversing the Principle of Life and Death.”
“Not long ago, we discovered so cultivators in the Elent Devouring White Fog who seed to be both alive and not, dead and not. They looked like the living dead.”
“Connecting this to the recent observation of the Principle of Heaven and Earth being reversed, after so investigation, we finally confird this.”
“As for the true identity of this Immortal Sovereign, we currently have no clues.”
“However, we do have so suspicious targets.”
Drawing characters “Lan Yu” and “Celestial Doctor” in the air with his hand as though writing, Xu Bai concluded his report.
Wang Qiu Po squinted his eyes to better morize the nas.
Seeing that he was about to lie back on the rattan chair, Xu Bai suddenly returned to his previous question: “Do you wish to return to your hotown, sir?”
“Our information might be a good bargaining point for you to negotiate with the Five Elders Organization.”
“I believe they should agree.”
A glimr of hope lit up in Wang Qiu Po’s eyes, but it vanished rapidly.
He shook his head and said lightly: “The fate of spies like us is to rot body and soul in a foreign land.”
“As for my hotown…”
“I have long forgotten what it looks like.”
With his voice low, Wang Qiu Po laid on the rattan chair, his vitality slowly fading again.
“The items on the list will be given to you as promised.”
“You can go now. This ti, I won’t be waking up again.”
Before his vitality completely faded away, he said this to Xu Bai.
Xu Bai nodded: “In that case, may I have the privilege of making use of your life?”
Wang Qiu Po was startled, then seed to understand sothing.
Using up his last bit of energy, he slowly nodded.
Before his life signs completely disappeared, Xu Bai sent out a palm strike.
Wang Qiu Po was imdiately obliterated.
At the sa ti, Xu Bai roared: “How dare a rat from the Fifth Elder Club! You’re asking for death!”
With Wang Qiu Po’s death, the restrictions placed on the thatched cottage vanished, allowing Xu Bai’s voice to be heard outside.
His voice, paired with the falling star-like anomaly in the sky, told the crowd of cultivators outside what had happened.
The handso young man had actually killed the renowned Wang Qiu Po of Tianliang State!
Instantly, there was an uproar.
Anger, shock, and surprise…
Various emotions exploded in their hearts.
“Seize him!”
The enraged cultivators surrounded Xu Bai as he stepped out of the cottage.
Xu Bai, however, was calm. Facing the crowd about to move, he instead shouted back: “Are you also going to be an accomplice of the Fifth Elder Club spies!”
The cultivators there were all stunned.
Even though they had vaguely heard sothing about the Fifth Elder Club earlier, they did not associate it with Wang Qiu Po.
After all, the old man’s reputation was too bright; almost everybody in Tianliang State knew him.
But the young man in front of them did not seem like the type to exaggerate or spout nonsense either.
“What on earth is happening?”
Everyone was puzzled and was stunned by Xu Bai’s words.
“Report to Lord Xiang imdiately!” Sohow, soone reacted after a while.
“You cannot leave before the city lord cos!” They barred Xu Bai’s way.
“No worries. It’s better to call in the people from the Martial Arts Battle Hall and the Defense Institute as well. An investigation will prove I speak the truth.” Xu Bai did not resist; instead, he responded calmly.
Seeing this, the crowd beca even more uncertain.
“””
“If what this person says is true, and Wang Qiu Po is really a spy for the Five Elders Organization…”
“It would be like the sky is falling.”
Thinking about the countless cultivators they recomnded over the years, a chill rose in everyone’s hearts, prompting them to swallow their saliva.
It wasn’t long before an orange light streaked across the sky do, approaching them.
It was Xiang Rongxin, the lord of Tianliang City.
Scanning over everyone present, he locked his gaze onto Xu Bai.
Without a word, without asking any questions, he lood high above and activated a giant palm attack.
Prepared to kill Xu Bai on the spot!
“He’s trying to silence soone by killing them!”
The cultivators present were all taken aback, but none dared to interfere.
Just when they all thought this handso cultivator would die a terrible death.
They watched as he calmly took out a folding fan, and with a “swish” sound, expanded it.
The giant palm attack hadn’t even reached him when an invisible ripple ford, neutralizing the attack.
“Huh?”
A surprised expression appeared on Xiang Rongxin’s face.
Seeing the seemingly sarcastic look in Xu Bai’s eyes, a cruel glint erged in his eyes.
About to call on all his power to kill Xu Bai.
A lazy voice suddenly echoed from the horizon.
“Hold on, Lord Xiang!”
“I heard that a spy of the Five Elders Organization was reported and executed here, is it true?”
Before the voice was finished, a black-clothed cultivator appeared at the scene.
Xiang Rongxin’s face darkened instantly.
Because the newcor was Nangong Shirong, the commander of the Tianliang State Garrison.
With him present, it would have been impossible to suppress the matter.
Now he was in trouble.
Gazing at the slowly dissipating astral phenonon above his head, Xiang Rongxin sighed slightly in his heart.
“Wang Qiu Po, Wang Qiu Po, you left quite the problem for .”
After hearing the news delivered by his subordinate, Xiang Rongxin imdiately made a judgnt. Regardless of whether the claim “Wang Qiu Po is a spy of the Five Elders Organization” is true or not.
He had to make it seem false.
Otherwise…
Looking at the smile on Nangong Shirong’s face, Xiang Rongxin seed to see the coming storm about to sweep across the Sky-spirit State, and even the entire Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
“Dear friend, co with .” Nangong Shirong said kindly to Xu Bai.
“That’s exactly my intention.” Xu Bai replied, bowing his hand in courtesy and showing no fear.
The ensuing events unfolded very quickly.
Xu Bai firmly stated that he discovered Wang Qiu Po might be a spy based on several pieces of evidence.
Guided by the goal of cleansing the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals from villains, he brought the matter up for investigation.
Unexpectedly, Wang Qiu Po openly admitted his real identity, and even tried to attack Xu Bai.
Xu Bai was forced to retaliate and ended up killing him.
The matter was very straightforward.
Nangong Shirong didn’t seem to deeper examine the truth of Xu Bai’s words, instead, he directly ordered his subordinates to start investigating Wang Qiu Po.
Even if he wasn’t a spy, Wang Qiu Po couldn’t withstand the ticulous investigation of the Defense Institute.
All those who passed would leave traces.
Not to ntion, Wang Qiu Po was indeed a spy for the Five Elders Organization.
Before long, Nangong Shirong held many solid “evidences” in his hand.
“Hahaha, my young friend, you’ve done a great job for our Alliance of Thousands of Immortals this ti!” Nangong Shirong patted Xu Bai on the shoulder contently.
“You should stay here until the dust settles, to avoid any potential malicious retaliation. Rest assured, once everything is clear, you won’t miss a single deserved reward!”
Xu Bai replied solemnly, “It’s our responsibility to cleanse the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals from evil.”
Seeing such a high level of understanding in Xu Bai, Nangong Shirong was very satisfied.
He patted Xu Bai’s shoulder again as a sign of encouragent and left in a hurry.
The settlent of this incident was quicker than Xu Bai had anticipated.
Because the Five Elders Organization were putting pressure as well.
Faced with the accusations and inquiries from the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, the Five Elders Organization claid that there was no such thing. Wang Qiu Po had nothing to do with the Five Elders Organization.
The Five Elders Organization always upheld the principle of peaceful coexistence between both parties, and would never actively sabotage their relationship.
They hoped that the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals would not make false accusations and cause unnecessary troubles.
…
The deeper the denial, the deeper the suspicion.
Although the signs indicated that this might be a plot by the spy Wang Qiu Po before his death.
But…
It’s better to wrongfully kill a thousand than to let one guilty party escape.
In less than two weeks, those cultivators who had been promoted because of Wang Qiu Po’s recomndation were all isolated for investigation.
So who were exploring the White Mist were even forcefully recalled.
The end result was obvious.
A small portion who were indeed found with problems were directly taken down.
Most of them, although no evidence proved their involvent, were no longer trusted. They were sent to the Clear Water Post. If nothing unexpected happened, they would spend the rest of their lives there.
Just as the entire Immortal Alliance was in turmoil.
A cultivator from the Defense Institute, who had filled the large amount of vacancies left by several cultivators being transferred from their original posts, ca to Li Fan.
“These are the agreed goods.”
“The organization is very satisfied with this trade.”
“Looking forward to our next collaboration.”
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