"State Preceptor, spare my life!"
"State Preceptor, it was His Majesty who asked to..."
Chu Zheng’s pleas for rcy were cut short after only a half sentence when they were abruptly silenced by National Master Cheng Yuxiao, pinching his head to explosion. The nascent Primordial Spirit forming within had also been completely incinerated by a thread of crimson fla in the palm of the Great Chen Imperial Master, leaving not a trace behind!
Though nothing was interrogated, National Master Cheng Yuxiao knew everything.
With a face of steel-blue, Cheng Yuxiao simply remained silent for a mont before softly saying, "Clear the area."
Xu Jin understood the aning of the State Preceptor: no one involved, no one present, was to be spared.
The State Preceptor just stood in place, flicking his finger effortlessly, and with each flick, a head burst open.
The sa went for Xu Jin.
In less than ten breaths’ ti, hundreds of Fourth Tier and the remaining dozen or so Fifth Tier had all been executed.
Those who ca to their senses and tried to flee had no chance whatsoever.
"Rescue them!"
At the sa ti, the State Preceptor sent another command to Elder Peng, who was guarding the National Taoist Institute.
With a sweep of his great sleeve, a fierce fla ignited at the edge of the Ten Thousand Spirit Divine Blood Array.
In the next instant, Xu Jin and the State Preceptor arrived among the pile of unconscious civilians, cautiously lifted them one by one with Star Power, and then neatly arranged them.
The more they rescued, the uglier the expressions beca on Xu Jin and National Master Cheng Yuxiao’s faces.
The casualties were horrific.
Those civilians, having been piled up haphazardly, had t unlucky fates; so were crushed to death, others had broken necks, and yet more had suffocated.
The unconscious were no big issue, rely poisoned.
Both n’s Star Power was vigorous, especially the State Preceptor’s; with a re move of his hands, he could hold up thousands of civilians and move them aside.
In the span of a few dozen breaths, the entire valley was filled with over a hundred thousand civilians, lying like corpses.
But during the rescue, they found that several thousand civilians had died unexpectedly.
The State Preceptor remained silent, yet Xu Jin’s chest burned with raging flas.
After rescuing the last civilian, Xu Jin abruptly turned to National Master Cheng Yuxiao,
"State Preceptor, does this foolish Emperor deserve death?"
"He does!"
"Then what are we waiting for! State Preceptor, why wait? Kill this foolish Emperor and establish a new ruler!" Xu Jin’s eyes spat fire.
Hearing this, Great Chen Imperial Master Cheng Yuxiao sighed deeply.
But Xu Jin grew impatient. "State Preceptor, if we don’t kill this foolish Emperor, are we supposed to keep him for New Year’s? State Preceptor, if you fear the infamy, let do it! Cover for , and I will infiltrate the Imperial Palace under Invisibility and assassinate this foolish Emperor!"
Hearing this, the State Preceptor sighed again deeply.
This made Xu Jin impatient, "State Preceptor, I understand your feelings, but do you not seem a bit naive in your loyalty?"
"Naive in my loyalty?"
Cheng Yuxiao gave a bitter smile, "Do I look naive to you? If I were, I wouldn’t have killed Chu Zheng."
"Then you..."
"Xu Jin, do you really think the Imperial Family could be slaughtered by you and ? Or do you believe that the Dachen Imperial Family has survived a thousand years so simply?" National Master Cheng Yue Xiao asked.
"State Preceptor, if there’s any trouble, just tell straight!"
In the next mont, Cheng Yuxiao directly placed the Nine Bright Chi before Xu Jin, "Do you know one of the conditions to inherit and refine this National Treasure Tao Artifact Nine Bright Chi?"
Xu Jin was perplexed.
"This Nine Bright Chi is a National Treasure, personally crafted by the founding Emperor of Great Dachen. The first seal of its restriction is that the refiner must not harm the holder of the National Treasure Seal, must not move against Dachen’s Emperor.
When I refined this National Treasure, this restriction was also refined into my body."
Looking at Xu Jin, Cheng Yuxiao continued, "I know what you want to say; a National Treasure, if discarded, then so be it! But it can’t be abandoned.
The National Treasure Seal and the National Treasure are cause and effect; if the Seal is not present, and I actively abandon this Nine Bright Chi, it will instantly destroy my Divine Soul!
The founding Great Emperor of Great Dachen fundantally eliminated the possibility of the Great Chen Imperial Master causing chaos!"
Saying this, anger surfaced on Cheng Yuxiao’s face, "As you say, for an Emperor so cruel to his people, if possible, why would I keep him?"
Xu Jin’s brows furrowed, "So you’re saying, although the Nine Bright Chi is a National Treasure, it also controls you?"
"Controls?"
Cheng Yuxiao shook his head, "Not exactly, it rely limits the owner’s potential to cause chaos."
"State Preceptor, that being said, you can’t act, but I can! Lead into the Imperial Palace, and I’ll assassinate this foolish Emperor!"
Looking at the tens of thousands of corpses from Yangjiang County, Xu Jin’s desire to kill the Qian’an Emperor beca fiercer than ever.
"Your potential is far too great, no need to accompany a foolish Emperor to death."
"To death?"
"In the Imperial Palace, there’s an Eighth Tier Ritual Officer, and within the palace, I cannot act! Moreover, even if you were to infiltrate the palace under Invisibility, you wouldn’t be able to kill the Qian’an Emperor.
The treasure that protects the life of a nation’s ruler is extrely powerful.
Not just you, even a Seventh Tier would have a hard ti succeeding in an assassination." Cheng Yuxiao explained.
"Then..."
Xu Jin looked at the ground strewn with corpses, his face full of hatred, "Are we just going to let this be?"
"Of course not!"
Cheng Yuxiao shook his head, "This foolish Emperor must pay the price for his actions, but I cannot punish him for a short ti due to the restrictions of the Nine Bright Chi. However, I can diminish his Authority and the mont there’s a suitable chance in the future, I will force him to abdicate!
But if we are to execute this foolish Emperor, we will have to wait for a more opportune mont."
"State Preceptor, if the chance arises, I will surely sever this foolish Emperor’s head, and bring it here, so he can apologize to the tens of thousands of wrongfully dead civilians of Yangjiang County!" said Xu Jin.
In fact, Xu Jin harbored even deeper and more ruthless thoughts.
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