Jing Guo’s jade mallet circled once, then mindlessly knocked back again.

No one spoke for Ju Kui, nor did he need it. He looked at the Central Empire’s Prime Minister, not avoiding his gaze, still standing like a tower as he had that year: “I am for the public; the public is in the world. I also have private matters; my private matter is governing the law.”

“What does Dao Guo seek?”

He raised his voice: “Central has always discussed public justice, not personal grudges. It discusses the big picture, leaving aside petty resentments—this is the heart of the world’s correct law, and it was Jing Guo’s words before the heavy illness of indulging in small moss on Guan He Tai!”

“Governing the law is not for you, Ju Kui, to worry about. You must know what Tai Xu Ge does! Law is law, and the Three Criminal Palaces are the Three Criminal Palaces. If your heart is with the former, you should know what kind of world this is. If you stand for the latter…” Lu Qiu Wen Yue flicked her sleeve: “Then you should also retreat from Ge!”

The Legalists wanted to implement a universal law, but Lu Qiu Wen Yue meant that this was Jing Guo’s world.

Striking a blow to the reputation of the Three Criminal Palaces was impossible to terminate. There was no reason not to make good use of such an excellent opportunity. If they could weaken the Legalists’ public credibility by criticizing the Criminal Person Palace Holder, that would be even better.

Initially, Yu Jing Shan had nodded in agreement. Jing Shi Tai’s arrest of demons and the Three Criminal Palaces’ stance had caused public opinion to overturn, and the credit of the ancient demon-slaying alliance had plummeted… These accumulated matters led to Yu Zhang Jiao’s gift contract to the Yellow River the previous day, earning the title of “Dang Mo Tian Jun.”

This was, of course, not something Central was happy to see.

Jing Guo had its own Ji Xing Si, Jing Shi Tai, and Central Heaven Prison, and did not need such Three Criminal Palaces, especially not Three Criminal Palaces with such a heavy reputation.

Besides, the knock against Tai Xu Ge was just a casual action.

This session of the Yellow River Meeting had pushed Tai Xu Ge’s position too high. Even with Li Yi sitting in Ge, it did not conform to the Central Empire’s interests.

Jing Guo, on one hand, stood at the forefront, “taking responsibility for the world.” This was where great justice lay, and the great trend had formed. On the other hand, it suppressed any potential shake to the present world order and influenced the existence of Central first. This was also a necessary measure.

Ju Kui’s face was expressionless: “Does Wen Xiang think Ju Kui is a certain type of person? Does he think compromise can exchange respect, retreating from Ge can prove innocence, and fairness can welcome support—”

“No. By now, I have seen clearly enough. Not everyone respects the Yellow River Meeting or considers the future.” “But I will not retreat. I will be firmly rooted here. I will cherish my rights, defend my position, and absolutely not let this world be given to those voices I do not agree with.”

He stirred his hand lightly, very seriously: “I have no intention of retreating from Ge. If Wen Xiang has the heart to force me to retreat from Ge, it doesn’t hurt to promote a Tai Xu Meeting, carefully count my faults, and have the crowd judge and push me out.”

“Certain people” just calmly gazed at Heavenly Master Yan Qi’s bewildered shadow, waiting for the moment Hun Yuan Evil Immortal completely descended, seemingly unconcerned by people’s discussions.

He was silent and still, like deep water flowing.

Summoning Hun Yuan Evil Immortal to the world stage was already irreversible. Son of Heaven from all sides should have reached a consensus.

As the Yellow River Judge, he still needed to maintain the Yellow River Meeting’s beginning and end, and still had to ensure the safety of the audience on site.

“That position, whether it is walked down by oneself or pushed down by others, the result is not the same. Retreating bravely in a swift flow still doesn’t lose face. Reluctantly staying only harms the body and face—Zhen Jun Ju has his own knowledge, and this humble official won’t say much more.”

Lu Qiu Wen Yue glanced at Ju Kui, then looked away.

Jiang Wang had already retreated from Ge. Inside Tai Xu Ge, apart from the two remaining representatives of Ba Guo, neither could sit too steadily.

Legalists, Confucians, Buddhists, Mohists, and the great sects of the world, even the countries of Li Wei and Song Sheng, could all rotate there, not allowing any one side to have a fixed seat.

Tai Xu Ge’s influence could slowly decline.

After Legalist sect master Gong Sun Bu Hai’s reputation greatly fell, Ju Kui was the easier one to be pushed away… There was really no need to think too much.

She reached into the void and grabbed a jade slip, the first sign engraved with words, saying it was a “Chen Qing Zhang.”

This volume was named “Chen Qing,” but was actually “Zai Dao.”

It was the method Xu Huai Zhang wrote to reform the Dao Gate when he was the Heavenly Master! That person re-exalted the Xu clan, yet did not indulge in glory. Instead, he was alert to the present and worried about the future.

He thought the Dao Gate’s chronic illness had long resided and had accumulated so much that it was hard to return. Thus, he patrolled all worlds, bitterly seeking a reform method. Finally, all his thoughts were recorded in this chapter, respectfully offered to Yu Jing Dao Master… But it sank into the sea.

Dao Master transcended supreme and was no longer concerned with mortal matters. The Dao Gate had flowed from the ancient abyss to the present, where did it need a worrywart to worry about heaven?

Many people recognized that this matter was the direct reason for Xu Huai Zhang abandoning Dao and following Confucianism.

Lu Qiu Wen Yue had also traced history for a long time, only now managing to get this chapter. Because the fog of history was too heavy, only remnant chapters remained, only a few sparse sentences at the beginning, but it was enough to supplement Xu Huai Zhang’s life story.

Capturing a transcendent one,

It was not an easy matter, even for a mad one like Hun Yuan Evil Immortal, even at this moment when Hun Yuan Evil Immortal had no intention of resisting…

Supplementing Xu Huai Zhang’s story was just to complete Hun Yuan Evil Immortal.

Lu Qiu Wen Yue tried her best to collect Xu Huai Zhang’s life’s “adhered thoughts” to respond to His “old thoughts” of the Yellow River, like carving a divine image of a statue named Hun Yuan Evil Immortal, here to accept His all, so that He could completely detach from the sea of sin.

This process was not simple and could not be fast.

Lu Qiu Wen Yue was personally operating today, like a physician or butcher to flesh, filling in details point by point, outlining the real… This matter could not be entrusted to anyone, only she could do it herself.

The Central Son of Heaven then suppressed the situation for her throughout the process.

Ji Jing Lu at this time, instead relaxed. He knew the big picture was set.

On the occasion of all sides’ Son of Heaven gathering and the world’s attention, the most difficult thing was not exterminating a transcendent, but making the transcendent show a trace.

It was precisely because Wu Zui Tian Ren intended to use Hun Yuan Evil Immortal as a lead and actively pushed Him to come; precisely because Hun Yuan Evil Immortal’s confused thoughts did not leave and His old adherence was hard to eliminate, so He also actively approached; precisely because Jing Guo had made all the necessary preparations…

Now, only the price of killing Hun Yuan Evil Immortal needed to be considered.

Currently, He was still without any resistance, His thoughts returning to the Yellow River. When it was truly time to kill Him, no matter how confused His heart was, He would inevitably explode with the resistance of an immortal one to decay and extinguish. A fish on a chopping board would jump, wanting to collapse several scales and splash water all over. What more a transcendent one!

Guan He Tai was a vital area in the present world. If a transcendent great war happened here, the slightest carelessness could explode into a disaster that swept the human world.

The mad and deranged Hun Yuan Evil Immortal was, after all, not a clear and noble immortal master of a generation.

He, who floated and sank in the sea of sin, was not like the pioneers of the immortal era who strategized for the whole world and had everything traceable.

How much power did the Tian Du Lock Dragon Array, specifically targeting Him, still have?

Ji Jing Lu decided to do his own things.

Jing Guo “wanted everything.” The Prime Minister was trapping the transcendent in a net; he should also clear all clearable hidden dangers and exclude all excludable interferences.

Chen Yan Xun was still seriously observing the Central Empire’s strategy of surrounding and killing the transcendent, pondering how he should respond if he achieved transcendence and was hostile to Central… Suddenly, he met Ji Jing Lu’s eyes.

“Dang Mo Tian Jun…” He called out involuntarily.

Jiang Wang then looked at him, indicating that he was watching.

Bao Xuan Jing really wanted to remind Zhen Jun Jiang that this guy called Chen Yan Xun was not a good person and that he didn’t need to feel pity… But he couldn’t give a reason why the opponent was a scoundrel.

He could only sigh quietly and remain silent. Zhen Jun Jiang still had too much sense of responsibility; good people were easily bullied!

“Calling again?” Ji Jing Lu’s face wore a smile, half-squatting, looking at the uneasy youth: “If you are clear, this prince will protect you. If your evil karma is hard to cleanse, Dang Mo Tian Jun will also kill you.”

“I don’t understand what you mean…” Chen Yan Xun said, grabbing Xie Rong’s sleeve: “Mister! I should pay you for the diagnosis!”

Having escaped the extermination war in Ming Guo, Xie Rong was a very sensible person. He busied himself inserting a pile of needles, and just as he stood up to leave, he was pulled by this kid. He couldn’t just brush him off. While prying the youth’s fingers, he spoke with a physician’s benevolent heart: “Dong Wang Valley is responsible for the medical treatment matters of this Yellow River Meeting; the diagnosis fees are all the responsibility of Dong Wang Valley. For injuries as severe as yours… After the race, Song Guo will also bear a part. Although I inserted a few more needles, the Chen family is not short of money, young master doesn’t need to worry.”

“The Chen family is already gone,” Ji Jing Lu said coldly.

His gaze swept over Jiang Zhen Jun’s fingers resting on the sword hilt, motionless like stone, glanced at Xie Rong’s shock, and finally gazed at Chen Yan Xun’s terror… Ji Jing Lu slowly said: “To be precise, the Chen family’s main line is gone. The Chen Shi main line’s full household was exterminated, and the most core pages on the family tree are already empty. Only one Chen Si Wu remains, his life and death unknown.”

“What do you mean?” Chen Yan Xun suddenly sat up!

The silver needles in his body were forced out, and the wound that had just stopped bleeding burst open again, the deep red staining his clothes, making one feel sad.

He was in pain, struggling, not daring to believe: “Dai Shan Wang! Such a matter, you cannot joke!”

Creating a legal identity was not difficult.

Difficult was that this identity had to withstand the scrutiny of the entire world, withstand the scrutiny of the Yellow River Meeting participants, and even the six great overlord countries.

Actually, reaching this step was still okay.

Song Guo had its own system, born from nothing, and it also muddled through to become a heaven.

Especially this young body of Chen Yan Xun, it was indeed raised by Chen Si Wu’s lifeblood. How to verify all blood relatives, and indeed he was a member of the Chen family.

But the premise of all safety lay in this surface identity not being suspected by the overlord countries. Even if suspected, the level of danger was not too high to lead to a full investigation by the overlord countries!

Even if the person Chen Yan Xun truly existed, and was indeed a seed left behind by Chen Si Wu after a night of romance, all the doubts in his growth process would be peeled out, with nothing to hide.

Jing Guo was able to pierce through the historical confusion of a transcendent. Even Xu Huai Zhang’s chapter book from when he was Heavenly Master could be found out! What’s more, inspecting the life of a so-called fifteen-year-old youth?

Taking out one ten-thousandth of the effort used to deal with Xu Huai Zhang, he would be trapped with no way to advance or retreat. The unfortunate thing was… Because of the damned Equality Country and Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, the worst situation had already happened.

Why was he still struggling, still performing, not immediately breaking the net like a fish dying? He was unwilling to give up just like this, still wanted to wait for an opportunity on the stage, and also pinned his hopes on his collaborator being able to do things properly.

Lu Ye had provided an excellent method on his side—

Kill everyone related to the participants, and then there would be no problem, right?

If the Chen family was gone, where could they check Chen Yan Xun’s problems?

If the previous extermination of Chen Shi before the race had the meaning of “there is no silver three hundred taels here,” then killing the absolute main line of Chen Shi was not like that. It could be completely said to be Wei Guo’s story, Lu Ye’s story.

Those whose brains were not normal in Equality Country, those ruthless ones in the great overlord countries… They were all possible! What matter could they not do?

Right… If it had to be said that Yan Chun Hui was on stage, why couldn’t Lu Ye be Yan Chun Hui?

After confronting Jiang Wang in Yun Guo in the past, he changed paths and sought another way. Wasn’t this martial dao prodigy identity very suitable?

All the reasons to suspect him could be used to suspect Lu Ye.

All the leniency towards Lu Ye could also fall on him.

The muddier this pool of water became, the more possibility he had to break through the heaven’s light.

Damn Luo Sha Ming Yue Jing, damn Equality Country, damn Jing Guo, forcing him into such a situation. Every moment in the San Mei Yan Guang surrounding his body was an extreme torment!

Fortunately, his partners were not stupid… They once again had a tacit understanding.

Ji Jing Lu looked at Chen Yan Xun. On this youth’s face, there was indeed no flaw to be seen.

“It’s strange to say. Just as this prince began to focus on you and investigate the Chen family, the Chen Shi was just exterminated…” Great Jing’s Dai Shan Wang had a noble air and slowly said: “Exactly who would be so sensitive and act so promptly? In Song Guo’s territory, targeting someone with the surname Chen… This prince can only think of one person.”

He did not speak, but it was self-referential… The current Song Emperor!

Song Guo had only one True Monarch, who upheld rites. Ming Lun Academy ranked him as “Cheng De Tian Zi,” the Great Song Emperor.

Once neck and neck with the Wei Emperor, both civil and military. Later, their paths were completely different.

The Wei Emperor personally handled everything, building Zhao Xian Tai and widely accepting talents. The Song Emperor, however, governed from behind the curtain, using scholars to rule the world. That person had not attended court for a long time, devoting himself to cultivation, for over twenty years already.

“I don’t believe it!” Chen Yan Xun struggled to stand up, the youth weeping blood, both angry and hateful: “Chen Shi has been loyal to the country for generations, my family shares glory with the country! Chen Shi has entered the Yellow River six times, I am still on Guan He Tai fighting for the country, killing my way to the semi-finals—His Majesty is impossible to harm my family! Don’t talk nonsense!”

Ji Jing Lu had indeed bluffed him.

Because the news of the Chen Shi extermination was still under blockade, he had just received the news and immediately rushed to Guan He Tai. He just wanted to take advantage of Chen Yan Xun competing on stage, unable to receive intelligence in time… Utilize this time difference, hit Chen Yan Xun when he was unprepared, and look for his vital point when startling the snake.

Regarding the Chen Shi extermination, the intelligence that could be collected now was that the thieves had secretly set up an altar outside Shang Qiu city, instantly forming a law, and killed people with a single thought before fleeing far away. The Song Emperor broke through the palace and appeared, intercepting the thieves at the country border, exchanging hands several times, but unable to stop the thieves.

Analyzing from Shang Qiu city’s side, the murderer was either Equality Country or Qi Guo…

Which was equal to no analysis.

All the people in Song Guo were smart, but they were too good at pretending to be stupid. Only Tu Wei Jian patched things up, and the two surnames Chen and Yin were diligent.

“Harm your family is not necessarily hating you,” Ji Jing Lu said seriously: “It could also be loving you.”

“I want to go back—” Chen Yan Xun no longer entangled with him, his tearful eyes looked at Jiang Wang: “Dang Mo Tian Jun, I want to go back and see!”

Current Guan He Tai was too dangerous; he should leave. He now only had suspicion, not a crime. Who could refuse a youth’s request to go home and see? At a time when his entire household was exterminated!

As long as he left the range of Guan He Tai, the sea would be wide and the sky boundless.

At the moment when Hun Yuan Evil Immortal was about to descend, how many people could be spared on the stage to monitor him?

If Ji Jing Lu forced him to stay, Jing Guo could from now on remove the title of Dai Shan Wang.

Even if Jiang Wang personally accompanied him back, he had full confidence in escaping.

This youth was sad to the extreme, yet still held on strongly, just like this, looking pitifully at Jiang Wang.

Even the audience who saw this expression reflected through the sky curtain were heartbroken by it.

Compared to Lu Ye’s firm and silent endurance, Chen Yan Xun’s overflowing sadness was more able to evoke resonance.

“Want to go back, huh? You can!” Ji Jing Lu’s heart already had the answer. How much guts did a half-grown youth have? His entire household was exterminated in Shang Qiu, the truth was not yet set, and he just wanted to go back and see?

To say that thinking of returning and thinking of relatives was a common human emotion, but put on the body of a prodigy on Guan He Tai, it was just a little foolish and stupid.

His voice also no longer had any warmth: “Wait until Hun Yuan Evil Immortal is executed. I will ask Tian Du Yuan Shuai to lead the way and escort you back to Shang Qiu—and it’s also just right to ask the Song Emperor about the thief’s matter!”

Chen Yan Xun’s heart suddenly tightened! He knew that Ji Jing Lu’s suspicion of him was not just based on what he said on stage. He had almost confirmed his identity.

His tearful eyes looked down, walking towards the Dong Wang Valley physician Xie Rong under the stage. He didn’t know when Xie Rong had disappeared. Like a drop of water disappearing in water, without a trace.

There were so many strong individuals on the site, yet not a single person detected the anomaly.

“Who are you looking at? Are there still accomplices under the stage?” Ji Jing Lu followed him as he turned his head, chasing his line of sight, asking with interest.

He probably very much enjoyed the feeling of pushing people into desperate situations!

“No discussion?” Chen Yan Xun withdrew his line of sight, and with the last flow of tears, he asked.

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