Chapter 392: Axe-Wielding Before a Master

"Lead the way," Xu Qing said calmly.

His actions caused the two Law Enforcement Palace disciples to narrow their eyes slightly. They looked Xu Qing up and down, hesitation rising in their hearts. After exchanging glances, they gritted their teeth, took out shackles, and walked toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was lost in thought, while the Captain raised an eyebrow.

At this moment, seeing this unreasonable scene, the two of them completely confirmed the other party's objective.

The Captain smiled, a very sinister smile.

Xu Qing did not resist; he let the two Law Enforcement Palace disciples put the shackles on him and stepped forward.

Because he was walking slowly, the Law Enforcement Palace disciple beside him barked a reprimand.

Xu Qing turned his head, gave him a deep look, said nothing, and followed the two as they walked away.

Immortal Zixuan watched all of this. She chose to believe that Xu Qing could handle it, but she still took out a jade slip to contact her friends in the Capital, using her own methods to add a layer of protection to this matter.

Chen Tinghao did the same. He was not a meddlesome person, but he was passionate about Sword Holders. At this moment, he immediately contacted the Sword Holding Palace to report the matter.

"Everyone, no need to panic. It is very obvious that they want to smear Little Ah Qing; the traces are too heavy, and the execution is too crude."

"With such a crude method, if it can still work on Little Junior Brother, then our many years in the Criminal Investigation Department were truly in vain."

"This matter will be resolved in three to five days at most. Believe me, just do as I say." The Captain looked in the direction Xu Qing had been taken, fire burning in his heart.

This was the first time he had watched his own junior brother be taken away like this right in front of him.

At this moment, outside the Capital city, in one of the three massive floating palaces, inside a side hall of the Law Enforcement Palace, Zhang Siyun was standing to the side, cautious and timid, his face filled with nervousness.

This appearance of his was something no outsider had ever seen. The usually gloomy, ruthless, and cold Zhang Siyun only ever wore this expression in front of one person: his mother.

Right now, his mother was sitting at a desk not far away, head bowed, flipping through the Law Enforcement Palace's case files.

Although she was already a mother, her long, jet-black hair, skin as white as snow that seemed to break at a touch, and that exquisitely beautiful face made her look like a fairy from a painting who had descended into the mortal world.

She was dazzlingly beautiful, as if she possessed no worldly smoke or fire.

She did not look like Zhang Siyun's mother at all, but rather his older sister.

She sat there with a straight waist, which simultaneously highlighted her full chest and her beautiful curves.

Zhang Siyun did not dare to breathe loudly, keeping his head down and waiting silently. After a long time, a knock came at the door of the side hall, and following the woman's ethereal voice, the door opened.

The two cultivators who had previously taken Xu Qing away walked in respectfully and knelt before the woman in the seat of honor. "Greetings, My Lord. My Lord, Xu Qing has been brought here and sent to the prison. Unfortunately, his sect did not resist at all during the process, and this Xu Qing did not resist arrest... I do not know how to proceed."

"This small sect is not without brains. No need to deal with it; just keep him locked up." The woman put down the case file, raised her elegant head, looked at her two subordinates, and spoke calmly.

The two cultivators met the woman's gaze, and their hearts could not help but ripple uncontrollably. Although they saw her often, every time they saw their superior, they could not help but feel a sense of agitation rise in their hearts.

It was simply that their superior's beauty carried a fatal temptation, but they also knew her ruthlessness, so they shivered, quickly lowered their heads to acknowledge, and chose to withdraw.

Seeing that his mother's two subordinates had left, Zhang Siyun could not hide the emotional fluctuations in his heart and looked at his mother expectantly. The source of this matter was that after he arrived, he informed his mother of the reason for the Sword Holding Court in Yinghuang Province, which led to the arrest of the Eight Sect Alliance branch.

The entire process was arranged by his mother; first, she arrested the branch, then interrogated them to extract some ambiguous matters, and locked onto Xu Qing.

Now that Xu Qing had been captured, Zhang Siyun's mind became active.

"Mother, Xu Qing has two Life Lamps on him."

"Shut up!"

Zhang Siyun's mother spoke a single, indifferent sentence. Zhang Siyun's heart trembled, and he dared not speak.

"Your father is a piece of trash. I thought you might be a bit better, but I didn't expect you to be a piece of trash as well, unable to even obtain a Sword Holding Token, requiring your grandmaster's special recruitment."

Zhang Siyun lowered his head, bitterness in his heart.

Looking at her son, Yao Yunhui sighed inwardly; she was indeed somewhat disappointed in Zhang Siyun.

"Yun'er, doing things requires taking it one step at a time. That Xu Qing is brilliant, personally appointed by the Great Emperor, and the Sword Holding Palace Dao Bell in Fenghai Capital rang once for him. He is the focus of everyone's attention, and there is even the face of Yinghuang Province involved. Do you really think you can just move against him whenever you want?"

"Is Mother trying to fish?" Zhang Siyun was lost in thought.

"You are finally not completely stupid. That's right. The first reason I locked him up is to see who would speak out to stop it and who would watch coldly. After all, he is brilliant, and I don't believe everyone is willing to see that."

"And a person like Xu Qing can only be attacked when he has just arrived and his wings are not yet fully grown. Once he truly takes office, who would dare to provoke him easily?"

"Doing things cannot be rushed."

"Moreover, this matter cannot convict him at all. The second reason I captured him is not to convict him!"

"In three days at most, I will release him on the grounds that the investigation is delayed and requires further exploration, and the people from the branch sect will also be released."

"But because my investigation has not ended, from now on, there will be a note in his resume: suspected of overstepping."

"Using this to cover..."

"... his brilliance, but it is not enough. This matter needs to be recorded several times in different ways. After that, his brilliance will fade in the eyes of the world. At that time, we can make arrangements to let him have an accident."

"At that time, no one will be able to say anything. As for his Life Lamps, you cannot go and take them directly even if you want them. Change to another method; after they are handed over, you can use battle merits to exchange for them. Only then will it be obtained legitimately."

"Doing things is not all about killing. You still need to be tempered."

Zhang Siyun's mother spoke softly, her voice like a clear spring, only this spring was jet-black and contained poison.

Beside her, Zhang Siyun heard this, took a deep breath, and bowed deeply to his mother.

At the same time, inside the Law Enforcement Palace prison, Xu Qing sat cross-legged in a cage, his expression calm as he looked around.

The cage here was not the Capital's Earth Prison, but a temporary detention place for the Law Enforcement Palace. Like this kind of cell, there were also some in the original Criminal Investigation Department. There were not many prisoners around, but because the air here did not circulate, a foul smell permeated, and there were bursts of cold and dampness invading.

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As for his cultivation, it was also completely suppressed under the effect of the shackles, but this was only on the surface. Xu Qing had too many ways to restore his cultivation.

Whether it was the shadow, the poison prohibition in his body, or the power of the purple moon, all could allow him to achieve this.

But Xu Qing was not in a hurry.

From beginning to end, he had already verified in his heart that this matter was aimed at him, but the effect of his brilliance was reflected at this moment.

After Xu Qing put himself in the other party's shoes, everything became even clearer.

"Deliberately smearing, leaving a stain with an ambiguous attitude, using this to disperse the invisible protection of brilliance. The idea is good, but the execution is very crude."

Xu Qing shook his head.

In his judgment, he estimated that in a few days, the other party would release him on the grounds of delaying the investigation, but the matter would not be resolved, so there would definitely be such a note in his resume.

For the human orthodoxy that values resumes, his resume would not be so clean.

In addition to his brilliance, there would be one more entry: suspected of overstepping.

Although it was only a suspicion and the effect seemed small, he thought there would be a series of subsequent events to complete the final goal.

This matter seemed clever, but in reality, the other party did not possess higher-level techniques.

A cold glint rose in Xu Qing's eyes. It was very easy to resolve this matter, but what he wanted was not just resolution; this was not his personality. He wanted to counterattack.

Just like back in the slums, for those who showed hostility, in a situation where the mask was torn off, if he could not kill them immediately, he had to find a way to make them hurt.

Back then, when the Jin Gang Sect ancestor hunted him down, he could have clearly escaped, but he still chose to go back and burn the Jin Gang Sect; this was also due to his personality.

However, in different environments, the method of counterattack was naturally different.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing closed his eyes.

He had already thought of the method of counterattack.

Time passed, and soon three days went by.

The Eight Sect Alliance branch disciples, who had been locked up for ten days, were released by the Law Enforcement Palace one by one, each carrying a sense of grievance.

During these ten days, although they were interrogated, the questions asked were all vague and lacked real content, so much so that even now they did not know the reason.

The moment they walked out of the Law Enforcement Palace, they saw Immortal Zixuan and the others, who had received the news and were waiting outside.

"Greetings, Immortal!" The leading branch sect master, who came from the Third Seal, felt ashamed in his heart the moment he saw Immortal Zixuan, and he quickly walked out, cupped his fists, and bowed.

Looking at the branch sect members, Immortal Zixuan nodded. She did not see Xu Qing in the crowd, and she was lost in thought.

The old woman from the Fifth Peak was the same.

Only the Captain put on a nervous appearance and secretly winked at Wu Jianwu.

Wu Jianwu hurriedly took out a recording jade slip.

Besides them, Chen Tinghao also came to pick up Xu Qing. This time he did not come alone, but called more than a dozen Sword Holders who were on good terms with him.

"Where is Xu Qing?"

While everyone was surprised, Xu Qing's figure slowly walked out from the Law Enforcement Palace, pushed by the two Law Enforcement Palace cultivators.

"Brilliant, yet suspected of overstepping. This time you are lucky."

"After you go back, I hope you think carefully. Your matter is only a pause, not over."

The two Law Enforcement Palace cultivators spoke coldly. After bringing out the expressionless Xu Qing, they were just about to remove his shackles. But at this moment, Xu Qing's body trembled, his gaze dimmed, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

This mouthful of blood splattered on the ground, and while it was shocking, Xu Qing's whole body exploded with blood mist at this moment, and one wound after another appeared on his body.

Any one of these wounds was shocking, deep enough to see the bone, and it seemed to have been covered by a technique, making it not reveal itself originally, but at this moment, it was extremely clear.

Countless wounds appeared on Xu Qing's face, neck, and exposed skin. One could imagine that under these clothes, there must be more.

Because the blood had already spread, soaking the entire robe.

All of this gave people the feeling that in the three days Xu Qing was locked up, he had suffered inhuman torture and miserable abuse, and the person who attacked him was heartless, almost peeling him alive.

Besides that, his internal organs were shattered at this moment, making it difficult to support his body, and his whole person fell forward.

He was on the verge of death, extremely miserable, and near death!

This was Xu Qing's method of counterattack.

Just like hitting a snake at its seven inches, the principle of counterattack was the same: make the other party uncomfortable, make the scene they did not want to see happen, and turn a small matter into a big one.

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Just like when he saw the matter of the Water-Drawing Department back then, he secretly flicked a small stone at Huang Yan. Huang Yan reacted at the time by spitting out blood, extremely miserable, successfully blowing the matter up.

This time, Xu Qing was also prepared to do the same, but it required the Captain's cooperation. Xu Qing was very assured about this point; he believed the Captain would definitely be able to perform beyond expectations.

"Xu Qing!" The Captain let out a miserable sound, his whole person rushed out fiercely, and he hugged Xu Qing's falling body.

Xu Qing's gaze was dim, and he spat out blood again. His body was covered in more blood, his eyes were completely devoid of spirit, dimmed to the extreme, and his whole person was breathing weakly.

This was a real injury, not a fake one.

Whether it was the flesh wounds or the internal injuries, they were all real, and the cultivation in his body was also chaotic, with cracks appearing in his Heavenly Palace at this moment.

And the shackles on his body possessed the power to seal cultivation.

Under these shackles, it was impossible to move on his own to cause such injuries to himself, so the answer was obviously the Law Enforcement Palace!

"My junior brother Xu Qing, what monstrous crime did he commit that you had to interrogate him with such torture, punish him so viciously, and abuse him so wantonly?" The Captain's hair was disheveled, and he roared miserably.

"Law Enforcement Palace! You tell me, what crime did my junior brother commit!"

"He is just an ordinary new Sword Holder who came to report for duty. On the first day he arrived, he was taken away by you. Right in front of our faces, you put shackles on him to seal his cultivation. Three days, it's only been three days, and he is already not in human form."

The Captain was extremely indignant, Immortal Zixuan was also furious, and all the Eight Sect Alliance disciples were furious at this moment, shaking the heavens and the earth. Even Chen Tinghao and those Sword Holders had strong anger in their eyes and stepped forward together.

This scene caused the Law Enforcement Palace to be in an uproar. The two Law Enforcement Palace cultivators who brought Xu Qing out were also buzzing in their minds, filled with confusion. They had not attacked Xu Qing; in these three days, no one had attacked Xu Qing.

But those injuries were real.

While everyone's anger was shaking all directions, Xu Qing's shadow trembled slightly...

At the same time, the Captain, who was holding Xu Qing, had blue veins bulging on his neck, his eyes red, and he began to laugh miserably and tragically.

"Little Junior Brother, why have you stopped breathing? We agreed that we would protect the human race together, and together be Sword Holders for the human race, blooming with the light of heaven and earth!"

"Little Junior Brother, who was it that beat you so viciously? Why did they do this? Is it because you are brilliant and invited jealousy, or is it because you offended Zhang Siyun?"

"Why are you so stupid? Zhang Siyun's mother is from the Law Enforcement Palace. I told you not to come, but you said you believed in the justice of the human race, you believed in the light of the Sword Holders!"

"We spent eight months coming here, just to face this kind of framing and poisoning!" "Little Junior Brother, what is the use of brilliance if it cannot protect you from being beaten by villains!"

"What is the use of the Great Emperor's personal appointment if it cannot protect you from being abused by evil people!"

"Sword Holders... are they just bullied like this?"

"Little Junior Brother, today your Senior Brother will risk losing this identity as a Sword Holder to ask for justice for you from heaven and earth!"

"Law Enforcement Palace, if my junior brother is truly guilty, you produce evidence, and I will say nothing. But if my junior brother is clearly innocent, yet was harmed and abused by you like this, then this matter... will never be let go!"

"This matter is intolerable to heaven!"

"This matter is intolerable to the Great Emperor's appointment!"

The Captain roared crazily with red eyes, his voice spreading throughout the Law Enforcement Palace and all directions.

And not knowing who cast the spell, thunder sounded in the sky at this moment, rumbling and shaking the heavens and the earth. Amidst the lightning and thunder, it reflected on the face of the statue of the Ancient Emperor Xuanyou, making it even more majestic.

The firmament was angry, and the Ancient Emperor seemed to be angry as well. ===== CHAPTER 393 =====