Chapter 473: A Dao-follower, a living mortal god of the Heavenly Time?

Thousand-Sound Emperor and Fuzhi Emperor went in together, but only Fuzhi Emperor came out. Those outside immediately guessed what had happened.

Red-Brow Emperor and two other Mechanists, who belonged to the same War God Hall, immediately questioned him: "Fuzhi Emperor, may we ask where Thousand-Sound Emperor is?"

Fuzhi Emperor looked regretful: "Thousand-Sound Emperor unfortunately triggered a True Spirit Tribulation during the inheritance trial and has perished."

"What?" The three, including Red-Brow Emperor, were shaken.

If it were a normal death, Thousand-Sound Emperor might still have a chance at resurrection. Her joining the War God Hall proved she had accumulated many merits over the years. If she died, the Empire would request the Reincarnation Temple to resurrect her.

Dying under a True Spirit Tribulation? Then there was no way.

It had never been heard of that one could be resurrected after dying under a True Spirit Tribulation.

"How could Thousand-Sound Emperor suddenly encounter a True Spirit Tribulation? As her close friend, why have I never heard of this? Fuzhi Emperor, do you have proof?" A bald Mechanist stared fixedly at Fuzhi Emperor, his expression agitated.

Fuzhi Emperor turned his head to look at this Mechanist: "Sea-Gong Emperor, I was concentrating on the inheritance trial at the time; how could I have had the energy to pay attention to Thousand-Sound Emperor? By the time I reacted, I saw Thousand-Sound Emperor turn to ashes."

"No proof? Then I ask you, did you obtain the inheritance?"

"Yes." Fuzhi Emperor nodded.

Sea-Gong Emperor's tone grew cold: "You, a Sword Dao Emperor, competed with Thousand-Sound Emperor, and in the end, you obtained the inheritance while Thousand-Sound Emperor died instead."

"It must be that you took the opportunity to ambush and kill her!"

Red-Brow Emperor and the other Mechanist listened, and feeling it made perfect sense, they immediately unified their stance: "Fuzhi Emperor, please come with us to the War God Hall!"

"If it is proven that you did not lie, we will naturally offer an apology."

Fuzhi Emperor stood on the steps, scanning the three below, and also scanned

Zhao Xing, his expression gradually changing.

"I was able to obtain the inheritance because I cultivate both sword and music; I have the qualifications to take it."

"I can explain to the Ancient Kingdom Alliance, and I can explain to Elder Bowei, but I have no need to explain to you, the War God Hall!"

"Furthermore, according to the Wilderness Exploration Convention, killing is free. Let alone that it wasn't me, even if I really did kill her, what would you do about it?"

"You admit it?!" Sea-Gong Emperor's eyes were cold: "Bowei truly has the heart of a wolf!" Hearing Sea-Gong Emperor's disrespect toward Bowei, a murderous intent flashed in Fuzhi Emperor's eyes: "Get lost, don't force me to act!"

The killing intent between heaven and earth grew thick, and even the ground was covered in a layer of frost.

Zhao Xing frowned and retreated behind Red-Brow Emperor and the others.

Fuzhi Emperor came from the Ancient Kingdom Alliance, but he spent most of his time in the Academy City because he was Bowei's 【Dao-follower】.

What is a Dao-follower? Theoretically, anyone who has been taught cultivation techniques by a Scholar can be called that Scholar's Dao-follower.

Dao-followers were originally a loose organization.

Later, it gradually became a place where major powers inserted people to study, treating it as a talent cultivation base, with geniuses returning to serve their respective powers after becoming strong.

In exchange, the various powers would provide resources for the Scholars to conduct research.

However, since the late Wisdom-Heart era, 【Dao-followers】 had changed.

Bowei first proposed reforming the Dao-follower organization, requiring Dao-followers to be loyal to the Academy City and break away from their original powers.

At the same time, he reduced the scale of Dao-followers, concentrating energy on cultivating a small handful of elites.

The cultivation resources for Dao-followers were now provided by the Academy City, extending the time spent studying with the Scholars.

Those who performed exceptionally well could even inherit all the secret techniques of a certain Scholar!

Such radical reform naturally met with opposition, because this meant the Academy City would possess its own armed force, effectively sucking blood from the major powers. Such a reversal of the natural order was, of course, something the various powers would not agree to.

There was also internal opposition, as this turned the Academy City from a neutral organization into a non-neutral one, contradicting the Academy City's philosophy of "remaining aloof from worldly affairs."

Wisdom-Heart did not pass this reform proposal, but he did allow Bowei to select Dao-followers from weak dynasty powers.

Since the Wilderness Era, the Academy City's armed forces had indeed been growing stronger, and ever since Bowei incorporated the "Starry Sky Historians," the reform of the 【Dao-follower】 organization had been put on the agenda.

Compared to incorporating the "Starry Sky Historians" and opening the Boundary-Crossing Tower, reforming the Dao-follower organization seemed insignificant and went largely unnoticed.

Because Bowei was not as sharp-edged as he was in his youth, although he reduced the quota of 【Dao-followers】 for the Ancient Kingdom powers, due to the opening of the Eighth Dharma Realm, the Scholars' strength had increased, which meant the overall strength of the Dao-followers had also increased.

With fewer people but more elites, there was nothing to say about the Academy City needing a bit more resources.

Bowei used the resources obtained from the Ancient Kingdoms and super powers to begin cultivating Dao-followers from small countries, gradually possessing the first batch of armed forces completely loyal to the Academy City. Fuzhi Emperor was the standout among them. Bowei had masked the God-Making Project under the 【Dao-follower】 plan.

He first threw out the Dao-follower plan to test the reactions of the various countries. Assuming Fuzhi Emperor eventually died, he still had two others he was cultivating, which could be done more secretly.

Zhao Xing did not know if the three's actions were authorized by the War God Hall or if it was a personal action driven by greed.

In any case, Sea-Gong Emperor, Red-Brow Emperor, and Xuan-Si Emperor now truly had murderous intent and intended to compete with Fuzhi Emperor.

"Truly courting death, just don't drag me into it."

Zhao Xing did not want to provoke Fuzhi Emperor at all, and he had no friendship with these three from the War God Hall.

However, the excuses Sea-Gong Emperor, Red-Brow Emperor, and the others found had escalated to the level of factional opposition. If they fought, how could he stay out of it?

"Scholar Feng Chen, Dao-follower Fuzhi." Sea-Gong Emperor shouted in a low voice: "I suspect you killed members of the Imperial War God Hall and endangered the exploration of the Ancient Dao. Surrender immediately and cooperate with the War God Hall's investigation!"

At the same time, Red-Brow Emperor and Xuan-Si Emperor both transmitted their voices to Zhao Xing: "Sea-Communication Envoy Zhao Xing, in the name of the Military Department, you are ordered to return to the outside world immediately and report to Heavenly-Brocade Emperor."

Zhao Xing had just broken through to the Reincarnation Realm and had a Primordial Avatar, so escaping was his specialty. They didn't ask Zhao Xing to fight, but to go and deliver the message.

Hearing this, Zhao Xing felt a chill in his heart.

He was certain that the three, Sea-Gong Emperor and the others, were thinking of killing to seize treasures, and it was absolutely not authorized by the higher-ups.

Assuming it was, they should have let him notify Zi-Fang Emperor and Meng-Wu Emperor.

How could it be Heavenly-Brocade Emperor? It was very obvious that they were either using him to call for reinforcements or trying to get rid of him.

If he reported the news, it would add a layer of persuasiveness afterward.

"Fuzhi Emperor is a master of ten arts and has inherited a divine object; where do they get their confidence?"

Zhao Xing did not understand, but his instinct still made him choose to flee the vortex of the struggle.

He had no intention of calling for reinforcements, nor did he intend to stay and help.

"Zheng!"

It sounded like a blade leaving its sheath, and also like the sound of a zither.

Zhao Xing discovered that the surrounding space had become extremely chaotic, and his Primordial Avatar's "No-Distance" jump had become extremely slow. The tension between the two sides had caused the musical notes already in the Horn Palace area

to become chaotic. It was as if the entire Spirit-Luo Realm had been sealed.

Although it did not completely interrupt Zhao Xing's teleportation, it delayed his escape time.

Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat.

Perhaps only he knew how terrifying Fuzhi Emperor was.

Fuzhi Emperor belonged to one of the three God-Descended children.

If they really fought, even ten more Red-Brow and Sea-Gong Emperors would not be his match.

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Now that he couldn't escape, was he really going to be dragged into it?

"Wait!"

Seeing that the situation was about to spiral out of control, Zhao Xing's main body and avatar suddenly rushed between the two sides.

This intervention by Master Zhao forced the impending great battle to a halt.

Fuzhi Emperor dared not kill Zhao Xing.

Because even Bowei dared not have such a thought. Although he didn't know why, he trusted Bowei's judgment implicitly.

But Zhao Xing didn't know this. If Fuzhi Emperor wanted to silence witnesses, being caught in the crossfire would be purely an unprovoked disaster.

Fuzhi Emperor, the master of ten arts, was not as simple as one plus one equals two, not to mention he now had a divine object in hand.

Red-Brow Emperor and the other two, wary that Zhao Xing was a partner of Meng-Wu, also dared not let Zhao Xing get hurt. The previous order was mainly to get Zhao Xing out of the way.

The three possessed a one-time explosive wonder, left behind by a certain ruin cave from the Five Emperors period.

Even if Fuzhi Emperor had luckily obtained a divine object, they were very confident they could take down the little-known Fuzhi Emperor.

"Red-Brow Emperor, Sea-Gong Emperor, Xuan-Si Emperor, no matter how you put it, Scholars are respected and have a special status; Imperial law enforcement has never harmed Scholars." Zhao Xing first admonished the three. "Even if you want to question him, you should go out

together before talking."

At the same time, the avatar faced Fuzhi Emperor and also admonished: "Fuzhi Emperor, Elder Feng, Thousand-Sound Emperor has died, not even leaving a chance for resurrection. The colleagues from the War God Hall are agitated for a moment, which is truly understandable. I believe the three Emperors are upright and not coveting your treasures."

Fuzhi Emperor thought for a moment, then nodded: "Agricultural Official Zhao, for your sake, I can let it go, as long as these three stop blocking the way. If you want to question me, you must first report to Elder Bowei." Seeing Fuzhi Emperor relent, Zhao Xing felt a sense of relief.

Unexpectedly, Sea-Gong Emperor was unrelenting: "Of course we won't lay a hand on a Scholar, but he is not a Scholar, only a Dao-follower!"

"Afraid to accept questioning? You clearly have a guilty conscience!"

Xuan-Si Emperor shouted: "Zhao Xing, leave quickly; this is not something you can interfere with."

Zhao Xing was speechless.

I'd like to leave, but I have to be able to!

"Agricultural Official Zhao, you don't need to waste your breath." Fuzhi Emperor's gaze looked into the distance, "The Spirit-Luo Realm has been laid with mechanical arrays along the way; they didn't intend to let me go."

"I appreciate your good intentions."

Zhao Xing wasn't afraid of Fuzhi Emperor dying; he was afraid of Fuzhi Emperor killing them.

No matter how you put it, this was the Star-Annihilation Ancient Dao, and this was happening on his turf.

"Three Emperors, could you..."

But Red-Brow Emperor had already lost patience.

He stretched out his large hand, the hand wrapped in chains flashing with thunder, and directly swatted Zhao Xing into the distance.

At the same time, Fuzhi Emperor also made his move. He pointed a finger, and sword Qi surged, tearing open a gap in the outer area of the Spirit-Luo Palace, which was filled with musical notes.

Both sides sent Zhao Xing away by tacit agreement.

"Woo woo woo~"

A low horn sounded, and Zhao Xing seemed to hear the sound from the twelfth stage of the Five-Tone Illusion.

However, the musical notes filling the sky stirred the wind and clouds, making it impossible for him to see the battle inside.

When his True Spirit wanted to see clearly, the horn sound suddenly made him feel a splitting headache.

The three from the War God Hall wanted to kill to seize treasures, but they used the name of the War God Hall and even intended to use him.

Zhao Xing, who had just fused with the dark soul fragment, once again induced the dark side of his heart. After hearing the horn, his True Spirit vaguely showed signs of being passively torn for the 102nd time.

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"

"Those three dare to act, they must have a foundation. I have now subdued powerful troop types, I can completely lurk around, wait for them to both be defeated, and reap the fisherman's profit!"

"The Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone still has a final bit of power. After its divine power was consumed, it just reached the critical value for detonation. Remember the explosion in the Medicine King Realm? The current Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone is just a large World Heart... Bang! You can harvest many treasures!" A large number of thoughts surged in Zhao Xing's heart. At this moment, he possessed the Glass-Sound Tree, the Sun-Moon Vine, and the Seven-Domain True Spirit Bamboo, three combat-type plant troops, as well as the auxiliary Black-Sky Moon Tree, and even a Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone that could be used as a killer move.

Carrying sharp weapons, the desire to kill arose naturally. One-third of Zhao Xing's thoughts were now about being the oriole, killing to seize treasures.

"The Primordial Avatar has scouted the path back from the Spirit-Luo Realm; the two Mechanist Emperors have laid heavy traps to cover it, this is the perfect time!"

"The reputation built by the previous Dharma Assembly, couldn't it be used now? Once you get your hands on it, after going out, isn't it whatever you say? Soul-searching? The Five Poisons are about to break through to become mortal gods. With this protection, who dares to search?!"

"People die for wealth, birds die for food. Morality? If you succeed, history is written by you, and morality is defined by you!"

"... hut up!"

The voice in his mind grew more intense. It wasn't until Zhao Xing let out a roar that he suppressed the evil thoughts in his heart.

Looking down, he realized that he had unknowingly gripped the Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone in his hand. The four great Emperor-level troops had already been summoned!

Zhao Xing then realized that forcibly swallowing the dark soul fragment had not completely resolved the aftereffects of the Primordial Avatar.

The dark soul fragment had disappeared, but the dark thoughts had not. As the number of times he was torn increased, it gradually became independent and was amplified by the Asura secret technique 【Great Dark Heaven】.

"Survival of the fittest. You have been too comfortable in the Empire and have forgotten the path you came from. Five Poisons, Ancient Luo River, Zuo Qiyu, even the Red Star Great Emperor, which one of them didn't have hands stained with blood? With bones piled up under their feet?"

"You actually possess that ridiculous sense of morality; it is truly pathetic, and yet you still harbor delusions of proving the Dao and becoming a god..."

The voice in the darkness gradually weakened, and the black thoughts in his sea of consciousness were crushed clean, but the voice continued to echo in Zhao Xing's mind.

"Holding oneself to the Dao, cultivating oneself and one's heart—is it the evil thoughts in my heart, or the reason for the cultivation technique?"

"I don't know how Zuo Qiyu and Jin Yan face this situation." Human nature is complex. Zhao Xing forcibly crushed the evil thoughts, but he didn't feel refreshed; instead, his heart felt heavy.

He did not leave, but he put away his internal world and the Boundary-Breaking Divine Stone, sitting in meditation on the spot.

He no longer had the heart to care about the conflict between Fuzhi Emperor and the three, Red-Brow, Sea-Gong, and Xuan-Si, because he himself had developed a problem.

"Before solving the problem, 【Great Dark Heaven】 cannot be practiced again."

Zhao Xing turned to practice another mental will technique — Great Dream Marsh.

Great Dream Marsh belongs to the Heart-Field Dharma and is a self-created Great Divine Ability.

It is upright and peaceful, not going to extremes like 【Great Dark Heaven】.

"Hoo~~"

Zhao Xing closed his eyes, and all his avatars within the Spirit-Luo Realm actually fell into a deep sleep on the spot.

This even included the Primordial Avatars in the Primordial Hill, the Original Realm, and the Four Seasons Palace. Since the Rain Immortal Festival sacrifice, being abducted by Wei Tianchen, being poisoned by the True Spirit Heavenly Poison, adventuring into the Boundary-Crossing Tower, then taking over the Star-Annihilation Ancient Dao, opening the Dharma Assembly... Zhao Xing had experienced too many things in a short time: life-and-death crises, financial crises, and high-intensity exhaustion.

At this moment, opening the Great Dream Marsh, attempting to let his heart heal itself, he actually fell into a dreamland all at once.

He completely forgot that he was in a ruin, and also forgot that a great battle was taking place not far away. Zhao Xing thought of nothing; he just wanted to have a good sleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Zhao Xing felt as if it had rained in the sky.

His keen perception of changes in the Heavenly Time allowed him to slowly wake up from his sleep.

"You're awake."

What caught his eyes was a beautiful face.

"Fuzhi Emperor."

Zhao Xing slowly sat up.

Fuzhi Emperor sat on a rock, a broken sword placed to the side.

The surrounding night was pitch black, with fog rolling, and it seemed a bit cold. Fuzhi Emperor had lit a bonfire in the middle, the material was very unique, and waves of fragrance were coming from it.

"How long have I slept?"

"Not long, three years and five months."

"You... they..." Zhao Xing was a bit hesitant.

It looked like the great battle was over. Since Fuzhi Emperor was here, did he win?

"They are here." Fuzhi Emperor pointed to the bonfire.

Zhao Xing was shocked to discover that this bonfire was burning the physical bodies of the three, but at this time, only the skeletons remained.

Truly a ruthless person; the three Emperors were solved by Fuzhi Emperor just like that, and even their bones were dismantled to be used as firewood!

"Where is Elder Feng?" Zhao Xing subconsciously looked away, making small talk.

"Here." Fuzhi Emperor showed the world ring on his little finger. "Want to eat something? You suppressed your inner demons, you must have consumed quite a bit of magic power."

Looking at the meat skewer Fuzhi Emperor handed over, Zhao Xing's expression stiffened.

"Rest assured, I'm not that perverted." Fuzhi Emperor took a bite himself, "This is a specialty of the Si-Lan Kingdom, meat from the Golden-Hao Cow."

Zhao Xing no longer hesitated and took it to feast. This sleep had been very satisfying; his thoughts were pure, there were no noisy voices in his sea of consciousness, and he was indeed a bit hungry. After filling his stomach, Zhao Xing looked at the bonfire: "You killed them, I'm afraid it will be hard to resolve this well."

"Yes." Fuzhi Emperor said, "My hometown, Si-Lan Kingdom, is just a small country that has been established for five eras. Apart from me, the ruler is only at the Lord level. I think you probably haven't even heard of it."

Zhao Xing had of course heard of it, but he didn't break the atmosphere, following Fuzhi Emperor's lead and shaking his head.

"Coming from a small country, if I hadn't become Elder Bowei's 【Dao-follower】, I'm afraid no one would know me."

"Even if I became a Dao-follower and reached the Emperor level, in front of the Empire's War God Hall, it's not worth mentioning."

"I endured, and I fled, but the three of them laid many arrays after entering the Spirit-Luo Palace and chased after me."

"They had a forbidden object in their hands, enough to threaten a mortal god. I had no choice but to kill them. That is the course of events."

Fuzhi Emperor recounted the process of killing them lightly, while Zhao Xing listened quietly.

When he finished speaking, Zhao Xing then said: "What do you intend to do?"

He was actually asking, what do you intend to do with me?

Fuzhi Emperor should have just walked away, but he was staying here burning bones, clearly having a purpose.

Fuzhi Emperor looked at Zhao Xing: "I do need to ask you for a favor."

"What favor?"

"A word of justice."

Fuzhi Emperor said: "You don't need to help me hide anything, just state the course of events clearly as they happened."

"How did Thousand-Sound Emperor die?"

"True Spirit Tribulation." Fuzhi Emperor said, "The artifact spirit Xuan-Yue told me that in the process of inheriting the divine artifact Eight-Tone Zither, it triggered her True Spirit Tribulation."

"I promise you." Zhao Xing nodded.

He truly believed that Fuzhi Emperor did not kill Thousand-Sound Emperor.

Because from the panel, Fuzhi Emperor's realm in the Music Dao was even higher than Thousand-Sound Emperor's.

In other words, Fuzhi Emperor was already more hopeful of inheriting the Eight-Tone Divine Score than Thousand-Sound Emperor.

"Thank you." Fuzhi Emperor threw over two things.

One was a "Return-Dao Mirror" made by the Academy City; its effect was only to record what had happened in the past, but it was stronger than most star mirrors and could record the fluctuations of the Dao.

In other words, replaying the battle, it wasn't just a simple image; even how much effort was exerted was clear. It seemed Fuzhi Emperor had also learned his lesson. When Thousand-Sound Emperor died, he didn't have time to record it, but he had recorded the process of the three using forbidden objects and him being forced to counterattack.

The other thing was a world ring.

Inside were four Cave-Deep Flowers; three were dead, one was still alive, and it was already in an awakened state!

Even that golden bamboo pole, which had been partially scorched, was inside.

"This is..."

"Payment for the favor." Fuzhi Emperor said concisely.

"There's no need." Zhao Xing declined, "It's just stating the truth; there's no need for such a generous reward."

"Sometimes telling the truth requires paying a greater price." Fuzhi Emperor pushed the things back. "Especially in the current situation."

Even if Zhao Xing told the truth, it was equivalent to testifying for Fuzhi Emperor, which would likely offend some people in the War God Hall. Super powers cooperate and compete with each other, and are even hostile.

Assuming one wants to reason, Zhao Xing testifying for Fuzhi Emperor is naturally fine; it was purely the three from the War God Hall seeking their own death, failing to kill to seize treasures and being killed instead.

But in terms of stance, aren't you, Zhao Xing, an Imperial citizen? Why are you helping an outsider?

"Alright, I accept." Zhao Xing put the ring into his internal world, then asked hesitantly: "Aren't you afraid that after I go out..."

Fuzhi Emperor smiled: "I trust you."

Zhao Xing's thoughts immediately cleared, and his expression relaxed: "Thank you."

Returning along the path they came, breaking all the arrays along the way and making records.

Zhao Xing and Fuzhi Emperor left the vortex on the green jade slab together, and then returned to the initial exploration hall through the safety passage of Mo-Shu Emperor.

At this time, Meng-Wu Emperor, Mo-Shu Emperor, and Xuan-Ying Emperor were still sitting on the high chairs in the hall, closing their eyes to rest.

When they saw only Fuzhi Emperor, Feng Chen, and Zhao Xing come out, they immediately

opened their eyes.

"Fuzhi Emperor, Elder Feng, Zhao Xing, why did only the three of you come out?"

"Where are Thousand-Sound Emperor and Red-Brow and the others?" The one asking was Xuan-Ying Emperor.

Fuzhi Emperor didn't speak, while Zhao Xing bowed and said: "Reporting to the three Emperors, Thousand-Sound Emperor encountered a True Spirit Tribulation during the inheritance and unfortunately perished."

"As for the other three..."

Because there were others in the hall at this time, Zhao Xing handed over the Return-Dao Mirror and whispered a voice transmission to the three, Meng-Wu and the others.

After Meng-Wu finished watching, his expression became grave.

Mo-Shu Emperor and Xuan-Ying Emperor were furious. The three military powerhouses of the Imperial War God Hall had been moved by greed and tried to kill to seize treasures from someone from the Academy City, only to be killed in return. This matter was simply too shameful!

Fuzhi Emperor had little reputation before this; apart from being one of Bowei's 【Dao-followers】, he was completely unremarkable.

Now, not only had he obtained the Spirit-Luo Realm inheritance, but he had also killed three great Emperors of the War God Hall single-handedly, which was simply shocking.

Undoubtedly, this was a very shameful matter.

Facing shameful matters, there are usually only two ways to handle them: one is to admit it openly to maintain a shred of dignity. The other is to cover it up completely or distort the facts so that the world does not know.

Before Meng-Wu Emperor could speak, Xuan-Ying Emperor activated the mechanism under his seat. A flash of barrier light swept through the hall, and immediately afterward, the four appeared in an independent space.

Meng-Wu, Mo-Shu, and Xuan-Ying, along with Zhao Xing, constructed an independent space together. As for Fuzhi Emperor and Feng Chen, they were left outside.

Afterward, Xuan-Ying Emperor stared fixedly at Zhao Xing: "Zhao Xing, I asked Fuzhi Emperor, why was it you who answered? Were you coerced by him into doing something you didn't want to do?"

Only Fuzhi Emperor and Feng Chen—even with evidence, their credibility in the Empire was not high.

But with Zhao Xing testifying, the situation was different.

Although Zhao Xing had just broken through to the Reincarnation Realm, he had previously developed the Star-Annihilation Ancient Dao and held so many Dharma Assemblies that his reputation was very high.

If reputation also had levels, Zhao Xing's reputation among Agricultural Officials was at least at the mortal god level, and in other professions, it would also be at the Emperor level.

A person of low status naturally has little say, but Zhao Xing could not be ignored in this matter. If he spoke for Fuzhi Emperor, then Fuzhi Emperor would definitely be innocent.

Conversely, if he spoke ill, Fuzhi Emperor would be dragged toward being guilty.

"Reporting to Xuan-Ying Emperor, I was not coerced." Zhao Xing replied.

"Zhao Xing, your realm is low, you might not have seen the battle clearly. Think carefully again, is there a possibility you were misled by an illusion?" Mo-Shu Emperor also asked.

The words were light, but the implication was profound. If the name is not right, the words will not be smooth. Revenge also requires a reason. If Zhao Xing could change his statement, Xuan-Ying Emperor could detain Fuzhi Emperor on the spot to avenge his junior brother, Xuan-Si Emperor.

Mo-Shu Emperor also had a friendship with Sea-Gong Emperor, so naturally, he favored his own people.

The two Emperors joined forces to pressure Zhao Xing, hoping he would "think carefully" from the perspective of the War God Hall and not let the War God Hall lose face.

Zhao Xing was silent for a long while, seemingly really thinking seriously.

Meng-Wu Emperor said nothing, just listening quietly.

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Xing spoke.

"Reporting to the Emperor, I stand by my previous statement and guarantee there are no omissions or biases."

"Very well. Since you testify, then Red-Brow, Xuan-Si, and Sea-Gong brought this upon themselves! A great shame! They deserved to die!" Xuan-Ying Emperor's

voice said coldly, and then he left the mental space directly.

Mo-Shu Emperor also took a deep look at Zhao Xing, then said nothing and left directly.

Only Meng-Wu Emperor and Zhao Xing remained in this space.

"Zhao Xing, do you understand the stakes involved?" Meng-Wu asked.

"I understand." Zhao Xing nodded.

"You understand and you still insist on your own opinion?"

"Your master is so smooth; he wouldn't have answered like that just now, he would have left some room."

"General Meng." Zhao Xing habitually switched back to the address he used for Meng-Wu long ago, "Teacher is teacher, I am I. You know I don't just dare to speak, I dare to act."

"If anyone wants to take revenge on me because I told some truth, then let them come!"

Meng-Wu looked at Zhao Xing: "Compared to back then, your courage hasn't diminished at all."

It was unclear if this was teasing or appreciation; perhaps it was both, but Meng-Wu did not say much more on this topic.

"The Heavenly Master Mansion has already inferred the location of the Agricultural Official cave dwelling of the cross-boundary ship. You should not get overly involved in this matter anymore; appearing once is enough."

"Especially before the results are determined, do not say anything publicly."

"Yes." Zhao Xing could distinguish that Meng-Wu meant well, so he nodded immediately.

"I heard you cultivate three schools. This time, what was discovered is a cave dwelling of the Heavenly Time School. I wonder if you are interested."

"A cave dwelling of the Heavenly Time School? Of course I'm interested!"

What Zhao Xing had been looking for was the cultivation technique of the Heavenly Time School, because currently, the techniques of the three schools were unbalanced, or one could even say severely imbalanced.

"Good, then go find Jing-Yue and Ji-Si."

"Yes."

The conversation ended. When he came to his senses, he was still in the waiting hall, but Fuzhi Emperor and Scholar Feng Chen were gone.

Also gone were Mo-Shu Emperor and Xuan-Ying Emperor.

*I heard Xuan-Si Emperor and Xuan-Ying Emperor were junior and senior brothers and were very close. I don't know if he knows the truth and will avenge his junior brother. Zhao Xing thought silently. *I hope he doesn't do anything stupid.

Xuan-Ying Emperor was also at the peak of the Emperor level and could sit on equal footing with Meng-Wu. This Mechanist was also very strong.

However, Fuzhi Emperor could not be judged by common sense. If he really went for revenge, it might be he himself who died.

"Bowei's God-Making Project is truly progressing rapidly. Dao-follower Fuzhi was only the third candidate, and he was already this strong. It's hard to imagine the combat power of the other two."

As for whether Xuan-Ying Emperor would secretly take revenge on him?

Even if he was petty and really didn't like him, it was just an individual, not the War God Hall. Moreover, he wouldn't cause trouble for a while; the War God Hall and the Star-Annihilation Ancient Dao were still in a period of cooperation.

Leaving the exploration hall, Zhao Xing immediately contacted Ji-Si and Jing-Yue to inquire about the cave dwelling.

"Great Agricultural Official, you've come out of the Spirit-Luo Realm? How is the situation? I heard the atmosphere in the hall just now seemed wrong." Ji-Si also seemed to be looking for Zhao Xing.

"An accident happened, but don't ask too much." Zhao Xing waved his hand, "In short, my harvest was quite good."

It was very good; he suddenly gained three Emperor-level troops and learned a Reincarnation-level secret technique, 【Great Dark Heaven】, which could be considered to have stabilized his combat power in the Reincarnation Realm.

"Let's talk about that cave dwelling of the Heavenly Time School first. How long has it been confirmed?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It has been confirmed for three years." Ji-Si said, "But no one has been sent in yet."

"Why? Are they still preparing?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Because according to the Heavenly Master Mansion's inference, there is only a sixty percent chance it is an Agricultural Official cave dwelling." Ji-Si said, "It is this point that has delayed the exploration operation for three years."

Even the profession was hard to determine, only sixty percent? Zhao Xing immediately became interested. "Then when can we go in?"

"After Meng-Wu Emperor of the War God Hall and Lu-Shan Emperor discussed it, they decided that in four months, regardless of whether the Heavenly Master Mansion has made progress, they will send people in to explore." Ji-Si said with some worry:

"Great Agricultural Official, this cave dwelling has great danger. Master said that the mortal god inside might even still be alive!"