Chapter 79: Ning Fengzhi

Ning Fengzhi's confidence was entirely built on the fact that he had fabricated the evidence himself, and he believed he could find it with 100% certainty.

As long as the evidence was found, no matter how unreasonable or excessive they had been before, the Spirit Hall would be unable to do anything to them; after all, they were the ones in the wrong.

As for not finding the evidence, Ning Fengzhi had never considered that possibility.

However, there was one thing he knew: if a disaster were to fall from the sky, the Heaven Dou Empire would take the brunt of it, as he was merely an assistant, and the main player was the Heaven Dou Empire.

Time passed slowly, and after those people dug around randomly for a while, they began to head toward the burial sites.

As soon as they dug, they felt that the soil quality was wrong; it was much looser than in other places.

But when they dug down, the chests that should have contained Gold Soul Coins were not there.

Ning Fengzhi looked over, also surprised, and then looked toward the other side, where the situation was the same.

They had already dug to a depth of 1.5 meters, which was the burial point; could it be that Ling Bufan and his group had already dug up the chests in advance?

Taking away one chest was equivalent to a loss of 3 million Gold Soul Coins for him.

"Continue digging down another two or three meters. Didn't Prince Xue Xing say that digging thirty feet into the ground wouldn't be excessive?" said Ning Fengzhi.

His subordinates continued to dig downward, and after digging two meters, groundwater had already seeped in, but there was no harvest at all.

Could they have dug in the wrong place?

"Continue, spread out a bit toward the left." Ning Fengzhi refused to believe that Ling Bufan and his group could have discovered all the hiding spots.

Eight locations, ten chests, two million Gold Soul Coins—it was absolutely impossible to find them in such a short time.

But the facts were as they were; Ning Fengzhi walked through these eight hiding spots one by one, and he did not find them in any of the places where he had placed the chests.

All of them failed, and at this point, even the usually steady-as-a-rock Ning Fengzhi panicked.

Seeing this, Prince Xue Xing asked, "Sect Master Ning, what happened?"

Ning Fengzhi also said helplessly, "Prince Xue Xing, prepare for the search to be fruitless."

"What?" Prince Xue Xing looked at Ning Fengzhi with a face full of astonishment.

"Sect Master Ning, don't ruin me! Didn't you say you had 100% certainty?" said Prince Xue Xing.

If it weren't for Ning Fengzhi's 100% guarantee, how would he have dared to come and search Ling Bufan's residence? Based on this alone, his position as Prince might not even be secure.

Ning Fengzhi sighed helplessly, but this was not yet the time to despair.

The first plan was to search directly and find the evidence.

And the second plan was to have someone dig a pit and then put the evidence inside.

However, under everyone's surveillance, the double insurance became not so secure.

A Spirit Douluo's Mental Power could cover a very large area.

As long as there was any unusual movement, it would be discovered by others.

But it was not without opportunity; that was in the area watched by those two children. If arranged properly, there was a chance to execute the second plan.

Although the risk was great, it could save the situation.

Just at the moment Prince Xue Xing was feeling annoyed, a soldier ran in hurriedly.

"Your Highness, it's bad! Outside, over a hundred Spirit Masters from the Spirit Hall have arrived, along with several hundred knights, and they have already surrounded us."

When Prince Xue Xing came, he had only brought a little over a hundred people, and then over a hundred were committed to the search, leaving only a dozen or so guarding the outside.

In terms of numbers, the Spirit Hall had already surpassed them.

The Heaven Dou Empire's Spirit Hall branch was one of the two largest branches outside of Wuhun City, with the other being in the capital of the Star Luo Empire.

"It's over!"

"Sect Master Ning, you've ruined me! I trusted you so much, yet you...! Sigh..."

As Prince Xue Xing spoke, he became somewhat speechless; now, things had almost completely spiraled out of his control.

He didn't know what to say to Ning Fengzhi anymore.

Now he was thinking about how to remedy the situation, but everything would have to wait until the search was over.

Time passed bit by bit, and Prince Xue Xing even joined the ranks of the searchers himself.

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi also ordered his people to start moving.

The target was the direction Lingxu and Qian Renxue were watching, and he even had people create some large disturbances.

For example, knocking down a wall with a boom, or causing a house to collapse.

In any case, it was about destroying things to create a large disturbance.

This was to create space and time for others and to divert attention.

After all, how much soul power could these two children have? Their Mental Power couldn't be high; they couldn't possess powerful Mental Power like a Spirit Douluo.

But he truly did not know that Lingxu's Mental Power had already reached level 86, and Qian Renxue's Mental Power had also reached above level 70.

Even with a larger disturbance, they could not escape Lingxu's range of inspection.

Before the other party started acting, Lingxu had already locked onto them, and just as this person started to act, Lingxu shouted loudly: "Wait, don't dig in that place anymore; step out and let everyone see."

Lingxu's voice immediately attracted many people.

The person was just startled by this shout.

Afterward, they ran outward without looking back, desperate to leave.

"Trying to escape?" Qian Renxue immediately stepped forward.

The other party was only a Soul Ancestor, and Qian Renxue's soul power was at level 58, so she easily intercepted them.

Seeing that the person coming was a little girl, the middle-aged man immediately released his martial soul to attack.

Boom...

With just one strike, Qian Renxue knocked them back into the courtyard.

A little girl has such strong attack power?

Ning Fengzhi was stunned; this middle-aged man who was placing the items was also a level 51 Soul King, and he was of the agility-attack type, so he was very fast.

It was precisely because of this that he chose to start from here; even if he had to flee, he would be able to flee a bit faster.

Being repelled by a little girl was something Ning Fengzhi had not expected.

Sword Douluo said, "Fengzhi, this little girl is not simple; her soul power exceeds level fifty, and I estimate it is approaching level sixty."

"What? Such a young child, approaching level sixty soul power, Uncle Sword, you aren't lying to me, are you?" Ning Fengzhi said in surprise.

Sword Douluo nodded and said, "As I said, we may have misjudged; that child named Lingxu, his soul power and Mental Power may also far exceed our imagination."

Ning Fengzhi frowned deeply; this time, he had truly failed.

At this moment, Lingxu also spoke again, "Father, I feel this person is a bit strange; I suspect he wants to frame us here."

After speaking, Lingxu looked at Prince Xue Xing and said, "Aren't you going to search us? Search your own people first."

Prince Xue Xing's face turned livid because he had asked the commander beside him, and they did not recognize this person at all; he was not in their ranks.

"Search him for me!" A Spirit Master stepped forward and found a Space Soul Guidance Device on the fallen middle-aged man.

Boom—

The next moment, a heavy chest was taken out, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it was a chest from the Heaven Dou Empire's national treasury.

"Your Highness the Prince, chest number Heaven Dou 778 is one of those lost from the national treasury."

Having searched for so long, they finally had a clue, and Prince Xue Xing was feeling very joyful inside.

He stepped forward a few paces and said, "Who are you, and how did you sneak into our ranks?"

However, at this moment, Lingxu noticed the middle-aged man cast a slight glance at Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi seemed very calm, yet the next moment, the middle-aged man spat out black-red blood and died on the spot.

Prince Xue Xing had not managed to get any answers at all.

"Investigate this for me! How did this person sneak in, and who exactly is he?" Prince Xue Xing said sternly.

At the same time, Ling Bufan also spoke, "An hour has already passed, and there is this; the result is self-evident. Someone wanted to frame me, and without evidence, they actually wanted to manufacture evidence against us."

"Speak up, my home has been turned into this state, how will you compensate? And how will you give us a public apology?"

Ling Bufan's words made Prince Xue Xing, who had just been somewhat happy, grow nervous, and the joy he had felt just a moment ago vanished.