Chapter 748

Dan Heng expressed his agreement.

【That... will they let us come back...?】

Stelle was cautious.

"You fear I'll break my word and detain you in the Shadow Prison?"

【That's unnecessary... if I wanted to, I'd have done it already.】

【Once your testimony is complete, you are free to come and go, treated as before.】

Stelle: "Fine. As long as it's not prison, seeing the Shadow Prison for myself won't hurt."

March 7th: "Oh no! Then I won't get to see it at all?"

Yunli: "The Shadow Prison is just a huge prison—dark, gloomy, full of yin energy. What's there to see?"

Yunli: "Your sword training is far more important!"

Fuyuna: "But isn't Miss March 7th already done with her sword practice by now?"

Hu Tao: "That's right—Miss March 7th should've just exposed the deception of the Bu Li people with Hearing Yanqing and Miss Yunli, right?"

Hu Tao: "And she's on her way back now?"

Stelle: "But by the time they return, Miss Qingque and I will already be gone."

Stelle: "Tsk. Miss March 7th clearly won't get to visit the Shadow Prison."

Qingque: "Don't worry—everyone can watch it in this video anyway."

Qingque: "And it's even safer than going in person!"

The video continued.

【Then, as General Tianji requests—】

Jing Yuan nodded in agreement to Feixiao's proposal.

【Moreover, I have another urgent matter here on Luo Fu.】

【If the sworn testimony stamped by the Ten Kings' Office is meant to silence dissenters among the Alliance's upper echelons,】

【then the voices within the Yaoqing Xianzhou's fox people must be heard by General Jing Yuan.】

Feixiao shifted tone and began speaking of another matter.

【Is General Tianji here for Hu Lei?】

Jing Yuan guessed what Feixiao was about to say.

【Yes.】

"I wish to take Hu Lei, the Bu Li man imprisoned in Luo Fu's Shadow Prison, and transfer him to Yaoqing Xianzhou's custody."

【The Bu Li's recent movements prove they are planning something major.】

【We must respond promptly.】

Feixiao explained to Jing Yuan her intent to take Hu Lei.

【Hu Lei is a mortal enemy of the fox clan; it is only natural that fox people guard him.】

【General Feixiao trusts Luo Fu's handling of him, and Luo Fu naturally trusts General Feixiao's judgment in return.】

【What does Elder Huaiyan think?】

Regarding this request,

Jing Yuan paused, then turned to Huaiyan,

seeking his opinion.

【I originally feared this would be a battle of words.】

【I was overthinking it!】

【Since both of you have reached an agreement and resolved each other's difficulties, it couldn't be better!】

Huaiyan clapped his hands, deeply pleased that Feixiao and Jing Yuan showed mutual understanding.

【Regarding the transfer of Hu Lei, I will send my subordinates Seeing Jiaoqiu and Hearing Moze ahead to inspect his cell, to prepare for the eventual transport.】

【If there are no further questions, shall we begin?】

Silver Wolf: "So it's settled already?"

Silver Wolf: "Truly unspoken understanding..."

March 7th: "By the way, haven't the three Generals noticed anything strange yet?"

March 7th: "Are the Bu Li people that good at disguising themselves?"

Stelle: "Though we haven't found anything odd, Miss Qingque and I, along with Seeing Jiaoqiu and the others, are about to go to the Shadow Prison."

Stelle: "And Seeing Jiaoqiu and the others are going specifically to inspect Hu Lei."

Stelle: "They should find something unusual, right?"

Stelle: "If they find absolutely no anomaly, then the Bu Li's target isn't Hu Lei at all."

Feixiao: "That seems unlikely."

Feixiao: "For the Bu Li, the only valuable thing on Luo Fu is Hu Lei."

Feixiao: "They took such a huge risk coming here—saying they just came to cause chaos out of madness doesn't make sense."

Fuyuna: "But I feel... launching a rescue operation while the three Imperial Bow Generals are all present is even more foolish."

Hu Tao: "Exactly!"

Hu Tao: "No matter how strong Hu Lei is, he can't be stronger than a Mandate-Bearer."

Hu Tao: "Even if Hu Lei were as strong as a Mandate-Bearer, could he be stronger than all three Mandate-Bearers combined?"

Paimon: "I don't think so."

Paimon: "Otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting in a prison cell right now."

Miss Qingque: "That's true."

Miss Qingque: "But what if some expert is mixed in among the people coming to rescue Hulei?"

Miss Qingque: "Didn't the Generals just say so?"

Miss Qingque: "Right now, the entire Denizens of Abundance group seems to be under the control of the Abundance Regent, Phantylia!"

Miss Qingque: "So wouldn't it make sense if two Abundance Regents suddenly popped out?"

March 7th: "Logically speaking, it's only been such a short time — Phantylia's wounds probably haven't even fully healed yet."

March 7th: "She probably wouldn't dare show herself, right?"

Brother Dan Heng: "If other Abundance Regents really do come, that would be even more troublesome."

Brother Dan Heng: "After all, if we're talking pure combat power, Phantylia might be at the bottom..."

Brother Dan Heng: "The other unfamiliar Abundance Regents would all be even harder to deal with!"

The video continues.

【My apologies, Stelle.】

【The records in the Shackling Prison won't take up too much of your time.】

【I'll summon a guide to escort the two of you to the Judge of the Ten Kings' Court, Recordkeeping Department. You only need to leave your testimony, then you may return — don't worry.】

General Jing Yuan came before Stelle and Brother Dan Heng and gave them a few instructions.

【"We'll do as the General says."】

Brother Dan Heng had no objections.

【"Then shall we set off now?"】

Stelle was already prepared.

Afterwards, General Jing Yuan called for a special Astral Express skiff,

and saw the two of them aboard.

A moment later, the skiff carried Brother Dan Heng and Stelle,

arriving at a rather familiar place.

【"By General Jing Yuan's summons, we open the entrance, prepare the documents, and await you here as guides."】

【"The Judges of the Recordkeeping Department are also aware of your purpose."】

At a swirling vortex entrance, the guide was already waiting.

Stelle: "Wait, isn't this Scalegorge Waterscape?"

Stelle: "The entrance to the Shackling Prison is here?"

March 7th: "The entrance to the Shackling Prison... could it really be this strange glowing big vortex?"

Judge Hanya: "Not quite — it's merely an external passage."