Chapter 54: Capturing Zhou Qingzhu Alive

The instant he saw Tian Zhang, Dong Zhao, Cao Chun, and others appear simultaneously, Zhou Qingzhu understood that Zhou Ji had already been captured alive.

Captured alive by the Jinshan Dao Academy.

Confessing him as the mastermind behind the scenes was only a matter of time.

So what should he do?

Or rather, what could he, Zhou Qingzhu, do to escape death or obtain a way to live?

In a flash of lightning, Zhou Qingzhu thought of many possibilities.

Zhou Qingzhu even, at this very moment, swapped positions with Dong Zhao.

If he were standing in Dong Zhao's position, what would he do at this time to achieve the greatest harvest?

In an instant, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhou Qingzhu's back.

Because Zhou Qingzhu discovered that he was standing on the edge of life and death at this very moment.

At this very moment, if he were Dong Zhao, there would only be one best method—kill him.

Take advantage of his resistance to kill him, and then thoroughly confirm his name as a demon.

In this way, he, Zhou Qingzhu, would never be able to turn things around. By then, even if the Star Hall was incomparably powerful in the Chen Kingdom now, it would be unable to intervene.

No matter how powerful the Star Hall is, it cannot rescue a demon in the eyes of the public.

Suddenly, Zhou Qingzhu thought of his only chance of survival.

Do not resist!

"Academy Chief Dong, if you want to condemn someone, why worry about not having a pretext!" Zhou Qingzhu sneered, and the Star Power that was boiling and erupting around him suddenly calmed down.

But while restraining his Star Power, Zhou Qingzhu raised his hand, and a crimson signal shot into the sky from his hand, exploding in the sky where night had just fallen, blooming into a dazzling firework.

That was the emergency assembly signal of the Tianyang Branch Academy.

Originally, seeing Zhou Qingzhu suddenly restrain his Star Power and not make any resistance under the siege of five people, Dong Zhao secretly thought it was bad.

But seeing Zhou Qingzhu issue the assembly signal at this time, Dong Zhao hardened his heart and said, "Bold demon, at the moment of death, you actually dare to summon demons to cause chaos..."

Dong Zhao shouted angrily and wanted to harden his heart and issue the order to encircle and kill Zhou Qingzhu on the spot.

But Zhou Qingzhu had fought with Dong Zhao for so many years and had already figured out Dong Zhao's intention just now. At this moment, he was also completely letting go.

Zhou Qingzhu very directly dissipated his Star Power, sat cross-legged on the ground, then took out the Academy Chief's seal of the Tianyang Branch Academy, input Star Power to mobilize it, held it in his chest, and sneered, "Dong Zhao, I am the dignified Academy Chief of the Jinshan Branch Academy of the Tianyang Star Hall; how can you define me as a demon with just one word?

Tian Zhang, if you have the ability, let your Blood Slaughterer blade slash toward me; kill me now!

I will give you a thumbs up; you are still the Tian Zhang from twenty years ago!"

Seeing Zhou Qingzhu completely not resisting, Dong Zhao looked gloomy, and the Blood Slaughterer long blade in Tian Zhang's palm rotated slightly, but it just couldn't slash down.

It was Ning Yuchan's starlight iron hammer transformed from her iron crutch that was raised several times, but it was blocked by Supervisor Cao Chun.

Zhou Qingzhu in this situation could not be killed.

His Academy Chief seal would record this final scene.

The scene could be faked, but the information inside this Academy Chief seal issued by the Tianyang Star Hall could not be changed by anyone.

By then, once this seal was sent to the Tianyang Star Hall, they would have no reason even if they were right.

Originally, it was ironclad evidence.

But if he was killed while not resisting, it could be interpreted as framing and shifting the blame.

Dong Zhao couldn't help but admire Zhou Qingzhu's old cunning.

He didn't expect that at the last moment, he could still react.

Originally, Dong Zhao's plan was to use the demon's confession to provoke Zhou Qingzhu into angry resistance, and then they would join forces to easily kill Zhou Qingzhu, which would be justifiable anywhere.

There is ironclad evidence proving Zhou Qingzhu is a demon; if a demon resists, can't he be killed?

This principle, no matter how powerful the Tianyang Star Hall is, cannot be refuted.

But now, it wouldn't work.

Even if there is ironclad evidence in hand, this matter must go through the procedures of the imperial court, and the Tianyang Star Hall can also intervene.

If they operate well, Zhou Qingzhu might even have a glimmer of hope.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhao couldn't help but sigh secretly; the Chen imperial court was still a bit weak.

But there was a reason for this. Ever since three elders of the Tianyang Star Hall forcibly entered the palace ten years ago and killed Concubine Ling, who was from the Lingji Star Hall, the Chen imperial family had never been tough again.

The imperial family was cowardly, and the backbones of the ministers below were not tough either.

But in the end, this plan was successful.

It's just that the final result was not perfectly achieved.

"Zhou Qingzhu, the evidence is ironclad, public grievances are boiling, and national law is ruthless; how can you escape?

Lock him up!"

Tian Zhang received the order and stepped forward, his palm slowly mobilizing, gradually pulling out a starlight chain several meters long. On the chain, there was actually lightning jumping.

Fourth-tier Star Art—Lei She Lock.

When the Lei She Lock entangled Zhou Qingzhu, Dong Zhao, Cao Chun, Feng Shu, and Ning Yuchan were all eyeing him covetously. In this process, as long as Zhou Qingzhu dared to resist even a little, they would dare to take thunderous action to kill Zhou Qingzhu.

Making a record on Zhou Qingzhu's Academy Chief seal would be just right.

A demon resists, and the means are a bit intense; isn't this very normal?

It's a pity that from beginning to end, Zhou Qingzhu did not make any resistance. Even when Tian Zhang sealed his Shang Xinggong, he did not make any resistance. It can only be said, old and cunning!

Just after sealing Zhou Qingzhu's cultivation, the masters of the Tianyang Branch Academy arrived one after another from all directions.

The first to arrive, Supervisor Wang Qiang of the Tianyang Branch Academy, saw Zhou Qingzhu captured alive and was furious, intending to take action.

But then seeing the calm eyes of the captured Zhou Qingzhu and the Academy Chief seal floating in front of his chest, he suddenly realized something and immediately withdrew his hand.

Tian Zhang sighed helplessly, another smart guy.

"This person might be a remnant of the demons; take him down and interrogate him together!" Dong Zhao ordered.

This Supervisor Wang Qiang was also smart and did not make any resistance, allowing himself to be captured.

He knew very well that behind them was the Tianyang Star Hall, and Dong Zhao absolutely dared not kill them casually.

The more casually they were killed, the more cruel the retaliation of the Tianyang Star Hall would be!

The subsequently arrived Vice Academy Chief Liu Yelan and others of the Tianyang Branch Academy, including several instructors and Flag Master Zhong Da, were all the same.

It wasn't that they were all smart people.

But seeing that the Academy Chief, Supervisor, and Vice Academy Chief did not make any resistance and allowed themselves to be captured, they understood that they couldn't resist.

If they resisted now, they would be directly forcibly suppressed and killed on the spot by the masters of the Jinshan Dao Academy.

Even if others were fine now, those who died would have died in vain!

Zhou Qingzhu watched as more and more high-level officials of the Tianyang Dao Academy were captured alive by Dong Zhao, but he became happier and happier.

The more people captured alive, the safer he was, and the greater the commotion.

The greater the commotion, the earlier and faster the Tianyang Star Hall would intervene.

A quarter of an hour later, after controlling all these high-level officials of the Tianyang Branch Academy and sealing their Star Palaces, Dong Zhao gave another order, "Take them back to the Dao Academy and keep them under strict guard. Supervisor Cao, you immediately notify the Prefecture Magistrate to send a judge from the Criminal Justice Department to interrogate them with you."

"Commandant Tian, from this moment on, Jinshan Juncheng is only allowed to enter, not allowed to leave. You arrange the Star Patrol Guard, ask the Spring Rain Department to cooperate, capture people according to the list, and sweep away the demon atmosphere!" Academy Chief Dong Zhao ordered.

"Subordinate obeys!"

Xu Jin and his group returned to the Jinshan Dao Academy under the protection of several instructors.

Until the prisoners were taken away and the confessions were handed over, Xu Jin still remembered the shocked eyes of several instructors when they heard their battle record.

There were two Refine Star Realm masters killed, and one was at the seventh layer of Refine Star.

This battle record...

This look of enjoyment didn't last long before the group of instructors left in a hurry, but Xu Jin and the others still enjoyed a big meal.

The Dao Academy's cafeteria had long prepared all kinds of big meals, and chicken, duck, fish, and mutton were served one after another.

Xu Jin asked, and the cafeteria chef said this was a tradition; as long as the Dao Academy had a slightly large-scale operation, they would prepare such meals.

They wouldn't let the disciples not even have a good meal after bleeding.

Just after finishing this meal, Lei Guang, who had re-treated his severed arm wound, came over and whispered a few words in Xu Jin's ear. Xu Jin was startled, then stood up and shouted, "Assemble!"

In an instant, the disciples of Xu Jin's small team, who were still lazily picking their teeth, quickly got up one after another and ran toward Xu Jin's location.

It was just a pile of people.

It was not as neat and beautiful as the military training teams of his previous life at all.

But this reaction speed was fast enough.

A life of blood and iron is the best way to train people.

"The Commandant's latest order is for us to capture people according to the list, to catch all the bandits who have been causing chaos to the people in and out of the prefecture city these days, and to thoroughly clear the prefecture city. You, can you still fight?" In Xu Jin's high-pitched voice, there was a hint of a smile.

In the scene where it was so difficult to return before, these people did not collapse and flee.

Not to mention capturing people according to the list now.

This is Jinshan Juncheng, which can be considered their home field!

The reason for the smile is that Xu Jin also thought of the spoils!

Capturing people in large numbers means large amounts of spoils.

This is one of the benefits of the Star Patrol Guard.

To tell the truth, the harvest of this Star Patrol Guard is really not small.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin's small team directly split into two branches and began to capture people according to the list.

When leaving the Jinshan Dao Academy, Xu Jin saw Lu Xianbing's team return, also bringing back living prisoners, but also bringing back a corpse, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.

One person died in battle; the casualties could be considered okay.

Not long after, Lu Xianbing's team, which had returned, also participated in the capture sequence.

This night was a sleepless night for Jinshan Juncheng.

Or rather, it was a sleepless night for the petty thieves of Jinshan Juncheng.

The disciples of the Jinshan Dao Academy and the few people in the government office, as well as a large number of prefecture guards, searched for the whole night.

According to the list of the Spring Rain Department, the number of various hooligans and ruffians who committed crimes and were captured reached over a thousand, and the main ones captured were gang members, especially those who had mixed in the Tianhe Gang; not a single one was let go.

The ordinary ones were handed over to the prefecture guards to deal with, and those with cultivation would be handled by the Star Patrol Guard.

This night, Xu Jin and others were busy all night.

And they also harvested all night.

But after dawn, when they returned to Jinshan Juncheng, what they heard was bad news!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 55 =====