Like a scale that has broken free from some kind of restraint, the mysterious patterns on its surface dimmed, and its size shrank rapidly, from a towering figure to the size of a palm in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, countless absent suppressive forces also completely disappeared.

With a snap, he snapped his shoulder back into place, feeling the Yuan energy flowing freely within his body again. With a flick of his wrist, the surging Yuan energy gathered and he unleashed a simple straight punch at the female corpse on Jiang Chengye's back.

At this moment, the distance between the two was extremely short. Shen Qian did not have time to use a more powerful divine ability, but Jiang Chengye had no way to avoid it either.

At the last moment, Jiang Chengye roared and suddenly turned around, hiding the female corpse behind his back again. He then crossed his arms and took the full force of Shen Qian's punch.

"puff!"

Jiang Chengye was sent flying backward, his arm that had been blocking his way instantly bent, and blood containing only a small amount of gold spurted from his mouth.

In that instant, Shen Qian became even more certain that Jiang Chengye was severely injured; otherwise, the extraordinary power in his blood wouldn't have been almost completely severed.

Just as he was about to give chase, Lin Qiaoyin, high in the sky, flashed and appeared beside Jiang Chengye.

"Walk!"

She supported Jiang Chengye, glanced deeply at the right rear of Chen Qian, a complex expression flashing across her face, and then crushed a jade talisman in her hand.

The spatial fluctuations intensified, forming a light array inscribed with mysterious symbols beneath Lin Qiaoyin and Jiang Chengye. The intense light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and when the light dissipated, Jiang Chengye and Lin Qiaoyin, who were enveloped within it, vanished without a trace.

Shen Qian paused for a moment, stood still for a brief silence, and then sighed softly before saying, "I thought you would stop me."

Although he was free from the influence of the Scales of Heaven, the clone was still far away. It would be a pipe dream for Chen Qian to kill a king in such a hurry, even if the opponent was already seriously injured.

Not to mention, the moment he saw Lin Qiaoyin, he had already guessed that she must have a backup plan to escape. After all, she had been running the Heavenly Realm for ten years.

But it's not entirely hopeless, suppose...

Shen Qian turned his head and looked at the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, whose figure gradually emerged from the void.

No, Shen Qian was quite certain that Ding Yi was now in control of the body, because the other was still staring at the spot where Lin Qiaoyin had disappeared, with tears welling up in his eyes and streaming down his face.

If Ding Yi had made a move just now, Shen Qian believed that Lin Qiaoyin would not have had a chance to take out the array talisman at all, but in the end, Ding Yi did nothing.

Shen Qian couldn't be too harsh on him. Putting himself in Wang Xiaojuan's shoes, if she had disappeared for ten years and suddenly reappeared in front of him, he would probably have been mostly bewildered...

"She saw me."

Ding stood there, stunned, and said softly, "But she still left."

Shen Qian leaned closer and wiped away the increasingly torrential tears from her face. After thinking for a moment, he comforted her, "Perhaps... perhaps she also has some kind of hardship."

Even Shen Qian himself didn't quite believe this.

When Shen Qian first entered the Heavenly Realm, he saw Lin Qiaoyin. At that time, she helped Jiang Chengye and others break the formation, which could perhaps be explained as being coerced and having no other choice.

But this time, Jiang Chengye was seriously injured, Zhong Li was a corpse, and Shen Qian and Ding Yi were right in front of her. Lin Qiaoyin had every opportunity to escape.

But the other party's final choice was to forcibly take Jiang Chengye away and leave without saying a word... all under Ding Yi's watchful gaze.

This led to even deeper speculations before the sinking.

Back when Jiang Zhongjun was involved in that incident, Grandpa Hu only helped Jiang Chengye bring the demoness Zhong Li into the school. Later, after several students went missing, Grandpa Hu realized something was wrong.

Given the level of Jiangzhong Military Forces, how could Zhongli have committed these crimes without any other assistance, and even had the spare energy to set up an array and open a hidden "door"?

If Lin Qiaoyin, who was a military professor and an expert in formations, had also been involved, then everything would make sense.

No one suspected Lin Qiaoyin before, because they couldn't believe she would be involved with scavengers.

Now, given that Shen Qian suspects the true mastermind behind everything is the Witch Clan, perhaps we could try to piece together Lin Qiaoyin's motives by examining her experiences before meeting Ding Yi's father...

Seeing Ding Yi's distraught appearance, Shen Qian still didn't say anything.

Investigating the truth should be the responsibility of the martial arts department and military personnel.

Buzz!

As Chen Qian pondered, the celestial scales that had been floating in mid-air suddenly flew over and began to circle around him.

Shen Qian then remembered that although Lin Qiaoyin had taken Jiang Chengye away, she had left the Scales of Heaven here... No, that's not right either, they had never really controlled the Scales of Heaven, so naturally they couldn't have taken this divine object away.

With his current level of understanding, Shen Qian can clearly recognize that this scale is definitely a star-level weapon!

Moreover, it's probably of a higher grade than the halberd he exchanged for, named "Tianming".

Jiang Chengye explained it very clearly, and combined with Shen Qian's feelings, if this scale were fully activated, it would definitely be able to suppress ordinary kings and nobles.

Judging from the current performance of the Libra scales, this suppression is indiscriminate and will also harm itself... Of course, Shen Qian is certain that there is a way to solve this, as long as the Libra scales are truly controlled.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how those permitted immortals and gods could move freely under the Scales of Heaven when the Celestial Realm still existed.

Most importantly, Shen Qian also learned from Tantai Qin that the dark gray weight in front of him was actually just one component of the divine artifact "The Scales of Heaven".

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