“Go to the Divine Sword Sect!” A resolute look flashed in Fang Moli’s eyes: “I’ve heard that the Divine Sword Sect is the number one sword sect in the Nine Provinces. I think that’s the place that suits me best.”
“Amitabha, this humble monk also thinks so, and intends to leave this place to seek the lineage of the Buddha,” Master Kongjian stepped forward and said.
“Then I’ll leave too.” Xiao Chuxia echoed, “I plan to go and deceive the world. Staying here all day is not good for improving my strength. In fact, we all have our own paths to walk. Although it is safe to stay together all day and we can rely on the Xuanyuan Sword and the Imperial Seal, we will not get any experience.”
In the end, everyone left to find their own path.
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The next day.
Inside the Imperial Palace, a group of palace guards came to the door.
"Lord Zhou, His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict summoning you to the palace."
Fang Xiu slowly rose, looked up at the majestic celestial palace hidden among the clouds, his gaze extremely deep, and said calmly, "Let's go."
Soon, led by the palace guards, Fang Xiu arrived at the Heavenly Ladder. This was the official passage to the palace, and basically everyone who wanted to enter the palace needed to use the Heavenly Ladder. Because the palace was surrounded by defensive formations, it was impossible to fly up unless one had a special token issued by the palace.
The so-called Heavenly Ladder is a huge pillar of light that leads directly to heaven and earth. The pillar of light rises from the array carved on the ground, soars into the sky, and connects to the array in the imperial palace.
Fang Xiu stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder, and his figure began to slowly ascend into the sky. The speed was not fast, but in the blink of an eye, he had arrived at a distance of a hundred feet from the ground. He could feel that there was a space-folding formation hidden in the Heavenly Ladder, which was why he had the feeling of shrinking the earth to an inch and the ends of the earth within a foot.
A moment later, he arrived at the imperial palace of the Liuyun Immortal Dynasty. This imperial palace stood high in the sky, with endless immortal energy emanating from it, making the palace look like a fairyland. One after another, the palace buildings stretched out in a continuous line, with cranes spreading their wings and waterfalls hanging down from the sky, which was magnificent and majestic.
Led by the palace guards, Fang Xiu entered the imperial court for the first time and met the so-called Grand Immortal Official and the Emperor of the Flowing Cloud Immortal Dynasty.
Above the imperial court, towering projections of immortals stood, shrouded in celestial aura. Their faces were obscured, but their bodies, like those of ancient giants, exuded majesty and grandeur.
Beside the central projection of the immortal, Yun Yun stood with her head bowed. She glanced at Fang Xiu, her eyes filled with complex emotions and guilt, before quickly lowering her head again.
As Fang Xiu entered, a series of ethereal and majestic gazes fell upon him.
If it were an ordinary person, or even a Celestial Emperor, seeing this scene would immediately overwhelm them, but Fang Xiu seemed oblivious, his expression unchanged, as if these Celestial Officials and Emperors who controlled heaven and earth were nothing more than ordinary people in his eyes.
"How dare you, Zhou Qingfeng! Why do you not kneel before His Majesty the Emperor?" a high-ranking official spoke, his majestic and powerful voice echoing throughout the palace.
Fang Xiu remained calm and asked, "Who is barking like that?"
"You bastard!" The Great Immortal Official roared in fury, unleashing a thunderous force that pressed down on Fang Xiu like a collapsing mountain.
Fang Xiu shook his head in disappointment: "I had always heard that celestial officials were high above all beings, looking down on all living beings, and I had some expectations for you. But I never expected that you were just a celestial venerable. With such strength, you are not even qualified to have your fortune told by me."
These words enraged the high-ranking officials in the court. This was the first time in history that they had been so disrespected. Since the founding of the Flowing Cloud Immortal Dynasty, no one had ever dared to speak to the court in such a manner.
"Your Majesty, this fiend is extremely arrogant, daring to openly defy the officials of the court. In my opinion, Zhou Qingfeng is clearly already deeply corrupted by evil, and there is no need for trial. He should be executed immediately to give the people an explanation!"
"Your Majesty, I second that proposal!"
"This man abused his position, using the guise of fortune-telling to secretly tamper with cultivators, causing them to suffer from qi deviation. His crime deserves death!"
Amidst a chorus of righteous condemnation, the emperor of the Liuyun Immortal Dynasty, who was holding the head of the table, slowly opened his eyes. His enormous silver eyes, like the sun and moon hanging high in the sky, cast a terrifying, abyss-like gaze.
"quiet."
In an instant, all the noise in the court fell silent.
Emperor Liuyun gazed indifferently at Fang Xiu and slowly said, "Zhou Qingfeng, do you know your crime?"
Fang Xiu said calmly, "So you are the emperor of the Flowing Cloud Immortal Dynasty?"
Emperor Liuyun frowned immediately, seemingly displeased with the emperor's rudeness, and the court erupted in uproar once again.
"How dare you! You dare to be so disrespectful in front of His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I request that this fiend be executed immediately!"
Emperor Liuyun did not heed the ministers' advice. In his view, killing a mere inspector was easy, but the key was to make him the mastermind behind the demonic possession before he died, so as to silence the gossip of the people.
"Zhou Qingfeng, it seems you have no intention of confessing. Men, bring the witnesses."
At the emperor's command, witnesses were brought forward, numbering over a hundred, including the old and the young, men and women.
Upon seeing Fang Xiu, they all glared at him angrily.
Before the emperor could even speak, one of the elders pointed at Fang Xiu and angrily cursed, "It was you, you fiend, who killed my son! My son had been practicing the most authentic Flowing Cloud Immortal Technique since childhood. He was exceptionally talented and had an incredibly solid foundation. But ever since you told his fortune, you said he would suffer a bloody disaster and die from demonic possession within a few days. You must have tampered with his body! Otherwise, how could my son have gone mad from demonic possession?"
His words stirred up a hornet's nest, and more and more people began to point fingers at Fang Xiu's crimes.
“My husband and I have been Daoist partners for a hundred years, and we have been together day and night. How could I not know if he might fall into demonic possession? We had always been cultivating peacefully and without any conflict with the world, but one day, he was taken away by the people of the Demon Suppression Division and sent to Zhou Qingfeng for fortune telling. Everything changed! My husband’s personality changed drastically after that. He always said that Zhou Qingfeng wanted to harm him, and he dared not see anyone all day long. In the end, he even fell into demonic possession and died!”
"My sister touched me inappropriately while Zhou Qingfeng was examining her bones, and even hinted that she should serve him in bed. My sister refused, and as a result, she became possessed by a demon!"
At this moment, a divination master stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I am a disciple of Master Tianwen. I want to accuse Zhou Qingfeng of killing my master because my master foresaw that he was the mastermind, and was cruelly murdered by him! Moreover, the divination techniques used by Zhou Qingfeng are obviously problematic. Our divination lineage has long abandoned the methods of palm reading and bone reading, and instead uses aura observation and destiny reading. He is now known as the number one divination master of the Liuyun Immortal Dynasty. How could he still use such ancient methods to tell fortunes?"
"They clearly used the bone-reading procedure to secretly tamper with things!"
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