With Gu Yifeng's full effort, the scene in the mirror finally arrived at the day the jailers had mentioned when the woman was imprisoned.
In the scene, the woman was personally brought in by Commander Yan, who gave some instructions to the jailers before falling silent.
Unfortunately, there was no sound, so he couldn't hear the conversation clearly. However, with the mirror there, he could barely read the lip movements of the people in the picture to interpret them.
After the woman entered, the jailers did not mistreat her; in fact, they provided her with good food and drink. Only occasionally would the Second Prince or Commander Yan come to see her.
The second prince did not appear until the last few days, and finally Commander Yan came to deliver a message.
"Your sister has already agreed to frame the Crown Prince. Are you still so stubborn? The entire Su family has pledged allegiance to the Second Prince. As long as you hand over the key to the Su family's treasury, His Highness can guarantee your entire Su family's power and status."
These were the last words Commander Yan said to the woman. After deciphering the lip movements, Gu Yifeng realized that the woman was Su Qingwan's younger sister, Su Qingrou.
The Su family possesses a geomantic map of the entire Daqian region, which is of paramount importance to Daqian. In addition, the Su family also holds half of the military tally, a gift from the late emperor.
No wonder the Second Prince pressured Su Qingrou so much, and Su Qingwan was even willing to die, simply because her younger sister was in the Second Prince's hands.
While Gu Yifeng was pondering, the scene in the Mirror of Insight continued. Su Qingrou remained unfazed by Commander Yan's words, leaving Commander Yan helpless and forced to leave in a huff.
After Commander Yan left, Su Qingrou took a hairpin from her hair, parted the weeds below, cleared away a piece of gravel, placed the hairpin inside, covered everything up, and then violently slammed her head against the wall, dying with resentment in her heart.
Then, a jailer discovered the body while delivering food, summoned Commander Yan, and had the body removed. The jailer who knew about the incident was also killed and disposed of, thus bringing the matter to a close.
All the others wanted to know was that a woman brought in by Commander Yan had died in this cell; they knew nothing else.
Putting away the all-seeing mirror, Gu Yifeng pondered for a moment, then parted the weeds in the same spot and found the hairpin. Just as he put it in his pocket, a gentle breeze stirred behind him.
"Hand it over, and I'll spare your life."
A cold, sharp voice rang out, and another masked night traveler appeared, now raising his sword directly at his face.
"If you had been more vigilant, I wouldn't have only found a handle against you now. It's too late to ask me to hand it over."
Gu Yifeng sneered, gathering his spiritual power in his hand. He turned around instantly and cleaved the opponent's iron sword in two with a single finger.
"court death!"
Faced with this sudden attack, the masked man was also enraged. He cursed under his breath and thrust his broken sword at Gu Yifeng.
"Sword, come!"
Gu Yifeng, caught up in a moment of passion, let out a soft shout, and his spiritual energy condensed on his body, instantly transforming into a long sword. He directly knocked the opponent's long sword away, and a residual sword light shot out, unleashing a tremendous force that instantly pushed the masked man out of the cell.
"You've broken through to the Opening Realm? Impossible!"
Seeing the longsword formed from spiritual energy in the other's hand, the masked man was also extremely shocked, but he quickly realized that he simply did not believe that the other could break through to the Opening Mansion Realm in such a short time.
When one move failed, the masked man thrust out another palm, lightning crackling in his palm, aiming at Gu Yifeng's face at lightning speed.
Unfortunately, in the face of strength, any sneak attack is a joke.
Suddenly, a landscape painting appeared. The lightning that caught the masked man's palm strike was instantly absorbed by the painting and disappeared.
Before he could react, the longsword in Gu Yifeng's hand had already unleashed its power. With a dragon's roar, a golden sword light pierced through his body, directly shredding his internal organs into pieces.
"Can't you recognize what this appearance is?"
Gu Yifeng approached the masked man with a smile and spoke during the man's final moments of lucidity.
"Mountain, Mountain and River Sword, you have truly broken through to the Opening Mansion Realm!"
The masked man was filled with disbelief. Even now, he dared not think that the Crown Prince in front of him was just a useless person in the early stage of the Dingyuan Realm ten days ago.
In just ten days, he crossed three minor realms; no one would believe it.
"Speak up, tell me your identity and name. Explain clearly, and I can promise to save your family and brothers from the second-in-command."
Without hesitation, Gu Yifeng took the man's pulse and slowly channeled his spiritual energy into him to prolong his death. At the same time, he ripped off the mask, revealing the face of a young man.
"Alright... based on your character, Your Highness, I'll trust you this once. I, my name is Lu Jia, am one of the assassins raised by the Second Prince. There are nine others like me."
"I came here to search for a key that a woman from the Su family buried here. It seems that Your Highness has obtained it. As for the rest, I know nothing."
The young man spoke quickly, telling everything he knew, and without any hesitation, he shattered his heart meridian and died completely.
Clearly, from the beginning, the man had no intention of saving his family; he only wanted to put his mind at ease.
Gu Yifeng frowned upon hearing this, raised the Mountain and River Sword in his hand, and then unleashed his spiritual power, instantly unleashing hundreds of sword energies that turned Lu Jia's corpse into dust, dissipating into the air.
They then went up to the upper level. With such a commotion and no jailers coming, it must have been the same method as before, using the Drunken God Incense to knock everyone in the prison unconscious.
"Alright, let's put this matter aside for now and focus on improving our cultivation. Second brother, we'll see how things unfold."
Gu Yifeng hasn't gathered enough information yet. One unsolved case alone isn't enough to bring down the Second Prince. The other side can easily find excuses.
However, as long as the Second Prince does not have real power or troops, he will never amount to anything.
With this thought in mind, he returned to his cell. Next, he prepared to begin cultivating the Devouring Heaven Record, circulating his spiritual power according to the information in his mind.
As the spiritual energy circulated and traveled throughout his body, it quickly activated the first acupoint. Almost the instant it was activated, Gu Yifeng could feel a tremor within his body, as if something terrifying was being activated.
"System, is there really no problem with this Devouring Heaven Record?"
Gu Yifeng couldn't help but ask the system.
"Anything produced by the system is guaranteed to be of high quality."
The system clearly didn't want to pay attention to the host and responded coldly.
"No way! You need to explain yourself clearly this time. This thing is too scary. If I get killed, where will you find a host as clever and excellent as me again!"
Gu Yifeng immediately started yelling, getting angry at the system's repeated attitudes.
"Host, is your cerebellum not fully developed? If you can't understand such a detailed explanation of the cultivation technique, then don't bother reading it."
The system didn't hesitate to criticize Gu Yifeng's request, its implication being clear: his concerns were completely unfounded.
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