When Hengyan and Fangming sat down to talk, they actually discovered the problem. The key to the matter lay with the person who claimed to be sent by the Emperor of the Fourth Heaven to take Fang Kun away.
Fang Ming was completely dumbfounded when Heng Yan said the name.
"I have no immortal under my command with the Daoist name Zhongyi!"
“I also doubted its authenticity that day,” Hengyan said in a deep voice. “But he clearly had a token from the Fourth Heaven in his hand, and he said that he was a Celestial Lord under your command who was in charge of punishments, and that he had come to ask for people on your orders.”
"Punishment?" Fang Ming frowned, then turned and shouted at the group of immortals in the hall, "Fu Qi! If you're still alive, get out here!"
"Hey, hey, I'm here! Alive!" As soon as he finished speaking, a bruised and swollen immortal squeezed through the crowd of immortals. Upon closer inspection, it was the same one who had just been beaten up by the immortals.
Fang Ming pointed at the immortal, "This is the immortal lord under my command who is in charge of punishments. His Daoist name is Fu Qi. Can you recognize him as the one who went to the Second Heaven to take Fang Kun away?"
Hengyan stepped forward, stared at the face that had been beaten into a pig's head, and after carefully examining it for a long time, he still firmly shook his head, "It's not him! It was someone else who came to the Second Heaven back then."
"It seems someone must have been impersonating them!" Fang Ming's expression also darkened. "Did you leave anything with the other party that day so that we could track them down?"
"No, not at all." Hengyan shook his head. He was just a second-level emperor. When the other party came aggressively demanding people, he had no choice but to release them to avoid conflict. He didn't even think about asking the other party to leave any proof.
"Then where are we supposed to find this person?" You You frowned. Without finding this person, they wouldn't know their identity, let alone their purpose; they had absolutely no clues. To put it bluntly, Heng Yan probably couldn't even explain whether such a person existed at all.
"Oh, right!" Hengyan suddenly remembered something and said, "There's a memory stone at the entrance of my Immortal Palace. I even made a record of the scene when he came to demand people back then!"
You should have said so earlier if you had video footage!
You You was overjoyed. Heng Yan had already turned around and taken out a recording stone. The next moment, a flash of light appeared, and the scene in front of the main hall of the Second Heaven Palace appeared before everyone's eyes.
After a while, four or five immortals walked out of the scene and headed straight into the hall. All four were dressed in the same clothes as the other immortals present, with obvious patterns marking the fourth level of heaven. They all had arrogant expressions, especially the immortal in the lead, who was serious and aloof, and whose immortal aura was even more intense, indicating that his cultivation was not low.
"Huh?!" Before Hengyan could point it out, Fuqi Immortal Lord, who had just been called out, suddenly blurted out, "Isn't this the follower of the Triple Emperor, what's his name... right, that kid named Yizhong!"
His reminder made the immortals realize what he meant, and they all nodded in agreement.
“That’s right, it’s him! I’ve seen him before. Before Fang Kun became the Emperor, he often came to the Fourth Heaven to play the victim. This is the immortal who was with him.”
"Yes, I remember too! Back when the Emperor was angry and chased people away, this person even tripped and fell on his backside at the gate of the Immortal Palace!"
"It's been so many years since I last saw him, I thought he had already passed away!"
"More than that! Back then, his cultivation level was only that of a terrestrial immortal. Now, in just a few hundred years, he seems to have reached the level of an upper immortal. It's really strange!"
"Was it him who went to take Fang Kun away in the name of the Emperor?"
"You mean the people who took Fang Kun away were from the Third Heaven!" Heng Yan exclaimed in surprise, suddenly realizing something. "No wonder the news of Fang Kun's demise came from the Third Heaven. Could it be that this whole thing was a setup by the Third Heaven from the very beginning?"
"Whether it is or not! We'll find out everything after a trip to the Third Heaven!" Fang Ming was also getting angry. He had only wanted to fulfill his last brotherly duty and seek justice, but he didn't expect to find himself tricked after going around in circles. No one would be in a good mood.
Youyou agreed to the decision, so the group went down to the Third Heaven to find the immortal lord named Yizhong and get some answers. They thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, the trail went cold again.
"What? He's fallen!" Heng Yan's eyes widened in disbelief. "How is this possible?" He had just caused a battle between the two realms, and then he fell. What a coincidence!
"Yes... he has indeed perished!" The Immortal Lord, who had been pulled out to answer the question, quickly nodded and said, "Just three months ago, Immortal Lord Yizhong went to Luoyulin and unfortunately encountered a strange beast attack and died. The entire Third Heaven knows about this. If the two Emperors do not believe it, they can go to the Summoning Soul Hall to see for themselves. The Immortal Lord's soul lamp has indeed been extinguished!"
The expressions of the group all darkened. Fang Ming waved his hand and said directly, "Lead the way!"
"Yes." The Immortal Lord quickly led the group into a celestial palace. Inside, smoke swirled, and countless spirit lamps were lit in rows. Each lamp was engraved with various names, which should be the soul lamps lit by immortals using their own immortal power, similar in function to the soul tablets in the mortal realm.
The immortal pointed to a lamp that had been extinguished in the lower right corner of the hall, "That's it!"
Upon closer inspection, the group confirmed that the name "Yi Zhong" was indeed written on it. Feng Rong picked up the soul lamp, made a hand seal, and sensed the residual aura on it. After a while, she turned to You You and said, "This lamp is tainted with death energy. Its soul has entered the underworld and has indeed perished."
Everyone was shocked. He had really died! This whole thing seemed like someone had done it on purpose, trying to prevent them from investigating further.
Youyou looked down at the lamp and exclaimed, "Huh! What's this?" She pointed to the center of the lamp.
There was a special pattern engraved there, which looked like a painting or a talisman. It vaguely resembled auspicious clouds, but it was broken in the middle.
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