The conclusion that Emperor Chengping had drawn in his mind left Xie Ming bewildered.
Could it be that Fu Ya is not a transmigrator?
Instead, the Demonic Sect, under the guise of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect, was merely a pawn of the dynasty, testing its waters.
After all, what methods does the demonic sect in this world possess? For now, all we know is that demonic potions corrupt human nature, and even the Azure Dragon couldn't withstand the corrosive effects of demonic potions.
Xie Ming already knew that Fu Ya had created a substitute puppet to bewitch people in place of Fu Ya himself, and that he himself had transformed into a celestial master and walked through the void, creating an invincible army of thirty to forty thousand with a wave of his hand, all of which showed the evil nature of the Demonic Sect.
This is the conclusion Xie Ming reached by monitoring the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array.
Facts speak louder than words, causing Xie Ming to question his existence and momentarily unable to distinguish whether Fu Ya was a transmigrator or a pawn sent by the Demonic Sect.
Zheng Ya was currently hiding in the void, outside the monitoring range of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array. He could sense the expressions and words of Emperor Chengping and Xie Ming's conversation, but could not analyze them.
Once outside the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array of the capital, Zheng Ya dared not venture into its dangers.
As the saying goes, a wise man does not stand under a crumbling wall.
Whether it was the Foundation Establishment cultivator's long-range magical attack that could easily kill Zheng Ya, or the sealing and suppressing power of the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, neither of these were damages that Zheng Ya could withstand.
Saving his life was the top priority, which led to Zheng Ya being framed, making it difficult to break the deadlock.
After all, whenever Emperor Chengping and Xie Ming discussed key issues, they would communicate telepathically, forcing Zheng Ya to eavesdrop, which was both frustrating and infuriating.
However, Zheng Ya did not come away empty-handed.
Being framed and falsely accused has attracted widespread attention, which is equivalent to Zheng Ya creating spiritual energy income through his own actions, and his spiritual energy is continuously increasing.
In addition, Zheng Ya also sensed the changes in Xie Ming and Emperor Chengping's manipulation of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array in the void, and comprehended the mysteries contained within the array.
This was the first time Zheng Ya had come to this world that he had gained some understanding of the formation by opening his mind to Liu Yuan and his grandson, sensing their muscle memory, combining it with the formation manual they had offered, and then consuming spiritual energy to activate the spiritual energy system to analyze the formation.
However, once a formation has been actually deployed and used, it remains a theoretical formation, and its applicability is still unknown.
The key is that Zheng Ya comprehends the formation and applies it to his own cultivation techniques for his special abilities. The slightest mistake could cost him his life, so he cannot be careless.
Even though Wu Wei showed goodwill and revealed the secret that the cultivation techniques for supernatural abilities were closely related to the supernatural treasures, prompting Zheng Ya to comprehend the method of using supernatural treasures to set up arrays for experiments, the supernatural treasures that combined the Sihelou and the sea anemones had not yet assimilated with the three supernatural abilities.
The artifact is only half-finished and cannot be used for setting up formations or conducting experiments.
This made Zheng Ya very uncomfortable. He was caught in the act of being framed, and he took the opportunity to comprehend the mysteries of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to monitor the perpetrator.
Among them, the man in black who once fed the Azure Dragon the magic potion entered and exited the capital three times, seemingly supplying magic potions to certain people, thus instigating a chaotic situation where various families, large and small, took the magic potion and fought each other.
Zheng Ya discovered the man in black's whereabouts and tried to catch up with him using the escape technique, but the man in black always disappeared first.
The man in black seemed to possess spatial abilities, appearing and disappearing without a trace.
The assassins under Prince Rong's command were also secretly stirring things up, assassinating powerful figures in the capital, seemingly in an effort to rescue Prince Rong.
With the intervention of seven or eight other forces, who committed murder, framed others, and disrupted the situation, a series of massacres broke out in Kyoto.
Kyoto was in complete chaos, and Zheng Ya had no idea who was behind it all.
Moreover, Zheng Ya himself had sent Qinglong and Liu Yuanzu and his grandson to other towns to plunder the assets of Prince Rong, which coincided with the opportunistic looting by some people, resulting in repeated thefts and massacres of merchants throughout the land.
This directly led to Zheng Ya becoming the scapegoat for the Demonic Sect's power grab during the chaotic times.
Everything was in chaos. Zheng Ya couldn't explain anything at this moment, so he might as well just watch the show from the sidelines.
Emperor Chengping paced back and forth in the imperial study, filled with remorse, and whispered, "Protector Xie, what do you think would have happened if I had risked killing Fu Ya under the Emperor Emeritus's pressure?"
"Your Majesty, when the Emperor Emeritus coerced you into issuing orders to the world, he possessed the absolute power of the Tianyuan Shangren and his support team."
Even if His Majesty sends men to ambush and kill Fu Ya, it may not be successful.
Unless Your Majesty uses the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to kill Fu Ya, but doing so would expose Your Majesty's ambition to unify the world and push me to the executioner's block.
"We simply can't afford to gamble!" Xie Ming had discussed this issue with him before, suggesting activating the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to kill Fu Ya, but nothing came of it.
Emperor Chengping didn't have much military power, and there were very few feudal lords in the land who supported him.
The civil and military officials in Kyoto were basically all people of the retired emperor.
Emperor Chengping was a puppet emperor who dared not take action to ambush and kill Fu Ya. Even if he killed the retired emperor along with him, he would not have military power to deter the villains in the world and secure his rule.
Only by using a borrowed knife to kill, eliminating the retired emperor, enduring the pressure of foreign invasion and war in the capital, and then activating the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to intimidate people and force the worship team to submit.
The carefully laid plans, intended to secure Emperor Chengping's rule, have instead led to chaos and a struggle for resources, rendering all the efforts futile.
Emperor Chengping was so angry his teeth ached: "What I mean is, if we had killed Fu Ya earlier, would the Demonic Sect have been causing chaos in the capital and among merchants across the land?"
"Your Majesty, it's hard to say."
"Since Your Majesty is determined to execute Fu Ya to test the movements of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect or the Demonic Sect, why not directly issue a secret decree ordering the Fu clan to force Fu Ya to go south to welcome his bride, thus drawing attention to the situation and probing the strengths and weaknesses of all parties?" Xie Ming shook his head and advised.
Emperor Chengping nodded slightly: "Does Protector Xie mean to use someone else to do the dirty work, and provoke that gentleman to show himself?"
"How will we know if we don't try?" Xie Ming always believed that the man was the biggest hidden danger.
Therefore, Emperor Chengping conveyed a secret edict. After receiving the edict, Madam Fu Qian approached Zheng Ya's stand-in puppet and asked, "Ya-ge'er, isn't it time to go south to the south to welcome the bride?"
"Alright, Kyoto is too chaotic. It'll be safer to go south to the south for the wedding." The stand-in readily agreed, and after discussing the details of leaving the capital the next morning, they each prepared for their departure.
Preparing a wedding procession to the south of the Yangtze River requires manpower and time, whether it's the manpower and gifts needed for the betrothal gifts, or the procession and transportation needed for the journey.
When Madam Fu returned to the Duke of Dai's mansion, she thoroughly berated the substitute, causing the direct descendants of the Fu family to complain endlessly, their scathing accusations against the substitute never ceasing.
The reason is simple: the stand-in claimed that he was going to Jiangnan to fetch the bride, and all the dowry, manpower, and carriages were provided by the Fu family, causing the Fu family to suffer huge losses. They were so angry that they cursed the stand-in for being a heartless person.
They clearly said they were going to go south to break off the engagement, so how did it turn into a wedding procession? Did they embezzle the bride price from the Fu family?
Throwing a meat bun at a dog is like throwing it away; it's gone forever.
The key point is that all the direct descendants of the Fu family know that this is a trap. Preparing a dowry for the substitute is tantamount to giving her away for nothing. Their hearts are bleeding!
The Fu family's direct descendants cursed repeatedly, and the news quickly reached the ears of various forces, who began to make their own plans. A full-scale ambush operation centered around the double was launched.
All factions believed that the Fu family was about to suffer a huge loss, sacrificing both people and money.
After all, rumors are circulating in Kyoto that the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect behind Fu Ya is actually a demonic sect, directly implicating the Fu clan. If the Fu clan does nothing, it will be tantamount to acquiescing, and they will inevitably face annihilation.
Thus, the Fu family, gritting their teeth in hatred, offered up the dowry and the procession's carriages, urging a stand-in to go south to fetch the bride, thus entering a deadly predicament...
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