While Zheng Ya was plotting against Wu Wei, Wu Wei was plotting against Yin Li and thus dealt with the elders.
With the incriminating evidence in Wu Wei's hands, she has become even more effective in targeting the elders.
Elders of aristocratic families are all selected through rigorous screening and multiple rounds of assessment. They represent a small aristocratic family, and their every word and action involves the lives and interests of tens of thousands of clansmen.
This situation forces them to not make mistakes.
Making a mistake could bring annihilation to the entire clan.
Wu Wei had grasped their weakness and arranged for Yin Li to lead the team back to the Qian Yuan Continent, with an additional three thousand puppets accompanying them.
Before leaving, Yin Li sent a telepathic message to the thin monk: "Who is our master? Tell me."
It's a disgrace to have failed and not even know who lost to.
The skinny monk cleverly replied, "Wu Wei is just the front man. You can figure out the rest yourself. Don't forget to complete the tasks assigned to you by your master."
"Wife, next time we meet, we'll consummate our marriage..."
"Damn it, did the Eagle King fake his death to escape and pull a sneak attack?" Yin Li was furious.
The evidence on the surface shows that Wu Wei was the mastermind behind it all.
In reality, the one who actually carried out the deed was the skinny monk, while the scions of noble families became accomplices, and the puppets were merely their trump card.
The problem is that Wu Wei, a mere concubine's daughter, even with the title of being pregnant with a child for a star inspector, is not worthy of being a concubine for a star inspector and cannot cause any trouble at all.
Besides, Zheng Ya, the Starry Sky Inspector, had already placed Wu Wei under house arrest.
It's almost impossible for Wu Wei to have the ability to drag the scions of aristocratic families into a vortex of scandal.
The only flaw lies with the Eagle King.
All signs and testimonies indicate that Eagle King is dead, killed by a rebellious aristocratic family, and utterly destroyed in a mass attack by the family's scions, leaving not a trace behind.
Even if such a death is recorded as evidence, who can guarantee that it is not a recording of a spiritual illusion?
In particular, the scions of the seven great families unanimously testified that they personally killed the Eagle King.
It's strange; they're either telling the absolute truth or lying, as if they've colluded beforehand.
After all, no one wants to take responsibility for the Eagle King's embezzlement of over a billion points.
The key issue is that the whereabouts of this money are unknown, and it is suspected that it was used by Wu Wei to purchase a large number of human puppets from Zheng Ya.
Where did all those human puppets go?
The biggest point of suspicion is the gap of 10,000 puppets.
The eight thousand puppets that Wu Wei gave to Zheng Ya had long been suspected by Zheng Ya of having ulterior motives, so they were scattered to the three major planets and then distributed to various planets surrounding the teleportation portal planets for garrison duty. They were simply not something that the elders could detect.
In addition, Wu Wei secretly kept three thousand puppet soldiers, and used the remaining puppets to supervise the young masters of aristocratic families. This led to the discrepancy in the number of puppets purchased by the Eagle King with embezzled public funds, which became the biggest point of suspicion.
The elders and their group found this whole thing too bizarre to believe.
Wu Wei was just a middleman, making a small profit from the price difference.
What can a concubine's daughter, who is confined to her home by the Starry Sky Inspector, do?
The ambiguous evidence suggests that Wu Wei was the mastermind behind it all, but there is actually no reason to label Wu Wei as the mastermind.
In conclusion, Eagle King was the mastermind; the case is solved.
The skinny monk neither confirmed nor denied it, saying, "Alright, you guys hurry back!"
You all know what to do and what not to do without me telling you. Goodbye!
"Damn it, you skinny monk, I'll make you kneel and lick my boots one day..." Yin Li was furious. They were already a ghost couple, and he still wouldn't tell her the truth?
The skinny monk smiled helplessly and waved goodbye.
It wasn't that he didn't want to tell the truth, but the powerful families on the Qian Yuan Continent possessed all sorts of lie-detecting and ability to discern loyalty and treachery, making them impossible to guard against.
Providing an ambiguous answer to deal with the teams led by the powerful families of Qian Yuan Continent is the safest approach.
Thus, without knowing the truth, Yin Li infiltrated the aristocratic families with the mission given to them by Wu Wei.
Just then, Zheng Ya's side had just seen off Prince Ning and his seven companions when they received a telegram from Blue Star requesting assistance: "Demons are running rampant, people's hearts are in turmoil, reinforcements are needed."
"So it's finally here?" Yuan Tiangang, sensing the contents of the telegram Zheng Ya had received, put down his wine glass and sighed with a sense of helplessness.
Zheng Ya poured him a drink in surprise: "Old Yuan, what's going on?"
"Have you heard of the Shadow Demon?" Yuan Tiangang had just been pleased to see his six old men break through their bottlenecks and achieve the strength of the eighth or ninth rank, but this bad news ruined most of his good mood for drinking.
Zheng Ya had no idea what a demonic shadow was, and frowned, saying, "What demonic shadow?"
Could this be some kind of stunt orchestrated by someone?
"Yes, that's correct."
The term "shadow demon" refers to the shadow of evil spirits invading the human world.
To put it bluntly, it involves extracting the evil energy, demonic energy, and malevolent energy from the corpses of demons, and then spreading it to the human world through special means, influencing new evil individuals to become demons and become part of the demonic world.
Commonly known as the "Shadow of Evil," it symbolizes the shadow of evil spirits.
Those who become Shadow Demons are not strong, but they grow stronger by absorbing demonic energy; they can become stronger by killing and eating people.
The most critical problem is that cholera spreads to the rear of humanity, with endless consequences. Yuan Tiangang despises those with wicked hearts who use such methods to harm others.
But these things happen occasionally, and there's no way to stop them.
If there is no evidence, then it must be a disgusting thing done by a powerful evil being.
Zheng Yasheng suddenly realized: "No wonder Wu Wei caused the demonic energy to invade humans on three major planets before I took office as the star inspector."
That's also a preventative measure, to weed out new forms of evil early on, and guard against today's disaster?
"That's right."
That method is something every star inspector goes through before taking office, and its purpose is to eliminate some hidden dangers among humanity,” Yuan Tiangang affirmed.
To put it simply, it's something that's officially stipulated by the Tower of Babel.
As for people dying, even many people dying, that means nothing to humanity across all the worlds.
Knowing that such twisted and evil people are a menace, why not eliminate them?
Zheng Ya understood: "Alright, it seems I'll have to make a trip to Blue Star."
"It's alright, I'll keep things in order for you at home. Go ahead and do your work!" Yuan Tiangang picked up his wine glass and shooed him away.
Xing Guan stepped forward to see him off: "Husband, don't worry."
"With me at home, I promise that before my husband returns, I'll trouble Old Yuan to find someone to work together to plan out the family's supernatural abilities."
“That works too. Let’s follow the Five Elements Mutual Generation Ability Method that Old Yuan researched for the cultivation of everyone in our family,” Zheng Ya said before disappearing.
In one step, one transcends time and space to arrive at their home in a courtyard house on Blue Star.
The duty captain saluted: "Sir, welcome home!"
"Hello, could you tell me about the situation in the courtyard?" Zheng Ya strolled through the courtyard of the Sihelou building, sensing that there were quite a few new people living there.
The captain, standing beside him, said, "Sir, I wish all the residents of the courtyard would go to the portal planet to join the war."
It is said that they were even commended and awarded…
"Honestly, all the beasts have joined the war..." Zheng Ya felt that something big had happened here. How come he hadn't received any news beforehand?
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