Emperor Chengping issued an edict to close the gates and beat the dog, and the monks who had flooded into the capital responded swiftly, searching the entire capital for Zheng Ya. The chaos caused by the setting sun and gentle breeze turned into flying sand and stones, and the people were filled with fear and panic.
Zheng Ya remained hidden on the sidelines throughout, witnessing how cultivators and powerful families plundered and exploited the weak, taking advantage of others' misfortunes.
Throughout Kyoto, there was widespread resentment, lamentation, and endless slaughter.
What's even more interesting is that Wu Wei tried to disguise herself and sneak out of the city by moving between the three city gates of the southeast, west and south. However, Emperor Chengping used the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to recognize her identity and violently repel her back into the city.
Seeing this, the shadowy figure personally concealed himself and climbed the city wall, attempting to leap off. He crashed into the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array's protective shield, bounced back, and disappeared into the air.
Emperor Chengping controlled the great formation to bombard the area, shattering a large space, but missed.
Some powerful families also sent people to storm the city gates, but they were killed by Emperor Chengping's controlled formation.
Those who were too weak and slow to retreat were all killed.
Tens of thousands of people died or were injured along the six city gates and the city wall.
Kyoto turned into a prison?
Upon hearing the news, the vulnerable people retreated to a corner and hid themselves in an attempt to survive.
The middle-level circles banded together for mutual support, forming an alliance to target cultivator organizations that engaged in cunning and extortion.
Kyoto was bathed in the setting sun and fell into a brief moment of tranquility.
Groups of high-level cultivators, as if they had reached some kind of tacit agreement, gathered in the imperial city from all directions.
Zheng Ya concealed himself in the crowd and followed the large group to Chengqian Gate.
Before the city gate tower, the general guarding the city shouted from his high position: "His Majesty has decreed that Zheng Ya and the person who provided the information be appointed as Imperial Advisors..."
"Shut up! Emperor Chengping's scheme of sowing discord and using someone else to do his dirty work is only good for fooling a three-year-old. Tell him to come out and talk!" Fu She roared from below the city, his voice filled with murderous intent.
The soldiers defending the city originally thought that Fu She's personal testimony would surely enrage Emperor Chengping to use the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to kill him as a warning to others.
The saying "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down" is always true.
Unfortunately, Emperor Chengping did not punish the assassins, causing great fear among the soldiers defending the city.
It should be noted that tens of thousands of cultivators have gradually gathered along the city walls of the imperial city. Once a battle breaks out, it will be the defending soldiers who die.
The soldiers defending the city were all ordinary martial artists, far less powerful than cultivators.
Even with the support of the city walls, which are over three zhang high, providing a commanding defensive position, it is still no match for the ranged magical bombardment of cultivators.
The weakness in the imperial city's defenses became apparent.
This stemmed from the war that broke out on the north and south fronts some time ago, which forced Emperor Chengping to rely on the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array to intimidate and lure certain people into the capital to devise a countermeasure. As a result, he dispatched the capital's garrison army, leaving the capital's defense forces vulnerable.
Who would have thought that the shadowy figure would reveal that Prince Rong himself was in the capital, and even collude with Zheng Ya to plot for the seal, luring cultivators from all over the world?
This immediately put Emperor Chengping in an awkward situation.
Emperor Chengping, concerned about the insufficient reserves of crystals, dared not over-exploit the crystals to suppress the cultivators unless absolutely necessary. Under the surveillance of the entire audience, he spoke: "Fu She, you are a criminal subject who plotted rebellion. What is your punishment?"
Upon hearing the news, the soldiers defending the city felt a sense of relief; His Majesty had spoken, and they were safe for the time being.
The worst fear is that Emperor Chengping will remain complacent and indifferent to the situation.
This was also the sentiment of many cultivators, who all revealed amused smiles and watched the show.
Fu She stood tall and sneered, "I address you as Your Majesty out of respect for the Zheng imperial power, not out of reverence for you, a patricide and traitor..."
"You're courting death..." Emperor Chengping was furious, but he refrained from using his power to kill Fu She. He felt that Fu She was just a pawn, and that killing him would give others grounds for criticism if he didn't force out the mastermind behind him.
Those who provoke trouble always have a backup plan.
Fu She roared, interrupting, "You patricide, you're the one courting death!"
"Outrageous! I disdain to kill you. Let your master prove me wrong!"
"Haha, you dare to face my master? Let me tell you, because you were so stupid, you didn't even know you'd been tricked by the Empress's faction, and that's why you ended up like this. How dare you face my master..."
"Shut up! Who is the Empress Yin's faction? Stop trying to be mysterious!" Emperor Chengping panicked.
All the listeners were stunned. When did the Yin Empress lineage suddenly emerge?
Among the crowd, only Zheng Ya seemed thoughtful, linking the shadowy figure to the Empress Yin, while the shadowy figure and the Empress Yin were moved, revealing their identities?
What to do when a crisis is imminent?
Before the Queen of the Underworld could decide what to do, she received a telepathic message from the Underworld Emperor: "Queen of the Underworld, order an evacuation, or it will be too late..."
"Shut up! The person behind Fu She has calculated that we are trapped in the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Formation. They deliberately created this situation to target us. We can't leave even if we want to!" Yin Hou couldn't figure out what went wrong, so she appeared in the air while replying telepathically.
"Look! Who's that? Walking in the air! A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator! My God!" A sharp-eyed cultivator shouted, and the group of cultivators exclaimed in surprise.
When hundreds of Nascent Soul Realm experts remained suspended in mid-air, the clamor of the cultivators was silenced.
Even Emperor Chengping was stunned, his whole body trembling with fear. It's over, it's all over.
Who would have thought that trying to trap and beat a dog would end up turning you into a dog yourself?
Fortunately, over a hundred people suddenly emerged from the Nascent Soul Realm, forming two opposing forces that were wary of each other, thus leaving Emperor Chengping a glimmer of hope. What should he do?
Zheng Ya was also stunned. What was going on?
The sudden emergence of so many experts suggests that this storm is about to end and a full-blown conflict is about to begin?
In other words, this whole mess was created by these two forces, who ultimately wanted the imperial seal. So what were they after as well?
No, let's get out of here! It's safest to get as far away from the battlefield as possible!
With this thought in mind, Zheng Ya stepped into the air and arrived at the top of the Chengqian Gate tower, where he watched the play from above.
Unfortunately, just as he landed on the rooftop, Yin Hou suddenly appeared and stood beside him, causing Zheng Ya to freeze in place. Could it be that he had been discovered?
No way!
Empress Yin snorted coldly: "Your Majesty the Retired Emperor, you old fool, come out here!"
"My vanished empress is still as decisive as ever..." The retired emperor appeared on the rooftop to Zheng Ya's left, standing between the two of them, feeling numb.
What kind of situation is this?
I was hoping to find a good spot to watch the main event, but who would have thought I'd end up between two masterminds at the Nascent Soul stage? How embarrassing!
If they did it intentionally, then...
Zheng Ya grew increasingly cautious and hesitant to move. Little did he know that the Empress Yin had also sensed a spatial fluctuation on the rooftop and had followed to speak, mistaking him for the Retired Emperor. She coldly snorted and transmitted her voice, "You old codger, you've been scheming against me all along..."
"Likewise, who would have thought that my Empress had been plotting for the seal of office and the pursuit of immortality all along? What will become of me?" The Emperor Emeritus had clearly also misunderstood that the spatial fluctuations caused by Zheng Ya were the work of the Yin Empress, and he did not hesitate to retaliate.
Zheng Ya caught a glimpse of the two exchanging lip movements, but her heart pounded. If you two are having a lovey-dovey argument, go somewhere else. Is it appropriate to be showing off your love here?
Feeling uneasy, Zheng Ya sensed that there was something between the two.
On the contrary, when Emperor Chengping saw the retired emperor again, who had demonstrated his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, he started trembling all over. He was doomed!
This old man is such a good actor; it's all a conspiracy. Why should I be the clown?
The key issue is that we don't know what the retired emperor and the empress dowager are plotting; it's terrifying.
The cultivators below the city were terrified. Under the oppressive aura of over a hundred Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, everyone felt in danger, knowing they were about to die...
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