On the official road leading to the southern barbarian mountains of Kyoto, a dramatic ambush was unfolding.
The bloody massacre began when a wedding procession of over three thousand people ambushed and killed about three hundred people, triggered by a sudden barrage of magical arrows.
This was clearly not an ordinary ambush.
After all, ambushing ordinary people would at most require the deployment of martial arts assassins.
In this ambush, most of the participants were ordinary martial artists, but a small number of cultivators were hidden among them. When one of them used a spell to kill Fu Ying and Fu Ya with a feathered arrow, the cultivators hidden among the martial artists responded one after another.
A barrage of magical arrows rained down, annihilating the wedding procession in a single exchange.
Fu Ya and Fu Ying were the first to be hit, both of them were struck by the magical arrows and riddled with holes.
This left an unreal impression on the hearts of the more than three thousand people who ambushed and killed the two. How could they have killed Fu Ya so easily?
Could this Fu Ya be a fake, a stand-in puppet?
Why didn't the immortal masters of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect intervene to save Fu Ya?
Everyone was filled with doubt, but no one stopped their charge. They all rushed into the wedding procession, heading towards the spot in the middle of the convoy where Fu Ya and Fu Ying had been shot and fallen from their horses, to snatch their bodies.
Zheng Ya, watching the drama unfold from above the battlefield, had a clear view from God's perspective and couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "They're all treacherous bastards."
They were all as cunning as foxes.
More than 3,000 people formed 23 small teams, all of which were combinations of martial artists and assassins disguised as cultivators. They gathered together to form a battle group of more than 3,000 people, without communicating with each other, yet they reached a tacit agreement to ambush the wedding procession.
This is to avoid taking responsibility and to prevent the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect and the Demonic Sect from targeting us and causing trouble.
Meanwhile, the team leaders shouted for help, showcasing their acting skills in rescuing Fu Ya.
In reality, they were all bluffing to provoke the people of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect and the Demonic Sect to reveal themselves.
Unfortunately, no matter how much noise they made or how many people they killed, they couldn't provoke the people from the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect and the Demonic Sect.
At this moment, the leaders of twenty-one factions, under the pretext of rescuing Fu Ya, rushed to the middle of the convoy, and a chaotic battle broke out over the bodies of Fu Ya and Fu Ying: "Kill, get out of here, die, kill..."
A chaotic battle ensued, with everyone seemingly vying to steal Fu Ya and Fu Ying's bodies and transport them back to report.
After all, corpses can not only reveal true or false identities, but they can also be used to scheme against the Fu clan, the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect, and the Demonic Sect—all excellent options.
Zheng Ya saw everything clearly. Only when the twenty-one factions were locked in fierce combat, with most dead or wounded, did he unleash two streaks of light that flashed into the bodies of the decoys Fu Ying and Fu Ya, detonating their corpses: "Boom!"
The space bomb is formed by compressing space into a ball, then traversing space to enter the corpses and detonating the space bomb, shattering the two corpses.
"Ahhh!" Corpse Explosion, similar to the Corpse Explosion skill of a necromancer.
Once the corpse was detonated, the shockwave of shattered flesh and bone formed a volley of indiscriminate shrapnel that flew in all directions, clearing out people and objects within a ten-foot radius.
This single attack resulted in over three hundred casualties.
The survivors turned and ran in terror, which caused the surrounding crowds who were fighting to flee the scene.
Zheng Ya, hiding in the void, arrived at the battlefield with a few steps. His body moved like a phantom through the wedding procession, waving his hands to collect the wedding gifts and cleaning up the battlefield in the procession.
With a "whoosh, splash," the small teams that had escaped to the mountains and forests on the outskirts of the battlefield released carrier pigeons to report back to their respective masters.
Emperor Chengping received the message immediately by the flying eagle and slammed his fist on the table in shock: "This is impossible!"
Why is this happening?
"Your Majesty, has the operation to ambush Fu Ya gone wrong?" Xie Ming stood up and asked urgently. Had something gone wrong?
Emperor Chengping tossed the hawk-carrying messenger to Xie Ming, pacing back and forth with worry: "The prelude to this ambush is too bizarre?"
"Yes, most of the people sent by the twenty-one forces were killed or wounded, and they gained nothing. It doesn't make sense!" Xie Ming racked his brains but still couldn't figure out where the problem lay.
The Immortal Sect of Qian Yuan is not emerging, and the Demonic Sect is nowhere to be seen.
On the contrary, the twenty-one forces fought a chaotic battle, resulting in heavy casualties.
What's this?
With the final explosion of Fu Ya and Fu Ying's bodies, and no profit to be made by the various factions, it was natural for them to flee for their lives.
But this is too strange?
Emperor Chengping abruptly stopped and turned around, staring at Xie Ming with a look of horror, saying, "This is bad! It must be that the people from the Demonic Sect are high in the sky, using magic to bewitch the people from the twenty-one forces and cause a chaotic battle?"
"Your Majesty means that, just as the immortal masters of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect can create an invincible army of 30,000 to 40,000 with a wave of their hands, someone has secretly corrupted certain people in the 21 forces, controlling them to kill each other and creating a chaotic situation."
Otherwise, how could they all be caught in the middle of a chaotic battle? Xie Ming realized that this was indeed abnormal.
Emperor Chengping said agitatedly, "The explosion of Fu Ya and Fu Ying's corpses, which injured so many people, seems to be a warning from the Demonic Sect and the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect?"
"Uh, all things considered, it seems to be very disadvantageous for us!" Xie Ming felt like he had been tricked.
As it turned out, Fu Ya and Fu Ying died a horrible death, and the Fu family won a loyal defender of the country, thus relieving the dynasty of the burden of suspecting the Fu family of treason.
Various factions have eliminated the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect and the Demon Sect, partners that cooperated with the royal family, thus curbing the royal family's chance for rapid rise and giving them a head start.
The imperial family escaped the chaos caused by the demonic sect in the capital, won the support of the sixteen retainers, and weighed the situation.
Even Zheng Ya, the sixth brother who was just watching the show, managed to escape unscathed.
Everyone is a winner; no one lost, yet everyone lost.
Emperor Chengping felt an urge to cry: "Could it be that I have lost the cooperation and support of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect from this day forward?"
"Perhaps we are wrong. That man is actually a member of the Demonic Sect. He used us to cut off Qian Yuan Immortal Sect, our partner. We must be careful!" Xie Ming realized belatedly and became uneasy.
The most urgent task is to seize the assets that Prince Rong has built up all over the world.
The Demonic Sect has done just that, wreaking havoc on assets everywhere.
Even if the Azure Dragon were involved and plundered assets, compared to the Demonic Sect's destruction of the World Chamber of Commerce's assets, it would be insignificant.
Emperor Chengping made a decision with a headache: "Does Protector Xie think that I have sent the Second Prince to Jiangnan to test that prince's strength and weakness?"
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has been eyeing the Crown Prince's position for a long time. Keeping him in the capital will only create conflict. Sending him to Jiangnan to monitor Earl Dai and probe his movements will be a viable way for us to break the deadlock and expose him." Xie Ming realized that this dog emperor still didn't believe Fu Ya was dead.
If Fu Ya doesn't die, they can establish a connection with the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect and achieve mutual benefit through cooperation.
Or perhaps the emperor hoped that the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect would truly exist, so that it could be used to fight against the Demonic Sect and divide the power of various factions.
Emperor Chengping immediately changed the subject: "Wu Wei has now led an invincible army of 30,000 to 40,000 men, causing the invading army of the Great Yan Dynasty to suffer repeated defeats and turning the tide of the war."
"A great victory has been achieved at the border, but I have no money or jewels to reward the meritorious soldiers. What should I do?"
"Does Your Majesty intend to appoint Prince Rong to manage the World Chamber of Commerce?" Xie Ming felt that Emperor Chengping's thought process was very fast, and he was trying to flatter Prince Rong to death.
Prince Rong is currently confined to his residence by the retired emperor and can do nothing.
Emperor Chengping appointed Prince Rong to bestow favors, thus saving the treasury—a clever move.
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