As Count Dai activated the Five Elements Annihilation Formation to suppress Zheng Ya, the war on the street outside the Inspectorate collapsed on its own.
What was originally a chaotic battle turned into a melee because Zheng Ya had arranged for his special ability teams to hide in the streets and houses beforehand. When the special ability teams received Zheng Ya's order to attack, they assassinated the leaders of various factions, causing the groups that were massacring civilians to fall into chaos.
However, the Azure Dragon swooped down to rescue the Second Prince, depriving various forces of the opportunity to ambush him. This act served as bait for a trap, and then Earl Dai activated the Five Elements Killing Array, drawing upon the spiritual energy of Salt Sea City to unleash a terrifying and awe-inspiring wave of power.
The power of the ultimate killing formation is unknown to outsiders.
However, more than 80 percent of the people involved in this chaotic battle knew that the Five Elements Killing Formation of the Salt Sea City Inspectorate had been activated, turning a three-mile radius into a death zone.
Once the Killing Formation unleashes its indiscriminate barrage, martial artists simply cannot withstand it.
Ordinary people were all ensnared in it, none escaped.
Unless the cultivators form a group to resist and destroy the defensive shield of the Five Elements Annihilation Array and the array plate, they will have a sliver of hope.
So, they scattered like birds and beasts, all running away.
Meanwhile, the Azure Dragon repeatedly swooped down from the sky to attack the high-ranking members of powerful families, causing the area around the Inspectorate to become a torrent of people fleeing.
Having dodged the Azure Dragon's attack and escaped three miles away, Liu Qingyun rushed into Hongli Grain Store, panting, and demanded, "Someone, activate the second plan immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" The grain store owner responded and turned to leave. Miao Cuihua caught up with Liu Qingyun, panting heavily as she patted her chest: "Commander, is it appropriate to start the second plan so hastily?"
"What's inappropriate about it?"
It should be noted that this chaotic battle was nothing more than cannon fodder sent by various forces and families to their deaths; from beginning to end, no cultivators or powerful martial artists were involved.
Clearly, all the powerful families were testing the strength of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect, and dared not let their subordinates slip up, lest the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect find a handle against them and bring trouble upon themselves.
Now that the Immortal Master Qian Yuan has emerged, riding a demonic dragon to rescue the Second Prince and chasing down the cannon fodder groups sent by various forces and families, what does this signify? Liu Qingyun gasped as she entered the reception room on the second floor of the grain store.
Miao Cuihua asked with a hint of unease, "Does the commander mean that the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect intends to assist the Second Prince in ascending the throne? That can't be, can it?"
The Second Prince's mother's family, located in the southwest, controls the White Tiger Legion.
The area surrounding Salt Sea City is under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Donglin, and the White Tiger Legion cannot reach this area.
This means that the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect, which was assisting the Second Prince in achieving his goals, could not possibly rise to prominence here. Therefore, deliberately rescuing the Second Prince would seem like a charade.
Liu Qingyun also understood this principle, and shook her head and sighed: "I know the issues you are worried about, but I also know that the Prince of Donglin and the high-ranking officials of the major families in Jiangnan also know this, but they will all choose to believe it and carry out one word: kill."
“Well, that makes sense. No family in the Jiangnan region wants the Second Prince to live. Why not take this opportunity to kill him and make the Dai family take the blame?” Miao Cuihua agreed thoughtfully, having figured it out.
Compared to eliminating the Second Prince, a stumbling block to their usurpation of the throne, the powerful families in Jiangnan would rather eliminate the Dai clan, an adversary.
The demise of the Dai clan meant the collapse of the interests that had secured imperial power.
Whether the dynasty held the responsible parties accountable and dispatched a large army to oversee the Jiangnan regime again, or local forces grew too powerful and rose up in rebellion, the beneficiaries were always the families, both large and small.
Profiting from war and waiting for the opportune moment to act is the best strategy.
Moreover, some people hoped that the Prince of Donglin would raise an order and start a rebellion.
In fact, the Prince of Donglin is helping the Azure Dragon Society to rebel.
Furthermore, since everyone is hoping to seize the Dai family's secret realm, the Dai family has already been designated as a scapegoat.
Seeing that she had figured it out, Liu Qingyun smiled and said, "Next is the stage where the cultivator teams will go straight to the heart of the enemy and compete for the Dai Clan's secret realm."
They will definitely fight against the Dai family and the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect.
This will allow us to secretly investigate the true strength of the Qian Yuan Immortal Sect, as well as the power of hidden forces in Jiangnan..."
Miao Cuihua readily agreed. Almost all the external forces were doing the same thing as them, ordering their servants to stage a drama of framing, using others to do the dirty work, and spying on the truth.
Rumors spread like wildfire throughout Yanhai City.
The Prince of Donglin, the Azure Dragon Society, the seven great families of Jiangnan, and other forces were all harming each other, and dispatching cultivators to bombard the Inspectorate's Five Elements Annihilation Array defensive shield with long-range spells: "Boom boom boom!"
To test the waters and see if Qinglong will come to the aid of the Dai family, and to determine the relationship between the two?
They used the crystals stored in the Five Elements Killing Array to plot against the Dai Clan's Secret Realm.
In the pavilion behind the Inspector's Mansion, Zheng Ya, who was being suppressed by the power of the array, took a step and flashed to a meter to the right of Earl Dai and his daughter. He condensed a layer of spatial power on his body, weakening the array's binding power by more than half: "Earl Dai, are you plotting rebellion? You want to kill me, the Second Prince, first?"
There are currently two Second Princes: one is a body double created by a guard who took a puppet pill, and the other is a Second Prince transformed by Zheng Ya himself.
Both were so convincingly fake that they were indistinguishable from the real thing.
Earl Dai felt that the array couldn't imprison his presence, and he was so angry that his teeth ached: "Shut up! Don't think that just because you've taken puppet pills and transformed into the Second Prince's appearance and strength, you can fool everyone..."
"Is Earl Dai deceiving himself, making excuses for the Dai family, and deserting?" Zheng Ya could tell that this wrinkled Earl Dai was a family slave.
To prevent the Dai clan from being wiped out, they were willing to bear all the infamy.
Perhaps due to the intense pressure from various external forces, coupled with the lack of rescue teams sent by Emperor Chengping, Count Dai was unable to protect himself and chose to save his family members from the war so that the family could continue to thrive.
Earl Dai laughed in anger: "I have become a pawn, cannon fodder, and scapegoat in the eyes of all the powerful families in the world."
Do you think I have any other choice?
“Count Dai, don’t you feel guilty saying that?”
"I'm standing right in front of you, are you blind or just plain blind? Why don't you choose me to bring glory to the Dai family..." Zheng Ya began his self-aggrandizing speech.
Count Dai was so angry that he turned dark and snorted coldly, remaining silent.
It's a counterfeit; there's no point in arguing further.
Daiyu peeked out and scrutinized Zheng Ya's black silk python robe, cloud-patterned boots, purple-gold jade belt, amber dragon-shaped jade pendant, and crown, which accentuated his imposing presence. His sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes revealed a penetrating gaze, and every move he made exuded amusement. She interjected, "Second Prince, could you please extend your right arm so that I may see your birthmark..."
"Oh!" Zheng Ya was stunned in surprise. His senses sank into his supernatural world to search for the birthmark on the Second Prince's arm, only to be met with Earl Dai's cold rebuke: "Imposter, you've shown your weakness..."
"Well, now it's time to show your true colors, isn't it?" Daiyu's clever and persuasive provocation made Zheng Ya smile wryly: "So you don't want to be this prince's queen anymore?"
"You scoundrel, you hide your true identity and try to impersonate the Second Prince to achieve great things. How hypocritical!" Daiyu continued to provoke him, and Earl Dai added insult to injury: "How many treacherous schemers are there in Jiangnan?"
You may be considered shameless, but that doesn't represent your master.
"If your master truly wishes to subdue the Dai clan, then inform him to come and make his appearance."
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