Chapter 323: Twenty years of hard work is not as good as your twenty days of cheating?
An in-depth investigation without leaving any room for error will reveal the truth bit by bit.
Especially in this era of spiritual revival, there are too many ways to judge whether a person is lying.
So in the end, the investigation led to the discovery of foreign spies.
The third Demon Shadow Rat that Yan Huaixiu encountered in the martial arts middle school entrance examination was stronger than usual. There was indeed someone controlling it from behind. They secretly fed the Demon Shadow Rat an elixir that could allow it to quickly overdraw its vitality and increase its strength in a short period of time. The purpose was to injure or kill Yan Huaixiu.
Because Yan Huaixiu's identity was exposed.
As the founder of martial arts, Si Yuan has attracted attention from people all over the world. Other countries are also jealous of Si Yuan's preferential treatment of Dongguo and are eager to replace Dongguo.
Even if he couldn't lure Si Yuan, the Martial Ancestor, to his own country, he didn't want to continue to see Si Yuan favoring the East Country.
So after a spy lurking in the East Country accidentally discovered Yan Huaixiu's true identity, a plan was formulated to provoke Si Yuan and the East Country to become enemies.
Assassinating Yan Huaixiu would only anger Si Yuan, but if Yan Huaixiu died in the martial arts high school entrance examination organized by Dongguo, or if the accident happened because Dongguo's people did not check carefully, Si Yuan would definitely feel resentful towards Dongguo and leave Dongguo, no longer being Dongguo's unique martial arts ancestor.
To this end, the mastermind behind the scenes mobilized all the hidden spies he could to make the incident look more like an accident.
However, Yan Huaixiu's strength was unexpectedly beyond expectations. Not only was he fine, he even instantly killed the Demon Shadow Rat with its increased strength. Because the killing was too quick, Yan Huaixiu didn't even notice that there was a problem with the Demon Shadow Rat's strength.
Examiner Li Ping's strength was closest to that of the Demon Shadow Rat, so he noticed it due to his experience. He was also a very responsible person, so without knowing Yan Huaixiu's true identity, in order to protect the genius from any harm, he reported the matter truthfully through the Martial Arts Association's website, which attracted Si Yuan's attention.
If the examiner Li Ping was a person who didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs and kept silent about the matter, it is estimated that this matter would have been completely buried.
After all, Yan Huaixiu, the person involved, had no idea about it at all, and certainly would not tell his family when he returned home.
He was fine, and Si Yuan would not go out of his way to investigate the details of his martial arts middle school entrance exam. The mastermind probably got away with it.
However, Li Ping's responsibility and seriousness made the actions of the mastermind behind the scenes attract Si Yuan's attention. With Si Yuan's pressure and attention, the state organs of Dongguo started to investigate the truth and naturally dug out the real culprit behind the scenes.
Although the clues have been erased by the mastermind, it is not so important whether there is evidence or not. As long as there is enough suspicion, it is enough.
Wang Guoqing presented the investigation results to Si Yuan.
After Si Yuan opened it and finished reading, he fell into deep thought.
Wang Guoqing's heartbeat quickened slightly, and he felt a little uneasy. He didn't know if Si Yuan was satisfied with the result. But seeing that Si Yuan was slow to speak, he quickly said, "Mr. Yan, please rest assured. We will let the Wisteria Empire give us an explanation for this matter. We will ask them to hand over the culprit, and we will never let Huai Xiu suffer any injustice."
Si Yuan looked up at Wang Guoqing, fumbling with the report in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "I will personally take action, and I will make the Wisteria Empire hand over all the murderers involved in this incident."
If the East Country takes action, it will become a diplomatic incident between countries, and things will become complicated.
It would be better for him to do it himself. He would let those who try to seek benefits by harming their relatives and friends know that if they dare to stretch out their claws, they must be prepared to have half of their body chopped off.
When Wang Guoqing heard that Si Yuan was planning to take action himself, the scene of Si Yuan wreaking havoc in the Wisteria Empire already emerged in his mind. The scenes of overwhelming waves, landslides and earth-shattering were unshakable.
He wanted to persuade Si Yuan not to make too big a fuss. If there were too many casualties, it would affect the reputation of the Martial Ancestor.
But when he thought that this matter involved the safety of Si Yuan's only son, he could not say any words of persuasion and could only remain silent.
Wang Guoqing passed the news back to the cabinet, and no one in the cabinet dared to stop Si Yuan, so they could only hold a meeting overnight to discuss how they would deal with such an accident if Si Yuan made a big fuss, such as destroying the entire Wisteria Empire.
The meeting finally reached a conclusion, and it was time for Si Yuan to take action.
Then they waited and waited, but after more than two months, Si Yuan still did not take any action against the Wisteria Empire.
Finally, Wang Guoqing couldn't help but go to ask Si Yuan when he would take action so that Dongguo could be mentally prepared.
Si Yuan smiled slightly: "I have already started."
On the day he received Wang Guoqing's investigation results, Si Yuan went to the border of the Wisteria Empire overnight and took action against the Wisteria Empire.
However, Si Yuan did not directly start the fighting. He just set up a reverse spirit gathering formation for the Wisteria Empire.
As the name suggests, the Spirit Gathering Array is an array that can gather spiritual energy. The Reverse Spirit Gathering Array is naturally an array that repels spiritual energy.
Si Yuan arranged a reverse spirit gathering formation around the Wisteria Empire. The spiritual energy in the Wisteria Empire would decrease day by day and flow to the surrounding areas until the empire became a spiritless place.
This is a very terrifying formation.
After Si Yuan set up the formation, no one said anything. They just waited quietly for the formation to take effect.
He thought that Wang Guoqing and others would come to him for clarification soon, but he didn't expect that they would wait two months before coming to ask.
So Si Yuan told Wang Guoqing about this matter directly: "I have set up a formation at the border of the Wisteria Empire. Now they should be able to sense a significant drop in spiritual energy in their territory. Please help me negotiate with the Wisteria Empire. When they hand over all the murderers who participated in the murder of my son, I will remove the formation."
After hearing this, Wang Guoqing was shocked. He didn't expect Si Yuan to have such means. This was simply digging up the roots of the Wisteria Empire!
In the era of spiritual energy revival, if there is no spiritual energy in your own country, isn't it equivalent to everyone else evolving but not you? Who can tolerate this?
Si Yuan's move was simply amazing! Not to mention the Wisteria Empire, even if the East Country encountered such a situation, it would have to bow its head and submit.
Wang Guoqing was in a subtly excited mood. He went back and held a meeting with all the cabinet members overnight.
Recently, there was intelligence from abroad that there was an inexplicable decline in spiritual energy within the Wisteria Empire. However, because the decline was not that large, everyone thought it was a normal fluctuation and did not pay much attention to it. No one expected that it was Si Yuan's work.
To be honest, some people in the cabinet hope that the Wisteria Empire will stick to its guns and not give in.
Because half of the Wisteria Empire's territory borders the East Country, that is to say, at least half of the spiritual energy lost from the Wisteria Empire will flow into the territory of the East Country.
Moreover, the Wisteria Empire is the only major power that has the potential to catch up with the East Country. If the Wisteria Empire insists on not giving in to Si Yuan, then under Si Yuan's sanctions, it will inevitably fall behind completely in the new era of spiritual energy revival until it is abandoned by the times. The benefits that the East Country can gain from this will be extremely huge.
But during the meeting, even though many people in the cabinet had such thoughts, no one dared to say it out loud. Everyone was discussing how to vent Si Yuan's anger to the greatest extent possible, assuming that the Wisteria Empire would surrender.
Si Yuan was aware of the little thoughts of those people in the East Kingdom Cabinet, but he never cared.
Those who know the times will understand that no matter how many little thoughts you have, you must hide them in front of him and not show them in front of him.
The East Country sent diplomats to negotiate with the Wisteria Empire.
The Wisteria Empire, which had been puzzled and worried because its spiritual energy index had been declining for more than two months, was shocked after receiving the diplomats from the East Country and learning the reason for the decline in spiritual energy.
They thought the decline in spiritual energy was due to natural reasons, but they never expected it to be man-made.
They still underestimated the strength of the Martial Ancestor. They thought that the Martial Ancestor was only good at creating martial arts techniques and was only powerful in martial arts. They even thought about how they would deal with the Martial Ancestor's anger without completely offending him if he came to them with force.
As for the fact that the Martial Ancestor couldn't do anything to them and felt repulsion and disgust towards them, the Wisteria Empire didn't really care that much, because as long as the martial arts secrets created by the Martial Ancestor were taught to outsiders, the Wisteria Empire would find a way to get them. The Martial Ancestor himself wanted to impose a martial arts blockade on them, unless he refused to teach the martial arts secrets to outsiders.
Therefore, the Wisteria Empire is not actually afraid of Martial Ancestor. They just hope to gain his service. If they cannot get it, they will also prevent the Eastern Kingdom from getting it.
However, those high-ranking officials of the Wisteria Empire who knew about the plan to assassinate Yan Huaixiu and sow discord between the Martial Ancestor and the Eastern Kingdom could never have imagined that the Martial Ancestor, who they thought was only afraid of him for his martial arts ability, actually had such a trick.
Allowing the spiritual energy in the Wisteria Empire to continue to dissipate is simply digging out the roots of the Wisteria Empire!
Suddenly, all the top leaders of the Wisteria Empire panicked. They quarreled with each other. Those who did not participate in the incident blamed those who did. Those who participated in the incident but were only aware of it but did not take action blamed those who were responsible for taking action. Those who were responsible for taking action blamed the person who first proposed the suggestion... Anyway, they tried to shift the blame as much as possible. No one wanted to be the culprit who caused the Wisteria Empire to be left behind by the Spiritual Energy Era.
Because this plan was intended to murder Wu Zu's son and target Wu Zu and Dongguo, it had to be kept extremely secret and only a very small number of high-ranking officials knew about it.
If the plan succeeded, then these senior executives who participated in the plan would be heroes; now that the plan has failed and has ushered in the revenge of Martial Ancestor, the Wisteria Empire cannot bear the revenge of Martial Ancestor and has to bow its head and surrender, then these senior executives who participated in the plan will naturally become abandoned pawns and need to be sacrificed for the interests of the Wisteria Empire.
After the Eastern Kingdom's envoy received the Wisteria Empire's submissive response, it was no surprise that he returned home with this response.
The Wisteria Empire directly arrested all the senior officials who made the suggestion, the senior officials who knew and agreed with the plan, the middle and senior officials in charge of command, and the operational personnel in charge of execution. They were all secretly sent to the East Country and handed over to Si Yuan for disposal.
The reason why it was sent secretly was, of course, because the Wisteria Empire still cared a lot about its reputation. If this matter was made public and the public knew that the Wisteria Empire easily sent its own people to its opponents as an apology, it would definitely cause great damage to the prestige of the Wisteria Empire. Who would dare to work wholeheartedly for the Wisteria Empire in the future?
Moreover, if the Wisteria Empire had suffered such a huge loss, if it were to be made public, the public would only laugh at the Wisteria Empire for losing more than it gained, and then, in order to please Martial Ancestor, everyone would join in adding insult to injury to the Wisteria Empire.
The current situation in the Wisteria Empire is already very bad, so naturally we must prevent it from getting worse.
However, even with such a small wish, the East Country was unwilling to satisfy them.
When Dongguo received the prisoners sent by the Wisteria Empire, it did so in a grand manner and even had CCTV reporters follow the entire process and broadcast it live.
He didn't give the Wisteria Empire any face at all and exposed all their secrets in front of the live camera.
The person in charge of the Wisteria Empire who was in charge of the handover had a very grim expression on his face, but he couldn't refuse to cooperate.
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