Chapter 69: Audaciously Reckless

  The men in green uniforms rescued the seriously injured and buried the dead on the spot. A few people who were good at interrogation dragged the dying monk to one side for questioning.

  Gao Jian now looks like a giant baby, wrapped in red cloth with his eyes closed, resting and breathing weakly but relatively steadily.

  Liang Xin also worked hard to heal his injuries. He was hit by a palm print, and all five internal organs were severely damaged. Unfortunately, there was only one shroud, or else he would have liked to crawl in and rest for a while.

  Haitang and Shang have already entered the Xuanji realm, are five-step primary cultivators. Under the divine power of the handprint, if it weren't for the Beidou formation of the Seven Corpse Stars blocking most of the power, Liang Xin would have been blown to pieces long ago.

  At this moment, the Seven Corpse Star Soul had become extremely weak, but Liang Xin's original power was still there. With a struggle, he managed to sit up and circulated his true yuan in his veins, starting to heal his wounds. Unexpectedly, as soon as his original power moved, the nearly dead Seven Corpse Star Soul also stirred, barely forming into seven stars that clumsily revolved around his original power.

  Liang Xin knew that there was some connection between Benyuan's magical powers and the Seven Corpse Souls, but what exactly it was would have to wait until he had a chance to ask someone more knowledgeable.

  When the Seven Devils Star Soul operates alone, it will not trigger a disturbance of the original power; however, if the original power is urged on, it will bring about the "chaotic rotation" of the Seven Devils Star Soul. When these eight true origins rotate together, they will produce strange attractive and repulsive forces, influencing and disturbing each other.

  Liang Xin couldn't understand the relationship between them for the time being, so he focused on controlling the origin, carefully not letting it be led astray by the Seven Star Souls. What made him stunned was that this time, the power of the origin actually produced a strong resistance to his will, forcibly dividing the power into eight parts... One part of the origin still protected Liang Xin's body, while the other seven parts were given to the seven star souls!

  Liang Xin felt anxious in her heart, but there was nothing she could do about it.

  Seven Star Souls obtained the assistance of Benyuan's power, and immediately became a lot more spirited. They suppressed their star positions and quickly traversed through Liang Xin's meridians, gathering up the evil earth's power that had just been scattered. Liang Xin's body also stiffened, unable to move in the slightest... After an unknown amount of time passed, the Seven Star Souls actually re-collected all of the evil earth's power and converged it once more, becoming vigorous and full of life again.

  The Seven Corpse Chasing Souls returned to their original state, and then released the power of Benyuan. The already scattered eight parts of Benyuan gathered again, following Liang Xin's intentions, immediately starting to operate...

  After a big cycle of heaven and earth, Liang Xin gathered his true yuan, and the seven star souls all returned to his chest.

  Liáng Xīn Cháng let out a sigh, and his understanding of the relationship between Běnyuán and Xīng Hún deepened. When the Seven Stars were weak, Běnyuán would use its own power to support them, helping them gather their scattered magical powers, allowing them to quickly recover. This wasn't a bad thing, but he wondered, if Běnyuán's power was damaged, would the Seven Star Souls come to help?

  Liang Xin opened his eyes and looked around, Qing Yi was still interrogating Hai Tang and Shang, Yang Jiao Cui and the two Tongzi formed a circle with themselves and Da Bao Gao Jian surrounded in the middle, looking very loyal, but their crunching sound of eating cucumber was very loud.

  The second Great Cycle, the original force has just been activated, and the seven Star Souls that restore the yuan qi immediately jump out, starting to stir up trouble in a lively and vigorous manner. Liang Xin even feels that the original force is like a silly little kid, and the star souls are like seven naughty kids, gathering together to create a new trick every time, the silly little kid hehe laughs and wants to follow others...

  Just like the last time he was injured, Liang Xin used all his energy to control Ben Yuan. When he opened his eyes again, the sky had already darkened. The surviving green-clad men either sat or lay down, gathering around him. A bonfire burned fiercely not far away, constantly bursting into sparks and crackling loudly...

  The original thousand households have perished, and the current leader of the Green Clothes is a middle-aged Han man with a square head and ring eyes. Seeing Liang Xin wake up, the big man took two steps forward, his tone still strange and awkward, neither grasping the emphasis nor finding the turning point: "The monk is dead, and some things have been asked."

  Gao Jian was startled awake from his sleep, and with a tired smile, said: "Speak!"

  More than three months ago, Donghai Qian was bombed with a powerful thunderbolt, killing and injuring nearly half of his disciples. Donghai Qian personally led the remaining disciples to rush to the capital to seek justice. This case enraged the emperor, causing shockwaves in the imperial court, and almost all government offices were mobilized to send their best investigators to investigate Donghai Qian.

  These capable men who were sent out, rather than saying they went to investigate the case, would be better off saying they tried every means to clear the imperial court of guilt. However, after days of investigation, the final result was extremely disappointing for the imperial court. All the clues pointed out that the people who blew up the mountain were actually the artisans and laborers summoned by the imperial court to do work.

  The investigation process was always accompanied by bloodshed, and the person in charge of the case would silence anyone who got close to the truth. Not long after, it fell into a stalemate. Donghai Gan didn't care about that, and the leader, Chaoyang Zhenren, threatened that if they couldn't find the real culprit, he would "make a big move" in the capital city.

  The imperial court was not as weak and spineless as imagined, the emperor was forced to turn his face when he was pressed hard, several imperial edicts were issued one after another, high-ranking officials from all over the country were dispatched to Beijing to suppress the situation, while the troops in Jizhou, adjacent to Donghai, were mobilized, making a subtle attacking gesture towards Qianshan.

  Later, the two national masters ran back and forth, and finally asked "One Line Sky" to come out and ease the situation. The East Sea Army withdrew from the mountain, and the court promised to crack the case and hand over the murderer within six months.

  Of course, the murderer cannot be anyone. Both parties agreed to a six-month deadline, and the imperial court would hand over the murderer for trial by Tian Yilang, Donghai Gan, and the imperial court.

  Finally, the two national masters somehow managed to investigate Qing Shi and Yili, without going through the Jiulong Temple, and directly asked the dragon token to take people away in Yin County.

  As for the inside story of this matter, Hai Tang and Shang were not very clear either, they just vaguely knew that Liu Yi and Qu Qing Shi went to bomb Donghai Qian, which was related to their bitter journey to Kunlun Mountain five years ago and the death of Nanyang Zhenren. As for where Qu Qing Shi and Liu Yi were taken away, Guoshi didn't say, and Hai Tang didn't even ask.

  Liáng Xīn let out a long sigh, although he had already guessed some clues earlier, his heart still sank. The old case of Kuāi Nǎi Shān was brought up again, and he didn't know how to save the person... What made him even more anxious was that after busy running around for half a day, he still couldn't find out where Qū Qīng Shí and Liǔ Yì were being taken!

  The deaf child in green clothing repeated the confession obtained from the interrogation in a strange tone, and after bowing slightly to Liang Xin, he retreated with his companions.

  Gao Jian's face was ashen, and in the flickering light of the bonfire in the distance, it seemed even more ominous.

  "After a brief silence, Gao Jian slowly spoke up: 'This time it's big trouble!' Then he turned his head to look at Liang Xin: 'Are you still going to rescue the prisoner?'"

  Liang Xin smiled and didn't bother to answer.

  Gao Jian also smiled, but his tone was low and solemn: "Young man, have you ever thought that if you take Qu Qing and Liu Yi away, the imperial court will not be able to hand over the people, and Qian Shan Dao Zong will contact Tong Dao Men Zong to make trouble. It's hard to say whether it will lead to war! Such a big disaster, do you want to provoke it?"

  Liang Xin shook his head: "The imperial court, how could it be difficult to hand over a murderer for such a small matter? Without Qu Liu and the others, no matter whether it's the Imperial Tutor, the Jiulong Temple, the Three Departments or even any random county government office, they can still find 'new culprits'."

  Gao Jian was taken aback, then burst out laughing, but after just two laughs, he started coughing violently again. With great difficulty, he said: "This sentence hits the nail on the head! The matter of finding a scapegoat for the assassination is a small thing for the imperial court. There are plenty of prisoners waiting to be executed in the big prison. If we can't even find someone clever to coach for a few days and make him the assassin who bombed Donghai, then the Nine Dragons Guard might as well not exist!"

  The so-called promise to hand over the culprit within six months was just a formality, it would be best if the real culprit could be found, but if no one is caught... For officials, not being able to catch anyone and not handing over anyone are two completely different things. So nobody took this matter to heart.

  The emperor also seemed to be deliberately downplaying the matter, only instructing the Ministry of Justice to continue investigating the murderer, while other government departments were told to focus on their own duties and not interfere with this case. However, even the Commander of the Nine Dragons Guard did not expect that the imperial court would take a soft approach on the surface but secretly order the National Master to personally pursue the killer.

  Gao Jian's breathing finally stabilized a bit, and he continued: "Even if Qu Qing Shi and Liu Yi were the real culprits, Guoshi would have to go through our Jiulong Si to catch people. But this time they suddenly took action, and until the incident occurred, our Commander-in-Chief was still in the dark, which is the real trouble!"

  Even if Liang Xin had never seen the world and had no concept of this political struggle, he could now understand Gao Jian's meaning: "The National Master wants to use this opportunity to overthrow the Jiulongsi? You... we have a feud with the National Master?"

  It goes without saying that as long as Qu Qing Shi and Liu Yi are the only two who will be blamed for the crime of Dong Hai Qian, the Jiulong Temple will soon welcome a major earthquake. The final result is self-evident: the power of the Jiulong Temple will be greatly weakened, and officials at all levels will be purged.

  Gao Jian's expression was weak, but his slender eyes still shone brightly as he said in a low voice: "The National Master is doing this not to deal with Qian Shan Dao, but to deal with us, the Jiulong Si!"

  "It's not easy to get a handle on our Jiulong Department," Gao Jian said with concern: "Half of the top detectives in the world are from our Jiulong Department, and it's impossible to frame them. The fact that Guoshi dared to arrest Qu Qingshi and Liu Yi means that they must have problems!"

  Gao Jian was astute and quickly got to the bottom of things: Donghai Qian's case was actually done by Qu and Liu, and Guoshi had obtained ironclad evidence. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Guoshi resolutely took action to overthrow the Jiulong Si.

  At this time, Gao Jian's voice suddenly became severe: "Qu Qing Shi and Liu Yi were so bold as to actually go and blow up Donghai Qian!" As soon as the words fell, he seemed like a madman, suddenly bursting into loud laughter again: "But then again, which of the Jiu Long Qing Yi wasn't a reckless and daring fellow?"