Chapter 69 - Who Did You Offend? (2/2)

Prince Ren spoke up at this moment, ”He's dead?”

Elder Lu couldn't answer that directly.

”Then, where?”

Lady Di ultimately responded, ”He was sent to the Deep Mines.” When she spoke, everyone looked towards her in unison, and their expressions turned incomparably ugly. Each one of them knew of the mortality rate in the Deep Mines, it was pretty much 99.99%. A majority of people die within the year of being sent there and the treatment they received was horrendous. The only few that survive are those sentenced to a few months in the Deep Mines as casual punishment.

”How long has he been there?” Prince Ren asked.

”...” Lady Di stayed silent, her expression slowly becoming uglier.

”Two years ago.” Elder Lu spoke, his expression couldn't be gloomier. After that was said, every last person's expression turned as gloomy. This entire situation was just unfortunate. They didn't even consider Yan Zaizen's survival, automatically assuming his death.

”What are our choices?” Prince Ren was the only one who kept a cool-head at this moment, displaying his natural talents in the face of adversity. It truly brought the tense atmosphere down a few notches.

Elder Mei responded, ”We can attempt to run back to Xiāo City, and hope the Xiāo City's Lord would intervene, giving our Imperial Palace face. If we do that, he'll likely strike but with the defensive formations on the skyship, we may be able to make it.” Despite her suggesting this, she knew the truth of the matter and the likelihood of that happening was even lower than Yan Zaizen surviving two years in the Deep Mines.

”We can attempt to have a conversation, tell him the truth, and see how it plays out.” Elder Lu said, but he wasn't optimistic. If his disciple was sent to the Deep Mines, he would kill everyone involved. Why wouldn't he?

One of the Origin Core Elders, a person from the Dai Dukedom, spoke up, offering an alternative, ”I'll be blunt. Both of your plans end up with all of us dead. We only have two true courses of action, and I'm sure Prince Ren knows them well.” This elder looked at Prince Ren, as did everyone else, and waited. His job was to protect Lady Su. As for everyone else?

Everyone else be damned!

Regardless of what they suggested, Prince Ren would be the one who made the final decision, but the question was: could he?

Prince Ren furrowed his brow in contemplation. Elder Lu and Lady Di's expression turned incomparably dark, and they weren't ignorant in regards to these 'two' choices.

First Choice: Inform him the truth, then give him Lady Di and Elder Lu as a form of apology, the two responsible for the death of his disciple, and handle the situation from there.

Second Choice: Fight to the death and hope.

Besides these two choices, the other choices had a chance of backfiring. He wasn't ignorant of the City Lord's distaste for the imperial family, and he knew that anything else would be suicide. If only True Essence Cultivators could teleport, but they'd never be able to arrive in an hour let alone in a few minutes.

Lady Di shouted courageously, ”We should fight!” Her response was an obvious and expected one. She didn't wish to die, and if she was given up, could her father blame Prince Ren? No. It's likely her father would be removed from his position due to this regardless, and could even be killed to prevent a possibility of rebellion. It would weaken the empire, but at least there wouldn't be an unknown variable lingering near the Imperial Family like an aggrieved knife.

If they all died because she handled a situation poorly in the past, her father would offend everyone and his fate probably won't be any better than hers.

Either choice just leads to hell.

Prince Ren heard Lady Di's words and could read her thoughts, he shook his head in refusal. If the cultivator was just a normal True Essence Cultivator, sure, fight to the death! However, he was a soul cultivator. If he was a master, then with a single word, he could wipe out all of their souls. Their protective armaments could do nothing to block it. It wouldn't be a fight; it would be a massacre.

As for running away, could they outrun soul energy? The answer was simple: no. Soul energy was the fastest form of energy without laws backing it. It would be impossible to outrun for a few hundred meters let alone a few li.

”Invite him aboard. Regardless, we'll inform him of his disciple's situation and move on from there.” He instructed Elder Mei. She sighed hopelessly and took off. They all knew the decision he made. Elder Lu and Lady Di's expression fell, and Lady Di screamed, ”If you're bringing that man on-board, then we'll leave! Let's go, Elder Lu!” She attempted to take off, but Elder Lu blocked her, shaking his head in refusal.

”If we leave, we're dead. We're not going to be able to escape his spiritual sense or soul energy range. Right now, the best thing we can do is wait.” He understood the situation, and if they left, it was the same as suicide. They just got to hope that Prince Ren could work something out. Prince Ren never said he would be giving them up, and if anyone could come up with a plan, it was him.

As for Prince Ren, his eyes revealed a calm decisiveness and willingness to gamble. He withdrew a silver jade talisman and crushed it soon after.

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