98 So It Was Him! (1/2)
”Check Shui Yuehan’s home!” The crown prince was enraged.
”Crown Prince, there is nobody at Shui Yuehan’s place. There are also no traces of things being moved about, we believe he hasn't been back yet.”
”Go out and find him!”
”Yes!”
”Head over to the Plethora Gem Tower and see if Fu Guansan has returned!”
”Yes!”
At that point in time, the Plethora Gem Tower was also submerged in chaos. A prison break was not a trivial matter. The Board of Justice tightened its hold on the Plethora Gem Tower at once, subjecting all its occupants to an interrogation.
The Board of Justice did not dare to offend the three noble families and the crown prince’s residence but the Plethora Gem Tower was only an organization in the martial arts world – it was unthinkable that they would be involved in such a caper. Under the circumstances where no one else could be offended, someone had to be placed on the chopping board.
Otherwise, what justice was there if theBoard of Justice did not take any action?
With a single command, the Plethora Gem Tower was sealed and all its men held in custody; all of them were taken to the prison!
All these had happened within a single morning.
…
”Cough, cough, cough…”
It was dawn when Old Marshal Qiu Jianhan heard the news. He was drinking water from a bowl but spat it out immediately when word reached his ears. He managed to choke himself, coughing and wheezing for quite a while.
”Cough, cough, cough…”
”Cough, cough, cough…”
”Cough cough… mm… cough…”
Everyone in the marshal’s residence looked at the old marshal in shock.
What was going on?
They had never seen him coughing so badly before during the early hours of the day.
Even Sir Wang who had come to report this was dumbfounded. the Board of Justice’s incident was not a small matter but it certainly wasn't severe enough to cause one to lose their composure.
”Cough cough cough…” The old marshal had finally stopped coughing, his face flushed from the exertion.
I knew those children had something up their sleeves!
Shui Yuehan escaped from the prison? Your father wouldn’t believe it even if he was beaten to death! He must have been taken away secretly. I knew they would have a plan but isn’t this too underhanded? Using the nation’s body to do your dirty work?
”Yes, duly noted…” The old marshal said in a collected manner, ”Simply a case of a few martial artists breaking out of prison by force. At most, someone from the crown prince’s residence was involved. So what about it? Did you have to come all the way just to report such a petty incident to me?”
The corners of Sir Wang’s lips twitched in irony.
Such a petty incident? Really?
Did you think that I didn't see you almost wheeze yourself to unconsciousness just now?
Yet Sir Wang replied in a stoic manner, ”Yes, this matter is not worthy to be reported indeed but it involves the crown prince’s residence and Plethora Gem Tower. It’s expected to cause some commotion, we should still practice some degree of caution.”
”Hmm, this is a problem.” Old Marshal Qiu stroked his beard and said, ”Tell the Board of Justice to release them when it’s about time. It wouldn't be a good idea to involve unnecessary people. The Plethora Gem Tower is one of the ten organizations in the martial arts world of Tianxuan Continent. We still need to pay them their due honor. Besides, the others might not even know what Fu Guansan did!”
Sir Wang agreed to his words and left immediately yet he was thinking, ”Old Qiu is… a little strange … When has he ever cared for the dignity of these martial artists?”
The Board of Justice was in chaos, the crown prince’s residence was in bedlam, the entire Tiantang City was buzzing with excitement, the three young masters’ lives were also a mess and even Yun Yang himself faced some tumultuous days.
Fu Guansan had been seized but Yun Yang realized something amiss.
Once he applied some persuasion, the Keeper Fu was already in agony, almost reporting all the details of his ancestors.
”What happened to your cultivation base?” Yun Yang was slightly befuddled, almost losing faith in his own judgment.
”I cultivated to the fifth peak…” Fu Guansan was teary-eyed. ”Then I lost it all.”
Yun Yang was jolted with surprise. ”But I saw you take action in Cirrus House.”
”That’s the effect of the Dream Dust Pill…” Fu Guansan was shaking all over from pain. ”When I need to fight, I’ll take one Dream Dust Pill and the cultivation base I once had would return temporarily… it could only last one hour though… Once the effect wears off, I’ll feel weak but it won’t be anything serious…”
Dream Dust Pill…
Yun Yang had heard of this medicinal pill before. It was said that an alchemist had found fault with an individual and had hunted the person for thousands of miles just to destroy the person’s cultivation base. However, he realized afterward that he had wronged an innocent man.
Deep in remorse, the alchemist searched for spiritual medicine all over the world to concoct this Dream Dust Pill but it was only suitable to be consumed by people who were lower than the seventh peak mystical Qi cultivation base.
Experts with a destroyed cultivation base higher than the seventh peak could only unleash a seventh peak power when they took the Dream Dust Pill – this was the limit.
In Tianxuan Continent, however, the Dream Dust Pill had another well-known moniker – Repentance Remedy!
Yun Yang looked to the heavens, somewhat at a loss for words.
If I had known that you were consuming Repentance Remedy, why did I even need to use Immortals’ Odium? I’ve practically wasted it! I’m probably the first in the universe to use the precious Immortals’ Odium against useless trash.
”Why did you go to Cirrus House?”
”I… I... fancy... the Lady Zuiyue…”
”I want to hear the truth!”
”This is the truth.I am really besotted by the Lady Yun!”
Yun Yang was speechless.