25 The Blue Gelid Qi (1/2)
”Well... I don't believe in this fake information anyway. But why does everybody keep talking about it?”
”You bloody know nothing! That is the imperial's trick to go against Ye Xiao”
”Oh wow... This young lord is truly unlucky. I am sure he doesn't dare to kill a chicken. Now he has actually been set up for killing an expert cultivator. He becomes a murderer... heh, heh... I really have no words to say about this obvious trap...”
”You know nothing! To kill someone, only an excuse is sufficient...”
”That's right...”
”But what our prince is doing is truly a little bit over the top”
”Ya, I know...”
...
”Stop spreading nonsense! You mean Ye Xiao could actually kill Mu Chengbai? How ridiculous!”
”That's what people are saying...”
”A rumor is a rumor. Is your brain located in your ass? If we trust the 'rumor', what should we do about the 'truth'? You pig!”
...
”Did this ridiculous thing... actually happen? Ye Xiao killing Mu Chengbai... You actually believe that? Hahahahahahaha...”
...
The rumor was spreading as fast as lightning all over Chen-Xing City, and it kept on spreading further and further at an unimaginable pace!
This event suddenly became a joke everywhere in the capital.
The Crown Prince's Palace had been preparing to take action, but then they were suddenly muddled because of this unforeseen and overwhelming rumor!
”At the moment, this rumor has caused quite a stir in the capital... If we insist on going for Ye Xiao at present, it will be difficult. I have a lot of misgivings about this.” A middle-aged counselor was sitting opposite the Crown Prince. He smiled bitterly, ”Besides, I heard that the king is also paying attention to this event.”
The counselor's words seemed to purposely hint towards a certain direction.
”My father is also paying attention...” The Crown Prince smiled and said lightly, ”It seems that... there is a tricky and capable person in the General's House who is pulling the strings. They stirred up the public's opinion and trapped us in the scruples... Interesting. Heh...”
”So, we have only two options.” The counselor calmly said.
”Go with the second one.” The Crown Prince didn't even ask what the two options were and spoke decisively, ”Follow the normal procedure. Let the ministry of penalty do the investigation... Try to reduce a big trouble into a small one, and a small one into nothing. At least make it look good at the official level... After all, we need to consider the reaction of General Ye. The first option is too uncompromising and we can't do that!”
The counselor nodded, ”Yes, your highness. I got it.”
That was right. The Crown Prince only ordered everything to look nice from the government's perspective, but he didn't mention anything about the involvement of clans or about the common folk.
Of course he didn't need to consider about those two yet.
The counselor had left for a while and the Crown Prince was still sitting there quietly.
His eyes flashed as he was murmured, ”Mortal? Mortal world? ...”
And then he suddenly let out a chilling laugh, ”The glory, splendor, wealth and rank in the mortal world are wonderful things that those boring guys will never understand! They only run after the so-called ultimate goal! Even if the mortal life is just an experience spanning a limited time, at least I will taste every bit of it. If you are not a fish, then how do you know what constitutes the enjoyment of fishes... How dare you talk such nonsense that we are nonentities...”
He stopped laughing and stood up, and then he left with long strides.
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Ye Xiao was sitting cross-legged and was feeling the East-rising Purple Qi silently circulate inside his body. It was a wonderful feeling that comforted him with each passing second, and he was truly enjoying it so much that he completely forgot about the passage of time and neglected to wake up.
One after another, strands of spiritual qi were entering his body through his skin.
When he thought about the time he killed Mu Chengbai, he had mixed feelings.
He understood that under the present circumstances, killing Mu Chengbai was really a stupid move, because a lot of people had seen him fight against Mu Chengbai that day. They had witnessed it personally. It was absolutely impossible to wipe out the witnesses. He knew that he shouldn't do it, but he did it anyway. That meant that he had also put himself into a very dangerous situation.
But he had to do it. Even though he knew it was a bad idea, he still went for it!
Because he could feel that after being reborn in this body, the former owner's personality and instincts were still influencing him.
And the former Ye Xiao's personality showed irresoluteness and cowardice.
He had no determination nor any sense of responsibility! All these foppish stupid young lords were in the same situation.
Ye Xiao even felt that, as of this moment, he was way inferior to his previous invincible self.
Occasionally, he even feels that he was no longer a true cultivator.
He knew that he couldn't let this situation escalate any further, so he used this opportunity to bring about a great danger for himself so as to arouse the instincts of his prior life.
He wanted to completely get rid of the impact of the former Ye Xiao!