Chapter 76: Someone from the Imperial Palace
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Regarding the blood corpses that were wreaking havoc in the Great Xia Kingdom, Lu Yuan had received a report saying that there were remnants of the Jile Sect who had released the Blood Warrior Monks to sow chaos.
Although this statement was very reliable and all the signs pointed to the Jile Sect, Lu Yuan still had some lingering doubts.
From Lu Yuan’s point of view, it was most likely true that the Jile Sect were the culprits behind this.
However, he was intrigued by who these remnants of the Jile Sect were.
Ever since he knew that Chen De might be related to the Jile Sect, Lu Yuan had already considered Chen De a member of the sect.
Therefore, even though the sudden appearance of the bloody corpses seemed to be caused by the Jile Sect, Lu Yuan felt that this was most likely Emperor Chen De’s doing.
After all, before any faction made a move, they would definitely consider whether it would benefit them or not.
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Although the conflict between the righteous and evil paths was getting more and more intense, this battle had yet to spread to the level of mortals.
Most of the battles were still between cultivators.
Apart from causing some chaos in the Great Xia Kingdom, these bloody corpses would not affect the cultivators at all.
Since the bloody corpses would not affect the cultivators, releasing them would not benefit the Jile Sect much.
Why would the latter do something that would not benefit them?
The only person who would benefit from this chaos that Lu Yuan could think of was undoubtedly Emperor Chen De.
This was because if the Great Xia Kingdom was in chaos, the Devil Slayers Division would definitely have to expend a lot of energy to maintain order.
While the Devil Slayers Division was focused on the bloody corpses, Chen De would have a chance to take the statue of the Jile Buddha Child and Xu Wan’er out from their headquarters.
As for why he wanted to do so, Lu Yuan had some inkling.
Lu Yuan wasn’t surprised. These were the crazy actions of a person seeking immortality.
Nevertheless, even though he had already concluded that all of this was plotted by Chen De, as a steady person, Lu Yuan naturally did not rule out the possibility that it was really the Jile Sect who was causing trouble.
Although this possibility was very small, it still existed.
If this incident was really caused by the Jile Sect, then they must have a bigger goal in mind.
Perhaps they wanted to use the blood corpses to make the people of the Great Xia Kingdom doubt the imperial court.
The Great Xia Kingdom was one of the countries closest to the devil’s territories.
Once a mortal’s faith in the country was shaken, then the Great Xia Kingdom would also wane.
When the Great Xia Kingdom was in turmoil, the mortal countries controlled by the devilish way would have a chance to make a move on them.
Therefore, in order to find out whether the blood corpses were unleashed by Chen De or the Jile Sect, Lu Yuan decided to observe for a while longer. In the meantime, he would make some preparations to test the waters.
Lu Yuan used his clone to pretend to be Xu Wan’er in order to bait out the true culprit.
He wanted to see if Chen De would lose his patience and attack at this opportune moment.
After all, if Lu Yuan was away, there would be no Foundation Establishment cultivators left in the headquarters of the Devil Slayers Division, and it would be the best moment for Chen De to strike.
As for whether the bait he had set up would be seen through by Chen De, Lu Yuan was not worried at all.
Because after such a long period of divine soul cleansing, Lu Yuan was already very familiar with Xu Wan’er’s divine soul fluctuations. He was almost able to emulate them perfectly.
The reason why Lu Yuan could do this was related to one of his skills.
This skill was the Divine Soul Disguise Technique.
[Divine Soul Disguise]
[Effect: Able to simulate the divine soul fluctuations of others, making it difficult for outsiders to tell the difference.]
Generally speaking, cultivators identified each other from the fluctuations of their divine souls.
Although everyone’s divine souls looked similar, there were some unique details in each fluctuation.
The principle was similar to a person’s fingerprint. All were unique.
The function of the Divine Soul Disguise Technique was to disguise the fluctuations of the divine soul.
Although he couldn’t simulate all of Xu Wan’er’s divine soul fluctuations, he could still imitate most of them.
Unless a Core Formation Stage veteran personally checked, Lu Yuan was confident that his clone would definitely not be seen through by others.
He would use the clone as bait and infiltrate the enemy’s base.
This was one of Lu Yuan’s plans. He would cheat Chen De with a fake goddess!
Not long after Lu Yuan sent Xu Wan’er to the dungeon, someone arrived at the Devil Slayers Division almost on cue.
“Lord Green Flame, something has happened to His Majesty.”
Lu Yuan looked at Eunuch Zhao Youwei standing before him and tried his best not to laugh out loud.
Lu Yuan chided, “If something happened to Chen De, why aren’t you finding a solution? Why did you come to the Devil Slayers Division? Didn’t I say that unrelated people arc not allowed to enter?”
Facing the domineering Lu Yuan, Zhao Youwei withstood the pressure and said in an urgent tone, “Lord Green Flame, if it was just an ordinary matter, I naturally wouldn’t dare to come to the Devil Slayers Division to disturb you. However, this time, the situation is very serious. It seems that there arc demons causing trouble in the palace. Even His Majesty has fallen for their schemes.”
“There are demons causing trouble in the palace?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan was really a little surprised.
He then asked curiously, “If I remember correctly, the imperial advisor stays in the palace all year round. With the imperial advisor’s cultivation at the Pseudo Core Stage, what kind of demon could harm the emperor under his watch?”
“Lord Director, you may not know, but the imperial advisor left the palace a few days ago due to some matters,” Eunuch Zhao explained. “Presumably, the demons used this opportunity to sneak into the palace and cause trouble. The servants in the palace arc helpless against such entities, so I can only come to the Devil Slayers Division for help. Lord Green Flame, please come to the Imperial Palace as soon as possible. Otherwise, if anything happens to His Majesty, I will pay for it with my life.”
Lu Yuan looked at Eunuch Zhao’s dramatic expression. It almost appeared as though the latter wasn’t lying.
A moment later, Lu Yuan calmly said, “Lead the way. Now that the four gold-rank great practitioners are not around, I can only take action personally.”
“Thank you, Director!” Eunuch Zhao’s face lit up.
Lu Yuan brought a few silver-rank practitioners and headed to the palace with Eunuch Zhao.
Not long after Lu Yuan left the Devil Slayers Division, a group of people quietly came to the front gate.
Judging from their attire, they seemed to be devil-slaying practitioners from other places.
There weren’t many of them, only 10 of them.
“Stop! Which division are you from? What are you doing at the headquarters?”
Just as this group of foreign practitioners was about to enter the Devil Slayers Division, the practitioners guarding the entrance of the headquarters suddenly stopped them.
The foreign practitioners looked at each other, and then a middle-aged practitioner walked forward.
“Fellow colleagues, we are devil-slaying practitioners who were previously guarding Henci County. We are here under orders to escort a demon to the headquarters’ dungeon.”
When they heard this, the two practitioners at the gate did not believe him immediately. Instead, one of them said seriously, “Show me your identity cards for verification.”
“Alright.”
The ten foreign practitioners did not make a fuss and took out their waist tokens one after another.
The waist token of a devil-slaying practitioner consisted of a parent token and a sub token.
The parent tokens were left in the headquarters and the sub tokens were carried by the devil-slaying practitioners.
Only when the soul fluctuations in the parent token matched the soul fluctuations in the sub token could the identity of a practitioner be verified.
Once the practitioner died, the soul fluctuations in the parent token would also disappear.
Considering that people might pretend to be a practitioner, headquarters also needed to check the person’s divine soul during the identity check.
The identity check process wasn’t troublesome. They just had to activate their sub tokens.
This was because only when one’s divine soul was consistent with the soul fluctuations stored in the sub token could one activate it to emit a specific light.
As a result, it was almost impossible for anyone to impersonate a practitioner of the Devil Slayers Division.
The io foreign practitioners all passed the verification.
This also made the two practitioners at the gate relax.
Looking at the 10 people at the gate, the practitioner who had stopped them just now smiled and said, “You have worked hard, colleagues. This identity verification is a necessary process for our division. Please don’t take offense. Come on in.”
“It’s fine,” the foreign practitioner said with a smile.
Then, led by the practitioner at the gate, the foreign practitioners entered the Devil Slayers Division..
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