Yun Yang was a little dumbfounded by the outcome. What did these fellows do on a regular basis?
There were four other places – the Residence of the Grand Tutor, the Residence of the Northern King, the Residence of the Grand Commandant, and the Residence of King Jing.
Yun Yang committed them to memory.
Out of these eleven places, one of them had to be the target!
However, the more he was certain of it, the more furious Yun Yang became.
The eleven suspects that he had identified were all people of high status and power. They were either members of the royal family or the families of the ministers who had the power to overturn the world!
Thinking of this, Yun Yang could not help but feel a deep sense of sorrow.
All of you are in high positions, living in luxury, taking whatever you want. Don't you know that the wealth, status, comfort, and enjoyment you have are all exchanged with the lives of the warriors who have fought outside?
Just when all of you are enjoying all of this with a clear conscience, there are still people who have colluded with the Four Seasons Tower to kill meritorious officials. They are truly heartless and insane!
Sometimes, Yun Yang even felt that he could not understand why such an act and such a thing would happen!
Are you not Yutang's people?
Furthermore, are you even human?
How could a person be so shameless to this extent?!
"Charge for the fifth peak tonight!" Yun Yang gritted his teeth with a strong sense of resentment. "Charge for the fifth stage of Fog of Cloud Conjuration and the fourth stage of Mystique Wind Conjuration!"
"Tomorrow, I must find out who the culprit is!"
"If it's really any one of these nine people, I will destroy this person at all costs!"
Yun Yang did not suspect His Majesty, not at all.
Out of everyone here, the one who had the least reason to do so was His Majesty the Emperor.
However, his son might not be so!
Spiritual Qi surged in from all directions.
For three consecutive days, Yun Yang had not completed his breakthrough.
Emmie controlled the output of the Qi of vitality precisely, allowing Yun Yang to stay on the edge of the breakthrough. However, he was just a little short, unable to break through.
As for Yun Yang, he had transformed into the wind for the past few days, squeezing his mystical Qi to the limit every day to ensure that his mystical Qi had been depleted to its limit before he returned. Therefore, he was as tired as a dead dog when he returned, unable to even stand properly.
In spite of this, Yun Yang felt that he had improved tremendously each time he recovered from the extreme exhaustion and exhaustion. Under such extreme exhaustion and extreme training that kept him on the edge of a breakthrough, Yun Yang's cultivation base was further stabilized and strengthened.
However, Yun Yang did not want to drag it out any longer.
Forceful breakthrough!
Emmie was helpless as well.
According to Emmie's opinion, it would take at least another day to maintain the extreme exhaustion and the training on the edge of a breakthrough. It would be more appropriate to ensure that it could recover its energy five to six times at the very least.
However, as its owner, Yun Yang had spoken, Emmie could only do as he was told.
Other than the surging mystical energy that gathered from the sky, there was also an even purer and surging spiritual energy that surged out from the green vines …
Yun Yang could only feel the quaking barrier of the fifth peak crumbling almost instantaneously!
Countless stars appeared before his eyes as if a universe had suddenly exploded in his mind. Although his eyes were closed, he could still feel the heaven and earth collapsing abruptly, followed by a sea of vibrant colors …
That feeling …
Yun Yang suddenly felt that his horizons had been broadened. It was as if some things had been right before his eyes, but he had turned a blind eye to them, unable to notice them no matter what.
It was only after breaking through the current level that he realized that he had neglected so much!
It was an exceptionally wonderful feeling.
Once he thought about it, Yun Yang could not help recalling what Supreme Earth, who had the highest cultivation base among his brothers, had once said, "Only when one breaks through the fifth peak and sees the fifth heaven can he feel that he's actually just a frog at the bottom of a well."
"Before breaking through to the fifth heaven, he won't even have the self-awareness to know that he's a frog at the bottom of a well!"
When Yun Yang had heard this, he had only smiled, wondering if his boss was exaggerating a little too much.
However, it was only today that he understood it after experiencing it for himself.
This sentence was the truth!
Some of them were even incomplete.
"Fifth peak …"
Yun Yang had only experienced the novelty for less than a quarter of an hour before he began to meditate again. Fog of Cloud Conjuration, Mystique Wind Conjuration, Fiery Charm …
He began to cultivate!
Yun Yang was racing against time. He had to elevate his cultivation base, ability, and mystical skill in the shortest amount of time possible!
He had to charge forward courageously!
Cultivation, other than being his true asset to protect himself, was also … Yun Yang felt that he could be closer to his brothers in the cultivation atmosphere, and he could feel the closeness when they were still together.
The breakthrough of the Fog of Cloud Conjuration was a natural process for Yun Yang; the breakthrough of the Mystique Wind Conjuration was not that difficult either. When his cultivation base had reached the required level, he would naturally break through.
However, the progress of the Fiery Charm's cultivation was entirely different from the other two.
Even when his cultivation base was sufficient, it would still take a considerable amount of time to break through to the original level.
Up until midnight, the Fiery Charm still had not broken through to the fourth stage.
However, Yun Yang was already very satisfied with his current progress.
Now that his cultivation base had reached the fifth peak, he could already be considered an expert.
Well, comparatively speaking, that was indeed the case.
The fifth peak of mystical Qi was the beginning of the fifth heaven; the fifth stage of Fog of Cloud Conjuration was the beginning; the fourth stage of Mystique Wind Conjuration was the same level as Supreme Wind back then.
This level was enough.
It was enough to deal with the current situation!
Yun Yang, whose cultivation base and ability had improved tremendously, floated out gleefully.
…
The Residence of Crown Prince.
The crown prince was still fuming over the disappearance of Shui Yuehan.
After Shui Yuehan's disappearance, the four noble families of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter had been coming to pick a fight. His Highness, who was already under house arrest, was not in a good mood.
He had been pressured time and time again, yet he had no choice but to speak nicely to them. Naturally, his mood had worsened, and he was already feeling extremely aggrieved.
"This Shui Yuehan … I don't understand. How could such a smart person do such a stupid thing?"
Thinking about it now, His Highness was infuriated.
"He would've been fine by daybreak, but he broke out of the prison and escaped before daybreak? Did he really need half a night's time? "His Highness's handsome face was filled with conflict and anger." Isn't this just looking for trouble? "
"Your Highness." A white-haired, kind-looking elder beside the crown prince mused for a moment before speaking softly, "This old and useless one has a different opinion on this matter."
Crown Prince: "Huh?"
"It's been some time since the incident." The elder spoke slowly, "If Shui Yuehan wasn't dead, he should've informed us, but he didn't."
"We would never betray him, nor would we simply hand him over … Shui Yuehan has always been loyal to the crown prince's residence for so many years, and he's quite intelligent as well. There's really no reason for him to do such a thing."
The white-bearded elder said faintly, "Therefore, this old and useless one thinks that Shui Yuehan is most likely dead. He was already dead before the news of the prison break spread. "
"The one who created the illusion of a prison break was someone else!"
"And that Fu Guansan should be dead as well!"
"All of this is a ploy by someone with ulterior motives!"
The white-bearded elder looked mournful as he said, "Otherwise, there's no way to explain everything."
"Taking a step back, even if Shui Yuehan really did break out of the prison, there's no need for him to ambush those popinjays. That would be the real problem of creating new problems. If he really wanted to flee for his life, why would he offend the Spring, Summer, and Winter families? You must know that attacking the three of them at that moment was equivalent to sowing irreconcilable enmity with the three families. The so-called mercy was just a smokescreen. If one were to think deeper, it would not be difficult to understand. No, it was a ploy to further deepen the enmity between Shui Yuehan and the popinjays, completely crushing the enmity and enmity between both parties! "
The Crown Prince's face gradually turned pale. "Dead? Are there no other possibilities? "
The white-bearded elder said confidently, "It's most likely so. Shui Yuehan and Han Wufei were sworn brothers; they were so close that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they'd gone through life and death together. Both of them had roamed the martial world for many years before coming to serve under Your Highness. If Shui Yuehan wasn't dead, he would've told Han Wufei even if he was hesitant to tell us."
On the side, the handsome Han Wufei wore a sorrowful expression. "Brother Shui must've been murdered! Your Highness, please help Brother Shui. You can't let him die unjustly and bear this inexplicable stain. That's a huge crime for a prison break. "
The crown prince sat down slowly and said, "If Shui Yuehan really died in the Board of Punishments, then who was the one who did it?"
The white-bearded elder sat in silence, his eyes looking at the other strategists. However, the others did not say anything. Instead, they all stared at him.
There was only one meaning in their words – continue speaking.
"This old man will just say it to get the ball rolling. Please add on later." The white-bearded elder smiled helplessly and said, "As for who killed Shui Yuehan and Fu Guansan, this old man thinks that there are only a few targets on the surface."
The group perked up when they heard the elder.
"The third prince's side is undoubtedly the most suspicious. Shui Yuehan was an important person in the crown prince's residence. His death would definitely be a huge blow to the residence's strength. Moreover, after this matter, the Crown Prince will be in conflict with the Ministry of Justice, and will form enmity with the Spring, Autumn, and Winter Clans. He will make many strong enemies for no reason, while the Third Prince's side will not be exposed at all. He will perfectly stay out of this matter.
"Of course, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, and the sixth prince might've done the same."
"The reason why the third prince is the most suspicious is that he's currently favored by the emperor. Once His Highness the crown prince loses power, he'll benefit the most."
"Apart from the princes, there are also the people from the four great clans. Even the two old marshals of the military are suspects. "
"Perhaps I should put it this way – as long as it's a person or force that benefits from this incident, they're all suspects. The only difference is how suspicious they are and how much they can benefit from it!"
"Only the Ministry of Penalty, which is at the center of the whirlpool in this case and is also under great pressure right now, is the least suspicious."
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