"ARGH!" Just when Qin Wentian was contemplating, Evergreen Yuhao let out a bestial roar. His eyes gleamed with a blood-red light. Although he was bound by the chains, he still struggled, wanting to break free. The blood in his entire body seemed to be roaring as his countenance turned incomparably malevolent.
Qin Wentian glanced over as he furrowed his brows. At this moment, Evergreen Yuhao's eyes gleamed with a blood-red light, as though he had entered a demonic state.
Qin Wentian radiated the light of truth as his eyes gleamed resplendently, able to see through everything. He directly stared into Evergreen Yuhao's eyes. Through those eyes, he could faintly see two different wills. However, given his current cultivation base, he had no way to see through them. He had no way to see the owner of the other will, he could only see an illusory figure.
A miserable scream rang out. Evergreen Yuhao's eyes bled as his entire body started to bleed, transforming into a man of blood. Those immortal kings who captured him were as cold as ever. They glanced at Evergreen Yuhao and after that, Evergreen Yuhao let out a bestial roar as his blood flowed unceasingly. His aura grew increasingly weaker.
"Destroying the evidence?" Qin Wentian's eyes flashed. Seems like the person who plotted to kill him wasn't simple. That person made use of the fact that the people of the Evergreen Kingdom wouldn't be on guard against Evergreen Yuhao and controlled Evergreen Yuhao to act. Firstly, it would be easier to succeed. Secondly, the mastermind didn't need to be exposed.
Assassinating Qin Wentian and Qing'er in the royal capital of the Evergreen Kingdom, as long as this was exposed, the mastermind would die for sure. After cultivating to the immortal king realm, who would be willing to die so easily?
There were many death warriors in the immortal realms but those at the immortal king realm were extremely few in number. For lofty immortal kings, which one of them would be willing to die together with others? Even if their cultivation bases didn't improve, they could still become hegemons of an area and establish their own sects.
Evergreen Yuhao had died. He was killed by Qin Wentian. Naturally, the mastermind must have played a part in this. Staring at the cold corpse, the countenances of the immortal king army from the Evergreen Kingdom were as cold as ever. They wouldn't care about Evergreen Yuhao's identity. They only received a single mission and that was to protect Qin Wentian and the princess.
No matter what Evergreen Yuhao's identity was, since he had assassinated Qin Wentian, his fate was already sealed. Even if the Evergreen Immortal Emperor couldn't bear to kill him because of their past relationship, he would never be able to climb up again.
"Princess, Young Master Qin, let's return to the palace." The immortal king beside Qin Wentian continued. Although there wouldn't be any accidents in the royal capital, they still had to be careful. What if someone went crazy?
"Let's go." Qin Wentian took Qing 'er's hand.
"Your injuries?" Qing 'er stared at Qin Wentian whose robes were dyed red with blood.
"My bloodline recovery ability is very strong. It's not like you don't know this." Qin Wentian smiled. His injuries weren't light but this wasn't the time to be calculative about this.
The group of them stood up and returned to the palace. In the surroundings, there were countless people rushing over, their eyes gleaming as they stared at the departing figures.
"That should be Princess and Qin Wentian, right? They are truly a pair of immortal companions. Princess Qing 'er is just like the rumors, an icy beauty."
"Qin Wentian is truly powerful, surviving the assassination attempt of an immortal king. Although he was injured, he acted as though nothing had happened to him."
"That's right, it was a sneak attack by someone familiar. Evergreen Yuhao, his surname is Evergreen. Everyone should be able to guess his identity. Those guards didn't even guard against him. Since Qin Wentian didn't die, it can only be said that his combat prowess is extremely terrifying. Most probably, no one in the immortal-foundation realm would be stronger than him."
The people here were discussing fervently. Behind the crowd, an old man in ragged clothes slowly squeezed his way out. His body was stooped and he raised his head to look at the silhouette in the distance. A cold light flashed in his eyes as he cursed in a low voice, "Trash."
Although it seemed like a simple and violent assassination attempt, he had made meticulous preparations for a very long time. If not, how would he be able to see through Evergreen Yuhao's heart and grasp the opportunity when he and Qin Wentian both left the royal palace? For this opportunity, he had waited for two months, all for the sake of this one strike.
Naturally, two months to him couldn't be considered much. Once, in order to kill someone, he had to wait at most 800 years before he found an extremely rare opportunity to do so.
What made him infuriated was that even with such an opportunity, he actually failed to kill Qin Wentian. One could only say that Evergreen Yuhao was trash. If he was the one acting, a single strike would be sufficient. But leaving aside whether he could get close to Qin Wentian, even if he could conceal his aura, the moment he acted, he would most probably die in the royal capital of the Evergreen Kingdom. He didn't wish to perish together with an immortal-foundation brat.
Now, he could only wait for other opportunities. However, if he missed this opportunity, it would be even more difficult to assassinate Qin Wentian in the future.
Qin Wentian and Qing'er returned to the royal palace. Upon learning that Qin Wentian was assassinated, the entire royal palace was shaken. There was actually someone who dared to act in the royal capital of the Evergreen Kingdom? Simply audacious. This was simply a provocation to the prestige of the Evergreen Kingdom.
"I will go look for father." Qing'er spoke in a Cold voice the moment she returned to the royal palace. If it was any other matter, she could forget about it. But since Qin Wentian was assassinated, she wouldn't let this matter rest. Evergreen Yuhao was merely a scapegoat. She had to find the mastermind behind this.
Before this, when Qin Wentian was assassinated, her heart seemed to have stopped beating. She would never allow such a thing to happen again.
Qin Wentian knew how sexy Qing'er was and didn't stop her. He returned to Princess Changping's residence only to see Princess Changping and the Scarlet Eye Marquis walking over. Staring at his blood-stained robes, the Scarlet Eye Marquis coldly asked, "Was it really done by Evergreen Yuhao?"
Before this, Evergreen Yuhao had already injured Qin Wentian in the formation. Who would have thought that he would be so brazen as to assassinate Qin Wentian?
"Mhm, but there's someone behind this. Evergreen Yuhao seems to be under the control of someone." Qin Wentian's eyes flashed with coldness.
"How can it be so easy to control someone at the immortal king realm? His heart must be evil and he had such thoughts. That's why someone could take advantage of this and control his mind." The Scarlet Eye Marquis coldly spoke. "This fellow really thinks that his father died in battle for his Majesty. His Majesty didn't announce it because he wanted to save face. Who would have thought that this actually caused him to have wild ambitions."
Qin Wentian's eyes flashed. Could it be that there was more to what the Scarlet Eye Marquis said to him earlier?
"Wentian, this is a secret of our empire. Only an extremely few people know about this. Back then, his Majesty gave the order that no one is allowed to speak of this. Before this, Evergreen Yuhao's father did indeed fight for his Majesty but after the situation changed, he betrayed the empire and was discovered by the White Emperor. The White Emperor then plotted to destroy Evergreen Yuhao but because his Majesty wanted to thank him for everything he had done, he gave him the title of 'died in battle' and treated Evergreen Yuhao quite well. As expected, like father like son."
The Scarlet Eye Marquis Coldly spoke. Only now did Qin Wentian understand. No wonder the Scarlet Eye Marquis was so unhappy with Evergreen Yuhao before this. So there was actually another layer of reason.
There were many things that weren't as simple as they seemed to be.
"Wentian, who do you think the mastermind is?" Princess Changping asked.
"Who else can it be? Naturally, it's those people who initiated the adjudication but failed in the end. Using such a method, we have no way to find out which major power is the mastermind behind this. Hence, it's hard for us to take revenge." Qin Wentian coldly spoke. Other than those major powers, who would be so crazy as to send powerful experts to the royal capital of the Evergreen Kingdom just to kill him, an immortal-foundation cultivator?
Also, the main target was him, they had no killing intent towards Qing'Er.
"Mhm, seems like there's no mistake." Princess Changping nodded lightly. Those people acted in the dark, how could the Evergreen Kingdom deal with all the major powers who participated in the adjudication? As long as the other party didn't reveal who the mastermind was, the Evergreen Kingdom could only accept it.
"RUMBLE!" At this moment, the bodies of Princess Changping and Qin Wentian trembled. Their eyes flickered and after that, the earth started to tremble unceasingly. In addition, the tremors grew more and more intense.
"What's going on?" The eyes of the few of them gleamed with sharpness. The entire residence was trembling. No, not only the residence, the entire royal palace was trembling and this trembling grew increasingly intense.
"BOOM!"
A deafening sound rang out. After that, beams of green light shot up into the sky. Qin Wentian and the others inclined their heads and stared in the direction of the emperor palace. In an instant, their eyes froze as they stared in shock at the towering ancient tree.
"This …" Princess Changping and the Scarlet Eye Marquis were also stunned. That ancient tree instantly broke through the ground, shooting up into the sky. Its terrifying trunk directly soared up, blotting out the sun. Beams of green light instantly enveloped the entire royal palace.
"Eternal Evergreen Tree." Qin Wentian mumbled. This ancient tree was none other than the ancient tree that accompanied Changqing The Great when the various immortal emperors descended upon the Evergreen KingdomPalace.
At this moment, this towering ancient tree appeared once again.
Within the royal palace, the silhouettes of the experts flickered as they floated in the air. They were enveloped by the ancient tree and all of them had looks of shock in their eyes. The Evergreen Tree would only appear when the Evergreen Immortal Empire was in danger. At this moment, there seemed to be no one threatening the Evergreen Kingdom. Why did the ancient tree suddenly appear?
The speed of the Evergreen Tree's expansion had reached a terrifying degree, unceasingly enveloping the entire royal palace. Even ordinary immortal emperors wouldn't be able to match the speed of the Evergreen Tree.
The experts of the Evergreen KingdomPalace once again witnessed the magnificence of the Evergreen Tree. They inclined their heads as their hearts trembled. What was going on?
Changqing The Great's silhouette appeared in the airspace above the emperor palace, right before the trunk of the Evergreen Tree.
"Great Emperor." The experts stared at the Evergreen Immortal Emperor with bewilderment in their eyes.
"This city is the royal capital of my empire. If someone dares to wantonly assassinate my daughter and son-in-law in this city, would there still be a day of peace for my Evergreen Kingdom?" The Changqing The Great calmly spoke. "No matter who it is, no matter how many people participated in this assassination attempt, as long as they are in the royal capital, they must die."
His voice reverberated throughout the royal palace, causing the hearts of everyone to tremble.
The Evergreen Immortal Emperor summoned the Evergreen Tree because of the assassination attempt on Qin Wentian.
At this instant, Qin Wentian's status in the hearts of many experts rose immensely. In fact, they were treating him as a descendant of the Evergreen Immortal Emperor!
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