The silhouette of the Changqing The Great flickered as he appeared before those tied up experts, personally interrogating them. "You guys better explain yourselves clearly. If not, you should know the consequences."
These people all had ashen expressions, knowing that it was impossible for them to survive. Some of them were silently cursing, wondering who it was exactly that assassinated Qin Wentian and Qing'er, causing all of them to be dragged out.
After entering the royal palace, they knew that they wouldn't be able to escape. Hence, they harbored a sliver of hope and didn't dare to take the initiative to approach. But who would have thought that under the Evergreen Tree, their concealment techniques would be so easily seen through. Although the Evergreen Emperor was in the royal palace, he could sense everything. The cultivation bases of everyone in the royal palace couldn't be hidden from him.
"Your Majesty, please spare our lives. I'm someone from the Dongshengxian Gate and was only ordered to guard the royal palace of the Evergreen Kingdom. I've never done anything that would harm the reputation of the Evergreen Kingdom. It's only because I was worried that Your Majesty might misunderstand, I didn't dare to come to the royal palace myself. I beg for Your Majesty's forgiveness."
Everyone instantly understood that he was a spy arranged by the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor to infiltrate the royal palace of the Evergreen Immortal Empire. Such a matter was very common, it was common for the various major powers to do so. This was especially so during this sensitive period of time. It was just that no one expected the Evergreen Immortal Emperor to be so enraged that he would flip the entire royal palace upside down.
The Changqing The Great coldly glanced at him. After that, he turned to the others and asked, "Who is the mastermind?"
As the sound of his voice faded, everyone could feel the coldness radiating from the Evergreen Emperor.
"If I'm willing to tell you who the mastermind is, would Your Majesty spare my life?" At this moment, a voice drifted over. It was none other than the sloppy-looking old man. He knew that it was impossible for him to escape. Right now, he could only hope that he could preserve his life. As an assassin, survival was the number one priority. Right now, he had to think of a way to preserve his life.
The Changqing The Great glanced at him coldly. With a wave of his hand, an expert walked out from the direction of the immortal empire. The eyes of this expert were extremely terrifying, and it was clear with a single glance that he was proficient in some unique arts. The sloppy-looking old man turned as pale as paper, he instantly guessed what the expert of this expert was.
The vines on his body frenziedly drilled into his body, destroying everything within. The sloppy-looking old man screamed in agony, "Great Emperor, please spare me!"
"If you cooperate, I can spare your life." A powerful immortal king beside Changqing The Great stepped out. His eyes gleamed with a demonic light as he tried to corrode the mind of the sloppy old man. The sloppy old man screamed unceasingly. He could resist with his life, but not everyone would be willing to die. Amidst the screams, the immortal king beside Changqing The Great obtained the information he wanted to know.
The demonic glint in his eyes disappeared. He took a step back and said to the Changqing The Great, "Your Majesty, the mastermind intentionally hid his identity. He himself does not know who the mastermind is."
The eyes of the Changqing The Great flashed. In that case, he wouldn't be able to find the mastermind.
Swishing sounds rang out, after the vines crippled the sloppy-looking old man, they dragged him to a faraway location and tossed him out of the royal capital. The consequences for a powerful immortal king was extremely tragic.
"Your Majesty, these people might know something." That immortal king spoke to the Changqing The Great, his words causing the expressions of these people to change, all of them turning pale.
"Since the mastermind is so cautious, he wouldn't leave any flaws. These people are only here to monitor the situation, they wouldn't know anything else." The Evergreen Immortal Emperor calmly spoke. After that, swishing sounds rang out once more as the vines directly dragged those immortal kings into the trunk of the Ancient Evergreen Tree, swallowing them whole. Numerous screams of misery rang out as those ten plus immortal kings directly vanished from this world, killed by the vines.
This scene caused the hearts of the immortal kings in the public square to tremble. This was the prestige of a Great Emperor. That sloppy-looking old man who was crippled and tossed out, or these people who were killed, who was more miserable? Most probably, nobody could say for sure.
But clearly, this time around, everyone in the Eastern Regions had witnessed the fury of the Great Emperor. From now on, no one would dare to cause trouble in the royal capital of the Evergreen Kingdom. That was simply courting death!
The Changqing The Great waved his hand. Instantly, the Evergreen Tree moved, emitting swishing sounds. In this boundlessly vast royal capital, the leaves and branches of the Evergreen Tree frenziedly retracted. Not long after, it transformed back into an ancient tree and sank into the ground. The towering ancient tree vanished, as though nothing had happened at all. The Changqing The Great spoke to the immortal kings in the public square, "I've troubled all of you to make a trip here."
"Your Majesty is too polite."
"To be able to personally witness the might of a Great Emperor, it's the fortune of three lifetimes." The immortal kings all bowed, extremely polite. Although they could be considered experts of an area, the person before them was the ruler of an immortal empire.
"Mhm, everyone can return to your places." The Changqing The Great calmly spoke. After that, the immortal kings all bowed and retreated. After that, their silhouettes flickered as they left the royal palace. The eyes of the Changqing The Great gleamed with sharpness as he stared at the silhouettes of these immortal kings.
He knew that among these immortal kings, there would definitely be people from the other major powers present. It was impossible for the major powers of the Eastern Regions to only have ten or so people stationed in the royal capital. It was just that if these people didn't do anything, he couldn't be bothered to drag them all out. After all, this was a rule that the major powers abided by. His men were also stationed there. Today, he had already achieved his goal of intimidating these immortal kings.
If they wanted to cause trouble in the royal capital, they would have to pay the price.
"You guys can leave as well." The Changqing The Great waved his hands as the immortal kings of the Eastern Regions all retreated. However, all of them felt some emotions in their hearts. Ever since the civil war that year, everyone felt that the Evergreen Kingdom was a pushover. Just a mere immortal king actually dared to come to the royal capital to assassinate the Evergreen Kingdom. Today, the anger of the Evergreen Emperor had truly taught the people of the Eastern Regions a lesson on how to conduct themselves.
However, this time around, the anger of the Evergreen Emperor was because of Qin Wentian. Before the immortal kings left, all of them cast a deep glance at Qin Wentian.
For some unknown reason, an extremely ridiculous thought appeared in their hearts. Given his outstanding talent, if he continued to grow, he would surely reach a shocking height, even surpassing the descendants of the Evergreen Emperor.
In that case, the future successor of the Evergreen Kingdom wouldn't be the prince consort of the Evergreen Immortal Empire, right?
When they thought of this, their hearts trembled, not daring to think too deeply. They only remembered that they had to treat Qin Wentian the same way they would treat a prince consort in the future.
It was unknown when Qing'er appeared beside Qin Wentian. She lightly held onto Qin Wentian's hand.
"Qing'er, Wentian, follow me." The Changqing The Great spoke to Qing'er and Qin Wentian. After that, he stepped out and walked towards the emperor palace.
Qin Wentian and Wentian nodded. They followed behind the Changqing The Great and entered the residence of the Changqing The Great.
The Changqing The Great walked towards the pavilion by the lake, his back facing Qin Wentian and Qing'er.
"Qing'er, Wentian, what do the two of you think about the marriage?" The Changqing The Great asked.
Qin Wentian and Qing'er exchanged mutual glances. Before this, Qing'er joked with Qin Wentian, asking if they could do it twice. However, when the Changqing The Great asked, it was impossible for them to reply in such a manner.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Qin Wentian consulted. This matter was a major matter to Qing'er. The Changqing The Great's opinion was naturally extremely important.
"I've announced to the world that I've betrothed Qing'er to you. This matter is already set in stone. Right now, the major powers of the Eastern Regions are all eyeing the two of you. I have a premonition that if the two of you hold the wedding, things wouldn't be peaceful." The Changqing The Great calmly spoke. As immortal emperors, their instincts were naturally much sharper compared to ordinary people.
In addition, even Qin Wentian had the same intuition as the Changqing The Great.
Even before their wedding, the other party already couldn't control themselves and sent assassins, wanting to kill Qin Wentian. Although no one knew who the assassins were, everyone could guess that it had something to do with those major powers.
"Wentian, the you now is still too weak." The Changqing The Great spoke again. Qin Wentian fell silent. He knew that Changqing The Great was speaking the truth.
The peak-level of immortal-foundation was already considered extremely powerful to ordinary people. But if he had to face the major powers of the immortal realms, he would naturally be very weak.
Changqing Yuhao's assassination attempt almost took his life.
"Hence, I hope that after you break through to the immortal king realm, I will allow the two of you to get married. Although you won't be able to control the situation after that, at the very least, you would have some strength to protect yourself and wouldn't end up in such a miserable state." The Changqing The Great continued. Qin Wentian nodded, "I'll listen to your Majesty's arrangements."
"It's good that you can understand. Right now, I can also be considered a true elder of yours. I'm naturally doing this for your own good." The Changqing The Great turned and stared at Qin Wentian. "Right now, your cultivation base has already reached the peak-level of immortal-foundation. At this level, it's very hard for you to find an opponent. Hence, before this, I sent immortal kings to spar with you. But that was merely sparring, there's no pressure. You still have to walk out on your own. If not, even if you have already taken a step out, I don't know how many years it would take for you to reach the shore."
"Qing 'er, it's the same for you as well. You are an innate immortal king and have innate talent in spatial energy. In the future, this threshold would be weaker for you but you still have to work hard to raise your cultivation base. You should temporarily set aside your emotions and focus on your cultivation. Wentian wants to break through to the immortal king realm, you as well." The Changqing The Great seriously spoke. He naturally hoped that his daughter and son-in-law would be strong enough to handle all the changes in the future.
Although the immortal realms seemed calm on the surface, once a storm arose, it would definitely shake the heavens and earth. Just like this time around, if they lost the adjudication battle, there would definitely be a storm of blood. But now, their victory merely delayed the storm.
"Oh." Qing 'er calmly replied, as though she wasn't happy. When the Changqing The Great saw her expression, he couldn't help but to sigh in his heart. This lass's emotions were too deep.
"Wentian, you should have seen the assassination attempt this time around. Countless eyes are staring at you. If you want to head out to temper yourself, you can't let others know of this. Also, it's best if you don't head to the eastern regions. Think about where you want to head to, there's a teleportation array here that leads to the Namhwang Clan. If you are willing, you can use the Namhwang Clan as a middleman." The Changqing The Great spoke.
"I plan to make a trip back to the Immortal Qianbian Gate first." Qin Wentian replied, as though he had his own thoughts. He was preparing to head to the Heavenly Talisman Realm. If he could meet with senior, he would ask senior to send him to the other regions through the Heavenly Talisman Realm!
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