Four hours ago, Qin Wentian was still in the governor's manor and left after that. In that case, the person who killed the Jialan Monarch couldn't be Qin Wentian. If he didn't use the teleportation array in the Jialan Emperor Palace as well as the Lifire Palace's teleportation array, it was impossible for Qin Wentian to return in such a short period of time. Also, even if he managed to enter the teleportation array in the Jialan Emperor Palace, what about the Lifire Palace's teleportation array?
Since so many people saw it at the same time, there was no way this could be faked. They could already eliminate the suspicion of Qin Wentian. The Lifire Empyrean's heart also relaxed a little. Maybe, it wasn't a vendetta. Someone was simply too arrogant and wanted to challenge the Lifire Palace's prestige, hence killing the Jialan Monarch.
The people of the Jialan Clan were also puzzled. Could it be that the culprit really wasn't Qin Wentian?
Their first thought was, could it be that the Lifire Empyrean was protecting Qin Wentian? But this thought was soon overturned. If it really was Qin Wentian, given the current relationship between the Lifire Empyrean and Qin Wentian, the Lifire Empyrean wouldn't hesitate to kill Qin Wentian. Killing the Jialan Monarch not only concerned the Jialan Clan, it was also challenging the Lifire Empyrean's bottom line.
"It's fine if Qin Wentian isn't here yet. What do the few of you think about this matter?" The Lifire Empyrean glanced at the other governors. Naturally, his question was merely an act. He ordered his subordinates to gather the governors because he wanted to see if Qin Wentian was in the governor's manor or not.
"Palace lord, no matter who it is, it's already extremely brazen to dare to kill the monarch of our Lifire Palace. We have to investigate this thoroughly and after we capture those bandits, we have to execute them in public to shock the world. If not, if other bandits imitate us in the future, where would the prestige of our Lifire Palace be?" The new governor, Sun Qian, spoke.
Naturally, there was nothing more to say now.
"Zhuge Xiong, what do you think?" The Lifire Empyrean glanced at Zhuge Xiong.
"Did the bandits leave any clues behind?" Zhuge Xiong's eyes gleamed as he looked at the person who came to report.
"There aren't any clues left behind. We only know the attributes they are good at. Just based on this, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack." That person replied. In the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms, there were simply too many experts. It was unknown how many people were proficient in the same law attribute. Unless one coincidentally encountered the other party and saw the combat style of the other party, only then would they be able to recognize the other party. However, such an opportunity was basically impossible.
"Palace lord, they committed such a huge crime, robbing so many mines. There's a high possibility that this is the only time they would appear. If they don't appear again in the future, it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack if we want to find them. We have no clues at all. If we want to break through, we can only act from within the group of bandits." Zhuge Xiong reported to the Lifire Empyrean.
"What should we do exactly?" The Lifire Empyrean glanced at Zhuge Xiong.
"Split up. The one who killed the monarch is only the bandit leader. There's no need for us to kill all of them. We can spread the news that as long as it's not the bandit leader, as long as one of them comes forward to surrender, we will give them great rewards and we won't pursue this matter. In this case, it's enough if one of them comes forward to surrender. We can then use this chance to dig out the others." Zhuge Xiong spoke.
The Lifire Empyrean frowned. "Could it be that we won't pursue this matter if they come forward to surrender? And even give them great rewards? "
"Palace lord, it's just that our Lifire Palace won't pursue this matter." Zhuge Xiong had a deep look in his eyes. He even intentionally glanced at the people from the Jialan Clan, causing the eyes of everyone to flash. As expected of Zhuge Xiong, he was truly ruthless enough. The Lifire Palace wouldn't pursue this matter but if he wanted someone to die, it was simply too easy.
"But would they be so foolish as to take the risk?" Someone from the Jialan Clan asked.
"Hence, we have to give them great rewards. Also, we have to release news that will make them believe us and move their hearts." Zhuge Xiong spoke.
"Fine, we will hand this matter over to the grand governor. The other governors will cooperate and investigate this matter. As for those who are present today, none of you are allowed to leak out any information." The Lifire Empyrean coldly swept his gaze over everyone, causing their hearts to tremble as they nodded.
Not long after, everyone dispersed. However, the Lifire Palace was still enveloped in a heavy atmosphere. The Jialan Clan was the same as well. After they brought the Jialan Monarch's corpse back, the entire Jialan Clan was filled with a heavy atmosphere.
Zhuge Xiong received orders to investigate this matter. He personally headed to Jialan Emperor City and spread the news that the bandit leader of the Heavenly Meteor Mine was extremely brazen, even killing a monarch was an unpardonable crime. Before the bandit leader was captured, as long as there were other bandits who came to surrender themselves, not only would they not be punished for their crimes, they would even be rewarded with three high-grade emperor-ranked weapons and 3,000 high-grade emperor stones. They would also be given a courtyard in Lifire City protected by the Lifire Palace.
This news caused a huge commotion. This was the first time they heard of bandits receiving such preferential treatment. This was simply strange.
The first thing the crowd thought of was that this was a conspiracy. But even if it was a conspiracy, the Lifire Palace could still give such an order. From this, one could see how angry the Lifire Empyrean was. They didn't even care about face and wanted to capture the bandit leader no matter what. After all, a monarch was killed.
There were also a small number of people who guessed that this might be true. The Lifire Empyrean personally gave the order, there shouldn't be any falsehood. Maybe, the Lifire Empyrean really wanted to find the bandit leader and execute him in public. However, they didn't have any clues and had no choice but to use this method.
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Qin Wentian was the target of suspicion. However, he clearly knew that the Lifire Palace naturally wouldn't be able to find out anything. In fact, it was very possible that they would never be able to find out anything.
Even if those bandits really surrendered themselves because of their foolishness or greed, so what of it? Those bandits simply didn't know who their leader was. Although they had seen the face of the bandit leader, it was a deliberate disguise. It was a disguise that the bandit leader had used to disguise his appearance. In fact, even his aura was fake. How could they possibly find out who he was?
As for who the killer of the Jialan Monarch was?
Their suspicions weren't wrong. The killer was none other than Qin Wentian.
When he was in Heavenly City, he received news from Princess Kitamura and learned of Ye Qianyu's encounter in the Lifelong Saint Hall. After that, he also saw that Princess Kitamura was also imprisoned there. The flames of hatred from back then instantly ignited in his heart. If it wasn't for the Jialan Monarch, everything wouldn't have happened. Youhuang wouldn't have been trapped so deeply, from the Jialan Emperor City to the Lifire Palace, and then to the Lifelong Saint Hall.
Ye Qianyu wouldn't have been imprisoned in the Lifire Jail for tens of years and even placed under house arrest in the Lifelong Saint Hall, suffering humiliation and being used as a dancer. Based on the relationship between him and Ye Qianyu, Ye Qianyu had only danced for him once and that was on the cold lake in Jialan Emperor City.
No matter what the Jialan Clan did, the Jialan Monarch was destined to die no matter what.
Under a fit of rage, Qin Wentian gathered some people and directly acted, killing the Jialan Monarch in the Skyfall Mine, settling this grudge.
As for the figure that appeared in the governor's manor, it was naturally to prove that he didn't kill the Jialan Monarch. At that time, he was still in the governor's manor.
That figure naturally couldn't be Qin Wentian's true self. It was … Di Tian!
It was extremely easy for Di Tian to appear in the governor's manor. As long as he changed into a set of white robes and sealed his aura, there would be no difference between him and Qin Wentian after he took off his mask.
His reason for leaving was naturally very simple. It was impossible for him to go to the Lifire Palace to confront the Jialan Monarch. He could easily hide from his subordinates in the governor's manor. In fact, those people wouldn't even dare to use their immortal senses to probe his aura. But if he went to the Lifire Palace, there would be a risk of him being exposed. Hence, he directly said that he had something to do and that if there was nothing major, don't look for him.
He believed that as long as the Lifire Empyrean knew that he had just left the governor's manor and that there were many witnesses, as well as the words he left behind, the Lifire Empyrean wouldn't look for him. Right now, the Lifire Empyrean was still very polite to him. Since the Jialan Monarch's death had nothing to do with him, was there any meaning in forcefully summoning him to the Lifire Palace?
This move could be said to be crossing the sea with the heavens. As long as no one knew that Qin Wentian was Di Tian, no one would ever know that he was the one who killed the Jialan Monarch.
As long as he didn't kill the Jialan Monarch, the Lifire Empyrean would continue to be polite to him, maintaining their previous relationship.
Hence, Qin Wentian basically didn't need to care about how the Jialan Monarch's death would affect him.
Over at Lifire City, Di Tian was still keeping an eye on things. Right now, the Emperor Pavilion was a hegemonic power in Lifire City that was second only to the Jialan Clan. In fact, because they weren't restricted by the Lifire Palace, they even had signs of surpassing the Jialan Clan.
In the blink of an eye, several months had already passed since the Jialan Monarch's death.
In the Lifelong Realm, other than the nine world palaces, the Lifelong Saint Hall also controlled a vast region. This region had Lifelong City as the center, and was the core of the entire Lifelong Realm.
This region was under the direct control of the Lifelong Saint Hall. In this region, there were eight most famous mines in the Lifelong Realm.
The Taotie Mine was one of the eight mines controlled by the Lifelong Saint Hall. It was a true supreme-grade mine and there would often be terrifying treasures appearing there. The Lifelong Saint Hall would directly guard it.
In fact, the eight mines were connected to the Lifelong Saint Hall through spatial teleportation arrays. For countless years, no one dared to come here to steal from them. If such a situation really happened, it would mean that someone wanted to challenge the Lifelong Realmlord's position.
Also, the miners of these eight mines were all at least at the empyrean realm. Also, they weren't slaves or criminals. They were true experts who came here willingly.
Because, although these mines were dangerous, they contained boundless good fortune. As long as there was a small harvest, it would be sufficient for an immortal emperor to squander it for many years. Even if they could only obtain 10% of the harvest, this mine would still attract some extremely powerful characters. Over here, there were opportunities to pry into the realm above the immortal emperor realm.
At this moment, Qin Wentian appeared outside the Taotie Mine. He stared at the majestic mountain range before him as he walked forward step by step.
It was rumored that the Taotie Mine was one of the eight great mines of the Lifelong Saint Hall. All sorts of rare treasures could be found there. In fact, there were even many types of treasures that could surpass emperor-level stones.
Hence, he came here. For the sake of cultivating faster and coming into contact with the empyrean realm, he had to take risks!
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