Someone from the Gu Clan had died.
When this news was sent to the various departments, no matter how important the people were, they couldn't help but suck in a cold breath.
"Who died?" Everyone who received the news asked. The informants seemed to know that this news had to be digested slowly, so no one immediately said the name of the dead person.
"It's the Vice Principal of the State Protector College." Without saying the name, everyone knew who the Vice Principal of the State Protector College was. Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air for the second time.
There were many people from the Gu Clan. While they were all from the Imperial Family and couldn't be disrespected, their status was still different. Some of them were of high status and naturally couldn't be offended. Some of them were like wild cranes, but they were just some rich young masters. Many officials of the court didn't fear these people from the Gu Clan.
But this Gu Qiming was the Vice Principal of the State Protector College. He wasn't an important official of the court, but he was even more untouchable than the Gu Clan's princes.
Because while the name of the current Profound Empress wouldn't be announced, everyone knew in their hearts that she was called Gu Qiyin.
Gu Qiyin and Gu Qiming were blood brothers born from the same mother and had grown up together. In the world today, no one was closer to the Profound Empress than Gu Qiming. If he hadn't voluntarily gone to the State Protector College to take the position of Vice Principal, he would definitely be the most important person in the court. It was even possible that he would be second only to the Profound Empress.
To think that the blood brother of the Profound Emperor would be beaten to death!
No one immediately expressed their opinion. Everyone started to wait for news from the palace. If it could be said that no matter how arrogant the intruders were or how many experts of the Dark Army were killed, the Profound Sovereign's expression wouldn't change at all. But this time, everyone believed that they would soon feel the Profound Sovereign's thunderous rage.
Boom, boom, boom. Suddenly, thunder rumbled in the clear sky.
From the Council Commission to the Warden's Office, the Law Enforcement Division, the Protector Division …
The two sides of the majestic river that passed through the city, the walls that surrounded the city, every inch of the Dark Army City echoed with this thunder.
The expressions of those with high cultivation changed. They could feel the waves of anger from the soul power. Most people guessed that this was the Profound Empress acting up. As for those normal citizens and those with low cultivation, this thunder made them feel uneasy and uneasy.
Outside of Dark Army City, the thunderous roar reverberated several kilometers away, causing many people's expressions to change. In the wilderness far away from the Xiong River, after the thunder, a group of sparrows flew into the sky and circled in panic. Behind the bushes on the ground, Morin excitedly reached out a hand to Fang Yizhu.
"You lost. Give it to me," shouted Morin.
Fang Yizhu looked reluctant, but his movements were still very nimble, showing the principle of conceding defeat. He took out a small medicine bottle from his bosom and poured a pill into Morin's palm.
Morin withdrew his hand and looked at the pill in his palm. His eyes shone.
"This is the famous Soul Grain Pill?" He said. The other party's character was clearly a bit questionable.
"Put it away, I only have this one." Fang Yizhu said snappily. The Soul Grain Pill wasn't something too rare to the Megrez Peak disciples. But he was just a wandering cultivator from South Mountain Heng Courtyard, and this Soul Grain Pill was obtained through a bet.
"Wait until I research the recipe, I'll treat you to a full meal." Morin said as he carefully put it away.
"Get lost." Fang Yizhu scolded. The Soul Grain Pill wasn't a good thing to say. Cultivators who didn't know anything about digestive systems would be poisoned if they ate one. As for the top experts of digestive systems, they would only eat it if they wanted to explode.
After putting away the Soul Grain Pill and ending the bet, the two looked in the direction of the thunder and started to worry about Lu Ping's current situation.
"The Profound Sovereign is finally angered. I don't know what this guy did." murmured Morin.
The two's bet was about how long it would take for Lu Ping to alarm the supreme ruler of the Dark Army Empire. Morin's bet was relatively short, while Fang Yizhu's bet was a bit longer. Originally, this bet also carried a bit of hope. After all, they had to at least see Lu Ping come out alive to know the outcome. But they didn't expect the Profound Sovereign's reaction to be so intense, and directly gave them the answer. The Gu Clan's Thunder Lake was also famous for its Blood Inheritance ability, and it wasn't hard to distinguish it. But other than the Profound Sovereign herself, there was probably no one in the Gu Clan who had such a realm.
"Go take a look at the Xiong River now, it might have already been dyed red." Fang Yizhu smiled.
"Hehe." Morin laughed dryly, while Ling Ziyan had a worried expression as she listened to the two talking. How could she laugh?
After Lu Ping flew up the city wall, they took advantage of the chaos to leave the ship and hide in this deserted place, waiting for Lu Ping's news. The entire Dark Army City was under martial law, and they didn't have the chance to go in even if they wanted to. Hearing the Profound Sovereign's outburst, Fang Yizhu and Morin were actually very worried. After joking for a while, they finally couldn't laugh anymore, and became silent.
Inside Dark Army City.
Gu Qiming's corpse had already been collected. The six youths who were spared by Lu Ping stood at the side with their heads bowed, and occasionally stole glances at the two important figures who were commanding the scene.
One was the Chief of the Warden's Office, Wei Pingqian, and the other was the Nine Gates Patrol Officer, Wei Pingyi. Both of them were important figures in the Xuan Army Empire. The youths of the State Protector College all wanted to enter the imperial court in the future, and these important figures were their goals and idols.
After seeing the coffin with Gu Qiming's corpse being pulled away, the two important figures of the Wei Clan turned around and looked at the six panicking youths. They immediately noticed Qian Cai, whose outer robe had been borrowed.
"What's going on?" Wei Pingyi asked.
"It was stolen by him." Qian Cai would obviously say that it was stolen, and not borrowed.
Wei Pingyi and Wei Pingqian looked at each other.
"He wanted to pretend to be a student of the State Protector College." Wei Pingyi said.
"Then he should have killed these people and hidden their corpses." Wei Pingqian said.
"Did he forget about this, or did he have other plans?" Wei Pingyi was confused.
"What could he have planned with a tattered robe?" Wei Pingqian said.
"Pass down the order. The intruder might be wearing the robe of the State Protector College." Wei Pingyi immediately ordered.
"Tell the little brats of the State Protector College to scram back. Don't come out and cause trouble." Wei Pingqian said.
At first, they didn't pay much attention to it. Those with some strength wanted to come out and make a name for themselves. But now, it seemed that with the strength of the youths from the State Protector College, even if there were thousands of them in front of Lu Ping, it would be useless. Lu Ping would be easily overlooked if he wore their robes.
"Actually, since he wants to go to the State Protector, we can just wait there." Wei Pingyi said.
"State Protector ….. Do we need to guard there?" Wei Pingqian said.
As the two brothers were discussing, a spy suddenly ran over. The two looked and saw that it was a spy from the palace. It seemed like the Profound Emperor's order had finally come.
"Lords." The spy from the palace came in front of the two, bowed, and said, "Profound Emperor's order."
"Please speak." The two said.
"Kill Su Tang," the spy said.
"Oh." Wei Pingqian responded. He wasn't surprised by this order. He even guessed that this would be the first reaction of the Profound Emperor. This was in line with his usual methods. Lu Ping killed someone that even the Profound Emperor cared about. No matter what value this Su Tang had, he would become a bargaining chip for the Profound Emperor to take revenge on Lu Ping.
However, since Su Tang wasn't here, this order wasn't for them. It was just to let them know so that they could adjust their next strategy.
"Inform the Nine Gates to start the order." Wei Pingyi immediately gave the corresponding order. Since Su Tang was dead, then Lu Ping could only escape. Thus, he had to retreat. This was what Wei Pingyi was thinking.
At the same time, all the departments received the order from the Profound Emperor.
Kill Su Tang.
When the institute's supervision committee received this order, Qin Chuan and Wei Pingqian weren't surprised. He had more or less guessed what the Profound Emperor would do. However, looking at the dead Ku Zhu and the sorry state of the institute's supervision committee, he couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
"If I knew this was going to happen, why did I waste so much effort?" he said.
Qin Qi didn't speak. Qin Sang had been looking at Ku Zhu and hadn't walked out of her grief. She was stunned when she heard that Su Tang was going to be executed immediately.
When Su Tang was captured, she had been traveling and then followed him to the North Style Academy. After returning home, she had to recuperate from her injuries and didn't go out much. Her family wouldn't talk to her about official matters, so she didn't know that Su Tang had been captured and brought here. She had seen Lu Ping as an intruder, and she had assumed that he had come to take revenge on Qin Qi when he had gone to the Institute Supervision Office.
Now it seemed that Lu Ping wasn't against taking revenge, but his main goal was to save Su Tang.
But now, Su Tang was going to be executed …
"It's all the same," Qin Sang suddenly said.
"What did you say?" Qin Chuan was confused by his daughter's sudden words. Was she following up on his previous sigh?
Qin Sang didn't answer. She recalled the scene she saw from afar in Zhiling City.
Su Tang was captured, and the other party threatened Lu Ping with this. This was what Lu Ping had said.
He wouldn't be threatened.
He would live.
He would take revenge.
If Su Tang was alive, he would save him at all costs.
If Su Tang was dead, he would take revenge at all costs.
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