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The incident of Zhuge Qingyun getting murdered had been spread throughout the continent which caused a huge commotion. Every single one of the top ten martial experts was a huge impact on the continent. Back when Su Pingping perished, the entire continent already had this huge commotion. It was imaginable how the continent would react when Zhuge Qingyun, who was much more notable, had perished.

It wasn’t surprising for an undiscovered traitor to collude with outsiders. It was also normal for Liu Yu to be undercover in Mt. Spirit Beast College for thirty years. The Divine Martial Kingdom, the Great Xia Kingdom, the Heaven Mystics Kingdom, and even the Saint Spirit Kingdom had their people as undercover in Mt. Spirit Beast College. Of course, most of them weren’t of high hierarchy and were merely mentors. It was hard to say that after another few decades, there wouldn’t be another Vice Principal Liu among the mentors.

The strange thing was… the identity of that Vajra Realm martial expert!

The continent only had around a dozen Vajra Realm martial experts. According to the information from the various kingdoms, none of the Vajra Realm martial experts had moved. Of course, there was also the possibility that someone might have used a substitute like Jiang Yi.

The Azure Dragon Empire and the five kingdoms had sent out their scouts to gather more information and find out who was the one that made a move on Zhuge Qingyun, but they all came back empty. It was as though that Vajra Realm martial expert came out of nowhere and left no clues at all. There wasn’t even a suspect.

Liu Yu was currently heading straight for the Divine Martial Kingdom’s Monarch City. There was also a mysterious individual that had been obstructing Principal Qi and her men. This made many of the scouts suspect if Liu Yu was working under Xia Tingwei? Was the mysterious individual Old Eunuch Lin?

The information was sent back to Monarch City after the battle at Divine Soldier City. Right now, even the Zhan, the Qian, and the Long Clans were all suspecting why Liu Yu was able to enter Divine Soldier City effortlessly? Why did Xia Tianjun personally come out to obstruct Principal Qi and the others?

Could Xia Tingwei have sent someone to kill Zhuge Qingyun?

In fact, Xia Tingwei knew about this very clearly. Once he heard that Jiang Yi started a slaughter at Divine Soldier City, he was instantly furious. He immediately summoned all the officials to discuss of a countermeasure. All the officials were infuriated, and they all spoke in unison, asking Xia Tingwei to send out the experts to take out Jiang Yi and restore their kingdom’s prestige.

Xia Tingwei nodded lightly and turned to look at Jiang Bieli who was standing at the front of the left side. He spoke indifferently, “Bieli, how do you think of this matter?”

Zhan Wushuang and Qian Wanguan’s fathers withdrew their eyes and looked at Jiang Bieli. Everyone knew clearly that Xia Tingwei conducted this royal court assembly because he wanted to hear Jiang Bieli’s opinion. After all, Jiang Yi was too powerful now. If Jiang Bieli didn’t step in, they wouldn’t be able to take Jiang Yi down.

Jiang Bieli remained silent and sat there without any reaction. He then stood up and spoke apathetically, “This official thinks that Jiang Yi is not of importance right now. The important thing is to take down Liu Yu! Otherwise, not only would Jiang Yi wreak havoc in Monarch City, but our kingdom’s reputation would also suffer. The world would think that we were the ones that made the move, and when that happens, everyone would be pointing at us.”

All the officials looked over at Xia Tingwei with eyes of doubt. No one knew what Xia Tingwei was thinking. Was this matter done by Xia Tingwei? Not even Marshal Zhangsun knew.

Marshal Zhangsun’s eyes flickered. He also felt that Jiang Bieli was being rational. It didn’t matter if Xia Tingwei was the one who sent someone to do it. This matter must not be accounted to the Divine Martial Kingdom. Otherwise, they would have to take the blame, which would cause them to lose the hearts of the people—which was a great significance in this era.

He bowed and said, “Your Majesty, Western Garrison Liege Lord is correct. No matter what… we have to take down Liu Yu, and we cannot let him enter the city. Otherwise, it would be a huge impact to our Divine Martial Kingdom’s prestige. The consequences would be catastrophic.”

Marshal Zhangsun spoke in a very incisive tone. It didn’t matter if Xia Tingwei was the one that did it; Liu Yu had to die!

Xia Tingwei’s cold eyes flickered a few times, and he quickly realized it, too. He nodded and said, “General Taishi, where is Liu Yu now? Send someone to take him down quickly.”

One of the generals from the Taishi Clan quickly accepted the order and flew out to make arrangements. Just ten minutes later, General Taishi rushed back in again as he knelt with a single knee on the ground, speaking in a grave expression, “Your Majesty, Liu Yu has entered the city. Right now… his whereabouts are unknown!”

“What?”

Xia Tingwei and the officials had an instant change in expression. Xia Tingwei rose up from his seat and spoke with a murderous look, “Who is the commander that is on duty at the south city gate? Bring him here!”

“There is no need to…”

General Taishi let out a helpless sigh and said, “That commander is Zhang Jiang, and he has been a commander of Monarch City’s royal guards for a decade. He is even… Zhangsun Clan’s son-in-law. He was the one that gave the orders to let Liu Yu into the city. After Liu Yu entered the city, his subordinates discovered that he had already committed suicide.”

“Suicide? Zhangsun Clan’s son-in-law?”

The entire palace hall was boiling over, and things seemed to be getting serious and more confusing.

Everyone remained silent while Marshal Zhangsun’s expression was extremely gloomy. Xia Tingwei took an indifferent glance at Marshal Zhangsun and shouted, “General Taishi, immediately send your men to search the whole city and arrest Liu Yu. Dig a meter under—if that is what it takes to find him. If you cannot take him down in two hours, then bring your head here!”

“Yes!”

General Taishi quickly dismissed himself and led the army to lock down the entire city, searching through every household to look for Liu Yu. If they couldn’t find Liu Yu, the Divine Martial Kingdom wouldn’t be able to explain themselves. This would help the continent firmly believe that Zhuge Qingyun was assassinated by the Divine Martial Kingdom.

Xia Tingwei remained silent with a gloomy face. Marshal Zhangsun wanted to explain, but he realized that he didn’t know how to explain. It was without a doubt that Zhang Jiang was his clan’s son-in-law, and after Zhang Jiang committed suicide, there was no way to explain himself.

All the officials of the Divine Martial Kingdom had evasive eyes. They conversed using their eyes which were all filled with suspicion. Was this matter truly ordered by Xia Tingwei? Or did Marshal Zhangsun colluded with foreign forces? Otherwise, how was Liu Yu able to successfully enter Monarch City? He was even able to vanish in just a short moment?

Of course…

There were some that suspected if an influential faction was trying to frame the Divine Martial Kingdom. The question was… which faction had such capability? Even penetrating into the Divine Martial Kingdom? They were even able to bribe a Xia Clan’s descendant like Xia Tianjun?

Right now, even Jiang Bieli was feeling suspicious!

He felt that Xia Tingwei’s trust towards him had been brought down. Just like today’s incident, there wasn’t even a need to conduct a royal court hearing as it was enough to just inquire himself. When Old Eunuch Lin went to the Sea of Death to kill Jiang Yi, he didn’t even receive any news about it until later on when he managed to obtain some traces of information and guessed it himself.

Jiang Yi was the mortal enemy of the Xia Clan as Xia Wuhui died in the hands of Jiang Yi.

Jiang Bieli might have expelled Jiang Yi out of the Jiang Clan, but Xia Tingwei still had some suspicions in his heart. As a ruler—once he had suspicions, things would get out of control. Xia Tingwei’s trust for Jiang Bieli continued to plummet, but Jiang Bieli had no other ways to control this, too.

Was Zhuge Qingyun really murdered by someone sent by Xia Tingwei? Jiang Bieli also had his suspicion. After Xia Tingwei dismissed the court and went back into his palace without summoning Jiang Bieli, Jiang Bieli got even more suspicious.

The officials whispered to one another and walked out while discussing in soft voices. Jiang Bieli let out a helpless sigh and walked out of the palace hall. Right at this moment, a general rushed in rapidly and yelled out so loud that it echoed in the royal palace, “Report! Jiang Yi has arrived at the south city gates!”

Jiang Bieli immediately looked towards the south and revealed a complicated expression.

His son was finally back, but Jiang Yi wasn’t back to acknowledge Jiang Bieli. Jiang Yi was back to kill!