Under the leadership of that brawny Flag Master, the two of them walked into the depths of the Cangtian Valley and arrived at the shore of a rocky lake.
“Wow…”
On the surface of the rocky lake, ruddy mist floated, condensing into a divine silhouette, tens of feet tall, with a humanoid body, but with two heads, appearing somewhat hideous.
“Greetings to Vice Palace Master Yao.”
That brawny flag lord immediately dropped to one knee and bowed respectfully to the divine silhouette in the lake.
Even though he had the Dragon Locking Chain, bound to his body, Zhang Ruochen followed along and saluted.
There were two Vice Palace Masters of the Spectral Character Heavenly Palace, who had rarely shown their faces all along, and were definitely considered to be the Blood God Sect’s true bigwigs.
Yao Sheng, was one of the two Vice Palace Masters.
The gigantic shadow, which was one of Yao Sheng’s holy soul doppelgangers, was suspended in the water, gulping down clouds and mist.
From the sockets of his four eyes, four purple-black evil lights surged out, passing through the rocky lake and landing on Zhang Ruochen’s body at the same time.
The vast and majestic Saint Might crushed through the sky, as if it was trying to suppress Zhang Ruochen to the ground.
This was a kind of intimidation that was shocking Zhang Ruochen’s Saint Soul.
If, however, Zhang Ruochen had a ghost in his heart, he would feel fear and have no way to lie. Even if he lied, he would reveal the cracks.
Vice Palace Master Yao began his questioning, “On the day the Divine Son died, you led a group of flag bearers to leave the camp and go to Falling Wind Mountain?”
“What …… Lord Godson fell?”
Zhang Ruochen pretended to know nothing, and at the same time, he also acted very weak, his legs trembling constantly.
“You don’t need to know about this matter, just answer this Saint’s words directly.”
That voice, was quite strong.
As if Zhang Ruochen was truly suffering from the suppression of the Saint’s might, he shivered a little and said, “That’s right, my subordinate has indeed been to Falling Wind Mountain.”
“To do what?”
“The Infinite Banner King dispatched my subordinate, to the Falling Wind Mountain, to exterminate the Blood Beasts, and it was said that it was an order from the Lord Vice Palace Master.”
In the rocky lake, that gigantic two-headed Saint Shadow, slightly silent for a moment, coldly snorted, “Neither of the two Vice Palace Lords have ever given such an order.”?”How could that be?”
Zhang Ruochen revealed a rather astonished look as he said, “Vice Palace Master, what my subordinate said just now was definitely not a single lie. If, you don’t believe me, my subordinate can confront the Infinite Flag King face to face right now.”
Deputy Palace Master Yao’s voice, once again, came out, saying, “The day you travelled to the Falling Wind Mountain, Zhao Wulan had also disappeared, and has yet to show up.”
Zhang Ruochen revealed an even more puzzled look of great trepidation, and said in a loud voice, “Deputy Palace Master is clear about this, my subordinate has nothing to do with Lord Godson’s death at all.”
“As long as you answer this Saint’s questions truthfully, this Saint will naturally not wrongly accuse an innocent person.”
In the sky above the rocky lake, the other head of the Two-Headed Sacred Shadow opened its mouth and emitted a rather melodious woman’s voice, “Gu Linfeng, since you were going to the Falling Wind Mountain to exterminate the Blood Beasts, why did you disappear for several days when all the flag bearers that you brought out with you were wiped out. In these few days, where did you go?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “When my subordinate arrived at Falling Wind Mountain, he was ambushed and all the flagmen were all killed by the formation. My subordinate also fought for his life before he broke out of the formation and fled towards the depths of the Absolute Ancient Snow Mountain.”
“When I broke out of the formation, my subordinate suffered extremely heavy injuries and had no idea where I had fled to, and finally fainted.”
“After waking up, and not knowing how many days had passed, my subordinate recuperated his injuries and immediately returned to the Cang Heavenly Valley, and was about to report to Lord Immeasurable Flag King, but I didn’t think …… that in these past few days, the Pure Character Heavenly Palace had actually had so many things happen.”?
From the beginning to the end, the four purple-black beams of light had been shining on Zhang Ruochen’s body, creating oppressive force on him.
The surroundings fell into silence, and even Vice Palace Master Yao did not continue to ask questions.
Zhang Ruochen tentatively asked, “I wonder what else the Vice Palace Lord needs to enquire about?”
“Not for now.”?
Deputy Palace Master Yao’s voice, still very cold, said in a deep voice, “This matter, we still need to continue to thoroughly investigate and verify the truthfulness of what you just said. Even if you had nothing to do with the death of the Divine Son, just by the fact that the flag bearers you led out were all wiped out, you can still be punished for a serious offence.”
Another head, emitted a female voice: “Shufeng Flag Master, you first escort Gu Linfeng down and lock him into the dungeon of the Iron Prison.”
“Yes.”
The Flag Master with a very brawny figure coldly glared at Zhang Ruochen and said, “Flag Master Gu, follow me!”
After the Tree Wind Flag Master left with Zhang Ruochen, in the rocky lake, the two heads of that gigantic Sacred Shadow unexpectedly communicated with each other.
The head on the left, emitted a man’s voice, “What do you think?”?
“Gu Linfeng shouldn’t be lying, this matter is, most likely, really being laid out by Zhao Wulan. Gu Linfeng is at best just a scapegoat picked out by Zhao Wulan, it’s just a pity that Zhao Wulan’s plan shouldn’t have succeeded and there was an accident, otherwise Gu Linfeng wouldn’t have been able to escape back alive.”The head on the right, emitted a woman’s voice.
The head on the left said, “When Zhao Shiqi brought back half of the Divine Son’s body, he had said that they had encountered a rather terrifying blood beast. The failure of Zhao Wulan’s plan was, most likely, related to that one blood beast.”
“Zhao Wulan has been missing for so long, so it’s not certain, that he’s already died in the belly of the blood beast.”The head on the right said.
Naturally, Vice Palace Master Yao wouldn’t believe that a mere third-ranked Half-Saint could have that much guts to assassinate the divine son of the Blood God Sect.
Even if he had the guts, he couldn’t be that strong.
Therefore, in his opinion, only Zhao Wulan had that kind of strength and guts.
Moreover, all the spearheads were pointing towards Zhao Wulan as well.
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The Iron Prison Dungeon, located a hundred feet deep in the bottom of the Cang Heavenly Valley, was completely cast with refined iron, and the iron bars of some of these cells were thicker than the mouth of a bowl.
In the dungeon, there were dense formation inscriptions inscribed, and it was guarded by the third battalion of the Spectral Character Heavenly Palace, so not to mention half saints, even if a saint was imprisoned, it would be difficult for them to escape.
It was said that Blood God Cultists who had committed serious crimes were all imprisoned here.
Gu Linfeng’s cultivation, reaching the Half-Saint realm, and being the Flag Master of the Spectral Character Heavenly Palace, he was naturally considered a figure in the Blood God Cult, and belonged to the category of felons.
Therefore, he was imprisoned in the lowest level of the Iron Prison, which was the fourth level.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen struck out with a palm, striking above the iron wall of the prison.
In an instant, dozens of thick black lightning bolts flew out from above the iron wall, like dozens of black angry dragons, all of which struck Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Zhang Ruochen immediately released the Sacred Soul Domain and blocked all the lightning, even so, he still suffered some internal injuries.
“What a powerful formation, it’s hard to break through even with the use of spatial power, it’s impossible to escape.”
Gradually, Zhang Ruochen calmed down and sat on the ground, thinking carefully.
“As long as I bite the bullet and say that I didn’t kill Mei Lanzhu, the Sea Underworld Dharma King will definitely find a way to save me. This pawn of mine should still be of great use to that old devil.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped thinking about it, calmed his mind, and began to cultivate.
About three days later, the sound of iron boots resounded with exceptional clarity on the fourth floor of the Iron Prison Dungeon.
Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes, only to see that, outside the iron bars, stood a brawny figure, fully clad in armour, resembling an invincible God of War.
It was none other than the third battalion of the Spectral Character Heavenly Palace, the first-ranked Flag Master, the Tree Wind Flag Master.
The Tree Wind Flag Lord opened the formation of the confinement prison and walked in, looking down at Zhang Ruochen with a very loud voice, saying, ”The Dharma King of the Sea Underworld has personally stepped forward to vouch for you, count yourself lucky, you brat. Go! You can go out now!”
Zhang Ruochen stood up, flicked the dust on his body, and said, “Many thanks.”
Leaving the Iron Prison Dungeon, the Tree Wind Flag Master brought Zhang Ruochen out of the Cang Tian Valley and travelled towards the Jiegu Snow Mountain, farther and farther away from the camp of the Pixie Character Heavenly Palace.
Zhang Ruochen was on alert, secretly operating his Saint Qi.
The Tree Wind Flag Master’s cultivation was extremely high, being a high ranked Half Saint, his Saint Sense was quite sharp and sensed the flow of Saint Qi within Zhang Ruochen’s body.
He snorted coldly, “If this Flag Lord were to kill you, with your little cultivation, you would be able to withstand it?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and put the Saint Qi away, saying, “Where exactly is Tree Wind Flag Lord taking me?”
“You will naturally know when we get there.”
The two of them kept travelling forward, their speed getting faster and faster, and they were already hundreds of miles away from the Cang Tian Valley.
Finally, the Tree Wind Flag Master stopped and said, “We’ve arrived!”
In the distance, there was a cliff wall, and on the cliff wall, red plum blossoms bloomed. As the cold wind came out, there was a sheet of brightly coloured petals that fell down one after another.
Sea Underworld Dharma King’s thirteenth disciple, Blue Night, dressed in a black robe with his hands behind his back, looking very smart and capable, stood at the bottom of the cliff and slightly arched his hand to Tree Wind Flag Master, saying, “Many thanks to Brother Tree Wind.”
“It’s just a show of hands, you guys talk first, this Flag Master still has to rush back to the Pixie Character Heavenly Palace immediately.”
With that, the Tree Wind Flag Master transformed into a wild wind, swirling up large snowflakes and disappearing between a snowy mountain.
Blue Night’s eyes, which had become very cold and heavy, stared at Zhang Ruochen’s body and said, “You are quite capable of getting into trouble, if not for the Master’s personal intervention, you would already be dead.”
“The death of the Divine Son has nothing to do with me.”
Zhang Ruochen’s attitude was quite tough.
“How dare you talk back.”?Blue Night’s two pupils shone with cold light, and in the palm of his right hand, he condensed a ball of Cold Ice Fury Qi and stamped it towards Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
Blue Night wanted to teach Zhang Ruochen a lesson, so that he would suffer some bitterness, and in the future, he would be honest and peaceful.
This was also the meaning of Venerable Lord Hai Moi.
Just as Blue Night struck his palm, the temperature in a circle of hundreds of feet dropped tenfold, as if even the air was frozen.
Zhang Ruochen was not willing to show weakness, and his hands formed seals, mobilising the holy qi in his body, in a continuous stream, to open the six orifices of his palms.
In the centre of his palms, two blood clouds gushed out, both taking the form of five fingers.
“Seven Orifices Blood Underworld Palm.”
Both palms struck out at the same time, and clashed with the palm imprints struck by Blue Night.
“Boom.”?The powerful force of the palms shook the cliff wall next to them, cracking out dense ripples.
Some of these ripples were even several feet wide.
Somewhat bizarrely, the plum blossom tree growing on the cliff wall was intact, with only a single bright red petal floating down and flying in midair.
“Dharma King Hai Mei must be the vicinity, he likes plum blossoms the most, it must be him who used his holy qi to protect the plum blossom tree on the cliff wall.”?Noticing this, Zhang Ruochen immediately withdrew a large portion of the power from his palm.
With that, he flew backwards and flipped twice in mid-air before landing on the ground again.
A muffled sound escaped from Zhang Ruochen’s mouth, with a trace of blood spilling out from the corner of his mouth.
Blue Night also took a small step backward, looking at his palm, and then with rather surprised eyes, he looked at Zhang Ruochen on the opposite side.
Just now, even though he had only used 10% of his power, it was absolutely impossible for a Third Order Half-Saint to be able to block it.
“The power of your Seven Orifices Blood Underworld Palm, how could it be so strong? No, you seem to have opened the sixth orifice.”
