abnabooks Chapter 2299 I Don't Believe a Single Word
Chapter 2299 I Don't Believe a Single Word
Chapter 2299 I Don't Believe a Single Word
He Lingchuan immediately understood: "Keep the details of our transaction confidential?"
He Xiao was truly exceptionally intelligent. Shuangye replied solemnly, "Exactly."
"Alright. Keep quiet." The Blood Demon in He Lingchuan's arms wasn't human, so it didn't count.
"Thank you, Emperor."
The Nine Nether Emperor is renowned throughout the world for his integrity. Even his enemies feel at ease when they receive his golden promises.
Then Shuangye volunteered, "I will move the mountain now and restore the flow of water in the Luohe River."
He Lingchuan nodded: "Thank you for your trouble."
The two bowed to each other in farewell. Shuangye smiled, turned around, and with a flutter of her sleeves, she actually crashed straight into the shadows of the mountain wall.
A gust of wind passed by, and before the shadows of the trees had even stopped swaying, the figure of the frost-covered leaf had already disappeared into the shadows.
The Blood Demon deliberately flew out from behind He Lingchuan, spun a few times between the mountain walls, crashed into them, and then popped out again shortly afterward.
"Was he hiding here before?"
“It seems so.” He Lingchuan confirmed his guess. “After Shuangye plotted against Xu Wenqin and framed Bingyuan Si, she indeed infiltrated Feilai Peak and began to work on this golden core. Later, Qixia Sect entered the Mirror World and temporarily lost contact with the golden core. Yuan Xilin’s control over the golden core weakened, and Shuangye took advantage of the situation.”
Frostleaf, like a vicious wolf descending from the mountain, circled the sheepfold several times, but instead of attacking, it tried to get the shepherd to provoke the tiger and put himself in danger, so that he could safely enter the pen and devour the sheep.
The fact that Cang Yan's demons couldn't enter the golden core doesn't mean that sadists can't. Currently, everyone in the Qixia Sect is in the Mirror World, and no one can control this golden core, giving Shuangye a perfect opportunity to poach its members. No one knows what method he used; the world still knows far too little about the brain cores of sadists.
Just then, the ground began to tremble. He Lingchuan stood up and strode down the mountain.
The Blood Demon, having held back for so long, could no longer resist:
"You could have easily reached him just now, why didn't you grab him?"
"Arrest him?" He Lingchuan retorted. "Why?"
"He instigated the Qixia Sect to attack your Wei'an City!" Blood Demon was still somewhat displeased, "If it weren't for him, would Luohe have run out of water? Wasn't Wei'an City almost destroyed by the Qixia Sect?"
Shuangye first disguised himself as Tang Jingye, giving the Qixia Sect the terrible idea of using golden cores to block the Ice River's waters. Then he turned on Liao Han, causing Elder Xu's death and directly leading to the Qixia Sect's revenge against Wei Ancheng. This guy can come and go freely after causing trouble; doesn't that make Cang Yan seem powerless and unable to control him?
He Lingchuan laughed: "How do you know it was him? Do you have evidence?"
"Why not?" Blood Demon protested, but his words trailed off. "He clearly... uh..."
It's clearly a frosty leaf!
Did Shuangye admit it herself just now?
"...No." Blood Demon thought carefully. Apart from their sarcastic remarks, He Lingchuan had never mentioned that Shuangye had changed her face and harmed Wei Ancheng. Shuangye had never admitted "I did it" from beginning to end.
"But weren't those two people him in disguise?"
"There are more than one kind of face-changing magic in the world. How can you be so sure that the person impersonating Tang Jingye and Liao Han is Shuangye?" Although there aren't many face-changing magic abilities, there are at least a few. For example, Tong Xun, whom Dong Rui rescued, can change his appearance to resemble his prey; Qianhuan Zhenren's mirage horn and He Lingchuan's Dayan Heavenly Pearl can achieve similar effects.
“Didn’t Shuangye say that he was traveling through the Gold Plains and ‘just happened’ to come here?” He Lingchuan paused. “You’re saying he impersonated a member of the Qixia Sect to instigate war? Do you have witnesses or physical evidence? Otherwise, how could you falsely accuse the Grand Preceptor of Bega?”
The word “贝迦” is stressed.
He Lingchuan said to the Blood Demon, "You used to kill whoever you wanted without any regard for evidence, but that won't work on Shuangye."
In Cangyan, He Lingchuan could wield absolute power, declaring anyone guilty and making their word law; but he couldn't be so arbitrary when facing the Grand Preceptor of another great nation.
"People are entering your country privately for sightseeing, and you arrest them? What kind of logic is that?" He Lingchuan asked Blood Demon again, "What reason will you use to respond when Bega comes to question you?"
I'll say it again: where's the evidence?
Without evidence, isn't that a false accusation?
The Blood Demon was indignant: "So he can stir up trouble and then escape safely?"
"Isn't this exactly what I did back in Lingxu City?" If you do the first thing, don't blame others for doing the fifteenth. "It's best if the Frost Leaf Grand Preceptor doesn't admit it, otherwise it will be even more difficult for me to deal with him."
If the Imperial Preceptor Shuangye admits it, if he stubbornly insists, "Yes, I did it," He Lingchuan will have no choice but to deal with it, which would be even more troublesome.
Regardless of whether Shuangye came for official or personal reasons, his political status is undeniable. If He Lingchuan were to take him down, it could easily cause a huge uproar.
Just a few days ago, Shuangye met with the Grand Preceptor Wang Xingyi in the Mu Kingdom. The Mu Kingdom didn't even dare to detain him, so why is Cang Yan pulling this stunt? If the news reaches the Mu Kingdom, won't the Mu Emperor be overjoyed?
Furthermore, who said that the Frost Leaf Grand Preceptor really came alone? He dared to show himself directly in front of He Lingchuan, so he must have something to rely on.
In fact, He Lingchuan had indeed considered keeping Shuangye, as the idea was quite appealing. However, after some deliberation, he decided against it.
The Blood Demon was still unwilling: "Oh dear, if you really give him the golden core, aren't you afraid he'll do something terrible with it?"
He Lingchuan patted the dust off his hands: "Even if Shuangye uses the golden core, it won't threaten me or Cang Yan for the time being, and that's enough. The information he provided about the Hidden God Monarch is indeed crucial."
As the ruler of Cangyan, he knew very well what it meant to "keep a close eye on the principal contradiction".
Let's put this secondary conflict aside for now.
"Frostleaf said he needs the gold core only to learn from the experiences of others like him. Do you believe him?"
"I don't believe it," He Lingchuan said calmly. "I don't believe a single word of it. Is a little experience enough to make him travel thousands of miles to infiltrate Cangyan and risk being captured by me?"
"Uh……"
“This golden core must be extremely important to him,” He Lingchuan reasonably deduced. “But he asked me to keep it a secret, and this trip was done without the Heavenly Demons’ knowledge. In other words, he absolutely cannot let the Jindu Ghost Mother and the other Heavenly Demons know that he possesses a second brain core of the Torturer.”
The Blood Demon sneered, "Who is this guy plotting against in the shadows?"
“I always felt that keeping this secret was extremely important to him.” This feeling had no origin, but He Lingchuan was so convinced of it. “If I hadn’t decided to come to Wei’an City on a whim, Shuangye could have remained hidden behind the scenes the whole time and stolen the Golden Core without even showing his face. That way, no one would know that he was related to the Qixia Sect, no one would know that he was related to the Wei’an City disaster, and no one would know that he had any dealings with the Golden Core.”
(End of this chapter)