The Cultivator's partner went off track all the way

Chapter 993 Where did the sword come from?
The gate of the Chiyan Palace slowly opened. This time was different from when Tang Yue came in. There was a group of people waiting for her outside. There were not only palace maids, but also many ministers and patrols. It seemed much more grand.

"Why are there so many people?" she couldn't help but ask.

The high priest bowed and replied, "Today is an important day for the selection of girls to present the sword to the king."

King Tanxiang snorted coldly, "With more people, it will be difficult for anyone to act secretly. I thought so too, so I asked my ministers to come over." His tone was very sarcastic.

Tang Yue suddenly realized that this was the reason.

"Daughter of the Chosen One, where is the sword you forged?" The beauty-loving King looked indifferent, as if he was indifferent to everything.

"In order to avoid any accidents, I put it in the storage bag. After all, I am often framed, so I can never be too careful. Don't you think so?" Tang Yue deliberately said something sarcastic.

"No one here can harm you, so there's no need to do this." The Greedy King glanced at her.

Greedy King: "I think it is necessary."

"Okay, let's go first and don't waste time here." King Tanmei was helpless. His brother had been treating him as an enemy these past two days and would refute everything he said.

One day, he will understand his good intentions.

The priest ordered the patrolmen behind to carry the sedan chair to Tang Yue and said, "Please choose a woman to get on the sedan chair."

Tang Yue looked at the eight-person sedan decorated with colorful silk and wondered, "Is it necessary? The two kings walked here, right?"

Whether they are monks or spiritualists, they can all practice the art of teleportation, but for the sake of ostentation, they still retain these sedan chairs.

This was not a major ceremony, so it was a bit too much to ask her to sit in such an exaggerated sedan chair.

The priest bowed slightly and explained, "This is the king's arrangement to show respect for the chosen woman."

Tang Yue curled her lips and said, "Okay, whatever he says is what it is."

She climbed onto the sedan chair, lowered the curtain, and was quickly carried to the front of the team.

Fortunately, the underground palace passage was built very wide, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people.

Xiaoxi walked at the end of the team with her head down. Others could not see the jealousy on her face or the fists clenched in her sleeves.

All of this will be hers in the end, and then this woman will have a taste of what it feels like to be a slave.

They soon arrived at the Central Palace Hall, and Tang Yue was carried directly into the hall. She became more and more confused about the purpose of this incident. Perhaps this was the special sense of justice of the demons.

The beauty-loving king said, "Daughter of the election, take out the sword you made and show it to everyone."

Tang Yue was about to speak when she was interrupted by Xiao Xi's sharp voice, "She couldn't even take out the sword she made. The Kunwu Nine-Colored Jade had turned into powder."

She took out a bag and poured the dull powder inside onto the ground, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

"After the selection of girls left, I was worried that she might have left something behind in the palace, so I went into the palace to check. I didn't expect to find these in the Red Flame Palace."

Xiao Xi thought Tang Yue would hide the powder, but she didn't expect that she just piled the powder in the hall. It was seen at a glance. How stupid she was.

When the greedy king heard her words, he frowned slightly. She was too anxious and seemed to be deliberately framing him.

Although everyone knows that there is something fishy about this matter, it can't be so obvious. Where would everyone put their face?

King Greedy sneered, "I knew there must be something fishy going on. What's going on? What are these things on the ground?"

Xiao Xi knelt on the ground, "King of Greed, this is the Kunlun Nine Color Jade that the Tang family specially presented as tribute. Only with it can a top-quality sword be forged. Now that the sword jade has been destroyed, Tang Yue can't even take out the sword. Please punish her."

King Tanxiang sent out a spiritual sword blade, "How dare you, a slave, disrespect the selection girl by calling her by her name."

The Greedy King raised his hand to block the spiritual sword, "What she said does make some sense. Why are you so anxious to silence her?"

But the residual force still affected Xiaoxi, who was knocked to the ground and spit out blood.

It seems that King Greedy for Beauty is indeed much stronger than King Greedy for Enjoyment. If King Greedy for Enjoyment did not have the Empress Mother's Scepter, he would probably not be able to deal with King Greedy for Beauty.

"The sword-making materials were crushed into powder. You didn't ask whether it was the Nine-Colored Sword Jade or whether someone had framed you. Instead, you let this lowly slave slander that it was done by the Chosen Girl. You have lost all your dignity now."

"You better be careful with your words. I didn't deny the candidate a chance to defend herself. I just asked you not to kill anyone and investigate thoroughly first."

Xiao Xi struggled to stand up, knelt down again, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please summon the Tang family to the palace to testify. They have been mining jade and refining swords for many years. Even if the sword jade is turned into powder, people can still recognize it."

The greedy and beautiful king said: "Bring someone."

Tang Yue looked at the beauty-loving Wang and Xiao Xi singing the same tune, and sighed that this play was quite complete. Tang Jinghui was brought up quickly, and he looked at Xiao Xi with a complicated expression, then looked at Tang Yue, and knelt down.

The beauty-loving king said: "Do you recognize this pile of powder?"

Tang Jinghui stepped forward to check the powder. "This is exactly the powder of Kunwu Nine-Colored Jade. Although it has lost its original essence, it still retains some special sword energy. It is unique to it. Other materials do not have such sword energy."

It seems that Tang Jinghui has made his choice. Compared to his granddaughter whom he has not seen for a long time, he chose Xiaoxi, with whom he has been living for a long time.

King Tanxiang turned to Tang Yue and said, "Choosing a girl, how do you explain it?"

"I have nothing to explain. After I entered the Red Flame Palace, the sword jade was shattered into powder. I don't know who did it. Maybe one of your subordinates was treacherous and didn't want me to be the chosen one, so he deliberately shattered it."

"What nonsense! How could there be such people under my command?" The greedy king was displeased. Why wasn't she panicked at all?
Greedy King Dao: "You can only know a person's face but not his heart. It's not surprising that there are a few bad people among his subordinates. As long as we personally test the remaining spiritual power on it, won't we know who did it? To ensure fairness, let's test it together."

The Greedy King took a deep breath. The focus today was not on this pile of powder, but whether Tang Yue could come up with a good sword. He shouldn't dwell on this.

"The sword was broken, why didn't you report it? No matter what, you should have produced a fine sword today to fulfill your promise and prove your integrity."

Tang Yue sneered inwardly. There was no one in the Chiyan Palace, and no one was guarding outside. Who could she ask to report?
The greedy king not only destroyed the Nine-Colored Sword Jade, but also tampered with such a small matter to embarrass her. He really went to great lengths to do so.

"Your Majesty, you are right. Although the sword was shattered, I still made a good sword. I wanted to give it to you directly, so I didn't report it."

"Oh, what kind of sword is it?"

Tang Yue stared at the silver-haired man on the throne. He still had no expression on his face, but he leaned forward slightly, which meant that he was looking forward to what she would say next.

She smiled and didn't think anything of it, but the men in the hall were all stunned.

The two men on the throne subconsciously clenched their fists.

Tang Jinghui suddenly regretted it at this moment. Maybe he shouldn't have chosen Xiaoxi.

Tang Yue was speechless, she forgot to bring her veil again.

He quickly took out the sword from the storage bag and escaped from this "Shocking Mary Sue" atmosphere. "This is the sword I have refined in the past three days. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

This black sword with a golden glow is exactly the same as the sword given to her by King Greedy.

King Greedy on the seat breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he gave her the sword, otherwise she really would not be able to produce the sword to report.

The Greedy King watched his brother's expression out of the corner of his eye and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Bring it up."

The priest walked down from the platform and personally approached Tang Yue to take the sword. When he stood in front of her, the expression on the mask instantly turned into sadness.

But the time was too short and she was the only one who saw it.

Without saying a word, he held up his sword and walked up to the platform, "Please have your two kings take a look."

Tan Xiang Wang said: "No need to look, we don't have any better sword than this one. Let her participate in the Saint Maiden Ceremony, we are ready."

"Wait a minute, I want to see this sword."

The beautiful king took the sword in his right hand and looked at it carefully. "This sword is wrong. It was not forged by her."

"What proof do you have that this wasn't made by her? There's her spiritual imprint on it, and she was the one who made it. That's enough, don't push your luck any further!"

King Greedy took out his scepter and was about to attack.

"Wait, you can't use the Queen Mother's Scepter without permission. You have to be reasonable, especially when the two kings are here. This is the rule set by the Queen Mother at the time, and we must abide by it."

"What else do you have to say?" King Greedy's tone was full of impatience.

"Half a year ago, you asked the best swordsmith in the six countries to use your mental control to forge a sword that is the best in the world using the most common black iron. I heard that there is no better sword than this one in the six countries."

Tang Yue could see that the more confident Wang was, the calmer his expression became. He was really pretentious.

"Although this matter is kept secret, word of it has spread. I found the swordsmith and brought him here."

King Tanxiang was shocked. It turned out that his actions had been predicted by him?
No, he prepared this sword for something else, not for the saint, but after coming here, he changed his mind.

After the swordsmith forged the sword, he hid it in a secret corner of the palace, and only a few people knew his location.

Could it be that the greedy king has been secretly monitoring him?