Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 819: Flipping the Chessboard
From a legal perspective, without evidence, no one can verify someone just because of a certain statement, let alone ask someone to cooperate with the verification.

But when a person uses his own life to testify against another person - and there is also the confirmation of the underworld, that this person's testimony is not false.

So, whether from a moral or legal perspective, the person being accused needs to give an explanation and cooperate with the investigation.

Especially at this time, the thirteen sects in the North Sea took the initiative to join the game.

Hearing Ao Xian's words, the Taoist Meteor, who had seemed calm before, couldn't help but tremble all over.

The biggest reason they dared to join the game was that they had no basis and no real evidence. In this case, no matter what the North Sea Dragon King and his sons said, they could just use the word "lie" to cover it up.

In this situation, no matter how the North Sea Dragon King and his sons defended themselves, the most important thing for them was to prove themselves, to prove that their words were true and that they were not making up lies.

However, proving oneself is the most difficult thing in the world.

Especially the truth or falsity of words.

But who could have thought that the Dragon Son of the North Sea could do such a thing and use the existence of the underworld to prove the truth of his words.

It was as if the real dragons in the North Sea Dragon Palace had never encountered a scheme at the Taiyi level, so they were completely unprepared and unable to cope with it.

The thirteen sects of the North Sea, and even the vast majority of the immortal officials and generals in the Heavenly Court, had never experienced the Netherworld intervening in the world - therefore, all of them unintentionally ignored the existence of the Netherworld when planning the situation.

No, it was not that they ignored it, but they did not think about it enough - they thought that Ao Bing might learn the truth from the mouths of the dead through the underworld, so before they planned the plan, they had made proper arrangements and sent the souls of those dead people into reincarnation.

But they never expected that even if the souls of those dead had been sent into reincarnation, some of the living beings involved in this matter could transform into new dead bodies, and use this method to break the current deadlock.

At this moment, even the blood of Liuxing Taoist, a dignified Taiyi, turned almost cold.

After Ao Xian expressed his willingness to go to the netherworld to ask questions of the soul, the nature of the situation in the North Sea changed!

Previously, it was a feud between two families, and then the dragon clan acted too cruelly in this feud, which exceeded the limits of the feud.

But now... after Ao Xian was willing to use his own death to ask the soul of the underworld, this matter was no longer a grudge between the two families.

Instead, it was the thirteen Taoist sects in the North Sea who intended to confuse right and wrong and plot against Ao Bing, the Great Lord of Justice in Heaven.

This is not a question of whether the dragon clan wants to be their enemy - but whether the entire heaven can tolerate their provocation.

At this point, the thirteen sects in the North Sea will be destroyed overnight.

A chess game that originally didn't matter whether to win or lose and had no impact on any party, in an instant, caused the thirteen sects in Beihai to be in a situation where their Taoist heritage might be cut off.

One can imagine how great a shock this brought to Meteor Taoist.

One can imagine how frightened Liuxing Taoist was.

Moreover, the most crucial thing was that he had no idea how the situation had come to this point - how could the chess game, which seemed like a joke to him, suddenly change like this?

Countless thoughts were turning in his mind as he was thinking about ways to break the impasse.

Then he spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say. I hope you will understand me." Taoist Meteor spoke slowly.

"You can certainly tell the truth from the false by asking the soul in the netherworld."

"But, when we ask about the truth of a soul, do we really mean the truth of the situation?"

"For example, I told my disciple that I died at the hands of the Heavenly Sovereign, and my disciple believed it without a doubt. So one day, my disciple was tortured to seek justice for me."

"Could it be that I, who was alive, have died in the hands of the Heavenly Monarch?"

"If the person whose soul is being interrogated cannot distinguish right from wrong and is deceived, so that his own cognition is false and confused, then wouldn't the results of the interrogation also be false and confused?"

"The Lord of Heaven holds the weight of Heaven's rules, and should act with the might of Heaven and Earth. How can he rely on this soul-questioning method?"

"Ao Xian, what do you think of what Daoist Liuxing said?"

"Xiaolong thinks that what Senior Liuxing said does make sense. Xiaolong can certainly guarantee that his words are true, but he also knows that sometimes, the truth that is concealed by others is more terrifying than a lie." Ao Xian looked at Taoist Liuxing who had gradually regained his composure, and suddenly grinned.

"Just like what happened to Xiaolong's elder sister, Senior Liuxing used rumors to infer what happened to her - but Xiaolong took the rumor seriously."

"So, although Xiaolong believes the rumor, it cannot prove that the rumor is true."

"However, although Xiaolong's soul-searching could not confirm the rumor, Xiaolong's personal experience is always true."

Having said this, Ao Xian seemed to have felt like a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to report that when Xiaolong went to kill Daozi Yingxing, someone found me and mentioned the old rumor, and also told me where Daozi Yingxing was."

"Although the seven of them concealed their tracks, Xiaolong recognized the pendant on his waist."

"That was the secret treasure of the Dragon Palace that my father took out from the treasury when my twelfth aunt and her husband came back to the Dragon Palace to visit their relatives."

"That secret treasure is unique in the entire North Sea - and the dragon race will definitely not mistake that secret treasure."

"——This means that the person who came to deliver the message is my twelfth uncle, the Taoist disciple of Mingguang Dao Sect, Zhang Lingjun."

"Your Majesty, Xiaolong is unable to tell whether the rumor is true or false, but since Zhang Lingjun specifically mentioned the rumor in front of Xiaolong, he must know whether it is true or not."

"In that case, why don't you summon Zhang Lingjun to ask him?"

Zhang Lingjun was also a Taoist who married a dragon girl. However, he and the dragon girl were very affectionate with each other, and he had protected the dragon clan in the past. Therefore, his reputation in the North Sea was very good. Whenever the married dragon girl was wronged, she would go to Zhang Lingjun to cry and complain.

That was why, when he returned to the Dragon Palace to visit his relatives, the Dragon King of the North Sea took out a secret treasure from the Dragon Palace's remaining treasure house and gave it to him. That secret treasure, for people outside the dragon clan, could enhance their sensitivity to vital energy, calm their minds, and prevent them from being invaded by external demons.

But for the dragon clan, the secret treasure has another meaning.

——That secret treasure was once stained with the blood of a certain celestial dragon. Therefore, all true dragons have a sense of that secret treasure.

Although those real dragons could not know the essence of the spiritual treasure, nor knew that the spiritual treasure was stained with the blood of the celestial dragon, but under the aura of the spiritual treasure, those real dragons would feel close to Zhang Lingjun as soon as they saw him, and they all knew that this was a person worthy of trust.

That's why, even though Zhang Lingjun concealed his tracks and came to the Dragon Palace in the North Sea, Ao Xian still recognized his identity.

Because, there is only one such spiritual treasure stained with the blood of the heavenly dragon left in the North Sea!
The others were consumed countless years ago when the ancestors of the dragon clan tried to refine the dragon bloodline through those things stained with dragon blood. This one was the only one that was left because it was stained with too little dragon blood and was completely unusable.

Therefore, as soon as he sensed that breath, Ao Xian knew that the person who came to report the news was Zhang Lingjun!

But before, Ao Xian only thought that Zhang Lingjun was loyal to the Dragon Clan, had pity for Ao Zhi, and wanted to seek justice for them, but was hindered by the overall situation and could not take action. That's why he secretly used Ao Zhi's past to inspire Ao Xian and the others' fighting spirit, and guided them to find Ying Xing Daozi, so that they could get revenge.

It was for this reason that Ao Xian was grateful for his kindness and never told anyone that he was involved in the matter.

He thought that even if he and others died, he would not let Zhang Lingjun get involved in the trouble.

But now - the matter of Ying Xing Daozi was clearly a setup.

Then the fact that Zhang Lingjun secretly came to inform Ao Xian and guide them to take action was naturally full of suspicion.

Under such circumstances, Ao Xian would naturally no longer hide the news about Zhang Lingjun.

"Zhang Lingjun, that's a good name." Ao Bing nodded with a smile on his face.

"Since Fellow Daoist Liuxing is here on behalf of the Thirteen Dao Sects, I believe he can communicate with the Thirteen Dao Sects."

"In that case, I'll trouble Daoist Liuxing to send a message to Zhang Lingjun to come over for a chat."

"What do fellow Taoists think?"

Taoist Meteor's mood rose and fell again, and his whole body became colder and colder. This time, even his hands and feet felt a little stiff.

——Not only the Meteor Taoist, but also the thirteen sect leaders behind the Meteor Taoist, who were listening to the movements of the North Sea Dragon Court through a magical treasure on the Meteor Taoist, could not help but feel their scalps tingling at this moment.

In that chess game that cost the lives of Ying Xing Daozi and his friends, there must be someone who was pulling the strings and provoking the temperament of those dragons in order to lure them into the game.

This point is crucial for this chess game.

The person who lured these dragon sons into the game, Zhang Lingjun, can be said to be a person who is absolutely trustworthy.

But who could have thought that something would go wrong with this most trustworthy person?
The magical treasure given by the Dragon King of the North Sea is inconspicuous, but it is very beneficial to one's body when worn for a long time.

Therefore, Zhang Lingjun has become accustomed to wearing the magic treasure on his body - so, even this time, when he came to provoke Longzi, he still wore the magic treasure according to his habit.

You know, for the sake of safety, before Zhang Lingjun set out, the leader of Mingguang Taoist Sect even used the sect's treasure to eliminate Zhang Lingjun's traces - in this way, no matter how omniscient he is, it is difficult to determine Zhang Lingjun's identity.

Even among the thirteen sects, apart from the leader of Mingguang Sect and Zhang Lingjun himself, no one else knew Zhang Lingjun's identity or actions. But who would have known that such a thorough preparation would be exposed because of Zhang Lingjun's long-standing habit of wearing the Dragon Palace Magic Treasure?
The spiritual treasure given by the Dragon Palace was actually stained with the blood of the celestial dragon - one can imagine how precious this thing was to the Dragon Court.

And the Dragon King of the North Sea actually has the courage to give such a thing to Zhang Lingjun?
What kind of trust is this?
But rather...

"Zhang Lingjun!" Even the Dragon King of the North Sea was stunned when he heard the name said by Ao Xian.

Zhang Lingjun's closeness to the dragon clan and the North Sea Dragon King's trust in Zhang Lingjun are common knowledge in the North Sea. Even after Ao Bing was born, the North Sea Dragon King invited Zhang Lingjun to the Dragon Palace more than once to discuss the overall situation and ask for countermeasures.

However, such a person happened to be involved in the chess game between Beihai Dragon Court.

Moreover, with one move, he almost wiped out the young generation of dragons in the North Sea Dragon Court, as if he wanted to completely cut off the inheritance of the North Sea Dragon Court...

This blow to the Dragon King of the North Sea was simply devastating.

While the Dragon King of the North Sea was still doubting his life, Ao Bing's voice rang out again.

"How about it, Fellow Daoist Liuxing, is Zhang Lingjun willing to defend himself?"

"I didn't ask him anything else - just three questions: where were you at that time, what were you doing, and who can testify?"

"Or, Brother Liuxing is going to tell me that Zhang Lingjun has met with an accident and his soul has been destroyed?" There was suddenly a hint of murderous intent in Ao Bing's words.

He pointed to the sky and said, "Daoyou, Heaven cannot be deceived."

In the Heavenly Palace, the immortal officials and generals who had planned this game, seeing the situation in the North Sea evolve to this point, all withdrew their gazes. Some of those whose tentacles fell here also cut off their tentacles that had fallen here.

"Ah, I didn't expect this to happen." For a moment, countless immortal officials and generals looked at each other with emotion, sighed and shook their heads.

In their opinion, even if Ao Xian dared to die, according to the words of Taoist Liuxing, it would be meaningless even if Ao Xian asked his soul with his death - in this game of chess, Ao Bing had been forced into a dead end by the so-called debate of truth and falsehood.

In this game of chess, the thirteen sects of the North Sea responded decisively, and the Taoist Meteor, who was sent as an envoy to question the crime, was also smart enough in his response.

And there is Zhang Lingjun. The image he created is enough to deceive the entire dragon clan.

But...a magical treasure of the dragon clan appeared.

Many years ago, the magical treasure lent by the Dragon King of the North Sea with generosity and trust became the key to breaking this perfect chess game.

"What a lucky Lord of Justice! In such a situation, there is actually such a little dragon."

"There is also a dragon clan spiritual treasure."

"It really is the time and the situation."

……

"Fellow Taoists, what do you think?" Within the Yuanqi network, the leaders of the thirteen Taoist sects were communicating quickly, trying to discuss a countermeasure.

They participated in the chess game of the North Sea, charged into battle in the chess game of the North Sea, and even took the initiative to expand the situation. Their purpose was nothing more than to have more say in front of the Great Lord of Justice after settling their grievances with the Dragon Court of the North Sea - after all, judging from the current posture of the Great Lord of Justice, he must be working hard in the North Sea.

The thirteen sects of the North Sea have been rooted in the North Sea for many years, and the situation in the North Sea is closely related to their interests.

If they cannot have enough say in front of the Great Lord of Justice, then their thirteen sects may become victims of the Great Lord of Justice's guarding and cleansing of the North Sea.

Of course, it would be better if you could have a say and a certain influence on the rules of heaven.

Therefore, with this mentality and a considerable chance of winning, the thirteen sects in the North Sea chose to escalate the situation - putting things that could be solved before Ao Bing set foot in the North Sea in front of Ao Bing.

But now...

Not to mention trying to gain something from the situation in the North Sea and making the Lord of Justice make concessions to them - even their thirteen sects would be implicated!
The change in the situation was due to problems with Zhang Lingjun of Mingguang Dao Sect.

So, what to do now?
If Zhang Lingjun were really allowed to defend himself before the Great Lord of Justice, then the situation would probably involve more than just the dragon sons of the dragon clan.

——The trouble of cleaning up the beginning and the end lies here.

Once a clue is exposed, a certain number of people need to be cut off.

Once a person is exposed, what he knows, even if it is just some corners, is enough to turn into an undercurrent hidden under the water, swallowing up countless people.

At this time, some of the thirteen Taoist masters had begun to regret why they got involved in this chess game.

Originally, everyone had already settled the feud with the dragon clan, as well as the matters involving the dragon girls that they had touched upon.

——As long as they deal with Ying Xingdao's son, then everything will be clean and at the same time they can give an explanation to the Dragon Clan and have a perfect image and position.

In this way, even if the matter of the Dragon Girl recurs later, the Taoist sects like them will at most be guilty of a crime of negligence - and they have already dealt with it internally.

But now... once Zhang Lingjun is taken out, once it is proven that the incident with Long Zi was their plan, then their previous separation will be meaningless.

That was not a case of carelessness and failure to rectify the situation, but rather a case of bad intentions from the very beginning, which was a bad family tradition!
Their entire sect will be defined as a den of filth and dirt!

At this point, their position in the North Sea has changed from being able to help negotiate terms with the Great Lord of Justice to being targets to be suppressed or even exterminated, just like those evil fairies and demons.

At that point, there is no need to even think about negotiating any terms with Ao Bing.

Even his own Taoist tradition would completely collapse.

"Now others are the butchers and I am the meat."

"What else can we do except bow our heads?" The leader of Mingguang Taoist Sect sighed.

Under the current situation, they have no chance to negotiate with Ao Bing - with the intervention of the Netherworld, all the chess games have changed, and many actions to clean up the beginning and the end have become meaningless.

Even if all the evidence is completely wiped out, as long as the person is still there, all the evidence will eventually emerge.

Once something happens to a person who is being cared for, and he or she does not enter reincarnation immediately, then all connections with this person will be dug out by the ghosts and gods in the underworld.

Just like Zhang Lingjun at this moment.

Even if they found Zhang Lingjun and killed him, or even if Zhang Lingjun was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the overall situation - but at this time, the Great Lord of Justice had already noticed Zhang Lingjun, and the Netherworld had also noticed Zhang Lingjun.

Then even if Zhang Lingjun died, it would be meaningless.

——Unless, as the Great Lord of Justice said, his soul is scattered, or his soul is taken away by someone.

But now, in front of everyone, who dares to make Zhang Lingjun's soul fly away, and who can take away Zhang Lingjun's soul?
What's more, even if they can really achieve this, what's the difference between that and admitting that there are problems with their thirteen sects?
Therefore, for these thirteen Taoist sects, the current situation is really just as what the Taoist master of Mingguang Taoist Sect said, others are the butchers and they are the meat.

Now that Zhang Lingjun has been exposed, if Ao Bing wants to expand his influence, none of their thirteen sects will be able to escape.

"Everyone, even though Lingjun was the one who made the mess, this matter was decided by everyone together."

"But don't think that we, the Mingguang Dao Sect, will have to withstand the thunderbolt."

"For countless years, the thirteen sects of ours have stood in the North Sea. We are hostile to each other, but we are also connected and supportive of each other. Even if our Mingguang Sect can take the blame, if I investigate the disciples of my Mingguang Sect one by one, won't you be implicated?"

The leader of Mingguang Taoist Sect said this, promptly dispelling the thoughts that had just emerged in the minds of other Taoist leaders.

"Can greed lead to this?" Listening to the words of Taoist Master Mingguang, thinking about the current situation and everyone's initial plan, some of the thirteen Taoist masters could not control their emotions.

Upon hearing this, the other Dao Masters in the Yuan Qi network fell silent.

Greed - in the final analysis, isn't that just two words?

"Can we just sit there and wait for death, and ask the Lord of Justice to show leniency to us?" After a moment, someone lamented.

Now, it is not a question of whether or not they want to stand on the side of the Lord of Justice in the situation in the North Sea - but whether or not the Lord of Justice uses their thoughts.

"Although I lost this round, I am unwilling to sit back and wait for death at the hands of the Lord of Justice, and to bet the future of the Taoism on the will of that person!"

"Everyone, I have another plan."

"We will capture Zhang Lingjun with our own hands and go to the Dragon Court of the North Sea to meet the Great Lord of Justice, to show that the thirteen sects are of the same spirit and to demonstrate the strength of the thirteen sects in suppressing the North Sea for many years."

"At least, we have to make the Lord of Justice think that keeping us in the North Sea to serve him is better than ruining the situation in the North Sea due to momentary impulse." A Taoist master said.

"how?"

"Then let's give it a try!" After a period of silence, the other Dao Lords also spoke up, "Let's see the strength and magnanimity of this Great Lord of Justice."

"If he really has the power to pacify the North Sea, what's the harm in letting him drive us?"

(End of this chapter)