If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1434 Who is the World's Number One Assassin?
Before long, from the inner courtyard to the streets outside the Bohai Prince's Palace, tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground, kowtowing to the heavens and shouting, "May the Heavenly Emperor protect us!" and "May the Heavenly Emperor severely punish the sinful immortals who shattered the earth!"

The Jade Emperor, watching the live broadcast of Yan Wushuang's public trial from above, was completely dumbfounded.

"Summon Venus to see me immediately!"

"Your Majesty, Venus has gone to the Department of Marriage and is not currently in the Jade Palace. Should I go to the Star of Fate to find him?" the fairy maidservant in front of the palace reported.

The Jade Emperor was taken aback for a moment before remembering that he had instructed Taibai Xingjun "yesterday" to secretly plot against Yu Fengxian with Fu Yuan Xianweng.

A hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

It's not surprising that Venus didn't return for most of the day.

To ruin Yu Fengxian's marriage is essentially to interfere with her destiny.

Yu Fengxian is powerful enough, and given her status as the protagonist of this great calamity, her fate is bound to be extremely complex.

Clarifying her marriage prospects was extremely time-consuming and laborious.

Even if one were to ruin her fate through marriage, it would be impossible to do so within the next twenty years, because a great calamity is currently underway and will likely continue for nearly twenty more years!
The Jade Emperor hesitated because of what he was about to do.

"Yesterday" she just had Taibai Xingjun plot against her, and now she wants to ask her to show mercy and consider the bigger picture. Isn't that too despicable and shameless?

He may lack integrity, but he fears others saying he lacks integrity.

After much deliberation, the Jade Emperor decided to abandon his principles.

"Summon the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling to see me."

The messenger delivered the message quickly, and Zhang Tianshi immediately put down his work and went to Lingxu Hall.

"Did Yu Fengxian steal the immortal book from your Taiyi Sect?" the Jade Emperor asked.

Zhang Daoling lowered his eyes and honestly said, "It's also the fault of Master Yumen for not being cautious enough. Knowing that she was not a good person, he still treated her warmly and led her to the Sutra Repository to read books."

Ultimately, this aroused Yu Fengxian's greed, and upon seeing the treasure, she conceived the idea of ​​becoming a thief.

However, as the Grand Tutor of Qin, and with Shouyang Mountain located in Guanzhong, close to Xianyang.

Taiyi Dao could not refuse the dignified Grand Tutor.

Fortunately, the Divine Mace Protector was brave and resourceful, and within a few days he retrieved the immortal book.

The "Five Elements Escape Technique" has now been returned to the Xiuwen Academy.

—Your Majesty, if you wish to use Taiyi Dao's favor to get Yu Fengxian to do things for you, I'm afraid that won't work! The case has long been closed, and Taiyi Dao has not been caught with any obvious incriminating evidence.

The Jade Emperor gave him a deep look and asked, "Do you know what Yu Fengxian is doing right now?"

Zhang Daoling nodded. "The Immortal Deer and Cauldron has flown into Zhang Chuanxuan's territory. This has caused quite a stir."

He not only knew what Grand Tutor Yu had done, but also guessed why the Jade Emperor had summoned him and why the Jade Emperor had brought up the matter of the lost immortal book.

He hesitated for only a moment, then his eyes hardened and he volunteered, saying, "Yu Fengxian has gone too far! Even if Lu Dingxian and Fuqiu Gong have gone too far, her normal counterattack is enough."

Why ruin the reputation of the entire Xuanmen Immortal Path?
"I humbly request to immediately descend to the mortal realm and persuade her to quell her nameless rage and cease her antics."

The Jade Emperor smiled and nodded, saying, "She's almost done with her antics. Once she's done, she'll naturally stop."

The key is the subsequent public statement regarding this case.

The proclamation, which will be spread throughout the land, will be seen by millions of people.

She wrote the book, aiming to restore the truth of the case as much as possible and dispel the misunderstandings of the Chinese people about the Heavenly Court and the immortals.

"What if she doesn't listen to advice?" Zhang Daoling asked.

The Jade Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "I won't let her work in vain."

Grand Tutor Yu indeed stopped causing trouble.

The shouts of "May the Heavenly Emperor protect us!" outside the hall didn't last long.

"King of Bohai, the facts of the case have been thoroughly investigated. You shall make the judgment!"

Grand Tutor Yu returned to his seat and handed the courtroom back to Ying Tong.

Ying Tong first looked at Yan Wushuang.

At this moment, Yan Wushuang seemed to have lost all her energy and spirit. She knelt there motionless, her head hanging low, her face ashen and her heart withered.

He felt very happy and exhilarated, but at the same time, he felt somewhat empty and a little bit of sympathy.

Then turn to the distinguished guests inside the hall.

Most of the wealthy gentlemen remained expressionless, lowering their eyes to avoid his gaze.

The scholars and celebrities of Yan did not hide the regret and sympathy on their faces.

Many of the village elders hesitated to speak.

Looking at the common people outside the palace, their emotions were more straightforward, and they had relatively fewer concerns. Their eyes showed obvious pity and sorrow when they looked at Yan Wushuang.

Ying Tong didn't show it on his face, but he began to struggle and agonize inside.

He then glanced at Grand Tutor Yu, who ignored his pleading look.

Taking a deep breath, Ying Tong slowly spoke, "Yan Wushuang, you failed to assassinate me, but you killed two of my sons, one of whom was my eldest son, the Crown Prince!"

Even before the Heavenly Emperor, I have every reason to execute you.

However, this public trial has proven at least two things.

First, you were tricked; second, you are indeed the reincarnation of Yan Dan.

Since you are royalty, you cannot be treated with the same courtesy as a commoner.

Following the precedent set by the late emperor, I hereby relocate your Zang clan to Xianyang. Are you willing?

Yan Wushuang raised her head and gave him a mocking look. "Do you know what destiny is?"
There are countless people like me who are reincarnated with hatred and resentment.

At this time, I estimate that eight out of ten heroes who rebelled against Qin, like myself, returned to the human world with a destiny bestowed upon them.

Even without awakening their innate wisdom, they would still make overthrowing the tyrannical Qin dynasty their lifelong belief.

Even if your Ying clan is fortunate enough to encounter Yu Fengxian, she cannot change this situation.

This is called destiny, and destiny cannot be changed.

By then, even Xianyang will have fallen. What use will it be for you to imprison me there?

Once I regain my freedom, I will surely kill you, return to the land of Yan, and revive my great Yan clan!

My Ji family has worked hard and toiled in the northeast of China for 300,000 years—a full 300,000 years!

You've only been in Yan for a few years, what kind of background do you have?
"With just a single call from my high place, millions of people from Yan will follow."

In Xiaoyu's previous life, the Yan Kingdom lasted from the end of the conquest of King Zhou and the enfeoffment by the Western Zhou Dynasty until the First Emperor unified the world.

In this era, the Yan Kingdom also continued from the end of the Investiture of the Gods until the reign of the Human Emperor swept across the six kingdoms.

The Ji family ruled the Yan region for hundreds of thousands of years. Even if they carried a stone in their bosom, they would have become cunning and sophisticated, let alone the hearts of the people.

The situation is similar in several other countries.

For example, the State of Chu existed for a longer period than the State of Yan.

Before the Shang dynasty was destroyed, the Chu barbarians established the state of Chu in the south.

Hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation, compared to the two or three hundred years it took for the Qin Dynasty to unify the world.

No wonder that whenever a member of the old royal family appears, they can immediately muster a large force in the local area.

"Do you perhaps want me to kill you?" Ying Tong narrowed his eyes. "If you feel ashamed to live, I will not force you to do so."

"I grant you permission to commit suicide as royalty, and after your death, I will bury you in the Ji family ancestral tomb. What do you say?"

If Yan Wushuang is unwilling to live on and only seeks to commit suicide, that would certainly be the best outcome.

This completely eliminated the hidden danger without causing any resentment among the Yan people. Yan Wushuang's expression froze. "Why should I, a dignified and honorable man, have no face to live in this world?"

I want to witness the collapse of the Qin Dynasty with my own eyes, and return to the land of Yan to rebuild the Great Yan of the Ji clan!

—Then why are you showing off?
Ying Tong cursed inwardly and said, "Grand Tutor, Yan Wushuang has a special identity and may be targeted by Qi cultivators who absorb human fortune. Please take him back to Xianyang when you leave the North."

Even if we don't kill him now, he could go to Xianyang, quietly die of illness, starve himself to death, or later commit suicide by arrow to his heart—any of these are possible. The magistrate of Xianyang certainly knows what to do.

Grand Tutor Yu nodded.

Two old eunuchs took Yan Wushuang away.

Ying Tong then looked at Daoist Jingang and said, "Daoist Jingang, your involvement in the case is not deep. According to the new Qin law, you will be fined three hundred gold pieces and sentenced to three years of penal servitude in the Great Wall Army in the north."

Xiao Wang can pay the fine for you.

"Three years imprisonment. You can go to the Great Wall Legion and choose a military commander you like to serve under for three years, how about that?"

Jingang Daoist glanced at Grand Tutor Yu first, and seeing that she was calm and did not object, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I am convinced."

“Then go. When you arrive at the Great Wall Legion, have the local military commander write a letter, in duplicate, and send one copy to Wuzhong County and the other to Xingyang.” Ying Tong said.

Jingang Daoist bowed respectfully and quickly ran out. After leaving the main hall, he immediately used earth magic to disappear without a trace.

“Master Jin Guang, you are only defending Yan Wushuang. You are innocent and have done nothing wrong. You can leave at any time.”

After Ying Tong finished speaking, the teacup on the back of the Golden Light Taoist silently turned into dust.

Jin Guang immediately regained his freedom.

He didn't leave, but stared intently at the teacher's head.

Just as Ying Tong was about to speak, a thought suddenly came to his mind: "Let the old ghost Lu Ding stay in the Prince's mansion for two days."

Ying Tong remained expressionless and said, "Great Immortal Luding, although you did not intentionally harm me, it is an undeniable fact that you regarded the kings and nobles of the world as pawns and killed my son."

However, you have already been punished, beheaded by the Grand Tutor with a single sword stroke, and all your sins have been repaid.

Xiao Wang should have immediately released your soul and then handed your head over to Master Jin Guang.

But you have many disciples, relatives, and friends; though you are dead, your spirit lives on. I request that you stay at the Prince's residence for a few days. After Yan Wushuang is taken away by the Grand Tutor, I will hold a grand Taoist ritual for you, to send you off in style and honor. What do you say?

“King of Bohai, what kind of person is my teacher? Since he has accepted the bet and lost, how could he go back on his word?” Jin Guang said angrily.

—Your teacher's character was witnessed by thousands of people on site.

They planned to lie from the beginning.

Forced by the oath of Heaven, they dared not lie anymore and began to downplay their faults and speak eloquently.

If it weren't for the Grand Tutor's extraordinary abilities, which allowed him to directly summon the celestial light of the Mirror of Karma, he would have remained stubbornly defiant, and I would have been powerless to stop him.

Ying Tong said, "If you are worried about Daoist Jin Guang, you can stay at the Prince's residence."

The old ghost of the Deer Cauldron said, "Jin Guang, you should leave! Accepting defeat is not just a slogan."

On one hand, he says he accepts the loss, and on the other hand, he objects to the verdict. Isn't this just slapping himself in the face in public? Although he has already lost face after today's public trial.
After saying this, he closed his eyes and let a square-headed, dark-faced Taoist boy put the lid and yellow cloth on the box and carry it to the back room.

Ying Tong rose from his seat, bowed respectfully, and asked, "Grand Tutor, the Yan Wushuang assassination case is now closed. Do you have anything to say?"

Grand Tutor Yu first looked around and asked, "Does anyone have anything to say?"

Immediately, a wealthy gentleman rose from his seat, scurried over to the Grand Tutor, and prostrated himself before him, saying, "Grand Tutor, your supernatural powers are unparalleled and your magic is boundless. My admiration for you is like the surging Yellow River, never-ending."

Before he could finish speaking, someone else immediately knelt down beside him with a "plop" and shouted, "Grand Tutor is kind-hearted and benevolent. It is a blessing for all the people of Qin to have a Grand Tutor!"

"Grand Tutor—"

"Alright! No need for the flattery." Grand Tutor Yu waved his hand impatiently, causing the swarming sycophants to retreat several steps, standing there awkwardly, not daring to approach any further.

She stood up and said loudly, "Since you have nothing to say, I will make my final statement on this case."

When Yan Wushuang was first arrested, she questioned me with great grief and indignation.

Why should I, the Grand Tutor of Qin, bully the weak and travel thousands of miles to capture him in Yan?

Clearly, the commotion he caused was far less than that of the Tian family in Qi, or Zhou Shi and Wu Guang in the Central Plains.

I ignored him at the time because his fate was already sealed, and whether he knew the reason or not, it wouldn't change his ending.

Now I can tell you the answer.

Because he broke the rules.

If anyone believes that the Qin Dynasty has lost its Mandate of Heaven and has the ambition to contend for supremacy, they can come and fight for it openly and honestly.

In a fair fight on the battlefield, Qin lost, and I accept that.

But if someone were to emulate Jing Ke and Zhuan Zhu in assassinations, specifically targeting members of the Qin royal family and ministers...

I don't need to explain the rules to him anymore.

"The four great assassins of the Central Plains, including Jing Ke, the great hero in the hearts of your Yan people, are all like this in front of me."

Grand Tutor Yu raised his right hand and extended his little finger.

My little finger kept poking downwards.

Those with knowledge of martial arts and extraordinary individuals were fine; they knew how powerful Grand Tutor Yu was.

Ordinary people don't understand the significance of Yu Taishi's achievements, but they regard Jing Ke as a "martial arts legend".

Although they dared not talk back or glare at Grand Tutor Yu, they wore their dissatisfaction on their faces.

"What, do you think I'm exaggerating?" Grand Tutor Yu pointed at the golden light. "Ask him how I killed his teacher last night."

Despite being a dignified near-Great Luo Immortal surrounded by numerous relatives, friends, disciples, and followers, I only used one sword strike.

Among the four great assassins, who has ever killed a powerful immortal of this caliber?

"You used the method of transformation, and with the help of Daoist Jingming, you caught my teacher off guard."

My teacher never used any supernatural powers until his death, so how can anyone be convinced?

"Not to mention him, I'm not convinced or resentful either," Jin Guang said bitterly.

"Did you hear that?" Grand Tutor Yu laughed smugly. "A dignified quasi-Daluo, he didn't even unleash a single supernatural power before he died. He was full of resentment and discontent."

This shows how sophisticated my assassination techniques are.

Then she turned to Jin Guang and said, “You may disagree, but you need to be smart and guess why I killed him that way.”

"The old ghost of the Deer Cauldron might not be able to defeat Emperor Zheng. Jing Ke assassinated the first emperor in human history!" Outside, a hero from the Yan region couldn't help but defend his idol, "Qin Wuyang, who went with Jing Ke, is also a sword immortal from the North."

He began practicing swordsmanship at five, cultivated internal energy at ten, and became a celestial immortal at twenty-three. He was also an incomparably powerful sword immortal, breaking through the realm of "invincible with me" and comprehending the "selfless sword heart".

Invincible and selfless, only the way of the sword is eternal.

Such a powerful sword immortal could not move in front of the Human Emperor, and his Selfless Sword Heart was shattered.

Could it be that the titles "Celestial Immortal" and "Selfless Sword Heart" are merely empty names?
Besides him, there were so many sword immortals and martial artists in the Xianyang Palace, why didn't any of them step forward to help Emperor Zheng?

They couldn't get close; the Emperor Zheng was a hundred feet tall, and only Jing Ke could stand and continue wielding his sword.

Grand Tutor Yu smiled and nodded, “Truth should become clearer through debate, and your analysis is excellent.”

But have you forgotten my primary duty, Grand Tutor?

Although I possess the talent of the world's number one assassin, I am actually a Celestial Master, the number one 'Ancestral Dragon Celestial Master' in the Three Realms.

No one understands the dragon's aura and the power of the human emperor better than I do.

Jing Ke could only stand before Emperor Zheng; my swinging of my sword had no effect whatsoever.

(End of this chapter)