The Primordial Law

Chapter 388 War Letter
"This is the fourth one! But there's no guarantee he can be saved. He said he'll do his best."

Tai Shiyu stood with his hands behind his back and sighed, "I was always wary of him, thinking that the claim of the fourth divine son of the heretical cult was not unfounded. But his fighting spirit impressed me."

"I wanted to back down from such a huge mess, but he rose to the challenge. With such resilience and responsibility, how could he possibly side with a cult?"

Jiang Ning didn't offer any comment; she simply stood there quietly and waited.

She knew Li Weiyi better than anyone else what kind of person she was.

Li Weiyi finished refining the spiritual light threads, looked at the stunning fairy standing under the shade of the tree, and forced a smile: "How was the harvest last night?"

"A resounding victory, with very few survivors. Tell me, how can I thank you?" Jiang Ning asked.

Li Weiyi said, "Would you like some breakfast?"

“Okay! You pick the place, I’ll pay the bill,” Jiang Ning said.

Taishi Yu couldn't understand what they were saying, but he trusted them completely; they were both sensible people. He said, "Don't be picky, let's eat at Taichang Temple. Fairy Yu, once you're in, you might not be able to leave for a while."

When Jiang Ning entered, she sensed the unusual atmosphere and asked, "What did you find out during the interrogation last night?"

Footsteps sounded.

Tai Shi Bai arrived quickly, his armor covered in blood. He hadn't had time to change his clothes before rushing to the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. He had just checked on Long Xiangcen's condition and learned that she had been given the Mother-Child Spring.

Seeing that he looked like he was about to interrogate him, Taishi Yu spoke first: "Just tell me, did I spare her life until dawn? She only drank a ladle of the Mother-Child Spring. Who knows, you might get a child for free next year."

Taishi Bai said, "Do I look like I'm joking now?"

Tai Shiyu's smile vanished: "Don't you want to know what she confessed to?"

"I'm not listening to you."

Tai Shi Bai looked at Li Weiyi: "Tell me, and I'll believe you. You won't lie to me, right? So, she lied to me again yesterday?"

Li Weiyi sighed, "There's nothing wrong with being sincere and devoted in love, but she doesn't deserve it."

Taishi Bai was calmer than Li Weiyi had imagined. He pondered for a moment and nodded: "What exactly happened at the Taichang Temple? When I came in, I found everyone's expression was very solemn. The elimination of the powerful undead should be encouraging news."

Li Weiyi smiled bitterly and remained silent.

Tai Shiyu was very unhappy, feeling that Tai Shibai held a deep prejudice against him: "Something big has happened! Your cousin has confessed that the ghost baby incident is not as simple as it is now, the situation is ten times, a hundred times more terrible. The old man went to the palace to see the Third Palace Master last night and has not returned yet."

Tai Shi Bai and Jiang Ning are a new generation of forces in the imperial court who are brave, daring, and have a strong sense of responsibility.

Upon hearing this, both of their expressions changed.

Li Weiyi reminded him, "If the Grand Historian issues a gag order, his entire family will be executed."

"If he even kills himself, there's nothing we can do about it."

Without any hesitation, Tai Shiyu recounted the information that Long Xiangcen had confessed without reservation.

Immediately, he scolded Taishi Bai: "Look at your terrified face, you're scared already? If we hadn't given her the Mother-Child Spring, would she have revealed this secret? Now you're not blaming us, are you?"

Tai Shi Bai trembled all over and roared, "Is this the time to investigate and blame whom? Can't you distinguish between what's important and what's urgent? Do you know what this means? Something terrible has happened, something terrible has happened to the whole world!"

Jiang Ning couldn't believe it and looked at Li Weiyi.

Li Weiyi nodded slightly.

“I must return to Luantai immediately,” Jiang Ning said.

Tai Shiyu said, "You can't get out! Besides, all the top figures in the city were definitely summoned to the palace for a meeting last night. Just wait patiently; there's no use in rushing. Shall we go have breakfast first?"

Taishi Bai asked, "Can you still eat?"

“If you can’t eat, go ask your cousin again and see if she knows any other useful information,” Tai Shiyu said.

"Go and go."

Just as Taishi Bai arrived, a powerful figure from the Longevity Realm came to the palace and took Long Xiangcen away.

It wasn't until evening that Taishi Qingshi dragged his exhausted body back to the Taichang Temple, looking like a walking corpse, as if all his energy had been drained.

Long Xiangcen was also carried back, and she was in a weak state.

Taishi Yu and Taishi Bai immediately went to the government office to inquire about the outcome of the court's discussions. The two brothers were very concerned about the results of the discussions.

Not long after.

Inside the government office, the three got into a heated argument.

"Utterly foolish! The court is doomed!" Taishi Bai roared in fury.

Tai Shiyu's voice rang out: "Father, what are you afraid of..."

Someone released a field of mental energy to block out the sound, making it impossible to hear the argument anymore.

Li Weiyi and Jiang Ning waited in the distance. The gates and array of the Taichang Temple had already been opened and could not remain closed indefinitely. After reporting and registering, they were allowed to leave.

Shortly afterward, the gates of the government office opened.

With a loud bang, Taishi Yu and Taishi Bai were thrown away by a burst of spiritual light.

"Get out!" Inside the room, Taishi Qingshi lost his usual composure and shouted like this.

Tai Shiyu and Tai Shibai were both very powerful figures outside, one being the top-ranking official and the other the second-ranking official, but at this moment they were both disheveled and full of resentment.

Li Weiyi and Jiang Ning quickly stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

Taishi Bai's eyes were red-rimmed, his fists clenched, his voice filled with anger and frustration: "Second Uncle said that the court discussed the matter for a full day and night, almost coming to blows in the courtroom. But there is an irresistible force at Liunian Temple, and the officials have ultimately decided to temporarily abandon the plan..."

Jiang Ning's tone was icy: "What do you mean by 'temporarily giving up'?"

Taishi Bai said, "To give up for now is to pretend we don't know anything and treat this as false information. Many people believe that the Mother-Child Spring couldn't have been problematic from the beginning, and that it was a trick by the demon race to confuse people. The words of a junior have no credibility whatsoever."

Li Wei narrowed his eyes, somewhat understanding why they were angry: "Pretending to be deaf and dumb can solve the problem, but what if it explodes?"

Taishi Bai said, "My second uncle said that the court will discuss this matter again in the next few days and will come up with a safe solution. They may organize a special army to control those related to the Mother-Child Spring in advance, and kill them as soon as possible if the mutation occurs on a large scale."

"Is this a solution?" Jiang Ning asked.

Li Weiyi said, "If the imperial court cannot find out the specific location of the problem with the Mother-Child Spring, then the possibility of a full-scale outbreak is definitely not small. What is the 'unstoppable force' you just mentioned?"

Tai Shiyu had calmed down and sighed, "It seems that the Six Thoughts Zen Temple is related to the Demon Kingdom, but my father dared not say too much. He only said that even the Third Palace Master was powerless to do anything about it."

"At present, war is about to break out in the western border."

"The cult's bizarre methods have already covered several states and thousands of miles of land with tombstones and graves. The practice of planting rice with corpses may soon sweep across the entire Lingxiao Realm."

"If we antagonize the Demon Kingdom again without solid evidence, they will surely use this as an excuse to participate in the war to divide the court. Who would dare to attack the people of the Demon Kingdom just because of a junior's words?"

"What if it's a scheme by Luan Sheng Lin You and the demon race?"

Tai Shi Bai said, "They are afraid of offending the Demon Kingdom, so they don't even have the confidence to break into the Six Thoughts Zen Temple to arrest people. Evidence? What time is it? Are those ghost mothers and ghost babies fake? If the Transcendent and Longevity Realm giants can't stand up for themselves, how can the younger generation live with dignity? How can they survive? I'm going to Liangzhou to find my grandfather right now and I'll invite him back."

Taishi Bai, dressed in blood-soaked armor, stormed out of the Taichang Temple gate with eyes full of rage.

Li Weiyi asked, "Did you ask Grand Historian if they went to Liu Nian Zen Temple last night?"

Tai Shiyu shook his head slightly: "My father is very wary of this. He sternly warned me that it is a forbidden area and I am not allowed to go there. Now, do we really have no choice but to sit and wait for death?"

"There is another way."

Li Weiyi gazed at the towering Phoenix Pavilion palace complex, which stood nearby, its grandeur and brilliance striking.

Jiang Ning understood immediately: "I'll go find Ge Xiantong; only he can go up the mountain."

The 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, at night.

The sky gradually darkened.

Taishi Yu said, "Based on your understanding of Luan Sheng Lin You, do you think this is his scheme?"

Li Weiyi shook his head: "If it were a scheme, he would have publicized it when the ghost mother and ghost baby incident occurred, and waited for the situation to develop, instead of hiding it. Luan Shenglinyou's scheming to lure me to the Six Thoughts Zen Temple was an attempt to use someone else to kill me. This precisely shows that he really knew the inside story."

"Oh!"

Tai Shiyu slammed his fist into the wall, stirring up countless array characters: "When it rains, it pours. When the boat is broken, it gets hit by a headwind. I feel that Lingxiao City's fate is truly sealed, and it was already destined more than twenty years ago."

"Li Weiyi, let me tell you a cruel truth! The reason why the higher-ups still cling to illusions and are so hesitant is because when the dynasty really falls and all the humans in the Lingxiao Realm become food, playthings, and livestock for the demon race, they can escape to other realms. They are strong, but not every strong person has the responsibility and commitment."

"That's why the court was in an argument last night, splitting into two factions. It was a battle of wits between those who were responsible and those who were opportunists."

"When a war of genocide occurs, it is often the strong who escape, because only the strong have the ability to escape."

Li Weiyi remained silent, his mood becoming even more depressed. Just as Taishi Bai had said, if the transcendent and immortal giants couldn't support the backbone, then the masses below could only live a life that was neither human nor ghost.

The sky was completely dark.

Li Weiyi and Taishi Yu, devoid of any semblance of strength, sat on the snow, silent, engaged in some kind of internal struggle.

Until Jiang Ning and Ge Xiantong arrived.

Ge Xiantong sighed apologetically, "I know everything! I just went to the mountaintop, but... the palace gates won't open, I can't get in, and my master hasn't responded at all. I've tried everything! I also went to pay my respects to the Third Palace Master, but he wouldn't see us. One problem just subsided, and another arises. How did things suddenly escalate to this point?"

"Snowing!"

Li Weiyi raised her head, reached out and caught a snowflake in her palm, clenched her fingers, and finally made up her mind: "Then let's turn the sky upside down! Force the Third Palace Master to make a decision, and use the overwhelming power to coerce her into fighting against it."

Tai Shiyu's expression changed: "If you spread the news, it will cause a violent upheaval. Wouldn't the demon race and the evil cult take this opportunity to launch an attack? At that time, you will be pushed out and made the sinner."

"No, I'm going to the Six Thoughts Zen Temple and taking everyone with me, the whole city. I want to see what's hidden inside, what it is that makes all the officials so wary."

Li Weiyi took out a pen and ink from his bag and wrote a challenge: "On New Year's Eve, at the peak of Liu Nian. Cold stars reflect the snow, life and death are in the hands of fate."

"Jiang Ning, take this challenge to Xie Chucai. Tell him that the battle will not only be decided by victory or defeat, but also by life or death."

"Isn't he incredibly powerful? Isn't he working for the Demon Kingdom? Hasn't he always wanted to fight me? Grant him his wish! Tell him, if he has the guts, then accept the challenge. If he doesn't, get out of Lingxiao Realm immediately and stop embarrassing himself."

"The secret that even Luan Shenglin knew in his youth, Xie Chucai certainly knows. The people the court dares not touch, I will touch."

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