Ye Zhaozhao instinctively panicked.
"Lin Qingling? How could she arrive so quickly? What is she doing here!" Ye Zhaozhao's face turned pale: "What should we do? Should we leave immediately!"
The system's voice was calm: "The aura of a combined-stage expert has locked down the entire imperial palace. Any unusual movement from you will be instantly detected!"
Ye Zhaozhao grew more anxious: "Then what do we do? Just wait?"
The system said: "What's wrong with waiting? Lin Qingling came, so what? What have you done? You're just an innocent rogue cultivator."
Ye Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, then finally came to her senses.
That's right!
She had changed her identity.
Moreover.
The system's soul-revival technique was flawless. Let alone Lin Qingling, even Tribulation Stage experts wouldn't be able to see through it.
She was now the rogue cultivator Fang Qingyu!
Ye Zhaozhao might fear Lin Qingling.
But Fang Qingyu would not.
"Not only do you not need to leave, but if you can win over Lin Qingling, it will deal a devastating blow to Li Shuang," the system prompted.
Ye Zhaozhao nodded, her eyes flickering.
She had already won over half of the people from Ruthless Peak.
The progress was very encouraging.
Now Lin Qingling had also arrived.
Once she won over Lin Qingling as well, what would Li Shuang have left to fight her with?
On the altar.
The demon heart fragments fell. These fragments no longer looked bloody and sinister; instead, they shimmered with a crystalline red light, like pieces of diamond.
Emperor Chenlie's mouth hung open, as if completely stunned by the scene. He quickly said, "Esteemed immortals, you, you are truly amazing! This demon heart forced my son and me to do so many things; it truly committed heinous crimes. For you esteemed immortals to personally destroy this demon heart today is truly a great deed! On behalf of the people of Chenrong Kingdom, I thank you all for your help."
As Emperor Chenlie spoke, he repeatedly kowtowed to everyone.
While speaking, he knelt and shuffled over to Li Shuang, still kowtowing incessantly.
Li Shuang watched with cold eyes, her brows slightly furrowed.
This Emperor Chenlie…
She still felt something was off.
Just then!
A dark gleam shot out from Emperor Chenlie's palm.
A Nascent Soul stage attack, and at such close range!
Emperor Chenlie was about to reveal a triumphant expression.
Suddenly, a strange light flashed.
His mind momentarily wavered, and the next moment, he was kicked flying by Li Shuang!
Emperor Chenlie gritted his teeth. Now exposed, he turned to flee.
Don't these righteous disciples advocate not harming the innocent?
As long as he used those innocent people as shields, they would be hesitant to act…
He was just thinking this.
Suddenly.
An immense power descended, pressing Emperor Chenlie to the ground. A pill was flicked into his mouth, and he involuntarily swallowed it.
Li Shuang and the others, however, ignored him. They looked at the newcomer with a hint of surprise: "Master!"
It was Lin Qingling, who had arrived ahead of time.
Lin Qingling looked at everyone with some relief: "You all did very well."
Then, she looked at Emperor Chenlie with an expressionless face: "What happened tonight? Tell me truthfully!"
Emperor Chenlie instinctively wanted to argue.
But he didn't know what pill Lin Qingling had given him; he subconsciously began to tell the truth.
"The activation of the Blood Fiend Body Refinement Array requires royal blood, and the purer the bloodline, the better, and the higher the cultivation, the better!!" Emperor Chenlie's expression was twisted: "That old geezer, he thought I didn't know about this. He tricked me into cultivating, wanting to sacrifice my bloodline at the last moment to help him achieve his great ambition!"
"But how could I sit back and wait for death! I knew that with my ability, I was no match for him. So, I tried every means to lure the Sword Sect disciples into the game. I thought you would fight to a mutual defeat, and then I would clean up the mess and reap all the benefits! I didn't expect the demon heart and that old geezer to be so useless, dying so easily!"
"If the Sword Sect people investigated thoroughly, they would definitely discover something wrong with me! Rather than sitting back and waiting for death, it's better to make a final gamble."
"I made an agreement with the demon race: as long as I brought back Li Shuang's head, they would give me true demon blood to help me truly embark on the path of body refinement! As long as I killed Li Shuang, I would immediately escape to the demon race, and naturally, a vast world would await me."
Emperor Chenlie said, looking at Li Shuang with hatred: "Who knew this woman was already on guard."
Li Shuang's expression was calm.
This Emperor Chenlie was actually quite a good actor.
He acted so well that even the Emotion Severing Art couldn't immediately distinguish his malice.
But when he tried to attack her, the cultivation technique still reacted.
Coupled with Li Shuang's own precautions, she naturally wouldn't fall for it.
"Interesting." Lin Qingling sneered.
She directly crippled Emperor Chenlie's meridians and then bound him. This person would be thoroughly interrogated after the Enforcement Hall arrived.
As the effect of the Truth Pill wore off, Emperor Chenlie realized what he had said, and his face immediately turned ashen.
"True Immortal Lin!" Liu An, along with other cultivators, rushed over.
Ye Qing'er and the others also woke up and followed.
"Your matter will be slowly decided by the Enforcement Hall," Lin Qingling said indifferently: "This Emperor Chenlie colluded with the demonic path and the demon race. Detain him first and await the arrival of the Enforcement Hall. In addition, the people of the capital are uneasy. Now that the demonic path has been eliminated, lead the people to comfort the citizens of the capital."
She had already sent a message to the sect; the Sword Sect would send people soon.
Liu An quickly agreed.
Anxious to atone for his mistakes, he naturally dared not be negligent in the slightest. He first escorted Emperor Chenlie to the imperial city's water prison, then had him strictly guarded.
Afterward, Liu An led the others to appease the people throughout the capital.
Ye Qing'er and the others had just woken up to learn of such a shocking change. They followed Liu An's arrangements and went to work.
"Senior." Ye Zhaozhao looked at Lin Qingling with adoration: "Thanks to your timely arrival, this crisis was averted. I originally wanted to contribute, but unfortunately, I am just a rogue cultivator. For some reason, Senior Sister Li and the others confined me to the Imperial Advisor's Hall, and I couldn't help at all."
As Ye Zhaozhao spoke, she showed a sad expression: "I don't know what I did wrong. At such a critical time, when manpower is most needed, I, a Golden Core cultivator, was confined to the Imperial Advisor's Hall. Senior Sister Li, have our misunderstandings not been resolved yet?"
Ye Zhaozhao looked at Li Shuang expectantly.
Lin Qingling's expression immediately became subtle.
Good, good, this familiar feeling.
If this wasn't Ye Zhaozhao, who else could it be!
"Come here." Lin Qingling smiled at Ye Zhaozhao.
Ye Zhaozhao's expression shifted slightly. Was Lin Qingling going to stand up for her?
She couldn't help but walk over.
However.
She had just reached Lin Qingling.
Suddenly!
A terrifying force pressed down fiercely.
"Not good!" the system exclaimed, wanting to take Ye Zhaozhao and flee.
However.
Lin Qingling was already prepared. The space around Ye Zhaozhao had been completely sealed by her spiritual power.
As soon as Ye Zhaozhao moved, she hit the spiritual power wall, forcing her back to her original position!