King of Creation

Capítulo 1694: Chapter 1679: A Fight to the Death?

“Master Mu, let me be clear: once tomorrow is over, the re-evaluation by the Ministry of Justice and the Heavenly Patrol Department’s experts on the charges you’ve accused me of will be concluded.

No matter what conclusion they reach, if your Heavenly Temple is dead set on falsely incriminating me and leaving me no way out,

then tomorrow, I will present the Spirit Shadow recorded in this Jade Scroll to His Majesty and the Ancestor God Temple. At the same time, my own people will widely disseminate the Spirit Shadow from this Jade Scroll.”

In the posthouse, Ye Zhen straightforwardly said to Mu Xu, the Master of Mu Hall, who hurried over, with a stern face, “At worst, we will fight to the death!”

These last four words were uttered by Ye Zhen deliberately, with a tone full of threat.

This made the face of Mu Xu, the Master of Green Hall, who had just rushed in and watched the Spirit Shadow, turn extremely grim, as a trace of Killing Qi exploded from behind him. “Are you threatening this old man?”

“Threatening our Heavenly Temple?”

“Do you know the consequences?”

Ye Zhen’s lips curled into a sneer, “Master Mu, you can think of it that way; this is my last resort to stay alive. If it wasn’t to save my life, I wouldn’t want to bring out something with such huge implications.”

“However, if you think that killing me will resolve this matter once and for all, and eliminate all subsequent troubles, then you are underestimating me, Ye Zhen.”

“Before entering Luoyi, I had anticipated this and made several preparations! If I die a violent death, naturally there will be someone who will deliver similar Jade Scrolls to Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu and the Ancestor God Temple.

In the worst-case scenario, within a day, there will be more than a million copies of the Spirit Shadow appearing in the State City of each of the 108 states of the Great Zhou Dynasty.” Ye Zhen said with a cold laugh.

Mu Xu’s eyes grew cold as he slowly shook his head, “You don’t have such capability.”

“Why don’t you give it a try anyway? After all, with the capability of Lord Ye, killing me is a simple matter.”

With Ye Zhen’s words, Mu Xu was immediately rendered speechless.

This Spirit Shadow involves the future reputation of the Heavenly Temple and has enormous implications. Especially if it falls into the hands of the Ancestor God Temple and the Great Zhou, the influence of this Spirit Shadow will instantly reach an indescribable level.

In this regard, not only Mu Xu, but any Mountain Master or Peak Master of the Three Great Holy Lands of the Heavenly Temple, couldn’t afford to gamble.

And wouldn’t dare to gamble!

After a long silence, Mu Xu said, “What do you want?”

Ye Zhen casually pushed out a Jade Scroll, “My conditions are all in this Jade Scroll.”

With just a glance, Mu Xu firmly pushed the Jade Scroll back in front of Ye Zhen.

“Regarding the conditions inside, let alone the others, just the first and the second ones are absolutely impossible! You demanded one Innate Spiritual Object each of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, such conditions.

Are you crazy, or am I crazy?

We at the Heavenly Temple don’t have a single one of these five things. Even if we did, they would be in the hands of a Divine King or Divine Monarch, and we wouldn’t even have the right to access them, let alone use them in a transaction!

Besides, it’s already quite generous of you to use this Spirit Shadow to have our Heavenly Temple let you off the hook. What more do you want?” Mu Xu said angrily.

Ye Zhen shrugged indifferently, “You don’t want to give anything? Then the negotiation is broken! Either you kill me now, or my people will send this Spirit Shadow to Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu and the Ancestor God Temple.”

“You….”

Mu Xu, the Master of Mu Hall, was infuriated, his demeanor turning cold, “Ye Zhen, being able to struggle out of this quagmire is already heaven’s blessing for you.

I advise you, remain calm and don’t provoke our Heavenly Temple if you wish to live longer.”

“But if I hand over this Jade Scroll’s Spirit Shadow for nothing, can you guarantee that the Three Great Holy Lands of your Heavenly Temple won’t trouble me, Ye Zhen, ever again?” Ye Zhen mocked coldly.

“In this regard, this old man can guarantee…….”

“Do you think I would believe it? Previously, I gave you half of the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique and agreed with your Mu Hall to restrain all forces of the Heavenly Temple, ensuring they don’t trouble me, Ye Zhen, for five years.

Yet now you’ve joined forces to drive me to a dead end. Would I be an idiot to believe you?” Ye Zhen pointed to his own head, “Even you, Master Mu, you yourself probably don’t believe this, do you?”

Mu Xu was silent.

“But aren’t you afraid of our Heavenly Temple’s retaliation after your threat? While my Green Dawn Peak might be manageable, the other two peaks are not so easily dealt with,” Mu Xu said.

“Hence, I’m trying to get some leverage from your Heavenly Temple. These days, it’s more reliable to have some strength of my own.” Ye Zhen said with a sneer.

Once again, there was silence. This time, Mu Xu, the Master of Mu Hall, stayed silent for a full half quarter-hour before slowly speaking, “Remove the Innate Spiritual Objects that can replenish the origins from the Five Elements and the five Acquired Spirit Treasures from the second condition in your proposals, then we can talk.”

“I can cross out the first condition, but the second one is absolutely impossible! Claiming that your Heavenly Temple is short on a few Acquired Spirit Treasures—try fooling someone else?” Ye Zhen said with a sneer.

This time, Master Mu Xu didn’t become angry at all. Instead, he looked at Ye Zhen seriously and said, “These terms can be taken back for discussion with them.

However, the latter half of the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique must be added to our side’s conditions.”

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“Now you remember to fight for your Green Dawn Peak’s interests, but when you were putting me in a dead end, how come you weren’t thinking along those lines?”

Ye Zhen’s words made Mu Xu’s face turn grim, but what Ye Zhen said next eased Mu Xu a bit.

“If you want the latter half of the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique, that’s fine! Bring treasures to trade!”

At least it put to rest their longing for Qingli Peak’s secrets, but seeing the current situation, they were in for a big loss.

After all, judging solely from the effects of practicing the first half of the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique, this lost spirit technique is extremely important to Qingli Peak.

“Alright, once the matter of the jade scroll is settled, I shall come back to trade this Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique with you.” With that, the Mu Hall Master Mu Xu vanished.

Once Mu Xu disappeared, the staff of the Heavenly Patrol Department and the Ancestor God Temple outside the posthouse’s Silent Chamber finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Xu’s earlier overwhelming presence had given them a fright, fearing that this Mu Hall Master might take action against Commander Ye.

Watching the glow fade away after Mu Xu’s departure, a sneer spread across Ye Zhen’s lips!

Now was the time for his counterattack.

The spirit shadow he showed Mu Xu was none other than the recording Ye Zhen made of the allied slaughter carried out by the spirit masters, grand spirit masters, and divine masters of Shahe City’s ancient teleportation formation together with Ming Tang’s private Iron Guards, targeting tens of thousands of civilians, merchants, caravans, and martial artists gathered at Shahe City’s ancient teleportation formation.

Especially the Governor Yong Kun of the Shahe City Branch Temple. He shamelessly used a secret technique to imprison the divine souls of the massacred civilians, such actions resembling those of demons.

It just so happened that a divine master, dressed in the garb of a high-level Heavenly Temple official and holding office in the Shahe City Branch Temple, was captured on site by Ye Zhen during their deed.

If this event were to spread, the reputation of the Heavenly Temple on the Primordial Continent, particularly within the Great Zhou domain, would plummet to a historic low.

This would create insurmountable resistance for the Heavenly Temple in attracting followers, particularly with the officials of Great Zhou actively promoting the incident.

Moreover, the Heavenly Temple’s overt actions against civilians and interference in the affairs of the Heavenly Temple’s enfeoffed nations would require an explanation to Great Zhou.

Although Great Zhou couldn’t obliterate the Heavenly Temple, the mere concept of justice would suffice to inflict severe losses upon the Heavenly Temple.

As for why Ye Zhen initially used this spirit shadow to protect his life, the reason is quite simple.

At first, the Heavenly Temple aimed all its power at Ye Zhen, asserting he was the perpetrator of the Shahe City Branch Temple’s atrocities, definitely intending to kill Ye Zhen to avenge and assert dominance.

Even if Ye Zhen produced this spirit shadow, the Heavenly Temple would never compromise with Ye Zhen but instead would push the situation into an unpredictable abyss.

Even if Great Zhou acquired this spirit shadow, they could only punish the Heavenly Temple from that angle, but couldn’t use it to exonerate Ye Zhen.

This is the main reason Ye Zhen didn’t submit this spirit shadow earlier.

But now, it was a different scenario.

With the massacre of the Luo Prefecture Branch Temple, the Demon Clan admitted liability, and thus the Shahe City Branch Temple incident, due to the presence of the Soul Demon Sovereign, could smoothly be attributed to the Demon Clan.

This provided the Heavenly Temple with a viable way out.

This made negotiation between the two parties possible, and the initiative would lean towards Ye Zhen.

In such circumstances, Ye Zhen could present this spirit shadow to completely cease the Heavenly Temple’s investigations into the incident, thereby securing some benefits and advantages.

Moreover, such matters depended on circumstances.

Back then, Moon Hall Master Baili Fei, enraged by the Shahe City massacre, unleashed the Nether Moon Yin Fire in a fit of anger, instantly killing over ten thousand people around the Shahe City Branch Temple.

This could also serve as a basis for Great Zhou to accuse Baili Fei.

However, firstly, the incident erupted suddenly and no spirit shadow was recorded, and secondly, Baili Fei had numerous explanations.

Collateral damage, disciplinary action, accidental apprehension of the culprit, etc., could all serve as excuses, so ultimately, that incident didn’t cause much of a stir.

However, the spirit shadow recorded by Ye Zhen was different, as it involved organized violence by the followers of the Heavenly Temple, and if this incident broke out, it would undoubtedly stir a massive uproar.

Outside the Heavenly Temple Lower Court in Luoyi Inner City, beneath a civilian house, lay an elegant space, where Moon Hall Master Baili Fei, Thunder Hall Master Zhen Yan, Prince Ji Yuan, and West Patrol Xio Qiangu were seated cross-legged,

sipping Immortal Tea while discussing strategies to handle the manifestation of the Prophet Demon Master at the Demon God Palace, the Demon Clan’s admission of the Luo Prefecture Branch Temple massacre, and the potential developments regarding the Shahe City Branch Temple incident.

Suddenly, the Ninth Stage Barrier protecting the elegant room trembled abruptly, and the expressions of the four changed simultaneously as a burst of green light exploded in the middle of the room.

Their expressions shifted from shock to joy, “Brother Mu, you’re here just in time; we were about to discuss strategies to deal with Ye Zhen the day after tomorrow,” said Moon Hall Master Baili Fei.

“No need for discussion.” Mu Xu’s expression was exceedingly grim.

“Brother Mu… what’s this about?” The four, including Baili Fei, were somewhat perplexed.

“Take a look at this, both of you!” Mu Xu casually tossed out a jade scroll spirit shadow.

As soon as her divine sense delved into it, Baili Fei was immediately shocked by the scene within the jade scroll spirit shadow.