As Qin'er sprinkled the Burying Flower Powder over Si Wenhan's body, the corpse turned into ashes and then drifted away with the wind.
"This is the end of this story, but the gold foil you want is not in this book, and I have no idea if Murong Fengjian torn it away. Speaking of him, you need to come with me, and I'm gonna show you something." said Qin'er.
"Hush! Keep quiet! "Xiao Naihe stopped Qin'er, and then looked to the east side.
"What's going on?" Qin'er wondered.
"I seem to be feeling the wave the spiritual power of the other gold foil." replied Xiao Naihe. He became more sensitive to the spiritual force of the heavens and earth and had a keener sense of the divine spirit after he had accomplished the former Xiao Naihe's wishes.
Before Qin'er could speak, she saw Xiao Naihe streaked off, and rushed into the hall in the east side.
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At this moment, Hall of Mental Cultivation was surrounded by plenty of guards and imperial swordsmen, and they could not enter it for when they arrived here, the hall had sealed by three immortals jointly.
Inside the grand hall, Tian Juechen, the emperor, sat on the couch, with twelve princes and Prime Minister Gong Liang standing beside him. They were nervously staring at the crown prince in front of them.
"Your Highness, what the hell are you doing?" The second prince hissed with a slight of panic.
He was afraid of Tian Xuexi who had learnt martial arts from Murong Fengjian and had reached the highest level of the Sky Spirit Realm. And he was the only one to practice kung fu among thirteen princes.
"Nothing. I just have something to ask our father." Tian Xuexi replied with ease, and a smile revealed on his face.
Tian Xuexi was the crown prince, and his mother was the empress, the most honorable woman in the world, who had a strong force in the imperial court. They were so powerful that they ordered another twelve princes to be strictly prohibited from practicing martial arts. Therefore, the twelve princes felt scared when they met Tian Xuexi as if they were facing the real emperor.
"Your Highness, since you come with the six foreign envoys, you don't just want to speak to father, do you?" Tian Xuezhi uttered forcefully. He had become bolder and more self-assured since he learnt some martial arts from the cultivation method to reach the Sky Spirit Realm which Xiao Naihe gave him. He thought now he had the capital to contend for the throne, and was at level with the crown prince.
"Well?" Tian Xuexi was a little surprised. His third brother Tian Xuezhi was a man of few words, but now he challenged him with an aggressive tone.
Duanmu Jianming took two small steps forward, and said indifferently, "Emperor of the Kingdom of Dubhe, when you gave orders to imprison us, your kingdom became a common enemy of our three kingdoms. In order to keep your kingdom from suffering of war, His Highness has specially reached an agreement with us—as long as you abdicate the throne and hand over power to him, we are willing to make friendly relations with your kingdom for a hundred years."
"How dare you! The bodyguards of your kingdoms tried to assassinate His Majesty first, which was unacceptable, and they should be executed in public in accordance with the law." Gong Liang snapped with a grave look, and then glared at Tian Xuexi, "Your Highness, you are hand and glove with the assassins of the three kingdoms, and don't you know what kind of crime you are committing?"
"Old prime minister, you don't have to intimidate me. I'm the crown prince, and the throne will be mine sooner or later. Now I just want to take it back in advance, so what's the problem, huh? My father is old and delirious, and he's so addicted to women that he couldn't tell right from wrong. The three foreign bodyguards were wronged for attempted assassination, which almost led to a war among our four kingdoms. Do you know that all of this was conspired by Murong Fengjian? "
"What?" Shock gripped Gong Liang, and he cried, "Your Highness, you shouldn't wrong the national master."
"He has admitted it, and it is interesting that he is fighting with the former national master, Si Wenhan, and I don't know if he's still alive."
Si Wenhan?
Everyone was surprised as soon as they heard Tian Xuexi's words. Many thoughts flashed across Gong Liang's mind, " Si Wenhan? Didn't he die due to Qi Deviation? "
"Well, just listen to me."
All of a sudden, Tian Juechen, who kept silent before, began to laugh. He gave a flick of his sleeves, and then uttered, "The attempted assassination was my plot from the beginning to the end!"