341: Chapter 291 341: Chapter 291 They were inexplicably beaten up by someone, and the only reason they knew of made them feel immensely wronged.
“When Immortals fight, the little devils suffer!”
With no access to the Immortal Sect, they could only wander outside again.
When Yan Weiwei heard the news of the mountain being sealed, she was both anxious and furious, fearing for Jiang Tang’s safety, as he might encounter danger while unaware of the situation outside.
With the Immortal Sect’s mountain sealed, her Ye could not enter, which also made her worry that Ye, unaware of the situation outside the Immortal Sect, might be attacked when he returned.
Yan Weiwei sent messages to Ye Tian, but for a very long time, she received no reply.
Her messages disappeared like stones dropped into the ocean, leaving her both anxious and longing.
At this moment, the Ye Tian who was being missed, was in the Imperial Capital.
After the last terrifying incident, he had escorted Liu Tao, the Prime Minister’s son, to the Imperial Capital.
He imprisoned Liu Tao in the dungeon and went to see King Long Hong overnight.
When the Prime Minister learned that his son had been captured, he wanted to save him without implicating himself.
So before King Long Hong could send someone to summon him, he took the initiative to see the King, claiming that his son had gone to Immortal Venerable City to handle a case.
Little did he know, the residence in Immortal Venerable City had been taken over by terrorists who also controlled his son and the officials escorting him.
He claimed his son was innocent and now, his whereabouts after being kidnapped by traitors were unknown.
By the time Liu Xu entered the King’s hall, Ye Tian had already recounted the events to the King.
King Long Hong watched calmly as Liu Xu defended himself.
The King had not yet verified the story told by Ye Tian, leaving the situation where one man’s word was as good as another’s.
“General Ye, do you have any witnesses?
Do you have someone to confirm Liu Tao’s crimes?”
King Long Hong did not immediately confront Liu Xu, deeming the cunning old man difficult to deal with, choosing instead to start with the younger Ye Tian.
“Your Majesty, since I was able to capture Liu Tao, of course, I have evidence of his crimes, and there will be witnesses.
Tang Feiyang and I attacked those terrorists together, and we were both at the Prime Minister’s residence when we eliminated the terrorists and then rescued the Prime Minister’s son.
Tang Feiyang can serve as a witness.”
“Ye Tian, I know you fancy the Princess and wish to frame my son for her sake.
Although my son also likes her, you could compete fairly.
How could you collude with Tang Feiyang to harm my son first and then capture him?”
With such tactics of counter-accusation, Liu Xu’s maneuvers had become slick with practice.
How could this young Protector God General contend with him?
Liu Xu’s shameless speech was met with a winning smile from Ye Tian, who retorted, “Prime Minister, your excuses are futile.
Your reputation as a traitor has already spread throughout the Cultivation World.”
“Ye Tian, don’t slander me.
Perhaps it was your family that committed these deeds.
Don’t wrongfully accuse ours.
It seems to me you’re using this as an excuse to vie for the Prime Minister’s position,” Liu Xu retorted.
“Liu Xu, I’m busy enough with my duties as a general.
A Prime Minister?
Someone like you, a traitorous Prime Minister, will certainly go down in history!”
“Ye Tian, do you think I’m old and weak?
I can still defeat you.
Framing me won’t be easy.
We’re not afraid of you,” Liu Xu declared, unleashing a palm strike imbued with the Dark Force of Ancient Martial Arts, aiming to kill Ye Tian with one blow.
Ye Tian effortlessly neutralized Liu Xu’s strike.
The power he displayed was not his true level of cultivation.
Ambushing him would not be so easy for Liu Xu, for with a single palm strike, Ye Tian could end him if he so chose.
This was not the Cultivation World; this was the Imperial Capital, governed by law.
While Liu Xu could act as a traitor, Ye Tian could expose his conspiracy.
If Liu Xu would not admit to his crimes, then Ye Tian would find more evidence to utterly disgrace him.
Liu Xu and his faction must be annihilated, never again to harm the people of the Cultivation World.
As Ye Tian smoothly countered Liu Xu’s palm strike, a stunned Liu Xu watched, unable to believe a young man could withstand his full-powered attack, although he had only used seventy percent of his strength.
King Long Hong sat on his throne, watching the fight between the tiger and the dragon, knowing that whether one side won or the other was killed, he would reap the benefits as the fisherman.
He did not intervene to stop their combat.
The guards surrounded King Long Hong in the palace to ensure the King was not harmed by the skirmishing officials.
They watched with interest as General Ye Tian and Prime Minister Liu Xu clashed.
Having heard their exchange, they sided with Ye Tian, the voice of justice, who accused the Prime Minister of treason.
Why else would the Prime Minister suddenly attempt a sneak attack, if not out of a furious desire to silence and eliminate?
Liu Xu, labeled as a traitor, found his supporters being stopped by the guards as they tried to see the King.
The Ye Family, hearing that Liu Xu had become a traitor to the nation, all sent their people to the Imperial Palace, demanding the King to execute the treacherous father and son.
At this moment, Tang Feiyang had also returned home, unaware of the events that had occurred in the Imperial Palace.
When Elder Tang Weiguo heard that his son had returned, he inquired what exactly had happened in Immortal Venerable City?
Why was Liu Tao captured?
Tang Feiyang recounted the events that took place in Immortal Venerable City and how the Liu Family’s residence had become a terrorist base, with Liu Tao inside, and another official dead.
Stroking his beard, Tang Weiguo pondered, if the Liu Family truly committed such heinous acts against heaven and justice, then they must be punished by the law.
He didn’t lend aid to wrongdoers, over these years, although the three factions had clashed, there had never been incidents of killing or injury.
Internal strife and the indiscriminate killing of innocents by terrorists are entirely different matters.
The Ye Family and Liu Family were bound to continue their feud, so should he choose silence, or should he let his son stand up and take action?
“Feiyang, what do you think about this matter?”
“Father, right and wrong have been clearly distinguished.
Moreover, Ye Tian was a great help to me this time.
If it were not for their rescue, it wouldn’t have been easy for me to bring all the disciples back.”
Tang Feiyang then shared with Tang Weiguo the dangers they encountered in Immortal Venerable City.
Tang Weiguo felt that Ye Tian was becoming more and more enigmatic, his cultivation definitely immeasurable, having even befriended a Supreme Alchemist from the Cultivation World.
If the Ye Family, even without being Guardian Gods, had Supreme Elixirs to achieve Ascension, who in the Mortal World would care to be an official?
Having realized this, Tang Weiguo supported his son to testify but was also wary of Liu Xu retracting his words, so he prepared for both contingencies.
Some people returned to report to them that Ye Tian and Liu Xu had started fighting in the King’s palace.
Tang Weiguo no longer hesitated, taking his son Tang Feiyang by carriage towards the Imperial Palace.
The disciples who had returned home shared the events of the past few days with their families.
As the highest authority of the Confucianism Tao faction, Elder Tang Weiguo, with his eldest disciple brother Tang Feiyang, led them.
Knowing that Elder Tang Weiguo and his son were headed to the Imperial Palace, everyone mobilized, wishing to understand Tang Weiguo’s intentions, whether to remain neutral or support a faction.
Elder Tang Weiguo and his son arrived outside the Imperial Palace, where they met the disciples from their faction who had followed.
They told them they would stand on the side of justice, absolutely denouncing Liu Xu and testifying for Ye Tian.
Elder Tang Weiguo’s change in approach, unlike his past conduct, was well understood and supported by everyone, as they had a family doctrine to always be just and never partake in actions that harmed the nation.
Elder Tang Weiguo and Tang Feiyang told the others to stay outside the Imperial Palace, as they were to go inside to testify for Ye Tian.
Inside the Imperial Palace, the ongoing fierce fight prevented the guards from allowing any other officials to enter for fear of harming them.
Tang Weiguo, Tang Feiyang, and other officials were stopped outside the palace and anxiously awaited summons.
Long Feifeng, having been sent back to her duties by Ye Tian, had felt anger initially and then resentment as time passed.
The more Ye Tian avoided her, the more she wanted to win over this man, longing for Ye Tian’s arrival each day.
After a wait of more than ten days, she heard the news of Ye Tian’s return and his entrance into the Imperial Palace, where he had begun fighting with Liu Xu.
Long Feifeng questioned the maid to find out the reason behind their fight.
She could not care less about Liu Tao’s fate.
Ye Tian was of utmost interest to her; not only was he her Prince Charming, but also her future husband, the man she yearned for constantly.
Even if he had other women beside him, she, being of noble birth, was certainly more distinguished than any woman by his side.
Long Feifeng rushed to the vicinity of the palace, only to hear the thunderous sounds of fighting within.
Worried about her father’s safety and concerned for Ye Tian’s well-being, she attempted to break in.
“Princess, you may not enter,” the guard at the door stopped the princess.