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For Mr. Xie, who liked to keep everything in the palm of his hand, the heavens actually bestowed an fated opportunity upon him when he was at his wits' end, which meant that this matter would surely be plain sailing, and any minor setbacks were merely temporary.

Longevity would certainly be attained, but the one who attained longevity might not necessarily be the Crown Prince.

" Good! " The Crown Prince finally made up his mind.

Heaven destroys those who are not for themselves. Imperial Father, it is time for you to set off on your final journey!

Lu Qing slightly narrowed his eyes, gazing at the distant, massive imperial palace. Clusters of golden and rich Qi Fortune were there, yet a wisp of bloodlust had appeared right in the center.

" Those who steal the country turn out to be the imperial family itself. " Lu Qing did not care to say anything more about the royal family.

But as for this Karma...

He smiled slightly and looked at the two people on the mountain path—a monk and a Daoist.

Along the way, Lu Qing had encountered monks and also encountered Daoists.

Generally speaking, monks and Daoists rarely appeared together.

" Eh, I still find it displeasing to the eye. "

Lu Qing had no preference for judging good and evil in the mortal world. Just as he thought to himself, good and evil were not absolute, yet sometimes, the word'sensory perception' was quite wondrous.

" It also possesses spirituality. " Lu Qing thought for a moment and happened to look at an old tree beside him, which had rooted itself here for many years.

This side also had a path of cultivating good merits.

As if hearing what Lu Qing said, the leaves here rustled in the wind.

Lu Qing also seemed to have understood the voice of the green leaves carried over by the wind.

" Since this is the place of your growth and you have good intentions, I shall lend a hand. "

A leaf fluttered down onto the palm of Lu Qing's hand. He gently twirled the tip of the leaf, and wisps of profound light appeared on it.

" Go. "

He released the leaf.

The leaf was a very ordinary old tree leaf. It was neither as tender as the budding treetop leaves of early spring, nor as lush and flourishing as the mature leaves of midsummer.

The leaf veins were prominent, the surface color was not smooth, and it carried a somewhat heavy weight.

It was precisely this leaf that flew down from a corner of the mountain, passing over the crowns of many green trees, and finally spread its leaf tip like a bird, circling and falling down.

" Eh, how could there be a leaf here? "

Rumble!

A fight had already broken out over here.

The two men were trying to subdue demons and eliminate devils, but within the spiritualized black Qi, a grim and unwilling human face naturally put up resistance.

" I hate this! "

" Why come to stop me! Aren't they getting what they deserve?! "

The monk and the Daoist did not understand, but they were coping with it strenuously.

" Humans and ghosts belong to different worlds! "

Just as they were preparing to continue their attack, suddenly, a leaf gently blocked the path in front of the two men.

The moment Master Liao Hong and Taoist Qingyang saw this leaf, their expressions changed uniformly.

The Buddhist staff in their hands and the physical palms striking forward were immensely fierce amidst their vigor, yet an extremely fragile tree leaf blocked all of their attacks.

" What expert is here? Please show yourself and meet us. "

They had encountered an expert.

This was the simultaneous thought of the two men.

But no human voice appeared for a long time.

A trace of flowing light coursed through the leaf, and then merged into the shivering Boss Lin beside them.

A ball of black Qi lingered on the other side, and human figures could not be made out from it.

One human face after another appeared on it.

" I only want to exact revenge, why block me. "

Hearing this, the two men were slightly stunned. Recalling the conversation and communication during the spell-casting battle, and feeling that such an evil entity still retained a trace of sentience, besides being inwardly shocked, they were left with only one thought: the matter this time was not as simple as they had imagined.

They turned their heads to look at Boss Lin.

" Humph! Originally, we saw that you were full of karmic obstacles caused by lending money to others, but we didn't expect... "

Dealing with the evil entity was the two men's primary task, but they had never expected that the crimes committed by Boss Lin were far greater than the two of them had imagined.

After the flowing light merged into Boss Lin, the other party actually began to sit up and talk to himself, and everything he spoke of turned out to be the crimes he had committed in the past.

Even though they were cultivators detached from the secular world, Master Liao Hong and Taoist Qingyang, despite having the Righteous Path in their hearts, were not overly pedantic practitioners. At this moment, hearing the heinous crimes he spoke of, their hair bristled with anger, and their brows furrowed tightly.

" This man is truly heartless and worse than a beast! "

The moment they thought they had almost rescued a beast, both Liao Hong and Cyan Yang felt as if they had swallowed a fly, their faces turning terrifyingly pale and dark.

The six Masters were also dumbfounded.

Listen.

" Murder and arson, framing and harming people, and even specializing in raising flowers with human flesh... "

And the final point, " Your Highness the Crown Prince! "

" It was all ordered by Your Highness the Crown Prince! "

" I didn't want to either! "

" But I don't want to die! "

" And that Celestial Master! He said the Celestial Masters Conference is the best fated opportunity... "

He said whatever came to mind. When the flowing light flashed, this Boss Lin had spilled out everything in one go.

The expressions of the group instantly seemed to be covered with a layer of gloom. The Celestial Masters Conference, what a good time.

They could guess just by thinking about it: with a group of people casting spells up there, the Son of Heaven would definitely make a personal appearance at the scene.

At a time like this, if any mishap were to truly occur...

" Every injustice has its source, and every debt has its debtor. "

Taoist Qingyang really wanted to sigh this time.

This place remained oppressive, still making one's skin crawl.

But to those who knew the cause and effect, being able to commit acts such as killing young boys and girls to extract their heart blood was already no different from beasts.

The people who died in this place were merely a catalyst. The grievances of those children and the hatred of those dead commoners were attracted here day after day, until another scholar passed by and died a tragic death on the spot. He had originally wanted to return home to visit his family, but ended up dying here inexplicably.

" This person was originally a scholar. Reasonably speaking, how could he possibly possess any treasures! "

Boss Lin's face turned ashen. " Heh, that big figure said that once this scholar died, he would be the greatest treasure, and he had to die a violent death, keeping his last breath from dispersing. "

" As for the rest, I don't know. I was just responsible for nailing the coffin afterwards. "

" Corpse raising, this is trying to raise a corpse of grievance! "

" Not good! Hurry back to the capital. I'm afraid that once there are changes here, someone over there will know! "

" Master, what about Him? "

The fake monk blankly pointed at the black Qi that had already disappeared over there and said.

" Sigh! "

" We must catch up! Although it is for revenge, once a massive slaughter begins, no one knows what will happen next! "

Taoist Qingyang said firmly.

They did not know that Lu Qing had already left behind a spell formula, and this action was also different from their past subduing of demons and elimination of devils.

Truly, this matter was far too heinous.

Even self-proclaimed cold-blooded practitioners, upon seeing these things that extracted human blood and ate human flesh, who could refrain from frowning?

Although the imperial city possessed the Son of Heaven's Qi, times were different now. The Son of Heaven's Qi originated from the Dynasty; beneath the Dynasty, the commoners were secure, and thus the Son of Heaven's Qi was also stable.

Coupled with the fact that the debtor in this journey had already been tainted with bloody Karma over his head, staining his purple Qi.

Entering the imperial city was nothing much.

Over there, seeing that this group of people had also left, Lu Qing slowly withdrew that leaf.

" Take good care of it, and nurture it well. "

This counted as one merit.

Lu Qing placed it back onto the branches of the old tree beside him. There was no flowing light appearing; the leaf steadily continued to grow on the tree, looking as though it had completely merged with the other leaves.

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