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Chapter 514: Chapter 510 Innocence
"The City Lords of Hai Feng City, Liuhuo City, and Purple Thunder City jointly accused me; now I am listed as a Demonic Cultist."
Gu Jinlai was startled upon hearing Zhuo Chunqiu’s words and then couldn’t help but laugh.
As a Sweeper Team Captain who had slain numerous Demonic Cultists and Out-of-Control individuals, he found it ironic that he was now categorized as a Demonic Cultist.
Indeed, it was the cycle of the Heavenly Dao.
"City Lord, if you go to Hai Feng City, Liuhuo City, or Purple Thunder City at this time, it will inevitably expose yourself, and then..."
"Go."
Zhuo Chunqiu hadn’t finished speaking when Gu Jinlai abruptly said, "Head directly to Hai Feng City, one of the Twelve Cities in the Inner Ring. I want to see if they will grant me the Contribution Value I earned for crushing the Demon Tide."
Having followed Gu Jinlai back, Su Shian listened and cautiously suggested, "City Lord, the Holy Dynasty has stood for decades amidst the encirclement of Devils, its strength unfathomable. Not to mention that all six Patriarchs of the Six Great Cave Heavens are Supreme Void Immortals, recognized by Divine Weapons and with the might of Grotto Heavens, their battle power on par with True Immortals. Just the number of Void Immortals under the authority of the Six Great Cave Heavens is not few, and although you have slain the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, facing the Holy Dynasty..."
"The Holy Dynasty?"
Gu Jinlai said, "The Holy Dynasty is indeed very powerful, with six Supreme Void Immortals comparable to True Immortals and dozens of Void Immortals directly under the Six Great Cave Heavens, plus many more void immortals who have defected to the Holy Dynasty over the years. But... if you truly believe the Holy Dynasty is invincible, then you are gravely mistaken."
He recalled what Ding Zhongyuan had said to him when he left.
The Holy Dynasty had already lost the courage to combat the Devils.
Now, they were desperately plundering resources from below and those carried by refugees, all to maintain the non-collapse of the dynasty.
All Six Great Cave Heavens were doing the same.
Whenever the Devils merely threatened them, they would immediately bow their heads and retreat.
Even if more and more of the Human Clan’s territory was plundered, allowing the Devils to establish domains at their doorstep, they pretended not to see it.
As long as the Devils didn’t launch a full-scale assault to overturn the Holy Dynasty, it was a situation of everyone being seemingly fine.
Such a dynasty, which had already lost its core spirit and treated all its people as commodities or even livestock, still had a semblance of will left!?
He only needed to show enough strength to prove that he possessed the power to crush even one of their families to make the remaining ones immediately bow down and submit. 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Fight!? Yes!
If the Six Families could truly cooperate wholeheartedly, not to mention that his Chaotic Star Light Body was not yet Perfection, even if the Chaotic Star Light Body achieved Perfection, facing six Supreme Void Immortals with Divine Weapons and the might of Grotto Heavens, bolstered by the True Immortal Battle Power, he would still have to flee far away.
But...
When a country, a power, or a mighty warrior loses its original fighting spirit and forgets its initial aspirations, even if they still belong to a seemingly invincible behemoth, just a little bit of pain is enough to make them wail and collapse on the spot.
It’s like two high school students.
One is a giant of two meters tall with a sturdy build but has a timid nature.
And the other...
Even though he is less than one meter and sixty tall, weighing less than eighty kilograms, has always been fierce and hardened in blood.
If the two really fought, the shorter boy could beat the taller giant into crying and begging on his knees.
The current Holy Dynasty is just like that taller giant.
Over the years, they have been frightened by the Devils.
So much so that Ding Zhongyuan clearly told them that the main forces of the Devils had gone to the Immortal Country, and not many Demon Gods were currently encircling the Holy Dynasty, but they still lacked the courage to strike out and were willing to be trapped without daring to move recklessly.
Even facing the surging Demon Tide spurred by the arrogant and overbearing Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, the Imperial Capital showed no response, not sending over a single Void Immortal, and even...
They even reprimanded Gu Jinlai, who had annihilated the Devils, for not considering the overall situation and recklessly provoking a war between the Holy Dynasty and the Devils.
"Su Shian, you go and circulate our achievements in crushing the Demon Tide spurred by the Dragon Tears Demon Emperor, stabilize public sentiment. Wind and Rain City cannot fall into disorder."
Gu Jinlai spoke, glancing at Ji Lie, Liu Feiyun, and Qi Sheng, "You all come with me to Hai Feng City."
"Us?"
Liu Feiyun and Qi Sheng, among others, were stunned.
"Yes."
Gu Jinlai nodded.
There was no need to mention Ji Lie, a Demonic Cultist, wanted everywhere.
But Liu Feiyun, Qi Sheng...
"I know many powers in Hai Feng City are eyeing you. Today, I will take you there openly and see if the people of Hai Feng City dare to harm you."
Gu Jinlai declared.
Liu Feiyun and Qi Sheng...
Especially Qi Sheng.
They thought about the times they had been hiding and trembling in Hai Feng City, afraid to reveal themselves, and were suddenly overwhelmed with emotion.
Looking at Gu Jinlai...
Or perhaps the Venerable Daoist Supreme Elder of his own, at this moment, they could not help but feel a sense of finally having a mountain to lean on again, and their expressions became excited for a time.
"I am willing to follow the Venerable Daoist Supreme Elder’s orders!"
Qi Sheng stated emphatically.
"As an Inner Ring city, Hai Feng City has some level of supervisory authority over Liuhuo City, Wind and Rain City, and Purple Thunder City. We once sought help from Hai Feng City, but the result..."
Liu Feiyun could faintly feel an urge to exhale proudly, "With the Supreme Elder leading us, I’d like to see if Si Xinghui, Li Shengyang, and the others from Hai Feng City would dare to disregard us and mercilessly strike down our people from Li Yang Cave Heaven like last time."
"Rest assured, I will make sure Hai Feng City, especially Liuhuo City, gives us an explanation."
Gu Jinlai said.
Liu Feihua, one of the top ten True Disciples of Li Yang Cave Heaven, had died at the hands of Wu Yan, the lord of Liuhuo City.
And now, he was the Supreme Elder of Li Yang Cave Heaven.
At that moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to think of something.
"Before heading to Hai Feng City..."
He activated the Child of the Stars state and gradually merged himself into the Star Magnetic Field.
"The Imperial Family cannot possibly remain indifferent to the death of the Sixth Princess Duanmu Shan. According to my speculation, the royal envoy responsible for the investigation must have already arrived in Wind and Rain City, but is merely hiding in the shadows to investigate the truth... Since I need to coerce the Holy Dynasty, or rather the Six Great cave heavens behind it, they need to know the consequences of facing a mutually assured destruction situation with us from Li Yang Cave Heaven."
While musing, the world in his eyes gradually changed, and countless pieces of information streamed through his "eyes."
He was using the Child of the Stars trait to directly access the accumulation of vast information from Wind and Rain City in this period.
Knowing that the royal envoy sent must be a Saint, or even a Void Immortal, he was searching for high-energy life responses, which made the task considerably easier, and before long, he had realized something.
"Over there."
With a step that seemed like a bolt of lightning crossing the void, he quickly arrived at a rather luxurious courtyard complex in Wind and Rain City.
This courtyard...
Gu Jinlai felt somewhat familiar.
It was precisely the residence where Lan Yuxian had lived.
As soon as Gu Jinlai arrived, Lan Ruhuo, the steward of the Lan Family in Wind and Rain City, immediately came out to greet him: "Welcome, Ancient City Lord..."
"Your Lan Family really has some nerve,"
Gu Jinlai addressed Lan Ruhuo.
Lan Ruhuo appeared puzzled, "Ancient City Lord, I..."
Before he could feign ignorance, Gu Jinlai directly said, "Since the royal envoy has arrived, why not show yourself? Any questions you have can be directed to me."
At this, Lan Ruhuo dared not speak, and a trace of sweat appeared on his forehead.
During this period, Gu Jinlai had purged Wind and Rain City, flipping over all the old and ironclad cases for review, resulting in dozens of Lan Family members getting implicated, and more than ten being executed by him on the spot.
Now, it had been revealed that their Lan Family was facilitating the royal envoy...
He couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
After a moment, a woman who appeared to be just over thirty and dressed elegantly emerged from within.
"Duanmu Yao pays respects to the Ancient Martial Saint,"
The woman bowed slightly.
Gu Jinlai quickly learned her identity.
A contemporary of the current Holy Master, she was Duanmu Shan’s aunt by relation and held the title of Mrs. Shun Guo.
"I heard that the Holy Dynasty has listed me as a Demonic Cultist. Since my term as Deputy District Chief of the Southeast City District began, I have ceaselessly adhered to the laws inscribed by the Dynasty, serving the people and enforcing the law impartially. Not a few Demonic Cultists and Out-of-Control ones have died by my hand. When I became the Outer City District Chief, to ensure the impartiality of the law, I did not hesitate to offend all the powerful figures in Wind and Rain City."
Gu Jinlai looked at Duanmu Yao with a stern expression, "Yet such a dedicated servant of the Dynasty is treated as a Demonic Cultist, wanted nationwide! I cannot bear this injustice!"
"This matter..."
Duanmu Yao’s mind raced, seemingly searching for some excuse.
But at this time, Gu Jinlai did not give her a moment to breathe and continued to pressure, "Is it because I flattened Chi Long Territory? According to Wu Yan, Si Xinghui, Lei Xuanyu and others, was I neglecting the bigger picture? Was it wrong of me to kill Devils? Was it wrong to save tens of millions of Human Clan’s people from the Devils’ enslavement, or should I have just watched indifferently as tens of millions of Human Clan’s people suffered under the Devils’ tyranny!?"
Gu Jinlai spoke righteously, "You tell me, what is the logic in this!? Is it that my impartial law enforcement is wrong, or is my killing of Devils wrong? Or is it that the Holy Dynasty no longer has the courage to decisively battle the Devils? Are the laws of the Dynasty merely meant to facilitate the rule over the people, where ordinary citizens must obey the law, while those in power can easily rise above it and, should anyone dare to offend them, use the law to easily accuse them and reduce them to the likes of Demonic Cultists!?"
"There’s no such thing, absolutely no such thing."
Duanmu Yao hastily said.
Even though what Gu Jilai said was common knowledge among the upper echelons of the Holy Dynasty, if such information were exposed, it could endanger the stable rule of the Dynasty.
"Ancient Martial Saint..."
"It’s good that there is nothing of the sort, then please accompany me to Hai Feng City, Si Xinghui, Wu Yan, Lei Xuanyu are still there. We will confront them directly and have you prove my innocence,"
Gu Jinlai concluded, and with the deployment of the Thunder Light Domain, he whisked Duanmu Yao’s figure towards Hai Feng City.
