Peace Order
Chapter 351 - 153: Divine Weapon Chi Xiao, Supreme Madman!_3

Chapter 351: Chapter 153: Divine Weapon Chi Xiao, Supreme Madman!_3

Xu Huixiang looked at the scene before him, sighed, and made a decision.

"Your Highness."

The Chen State Crown Prince was momentarily stunned, looking towards the young Sword Saint sitting upright beside him; then Li Guanyi raised the Battle Halberd on the platform, enjoying the cheers of tens of thousands, and at this moment, people of the Martial World were also using their weapons to thump the ground, showing their approval.

Such a wave of sounds overwhelmed the young Sword Saint’s voice.

Emperor Chen overlooked this from above.

This, should have been enjoyed by his own son.

Tomorrow’s battle was the last before the great sacrifice, featuring Yuwen Hua from Ying Country against Li Guanyi. Many people now subconsciously believed that Yuwen Hua had killed Chen Yuyun to win, so this battle’s intensity had suddenly surged, and everyone hoped Li Guanyi would win.

This turn of events made Emperor Chen unhappy, and he abruptly finished today’s proceedings.

The Ritual Eunuch held an umbrella, shielding from the summer sun, as the Emperor strode forward.

Rapid questions and answers.

"Where was it discovered?"

"Right in his courtyard."

"Any traces around?"

"...Still checking."

There was no ripple in the Emperor’s eyes, only saying, "A good ’Still checking.’"

The Ritual Eunuch’s back chilled, he briskly walked to the site where the body was found. The Ritual Eunuch issued an order, no one dared to move, the Emperor bent down to see his son, whose major acupoints had all been penetrated; there was one through-and-through wound on his forehead and another on his neck.

The coroner said, "The victim didn’t manage an effective counterattack and was then killed."

"The assailant seems skilled in close combat and martial arts, ending the fight almost instantly; must be at least one major Martial Arts realm above the victim, but not much higher."

"Not much higher?"

Emperor Chen, indifferent, bent over to look at his son.

The ghastly wound on Chen Yuyun’s forehead and his eyes wide open in death; even Emperor Chen felt some sadness seeing his son, who bore some resemblance to him, dead in this way, dismissed the coroner and inquired of the Ritual Eunuch, "What do you think?"

The Ritual Eunuch said, "Perhaps, just as the coroner suggested."

Emperor Chen dimly said, "Foolish."

The Ritual Eunuch bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Emperor Chen insipidly said, "Why kill him? Those who overtly would never kill him are Yuwen Hua and Yuwen Lie. But, what if the adversary was counting on our thoughts exactly?"

"No destruction of the corpse means the body was meant to be found."

"The traces left behind, seemingly from combatants of nearly equal realms, were left for us. The real fatal wound was the sword on the neck, directly severing Yuyun’s life force. If not wielded by a Divine weapon, then it must have been a top assassin."

"Why would someone kill my child?"

"Who stands to gain the most from my child’s death?"

The Ritual Eunuch said, "...It couldn’t be Yuwen."

Emperor Chen indifferently declared, "It’s my Crown Prince, it’s Tantai."

"But what if the adversary deliberately led it this way?"

"Yuwen Lie, killing my son, instigating discord between the sovereign and ministerial power, and also creating the false appearance that it couldn’t have been him, to exonerate himself and throw this onto Tantai Xianming, is also possible."

"Keep investigating."

"If I can’t avenge my son, I would be unworthy as a father!"

Emperor Chen spoke, then closed his eyes and added, "Regarding Yuyun’s mother."

The Ritual Eunuch bowed slightly.

The Emperor turned around and indifferently said, "Kill her."

The Ritual Eunuch’s body stiffened, seemingly unable to react.

Emperor Chen looked towards the horizon and faintly said, "A loving mother cares for her child; she must be worried about her child. The best way for her to avenge her child would be to state publicly before the grand sacrifice, in front of a large audience, that Chen Yuyun was my son, thereby escalating the issue."

"Wouldn’t that tarnish my reputation?"

"A woman, being a mother, could do such a thing."

The Ritual Eunuch, thinking of that gentle woman, said, "But she might not necessarily do it."

Emperor Chen said, "But it is possible."

He took the bamboo umbrella, his tone more gentle, and strolled away, lightly saying,

"Grant her death."

......

That very day, an envoy from Central State finally arrived, and though the once supreme and glorious Great Emperor of Central State had faded, Emperor Chen, the Prince of Ying, and others still gave due honors and etiquette.

A banquet was held in the Imperial Palace.

The visitor was a white-haired elder, an envoy of the Central State royal family, the Emperor’s uncle.

During the grand sacrifice, they were also to make offerings to the ancestors of the Great Emperor of Central State, the Red Emperor. Emperor Chen, smilingly inquired if he had brought any ritual objects as gifts, as had been customary in the past, like cauldrons or scrolls. This time, the elderly man, whose Martial Arts cultivation was also exceedingly profound, looked up and said, "I have brought something."

Emperor Chen smiled and asked, "May I know what it is?"

The uncle of the Central State Emperor said, "This item, you will all recognize."

"With such a major event happening in Central State, you all being well-informed surely know, the madman Si Wei has returned to the Academy, and knowing the great sacrifice was coming, he asked us to bring this, to show it around the world."

The elder lifted the crimson veil.

A sword bound by crimson cords lay peacefully there.

Majestic, ancient, just as it had been when it subdued the world.

Thus, a dead silence fell upon the banquet.

After a long time, an almost dreamlike voice emerged:

"...Chi Xiao?"