Chapter 1007 - 92: Framing and False Accusations (29 Updates)

Chapter 1007: Chapter 92: Framing and False Accusations (29 Updates)

Mu Qingge’s Divine Sense entered the Divine Emperor Palace. She "saw" Chu Nian, who was speaking with the Wuhua God Emperor, and naturally, she also saw the Wuhua God Emperor.

To find out whether the Divine Strategy Lower Volume was on the Wuhua God Emperor, the only way was to approach with Divine Sense.

’The High Priest said that as long as I am near the Divine Strategy Lower Volume and use the Magic Formulas tempered by Divine Sense, the Divine Strategy Lower Volume will react. I wonder, if I silently recite the Magic Formulas here, and if the Divine Strategy Lower Volume is hidden by the Wuhua God Emperor inside his Qiankun Device, will it respond?’ Mu Qingge said in her heart.

However, this was the only method left.

Mu Qingge’s Divine Sense lay in wait within the Divine Emperor Palace like a leopard in ambush, biding its time.

After a while, Chu Nian left the Divine Emperor Palace. The great hall was no longer as lively as the previous day; it had returned to its usual calm, with only the Wuhua God Emperor sitting on the throne.

His expression was somewhat ugly; as for the reason, Mu Qingge hardly needed to think to guess it.

Naturally, it was because Mu Tianyin had yet to be captured, and the forbidden ground in his heart had been intruded upon. His heart was like having a bone stuck in his throat, extremely uncomfortable.

Mu Qingge gathered her mind and began probing according to the method taught by the High Priest.

If there was no reaction, it would mean the Wuhua God Emperor simply did not have the Divine Strategy Lower Volume, and she would silently withdraw and find an opportunity to leave the Wuhua Domain.

If there was a reaction, then it would prove that the Wuhua God Emperor truly held the Fragmented Scripture of the Divine Strategy Lower Volume, and she would obtain it no matter what.

As for what followed, she would deal with it when the time came!

Mu Qingge’s body sat cross-legged in silence in a side hall. The two Servants were secretly peeking in from outside the door. Yin Chen walked up behind them and gave a light cough, startling them; they fled like frightened rabbits.

Yin Chen’s pair of blood-colored eyes watched them leave. With a wave of his hand, a strand of power fell outside Mu Qingge’s door, preventing others from spying. He personally stood guard at the door, while the Divine Demon Puppet kept watch in the courtyard.

Mu Qingge’s Divine Sense had left her body; it absolutely could not be disturbed in the slightest.

If someone barged in at this moment and disrupted her, at best she would be severely injured and her Divine Sense damaged; at worst it could cause Mu Qingge to fall into permanent unconsciousness.

He absolutely could not bear such consequences, so he had to strangle any danger at the source.

Inside the Divine Emperor Palace, a faint sensation appeared within Mu Qingge’s Divine Sense. This made her spirit jolt, her heartbeat speeding up. ’This is the resonance of the Divine Strategy Lower Volume! The Wuhua God Emperor truly has the Fragmented Scripture of the Divine Strategy Lower Volume in his hands!’

Just as Mu Qingge was rejoicing inwardly, the Wuhua God Emperor seemed to sense something as well.

His brows suddenly knit together, and a chilling gleam burst from his eyes.

A streak of golden light abruptly appeared before him and shot into the distance. Its speed was extremely fast, like a bolt of lightning.

The instant this golden light appeared, the Wuhua God Emperor’s expression changed sharply. He performed Instant Teleportation, leaving the throne and reaching out to grab that golden light. But just as he was about to seize it, joy flashed in his eyes.

Yet at the moment his five fingers closed, that streak of golden light vanished into thin air, severing even the slightest trace.

All of a sudden, the Wuhua God Emperor’s face changed drastically, and a violent aura surged up.

He shouted harshly, "Who is it!"

With his roar, his entire aura erupted. The High Rank Saint Realm pressure swept forth, crashing against the great hall of the Divine Emperor Palace, shattering doors and windows, and alarming those outside.

Chu Nian, who had just left the Divine Emperor Palace and was not far away, heard the commotion from within and immediately turned back, just in time to see the scene of the Wuhua God Emperor’s Divine Power striking the Divine Emperor Palace.

It seemed as if the entire mountain peak trembled a few times in response.

Her face changed, and she hurriedly led people charging toward the Divine Emperor Palace.

When she and her followers rushed into the great hall of the Divine Emperor Palace, they saw only wreckage within, and her own father, the Divine Emperor of the Wuhua Domain, standing in the center of the hall with a dark, terrifying expression.

There were also several corpses lying in the hall.

They were disciples of the Wuhua Domain who happened to be guarding the Divine Emperor Palace. Hearing the commotion, they had hastily come, only to be caught in the impact of the Wuhua God Emperor’s Divine Power and die innocently without even a chance to offer a word of explanation.

Chu Nian glanced at them, and a faint change flickered in her eyes.

She quickly walked to the side of the Wuhua God Emperor and asked, "Father, what has happened?"

Under her questioning, the Wuhua God Emperor revealed a cold, vicious smile, his eyes filled with icy chill. He sneered, "I was wondering who dared break into my Divine Emperor Palace. So it turns out to be the remnant of the Mu Clan!"

"Remnant of the Mu Clan!" Chu Nian blurted out.

She had lived for more than five thousand years and naturally knew what the remnant of the Mu Clan meant. However, what she did not understand was why her own father was so certain.

Had something happened that she did not know of?

The Wuhua God Emperor’s smile was so cold it made one’s skin crawl, the killing intent in his eyes sharp and utterly unconcealed. Before, he might not have known the other party’s purpose. But the thing that had just been snatched away now allowed him to confirm that thief’s identity.

The Wuhua God Emperor fixed his gaze on Chu Nian, causing a chill to run down her spine under his eyes.

"Nian’er, come with me to meet the little Divine Emperor of the Mu Clan." the Wuhua God Emperor suddenly said.

"Meet Qingge!" Chu Nian was taken aback, and could not help asking, "Why go see him? Father, what are you suspecting? Although he bears the surname Mu, he has nothing to do with the remnant of the Mu Clan."

The Wuhua God Emperor’s eyes narrowed dangerously, his voice turning slightly cold as he said, "Nian’er, you defend him quite strongly."

Chu Nian hurriedly lowered her gaze and said in a deep voice, "I only do not wish for Father to, in a moment of anger, wrong a good man. His identity is, after all, different. If we go question him without any evidence, I fear it would be inappropriate."

She secretly lifted her head and studied the expression on the Wuhua God Emperor’s face.

Seeing that he was not angered, she continued, "Besides, hasn’t Father always wanted to build good relations with the Huan Yue Domain? If we go and question them for no reason, I fear it will tear the relations between our two sides apart and run counter to Father’s original intention."

The Wuhua God Emperor said slowly, "It’s precisely because I have no proof that I’m taking you along. If the evidence were conclusive, I wouldn’t be so polite—I would kill him directly."

Her father’s killing intent made Chu Nian’s heart tremble.

She couldn’t help saying, "Why does Father suspect him? Is it just because his surname is Mu?"

"Is that not enough?" The Wuhua God Emperor turned his gaze toward her, that razor-sharp look falling on her, stabbing like needles.

...

Poof!

In the side hall’s room, Mu Qingge suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, her features contorted in pain.

Hearing the commotion inside, Yin Chen immediately rushed in, and saw the blood on Mu Qingge’s lapels, at the corner of her mouth, and on the floor.

"Qingge!" Yin Chen’s heart clenched with anxiety as he appeared at Mu Qingge’s side.

Mu Qingge pressed her lips together and slowly shook her head.

She raised her hand, wiped the blood from her lips, and lifted her eyes to Yin Chen. "I’m fine."

"What happened?" Yin Chen asked, flustered.

Mu Qingge’s expression had already returned to calm; apart from her rather pale face, there was no visible abnormality. "I got the Fragmented Scripture of the Divine Strategy Lower Volume."

"Really!" Joy burst into Yin Chen’s eyes.

Mu Qingge nodded slightly.

"Then your injury..." Yin Chen asked with a frown.

Mu Qingge said, "I used my Divine Sense to sense the Divine Strategy, but I didn’t expect that once it was touched, the Divine Strategy would actually rush out of the Wuhua God Emperor’s space on its own. At the time I saw the opportunity was hard to come by, so I took the risk of wrapping it with my Divine Sense and throwing it into the space. It’s just that in that instant, the Wuhua God Emperor reacted extremely fast, and my Divine Sense took a bit of damage."

She described the process as if it were nothing out of the ordinary. But Yin Chen, who knew her deeply, could hear the heart-stopping danger in it.

Mu Qingge’s Divine Sense was extremely powerful; even compared with an ordinary Divine Emperor, she was not much inferior. Yet it had been shaken so badly she coughed up blood—this could only show how perilous, how critical the situation had been at the time!

"It’s nothing, just a minor injury. After a few days of meditation, it will heal. Don’t worry." Mu Qingge comforted Yin Chen.

She was always this stubborn, this strong.

Yin Chen could only nod helplessly and stopped pressing her about the injury. But he knew in his heart that damage to the Divine Sense was not something that could be easily recovered.

Mu Qingge’s recovery ability was only in the flesh, not in her Divine Sense.

While he was silent, Mu Qingge had already taken out an Elixir that nourished the Divine Sense and popped it into her own mouth. After that, she said to Yin Chen, "The Wuhua God Emperor will probably come here very soon."

Yin Chen’s eyes narrowed. "He’s figured out it was you?"

Mu Qingge shook her head. "He doesn’t dare confirm it’s me yet, but my surname is the most suspicious target."

"Then let’s leave quickly," Yin Chen said.

Mu Qingge only slowly shook her head and said calmly, "No need. Right now the entire Wuhua Domain is sealed off; it would be very hard for us to get out. Besides, if he comes looking for me, I can make good use of it."

After speaking, her gaze fell on the bloodstains on her lapels and the floor. She instructed Yin Chen, "Clean this place up. Don’t leave any trace of blood scent. I’ll go change clothes."

Then she flashed into the space.

Yin Chen did not delay. He immediately used Magic to remove the bloodstains and the bloody smell in the room, and then deliberately lit a stick of Concentrating Incense.

By the time he’d finished everything, Mu Qingge had also changed into an identical set of clothes and appeared in front of him. She looked over Yin Chen’s arrangements, her eyes flickering slightly, and walked to the table. "Bring a set of chess," she said to him.

"When did you learn to play chess?" Yin Chen looked at her strangely.

Mu Qingge said calmly, "I haven’t. But there is one kind of chess I do know how to play." She meant Five-in-a-Row: as long as you link five stones of the same color in a line, you win. Easy to learn, good for passing the time.

Yin Chen set up the board, and with a few simple explanations from Mu Qingge, he had already learned the rules of Five-in-a-Row.

The two sat facing each other and, as if nothing were happening, began battling over the chessboard.

When the Wuhua God Emperor entered the side hall with Chu Nian, this was the scene he saw. Mu Qingge and Yin Chen were focused intently on the board, completely unaware of their arrival.

The Divine Demon Puppet blocked their way, preventing anyone from approaching.

The Wuhua God Emperor’s eyes sharpened, and he was about to make a move when he heard Mu Qingge say faintly, "The Wuhua God Emperor’s sudden visit truly makes me feel flattered."

As soon as she spoke, the Divine Demon Puppet stepped aside to clear the way.

The Wuhua God Emperor led Chu Nian forward slowly to stand before Mu Qingge and Yin Chen.

Mu Qingge lifted her eyes to him, smiled, and said, "I must ask the God Emperor to wait a moment—I’m just one move away from victory." With that, she placed the stone in her hand on the board, linking a diagonal line and winning the round.