Remould the Glory of Sword Art-Chapter 1225 - 143: The Final Curtain of Departure (Part 4)
Qian State, Imperial City.
It was still the Nine Dragon Flower Garden, but this time the garden was even more desolate and lonely than before.
The Crown Prince stood alone in the pavilion.
The great sun hung high, the ice melted, the snow dissolved, and the garden was filled with vibrant colors, exceedingly beautiful.
A portal opened in the void.
Countless pitch-black soul lines fell like a waterfall from above the pavilion, blocking the bright light outside, and the pavilion was shrouded by the [Iron Curtain]. A tall figure in a gray robe slowly stepped out.
"Your Highness."
Nalan Xuance approached the Crown Prince.
"Teacher."
The Crown Prince softly responded.
In the pitch-black world enveloped by the [Iron Curtain], there should have been no light, but because of the Crown Prince’s presence, there was a beam of light. The Great Li Emperor Blood could resonate with the [Iron Curtain], and the countless cascading soul lines fell to the ground and immediately spread out like mercury, eventually all crawling at the feet of the young man in the black and gold robe.
"Your Highness..."
Nalan Xuance was silent for a long time, then said with a heavy heart, "Chen Chong has escaped."
"I’ve heard about what happened at the mansion."
The Crown Prince’s expression remained unchanged.
He said calmly, "This matter is not your fault. Just now, I have ordered all the nobles in the Imperial City associated with the One Slash Sect to be imprisoned."
It was Luo Lie who was the main culprit for Chen Chong’s escape last night.
Xie Xuanyi, of course, was also one of the main culprits.
But...
If the Crown Prince could have dealt with Xie Xuanyi, he would have done so long ago.
One in Chu, one in Li.
Despite his overwhelming power, there were people in this world he was powerless against, and Xie Xuanyi was one of them.
Luo Lie, however, was different.
The One Slash Sect and the Great Li Royal Family had close relations over the years, weathering hardships together; logically, Luo Lie should have been the least likely to betray, and the most unlikely to betray.
But it happened nonetheless.
"Even if all these people are killed, it probably won’t be of any use."
Nalan Xuance said with downcast eyes.
Figures like Luo Lie, who could lead the One Slash Sect to stand firm in the turbulent Da Li Dynasty for a hundred years, would not be shortsighted fools.
This backstabbing.
Was actually a huge blow to the Qian State’s nobility.
Luo Lie was a smart person; once he made the decision, it was natural for the nobles closely tied to the One Slash Sect in the Imperial City to become discarded pawns.
"Luo Hai."
The Crown Prince lightly uttered these two words.
Though he hadn’t participated in the battle at the mansion, he had keenly caught a critical point.
If Luo Lie had harbored thoughts of rebellion from the beginning.
Then the battle at the mansion wouldn’t have erupted as it did.
With the Sect Master of the One Slash Sect’s power, once Nalan Xuance left, he could have secretly taken Xie Xuanyi away... Clearly, Luo Lie was initially on their side and might have already won the battle at the mansion. Only at the final moment did an unexpected change occur, leading to the current situation.
The variable could only have been Luo Hai!
"Indeed, it was Luo Hai..."
Nalan Xuance sighed and said, "I sensed the Sword Qi of Chao Yin Pavilion and the Taoist Intent of the Path of Canglang on the scene."
Luo Lie’s greatest concern was his son.
"Han Li has also betrayed."
The Crown Prince suddenly said, "Last night, Bei’an Marquis Mansion was attacked, and the entire mansion was completely cleared. Marquis Bei’an Yu Qing was beheaded and his head was hung above the city gate."
Nalan Xuance was stunned for a moment.
He had been too busy that night.
Some news, he hadn’t had time to review.
Han Li’s betrayal wasn’t unexpected; when he heard the news of Du Yunzhong’s death during his night conversation with Chen Chong, Nalan Xuance had sensed the warning.
It’s just...
He hadn’t expected Han Li to act so quickly.
The mutiny at Xuanbei Pass had only happened in the first half of the night.
In the second half of the night.
Han Li arrived at Bei’an Marquis Mansion alone and personally beheaded Yu Qing. As a result, the entire Chong State fell completely under Han Li’s control.
"Fifty thousand Iron Cavalry in Chong State, one hundred thousand in Yuan Province."
The Crown Prince slowly said, "These one hundred and fifty thousand Iron Cavalry are likely to head south soon..."
In the past few days, he had urgently mobilized, ordered the Southern Four States’ Iron Cavalry, and gathered two hundred thousand troops to besiege Wu State.
If it weren’t for this "performance."
Then the fragmented resistance of the Buddhist monastic army in Phoenix Seal City of Wu State would have been hardly alarming... Two hundred thousand against eight thousand, almost in a crushing momentum, sieging the Main Sect of Fan Yin Temple. There, the Fan Yin Temple had a Yang God Great Cultivator stationed, which was of no concern, as there were also practitioners with the intent to destroy Buddhism on the Qian State side.
Even if Fan Yin Temple invited other Yang God experts.
They could similarly invite practitioners who harbored the intent to destroy Buddhism.
These three years of destroying Buddha.
The Crown Prince had successfully proven through actions that Buddhism wasn’t invincible to those hidden forces in the shadows.
The Zen Master lived three hundred years...
Indeed, it was a long time.
But no matter how long, there should always be an end.
Three years of destroying Buddha had conveyed an empirical message to the outside world.
The Zen Master was dead.
Buddhism could be destroyed.
"These one hundred and fifty thousand Iron Cavalry won’t all head south."
Nalan Xuance said, "Xuanbei Pass still needs to be guarded... The Demon Country just sent a Tribulation Lord for a raid, which ended in failure, but those guys won’t give up easily."
The Crown Prince’s eyes showed a hint of complexity.
Is this supposed to be comforting?
He leaned back, and countless soul lines immediately rose from the ground, intertwining to weave into a enormous throne.
This throne supported the Crown Prince.
But it also dimmed the great sun significantly.
"Father Prime Minister."
The Crown Prince stretched out his hand, holding his chin, and changed to a more intimate address, murmuring with a hint of weariness, "Sometimes I wonder... Have I made some wrong decisions..."
In these years.
He had gone alone to the cities below.
