You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 414 - 26, Plan 2

"You’re not thinking of dealing with a Superior Grade, using the opportunity to have the Heavenly Martial Divine Cauldron unsheathe itself?" the Empress couldn’t help but ask.

"Isn’t that the quickest method?" Lin Yue countered.

He paused, then added, "Besides, it’s the only method. I can’t just wait for a great disaster to befall Great Yong, waiting for the national fortune to fluctuate, can I?" ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

The Empress furrowed her brows slightly and asked, "Are you planning to kill directly? Or are you going to slowly scheme, pulling someone of Superior Grade down from the court?"

"What do you think?" Lin Yue looked at her.

"It seems you can only slowly scheme, right?"

The Empress slowly shook her head, "If you kill a person of Superior Grade in office, that would be a great sin. Even if you are a prince, even if your royal robe can conceal these sins, the sins would still taint your national fortune. Over time, you will be punished all the same, maybe even temporarily stripped of your national fortune protection to avoid it being tainted by your sins."

Lin Yue laughed and shook his head, "I don’t have that much time to scheme slowly."

"Do you intend to kill a Superior Grade?" the Empress couldn’t help frowning.

"Is there any other way?" Lin Yue asked.

Frowning, the Empress responded, "Those qualified for the title of Superior Grade are princes and princesses or those holding positions in the court as ascended strong ones, or dukes of the realm. How could you kill them?"

She shook her head, "Those you might possibly kill are only those commandery princes and princesses with possibly deeper national fortunes, but killing them is even more troublesome."

Lin Yue understood her point.

Among the princes and princesses, he was currently the weakest, and even the Seventh Princess had already achieved Harmonization into a saint.

As for the other Superior Grade officials, like the military leader of the Dawn Platform or the commanders—each ascended strong ones—he couldn’t kill them even if he wanted to.

The most likely he could kill were actually only those commandery princes and princesses who hadn’t achieved Harmonization into a saint.

To appoint a commandery prince, one only needs to break through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier and pass the commandery prince’s test.

But these commandery princes and princesses are of the third generation of the Xiahong family, their national fortunes extremely substantial. With dozens of meters of national fortune, once appointed as a commandery prince, the manifestation and substance of the national fortune protection become even more astonishing.

Killing a Great Cultivator level commandery prince might be an even greater sin than killing the military leader of the Dawn Platform!

Therefore, even those capable of killing a commandery prince are not willing to pay such a price.

This was also why many people were shocked when the Ascetic of Huangquan was killed; normally, even ascended strong ones couldn’t bear such a price.

"If a commandery prince dies soon, I need you to cooperate with me..."

Lin Yue suddenly spoke, "I will tell you about the approximate time of the commandery prince’s death, and what you need to do is go to Tianwu Palace and wait for the opportunity. When the Heavenly Martial Divine Cauldron actively lifts its seal and recollects the national fortune of the commandery prince, help me find something inside the Heavenly Martial Divine Cauldron."

"Are you truly going to kill a commandery prince?" the Empress couldn’t help but frown, "But isn’t that price too great? Even if you are a prince, and the royal robe can conceal sins, such a great sin would also hugely contaminate the royal robe, it might even temporarily withdraw the national fortune from you..."

"No need for more words, I’m already prepared."

Lin Yue looked at her and said, "You just need to answer me, are you willing or not?"

The Empress sighed, "Since it’s your request, I naturally am willing. Is there anything else you need my help with?"

"For other matters, there’s no need for you to worry," Lin Yue shook his head, "I also don’t want to involve you in this sin."

The Empress was slightly stunned, realizing he didn’t want her to share the burden of this great sin of killing a commandery prince, which was why he was reluctant to tell her...

She bit her lip slowly, and her hands interlocked with his couldn’t help but tighten slightly.

This couldn’t be touching, could it... Lin Yue silently mused to himself.

In truth, he also didn’t trust the Empress enough, which was why he didn’t want to disclose the detailed plans, to avoid any mishaps.

As for the sins?

He and the Star Lord might just be those unpredictable by heavenly decree, where killing doesn’t bear any sin!

For him, the only problem with killing a commandery prince was how to kill and whether he could kill, without needing to consider the consequences.

However...

Lin Yue glanced at the Empress, suddenly embraced her, and whispered in her ear, "We have both changed now, but this time, I still choose to trust you."

The Empress also hugged him and whispered back, "I know..."

After an unknown duration of the embrace, the two finally separated.

After the Empress had left the Sacred Heart Road, Lin Yue also left with a smile.

"Your Highness, all the dossiers of Commandery Princes and Princesses you requested are here."

Inside the secret chamber of the Prince Mansion, Pei Bin from the Tantian Sect presented a large stack of dossiers, placing them on the table in front of Lin Yue, and said, "All these Commandery Princes and Princesses are allies of the Twelfth Prince and other princes and princesses. Their Cultivation levels are all at the level of Great Cultivator, and they will ultimately be our enemies."

"Good," Lin Yue nodded slightly and asked, "Is there a high possibility of assassinating them?"

"The Commandery Princes, Your Highness?" Pei Bin was somewhat surprised.

He didn’t ask further, simply answering, "If Your Highness is willing to disregard karmic consequences and bear the sins, even if we send Death Soldiers to assassinate them, those Death Soldiers must be sufficiently powerful, since they are Commandery Princes and Princesses after all, but such powerful Death Soldiers are almost nonexistent..."

Lin Yue controlled the gentle breeze to continually brush over the dossiers, and his Divine Thought swiftly scanned them. Before long, he had looked through all of them. "These Commandery Princes and Princesses are quite powerful indeed," he couldn’t help but frown slightly.

"Yes," Pei Bin nodded and said, "After all, they are able to pass the Commandery Prince trials, which even peak Great Cultivators typically find difficult. Among these Commandery Princes and Princesses, the one with the lowest strength also has two consecutive victories at the Seventh Layer of Tianxia Building."

Lin Yue pondered.

Although the bloodline of the Xiahong family was extraordinary, only a portion could complete the Commandery Prince trials.

Given the special nature of the Ancient God’s Way, theoretically, it required being at the peak of Great Cultivator level, and additionally either practicing a Qi Cultivation Method comparable to the highest levels or creating an exceptionally strong True Skill, or even a few who grasp the embryonic form of those heaven-defying ways, to possibly succeed.

Of course, as Commandery Princes with such esteemed status, even the weakest among them would be much stronger than any Ascetic, and the stronger ones had already achieved Harmonization and entered the Saint stage.

"With a Divine Artifact, I am confident I could kill the weakest among them in a short period of time, but if I can’t achieve an Instant Kill, there’s also a risk of accidents occurring..."

Lin Yue slightly narrowed his eyes, "Unfortunately, even using the Mutant Beast to kill within the Yong Realm would be affected by karmic consequences, otherwise, if I let the Phoenix Crown act, it would be much simpler."

Moreover, the weakest among those Commandery Princes, though nominally aligned with the Twelfth Prince, hadn’t really participated much in factional disputes.

One could say he was somewhat innocent.

Although he was not punctilious to a fault about not killing, compared to others, he was more inclined to kill the offspring of the Twelfth Prince.

"The four children of the Twelfth Prince are indeed quite impressive; three of them have been titled Commandery Princes and Princesses, and another one lacks skills in battles but has a remarkable talent in Artifact Refining."

Lin Yue laid out the dossiers of these three children of the Twelfth Prince on the table and spread them out one by one.

Prince Wuhé of the Seventh Layer of Tianxia Building, with five consecutive victories.

Princess Cangyan of the Seventh Layer of Tianxia Building, with three consecutive victories.

Prince Tanxun of the Seventh Layer, with four consecutive victories.

Among them, Princess Cangyan had relatively the weakest strength; even with his current level of power, utilizing the Divine Artifact Battle Saber, it was possible to kill her. Simply using Chaos Reopening alone, he could easily break into the Seventh Layer of the Tianxia Building, and with the addition of the Divine Artifact Battle Saber, even a peak Great Cultivator at the Seventh Layer with five consecutive victories might not be his match.

But a one-on-one battle is different from assassination under heavy protection.

He wasn’t a professional assassin or spy. Even using the guise of various lives to get close, it would be difficult to achieve something like the Death Soldiers of the Demon Clan.

To achieve an Instant Kill, first and foremost, he needed sufficient strength.

"If my power could advance further, using the Divine Artifact Battle Saber to get close and perform an Instant Kill wouldn’t be difficult."

Lin Yue pondered for a long time, then put away the dossiers and made up his mind: "Forget it, I’ll first head to Upper Three Cave Heavens of the former dynasty; my Master said that the Upper Three Cave Heavens are also tremendously beneficial for Enlightenment. Perhaps I can make some progress?"

Moreover, he also wanted to obtain the Emperor Yu Token within the Upper Three Cave Heavens of the former dynasty; if he could also gather the Eternal Night Twelve Holy Grade, he could enter the Emperor’s Mausoleum beneath Yao Shen Lake.

If he were to kill a Commandery Prince first, it would inevitably cause turbulence in Di Hong City, making it troublesome to act stealthily thereafter.

"I will enter tonight."

Lin Yue hesitated no more and decided to enter the Upper Three Cave Heavens as soon as possible; after all, only those with the token could enter the former dynasty’s Upper Three Cave Heavens, unlike the Middle Cave Heavens where other competitors existed.

"Upper Three Cave Heavens... I hope there will be a few surprises waiting for me there."