Chapter 279: Who to Seek Justice From?

But the figure was clad in a black robe, with black energy spreading.

[“This is… Liang Yan’s inner demon!”] Ah Bao was stunned.

Liang Yan, brimming with righteous energy, said, “I am allowing you to appear today because I want to make a deal with you.”

The inner demon was surprised, “The God Lord wants to make a deal with me, a demon?”

Everyone knew he was the God of Plague, the nemesis of demons.

To eliminate this major demon, Liang Yan had absorbed it into his own body, using himself as a furnace to trap himself in a cycle of rebirth to refine himself.

Soon, Liang Yan was about to succeed.

But at that moment, the major demon sensed Liang Yan’s call.

Ah Bao could almost guess what Liang Yan’s upcoming deal would be.

[“Liang Yan, no! Don’t make a deal with this deathly thing!”]

“I will give you freedom, and in return, I need you to use your power to put the otherworldly eye into the path of reincarnation to illuminate it.”

“Ha ha ha ha ha, good, good, such freedom! Finally, I am going to be free!”

Ah Bao quickly picked up the next fragment. She saw Liang Yan personally digging out his own otherworldly eye, and at the same time, his divine seal appeared on his forehead, flashing once and then vanishing.

Abandoning the divine seal, digging out the otherworldly eye.

From then on, he turned into a wisp of virtual light and entered the deity statue, within which a small golden body remained hidden.

Ah Bao’s heart ached as she bit her lip, her face paling, “Fool, fool, fool!”

Tears streamed down the little girl’s face.

“Making a deal with the major demon, betraying the path of immortality, will be intolerable to the divine realm… for me, it’s not worth it, not worth it at all!”

The major demon was obedient, but greed soon emerged.

After the otherworldly eye illuminated the path of reincarnation, the major demon wanted to keep the eye. However, when the major demon went to find the eye in the path of reincarnation, it had already disappeared.

Ah Bao saw the light of the otherworldly eye heading towards the direction of the Tiansheng Dynasty capital.

It was the Luo residence.

It turned out that Luo Zifeng’s otherworldly eye was a gift from Liang Yan.

After Liang Yan went silent, the major demon gained freedom and sought to wreak havoc on the entire Tiansheng Dynasty. But when it was about to leave Lingnan, it was forcefully pulled into Liang Yan’s deity statue.

The major demon roared in fury, “You deceived me! Deceived me! You said I would gain freedom, but I’m still suppressed by your deity statue. I am not satisfied, I am not willing! Liang Yan, you cannot trap me, nor can you protect these foolish people. Ha ha ha ha! Just wait and see how you will face the betrayal and scorn of your followers!”

The major demon was trapped in the temple. Later, one day, Lian’er went in to seek refuge but found some thieves searching the temple for offerings.

They found the small golden statue but were desperately protected by Lian’er, hidden under the offering table, and were beaten to death.

The greed and evil on them turned into wisps of black energy, which the major demon absorbed.

Later, waves of people continuously streamed into the temple to steal offerings.

But they did not know that their greed, anger, and ignorance were the food for the major demon.

The power of the major demon grew stronger.

Liang Yan’s divine power weakened.

As one side’s power increased, the other side’s declined. Ultimately, the major demon broke free from Liang Yan’s deity statue, becoming the source of plague and causing chaos in Lingnan.

It specifically targeted households that worshiped Liang Yan, turning the entire Lingnan into a place of evil for the major demon.

Ah Bao shook with anger, holding the fragments.

[“Damn demon, how dare it use Liang Yan’s name to cause trouble in Lingnan! Very well, very well!”]

[“I’m so angry! So angry! Ahhhh!”]

When Di Chenyu entered, he heard Ah Bao’s urgent and distressed thoughts.

“Little sister, have you finished crying?” The little girl’s eyes were red. The deity statue in front of her had been assembled, but strangely, the fragments were bonded so well that, on closer inspection, there was a faint transparent liquid.

Ah Bao’s tears had fallen on the deity statue fragments, miraculously restoring the Plague God’s statue to its original form.

It was a handsome young figure, but the statue’s eyes were closed.

Ah Bao clenched her small fists and rushed into Di Chenyu’s arms, “Six Brother, I’m so angry, so angry!”

“Tell me, what happened to make you so mad?”

Ah Bao puffed out her cheeks.

Di Chenyu had never seen Ah Bao so explosively angry.

The little girl didn’t answer him but muttered, “I’m going to find that deathly thing to settle scores! I’m going to tear it apart!”

Di Chenyu clearly heard the question, “Who are we going to seek justice from?”

Ah Bao, fuming with anger, ran out of the general’s residence without looking back.

General Lei and Lin Xuanzhi knew they should follow, but were stopped by Di Chenyu. “The little girl is quite upset right now. I’ll keep an eye on her. You two should inform His Majesty and make sure he doesn’t worry. If anything comes up, I’ll send someone to notify you.”

General Lei looked worried. “Lord Lin, should we really not go protect the little princess? The Eldest Prince and the Seventh Prince are out rescuing people. Now the Sixth Prince and the little princess are gone as well. This…”

“Let’s follow the Sixth Prince’s orders. We just need to protect the Emperor.”

General Lei nodded. “By the way, Lord Lin, there’s something I want to ask you.”

Lin Xuanzhi, ever perceptive, immediately guessed, “Is it about the little princess?”

“Ha ha, indeed. Lord Lin, can you also hear the little princess’s thoughts?”

Lord Lin looked around cautiously. “Shh, General Lei, keep your voice down. This is our big secret.”

“Yes, yes, we can’t let the little princess find out. Otherwise, she might not confide in us anymore.”

In the backyard.

Ling Qingliu couldn’t resist. Worried that Feng Batian might run away, he took the initiative to pull Feng Batian aside and told him the truth.

“Prince, please consider it. What do you think?” Ling Qingliu acted like a sycophant. He didn’t mind being a bootlicker, or even a head donkey, as long as Prince Feng Batian didn’t run away.

Feng Batian gave him a look. “I don’t think it’s worth it. I’m not going back to be Emperor. I want to stay in the Tiansheng Dynasty and follow my boss.”

Family, who understands?

He was a bandit leader living well, then came to calm the chaos and the plague was being treated well. Now someone is asking him to go back and be Emperor?

The gap is just too obvious.

But he was used to freedom and didn’t want to return to the confinement of the palace.

Ling Qingliu was afraid of the answer he got and urged earnestly, “Prince, you are the only heir of our Feng Kingdom. You can’t abandon Feng Kingdom.”

“I didn’t abandon Feng Kingdom. It was the Feng royal family that rejected me.” Feng Batian smiled self-deprecatingly. “Now the royal family is gone. Whoever wants the throne can take it. I certainly won’t.”

Ling Qingliu was stunned.

The Feng Kingdom throne that Feng Sheng spent his whole life wanting was actually something Prince Feng Batian didn’t want at all.

What to do when a wandering prince doesn’t want to return home to inherit the throne?

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