Chapter 987: Chapter 987
Chapter 987: Chapter 147: The Temple’s Guidance (6K)
Of course, if he held a meeting, the Empress would directly refuse.
Guangming had already anticipated the result, which is why he made this choice.
This time… fortunately, it ended in failure.
If it had really succeeded in descending, the events within the Disaster Realm would evolve into what form, no one could predict!
In fact, the matter of “Summoning the Divine Throne” should have had follow-ups, and the highest seat should have issued warnings or even punishment for such overstepping behavior, but the Empress didn’t pursue it… because she knew very well that Guangming had made arrangements long before taking action.
No matter how much the highest seat pursued, Guangming could shirk responsibility.
After all, it was the unilateral action of the “Blessed Son,” and as a Divine Throne, moreover a Divine Throne that failed to descend, he could easily attribute the initial situation to “sudden changes.”
The highest seat never engages in such meaningless arguments.
So… it was up to the people below.
Jia Wei couldn’t refute Lin Chou’s words.
He merely said calmly, “If he is guilty, then he should be dealt with according to the law. He should be detained, then interrogated, and finally judged, not just… die in the Duolu River.”
Lin Chou was also silent.
He also understood clearly that regarding this point, the North Continent was not fit to make any “defense.”
The death of Meng Xiao was an actual fact that occurred, mostly due to the special circumstances at the time, and this guy died so quickly that when Captain Lu Zhe rushed over, he didn’t even see a shadow.
Presumably… he had long blended into the Duolu River.
“Sorry, from the North Continent’s perspective, Meng Xiao is merely missing.” Lin Chou said softly, “Our last contact with him was at the foot of Black Snow Mountain, where he voluntarily cut off communication with Osmond’s main boat… we are not responsible for the subsequent situation.”
The North Continent would not take responsibility for Meng Xiao’s death.
Unless… you provide evidence.
This statement may sound rogue, but what Lin Chou stated was also the truth.
All of this was Meng Xiao’s own doing. Chapters first released on novel✶fire.net
“In the Divine Shrine of Light City, there is a plaque storing the soul of the ‘Blessed Son.’ We can detect Meng Xiao’s life and death… he is indeed dead now, having died in the Duolu River Disaster Realm.”
Jia Wei’s voice was somewhat hoarse, he murmured, “The Holy Judge has come to the North Continent not actually to make Central City directly responsible for this… we just want to find the truth. If Meng Xiao was really due to an ‘accident,’ then we have nothing to say.”
Lin Chou raised his eyebrow.
“We hope Her Majesty the Empress can grant some ‘privileges,’ we want to go to the Duolu River Disaster Realm and inspect the crime scene.” Jia Wei slowly put forward the request, “In addition, we need some ‘independent case-handling rights,’ the North Continent needs to open certain permissions to the Holy Judge.”
Lin Chou looked at the Holy Judges before him, he felt the scene before him was truly ironic.
When he left Holy Cross Academy back then, his younger self would never have imagined that after many years, meeting the “old friends” of those days would be such a tense negotiation scene where neither side gave an inch.
Both sides concentrated their Spirits.
The Holy Judges came a long way to Central City just to “investigate the case.”
The first step of investigation, naturally, is to get the Empress’s permission.
If Her Majesty the Empress tells them to leave, they have to leave now.
Of course… the impact of this matter would also spread accordingly, after all, the North Continent’s explanation is “Meng Xiao died from an accident,” if he really “died from an accident,” then why not allow the Holy Judges to investigate?
“Entering the Duolu River is not that simple.” Duke Zhuxue said calmly, “Meng Xiao’s ‘God Summoning behavior’ has already made the North Continent unable to trust the motives of the Holy Judges…”
Jia Wei was well-prepared, he spoke again, “Every Holy Judge I brought here has a sufficiently clean Spirit Sea… when they enter the Duolu River, they won’t take away the military secrets of the North Continent. If no traces of the Blessed Son are found, when leaving the Disaster Realm, they can undergo the ‘Spirit Sea Cleansing’ by the North Continent Army, washing away all irrelevant memories.”
Jia Wei patiently waited for a response.
Not far away, Duke Zhuxue sat down, tapping his fingertip lightly and rhythmically on the long table.
Lin Chou, with a wireless earpiece on one ear, fell into contemplation.
A while later, a raspy electric sound seemed to transmit through that end, as if someone was speaking…
Then there was the final sound.
A crisp concluding sound.
Lin Chou looked up at Jia Wei and said softly, “Alright. Investigating the Duolu River, is it? This condition, I can agree to it.”
“Zhu Xue’s Source Energy Boat has left Central City.”
Chu Ling passed this message to Gu Shen.
As the iteration speed of [Deep Sea] accelerated, the source code could no longer keep up with the system’s update pace.
Though Chu Ling couldn’t gain highest authority… she could still easily mobilize a large amount of fundamental data from the deep water area.
Tracking Zhu Xue’s airship is equivalent to tracking these “Holy Judges'” movements.
Gu Shen was practicing breathing techniques in the courtyard.
He opened his eyes, a streak of Flowing Fire flashing through his pupils.
“Leaving Central City means heading to the ‘Duolu River Disaster Realm!'”
He was very clear about what the message brought by Chu Ling meant.
The initial negotiations between Duke Zhuxue and Jia Wei had concluded… on the surface, it seems the North Continent made some concessions regarding the Meng Xiao case, choosing to agree to let the Holy Judges enter Black River for investigation.