Chapter 2081
I am very interested in your Yellow Springs Cult.
After everything settled down, Lu Chen went to the backyard and saw the corpses scattered all over the ground. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
If it weren't for Qu He's presence in this heavenly realm, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion would probably be doomed today.
At this moment, Lu Chen's gaze fell on an elder of the Yellow Springs Sect.
Upon seeing Lu Chen, Du Wen immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Young Master Lu, spare my life! I am willing to pledge allegiance to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion and will never betray you in this lifetime."
Having just witnessed Qu He's attack, Du Wen and the group of Earth Realm elders from the Yellow Springs Sect were terrified.
Before the Heavenly Realm, they are nothing but a fart.
If they don't surrender now, they'll probably be turned to ashes with a single blow later.
Upon hearing Du Wen's words, the other Earth Realm elders of the Yellow Springs Sect also hurriedly kowtowed and said, "We are also willing to pledge our loyalty to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion."
At this moment, Du Wen seemed to remember something and continued, "Your Highness, I have another piece of information here, which concerns the Great Zhou royal family."
"Not only us came this time, but the Third Prince of Dazhou also came. He's right behind us, and he's probably hiding now."
“But he must still be in Guangling City. As long as we send people to search for him, we will find him soon.”
As soon as Du Wen finished speaking, Lu Xun appeared beside Lu Chen from a distance, grabbing a young man dressed in black robes, and then threw the man in black robes to the ground.
Lu Xun said to Lu Chen, "Young Master, I caught someone who was alone. Judging from his suspicious behavior, he must also be a member of the Yellow Springs Sect."
Lu Chen glanced at the man in black robes, who was covering his face with his cloak and dared not look Lu Chen in the eye.
Lu Chen then said calmly, "He's just an ant from the Yellow Springs Sect. Let's just kill him."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yan was so frightened that he quickly removed the cloak from his head and immediately said, "You can't kill me. I am a prince. If you kill me, the court will not let the Zhennan Prince's Mansion off the hook."
Seeing Ji Yan take off his cloak, Lu Chen chuckled and said, "A prince? How could a prince be with an evil force like the Yellow Springs Cult? It's obviously a disguise."
Zhao Yu and Lu Xun were stunned when they heard Lu Chen's words.
The moment Ji Yan removed his cloak, the people from the Zhennan Prince's Mansion recognized him.
Before they could react, Lu Chen said he would kill Ji Yan, which surprised them greatly. When did their young master become so ruthless?
Moreover, Ji Yan is, after all, a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Wouldn't it be a bit of a treason to kill him like this?
However, everyone present understood Lu Chen's meaning: Ji Yan was colluding with the Yellow Springs Sect, and even if the Zhennan Prince's Mansion killed him, the imperial court couldn't say anything.
On the contrary, the imperial court would try its best to distance itself from Ji Yan.
After all, Ji Yan was colluding with the Yellow Springs Sect to attack the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. If the court acknowledges that the person in front of them is Ji Yan, it would be tantamount to admitting that the royal family had taken action against the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. In that case, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion and the court would have completely broken off relations.
After realizing what was happening, Zhao Yu cautiously asked, "Your Highness, do you really want to kill him?"
Lu Chen chuckled and said, "Let's keep it for now; it might come in handy."
He just said that to scare Ji Yan.
He now desperately wanted to know whether Ji Yan had colluded with the Yellow Springs Sect to attack the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, or whether it was the will of the Great Zhou royal family.
Ji Yan was, after all, a prince, so it was hard for Lu Chen not to associate this matter with the Great Zhou royal family.
At this point, Lu Chen glanced at the elders of the Yellow Springs Sect and then asked, "I am very interested in your Yellow Springs Sect."
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Du Wen felt as if he had grasped a lifeline and hurriedly said, "Young Master, I am an elder of the Yellow Springs Sect, and I know everything about the Yellow Springs Sect."
"I am willing to tell you all the evil deeds done by the Yellow Springs Sect, I only hope that you can give me a chance to be loyal to the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion."
Lu Chen adopted a thoughtful expression. At this moment, the other elders of the Yellow Springs Sect immediately said, "We also know the secrets of the Yellow Springs Sect, and we hope that the young master will give us a chance."
Lu Chen then said to Qu He, "Seal off the spiritual evil within them. Let's have a good talk tonight."
As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, Qu He went to the side of the Yellow Springs Sect elders and then sealed the spiritual evil within their bodies with a few gestures.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yu and the others escorted the elders to the courtyard of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion where the secret guards were trained.
After taking everyone to their places and locking them up, Lu Chen went to the room where Du Wen was being held, sat down opposite him, and asked, "Tell me, why did your Yellow Springs Cult attack the Zhennan Prince's Mansion?"
Upon hearing this question, Du Wen immediately replied, "We are here to assassinate the Prince of Zhennan and strip him of his dragon aura."
Upon hearing Du Wen's answer, Lu Chen asked curiously, "Dragon energy can be artificially stripped away? How come I didn't know that?"
Du Wen said, "Dragon energy requires the body of a royal member as a vessel. We have brought the Third Prince here, so we can guide the dragon energy from the Prince of Zhennan into the Third Prince's body."
Upon hearing Du Wen's answer, Lu Chen asked in confusion, "What does the Yellow Springs Sect need dragon energy for?"
Du Wen said, "It is not the Yellow Springs Sect that wants dragon energy, but Emperor Zhou."
Lu Chen was slightly surprised.
Judging from Du Wen's words, the Yellow Springs Cult is actually related to Emperor Zhou. To be precise, Emperor Zhou is the one behind the Yellow Springs Cult.
Good heavens, this Zhou emperor has been hiding his true intentions well!
Wasn't he imprisoned by the Empress Dowager?
How did he manage to collude with the evil forces of the Yellow Springs Cult right under the Empress Dowager's nose?
After regaining his senses, Lu Chen looked at Du Wen and continued to ask, "What is the relationship between Emperor Zhou and the Yellow Springs Sect?"
Du Wen replied, "I don't know either. I guess the Zhou Emperor is just a pawn of the Yellow Springs Cult Master, and the Yellow Springs Cult Master helped the Zhou Emperor increase his strength, perhaps just to obtain the fortune of the Great Zhou."
Lu Chen continued, "And what about the demons? How did those demons transform from humans into demons?"
Du Wen thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know either. Only Emperor Zhou and the Lord of the Yellow Springs have the ability to turn people into demons."
"They seem to have practiced some kind of evil technique, no, to be precise, some kind of strange art that can turn people into demons."
Lu Chen thought to himself, it seems that to find out what the demon is all about, he has to talk to Emperor Zhou in person.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen looked at Du Wen again and then asked, "What else do you know?"
Du Wen said somewhat nervously, "Your Highness, I have told you everything I know."
Lu Chen stood up and prepared to leave the room where Du Wen was being held.
Just then, he suddenly thought of something, and turned to Du Wen to ask, "Is there any external force behind the Yellow Springs Sect?"
Du Wen said, "We don't know either."
Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of Du Wen, Lu Chen stopped wasting time and left Du Wen's room.
He then had other important figures of the Yellow Springs Cult interrogated. After summarizing the information obtained from the interrogations, he found that their statements were consistent, which basically confirmed that they were not lying.
Night passed quickly, and the sky began to lighten.
Lu Chen sat in the courtyard, listening to Zhao Yu and the others' report. At this moment, Zhao Yu asked, "Your Highness, what should we do with the Third Prince? According to the intelligence we have, the Third Prince seems to know nothing; he is merely a pawn."
Lu Chen chuckled, "This Zhou Emperor even schemes against his own son; truly, emperors are ruthless." (End of Chapter)