Chapter 156: Those Who Do Not Surrender Shall Be Executed! (Part 3)

"If Uncle Wang acts like this, I fear it will trigger a great war among the five nations. What should we do!" Yan Wudi said anxiously.

"You have already severed ties with the mortal world, do not dwell on it anymore. Besides, in my estimation, that Yan Chuan is not a person acting on rash impulse; otherwise, he would not have possessed the wits to outmaneuver practitioners of the Qi Realm just now!" Sword King Dugu shook his head.

On the other side.

"This is madness! Eldest Miss, Yan Chuan has gone insane!" Changqing exclaimed.

"No, it is dominance!" the young woman sighed in admiration.

"Ah?" Changqing asked, confused.

"This man is extraordinary," the woman shook her head and said.

"What? He is making mortal enemies of the four nations! He is plunging the State of Yan into eternal damnation!" Changqing protested in incomprehension.

"No, think about it again, think carefully!" the woman smiled.

Below.

The Brocade-Clad Guards treated the people from the State of Zheng and the State of魏 with relative restraint, merely placing them under control. However, they were far rougher with those from the State of Chu and the State of Han. After all, in the eyes of the guards, with their crown prince dead, these people were absolute enemies of Yan—why bother showing courtesy?

The differing treatment immediately provoked the sensitivity of the people from the four nations.

"Don't kill me! I am a classmate of Changqing, the Chancellor of Yan! Please don't kill me!" Among the Chu captives, a man screamed in panic.

"Me too! I am also a classmate of Changqing!" someone in the Han contingent shouted out as well.

"Oh? You know the Chancellor of Yan?" Yan Chuan narrowed his eyes.

Not only Yan Chuan, but Emperor Yan also furrowed his brows, and the officials of Yan all wore looks of disbelief.

"You're lying! How could Changqing possibly know you?" Emperor Yan glared at them.

"I really do know Changqing! Changqing, where are you? Come save me, Changqing!"

"Changqing, save me!"

The two shrieked.

High up in the air, Changqing’s expression shifted upon seeing the scene below.

"These two idiots!" Changqing said with an ugly expression.

The woman let out a soft sigh. "Let's go, we are going down."

"Whoosh!"

The two descended from the sky.

"Changqing? Is it you?" Emperor Yan looked at Changqing in astonishment.

When had his most trusted official learned how to fly?

"Changqing, you're here! Quickly make them release me!"

"El—Eldest—Eldest Miss?" the other man gasped in surprise.

"Greetings, Eldest Miss! It is so wonderful that you have come, save me!"

"Greetings, Eldest Miss!"

"Greetings, Eldest Miss!"

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Not only from Chu and Han, but among the detained people of Zheng and Wei as well, a person stepped forward from each faction. All of them wore Confucian robes and treated the woman with utmost reverence.

"Eldest Miss?" Emperor Yan looked at the woman with surprise.

At this moment, anyone could tell that something extraordinary was going on.

Because the five people who recognized this woman were actually distributed across the five different nations. Spread out among five nations? Who on earth was this woman?

The woman was dressed in flowing white, wearing a bamboo hat that obscured her face.

"Changqing, what is the meaning of this?" Emperor Yan demanded sharply.

Changqing sighed softly, turned, and bowed to Emperor Yan. "Your Majesty, I apologize for keeping this hidden! But all these years, I have never done anything to betray the State of Yan! As for these four individuals, they belong to the same allegiance as I do, scattered across the four nations."

"You!" Emperor Yan said, shaking with anger.

No matter how nicely Changqing phrased it, Emperor Yan understood that this official whom he valued most had never truly been loyal to him.

Not only Emperor Yan, but the crown princes of Zheng and Wei also wore looks of shock. How could the chancellors of their respective countries... be connected like this?

"Who are you?" Yan Chuan stared at the woman in the bamboo hat.

"I am Meng Rongrong of the Julu Academy! These individuals are my fellow students at the Julu Academy, and I intend to take them with me," the woman smiled and said.

"Julu Academy?" The surrounding crowd fell into blank silence.

"So it is the Julu Academy!" Sword King Dugu said in a deep voice from high above.

"Master, what kind of place is this Julu Academy?" Yan Wudi asked.

"Among the four great academies of the world, whether it is the Daoist Palace, the Buddhist Sect, the Demonic Abyss, practitioners of feng shui, or even the major aristocratic families, all must show respect to the four academies. It is the pinnacle of scholarly influence in the world! And this Julu Academy is one of them!" Sword King Dugu explained.

"Ah?" Yan Wudi wore a blank expression.

None of the mortals below had ever heard of the Julu Academy.

"Julu Academy? They are my prisoners; what gives you the right to take them away?" Yan Chuan said coldly.