Yun Jin focused her attention on the image, and her expression changed.
At a glance, she saw Qin Ping being hung in the center of the city wall, with someone continuously whipping him.
The clothes on his body had already been torn into tatters. Blood had seeped through his garments, and one could even faintly see horrifying wounds one after another.
Nearby.
The monarch, dressed in bright yellow robes, was sipping tea while watching.
Seeing this scene, Feng Linglong's tears fell once again. Her voice trembled, "Sect Master. It shouldn't be like this. The monarch, Chen Chen, is my senior brother. He was sent to my master ever since he could understand things. My master raised him with his own hands, taught him the principles of being a ruler, and also taught him cultivation techniques. To me and senior brother, master is like a father. Senior brother… it's impossible for him to treat master like this."
Feng Linglong only felt waves of pain in her heart.
She couldn't understand why this had happened.
Even if senior brother had suddenly changed his temperament and attacked master.
Still.
With master's strength.
How could he fall to such a state, unable to even send out a message?
Feng Linglong even suspected that this image was fake.
However.
She had many friends in the capital.
They all confirmed that this image was absolutely real.
Up to now, Qin Ping was still being hung on the city wall.
Qin Ping held extremely high prestige in Canglan Kingdom. A thousand years ago, he had served as prime minister and protected the nation, and over the past thousand years, he had never been forgotten by the common people, receiving offerings from countless households.
Over these thousand years, according to the rules set by the holy lands, Qin Ping could no longer directly interfere in mortal affairs, but every generation of monarch in Canglan Kingdom was personally taught by him.
He was a true imperial teacher.
After Qin Ping and the others were hung up, some citizens who recognized them spontaneously organized themselves to plead for him.
But the monarch ignored everything.
Now, throughout the capital of Canglan Kingdom, there were voices everywhere protesting the injustice against Qin Ping.
But the power of these people simply couldn't break through to the city wall, nor could they rescue Qin Ping.
Yun Jin looked at Qin Ping in the image, barely alive, and a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes.
On the surface, this seemed to target Qin Ping, but Yun Jin thought that this matter was related to her.
She asked, "You mean, your senior brother's temperament has drastically changed?"
Feng Linglong said, "More than just a drastic change, it's like he's become a completely different person."
Yun Jin's gaze changed, and she suddenly thought of something.
She said coldly, "Perhaps, it really is a different person."
Feng Linglong froze for a moment and looked at Yun Jin in confusion.
Yun Jin didn't explain and continued asking, "He captured Senior Qin and tortured him. Did he give any reason?"
A trace of indignation flashed in Feng Linglong's eyes, "That's the most absurd part. A notice was posted below the city wall. It said that demon spies had infiltrated the city, and that my master and the others were suspected of colluding with demons. That's why they were captured and subjected to torture. Also, under the same excuse of demon infiltration, they sealed off the entire capital. Now, within the capital's range, one can only enter but not leave! The news I received said that upon learning that Qin Ping was wronged, millions of people from Canglan Kingdom are heading toward the capital. They all want to plead for my master!"
Yun Jin frowned.
That monarch clearly knew Qin Ping's influence in Canglan Kingdom, yet still deliberately captured him and tortured him in public.
At the same time.
He issued an order.
The capital could only be entered, not exited!
In this way.
How could the citizens who deeply respected Qin Ping not rush toward the capital?
This was clearly deliberately drawing people into the capital!
Drawing many people in, but not allowing them to leave!
What exactly happened in the capital of Canglan Kingdom?
And what exactly did this possibly fake monarch plan to do?!
A faint sense of foreboding arose in Yun Jin's heart.
She remembered.
During the final interrogation of Zhao Wuji, he had confessed everything.
Including.
The liquid he used to conceal aura came from Blood Dao Sect's Blood Daoist.
And in recent years, the main area of activity for this Blood Dao Sect was precisely the territory of Canglan Kingdom.
On this side, they had just discovered the matter of the liquid, and once the matter of Qingxiao Pavilion was resolved, the Demon-Destroying Alliance was about to take full action against Blood Dao Sect.
On the other side, something happened in the capital of Canglan Kingdom.
The monarch's temperament had a major change, and Qin Ping was framed.
It was hard to believe that there was no connection between these events.
Yun Jin carefully recalled the original novel's plot.
However.
No matter how she thought about it, there was no direct record of Blood Dao Sect in the book. It only appeared once in a mission description when the female protagonist took on a task.
"S-level mission: eradicate Blood Dao Sect. Blood Dao Sect is active in the territory of Canglan Kingdom. Blood Daoist has already reached Mahayana Stage. It is best to complete this mission with multiple people cooperating. At least one Mahayana Stage expert is required to lead the team. The number of participants should not be fewer than one hundred. Additionally: Blood Daoist belongs to the Illusion Demon Clan and may transform into other appearances. Careful identification is required during eradication."
This description revealed two key pieces of information.
First, Blood Daoist was a Mahayana Stage expert!
Second, Blood Daoist was actually from the Illusion Demon Clan.
This race within the Demon Clan specialized in transformation.
If one were to say which race best matched the mysterious liquid, it would be this one.
Using the liquid to conceal aura, combined with perfect appearance transformation, one could almost achieve a flawless disguise.
Recalling Feng Linglong's words about the monarch's sudden personality change.
Yun Jin couldn't help but form a guess.
Could it be.
That this upheaval was caused by Blood Daoist disguising himself as the monarch, then taking advantage of Qin Ping's lack of preparation to carry out such actions?
"Sect Master, something must be wrong here. I want to go to the capital and save my master," Feng Linglong said through clenched teeth.
She didn't believe that her senior brother would suddenly attack her master.
She also didn't believe that her master had any collusion with demons.
To her, this entire matter had the feeling of demonic interference from head to toe.
She had to go to the capital, she had to save her master, and also personally ask her senior brother why he had done this.
"We are going to the capital anyway," Yun Jin said. "Have you forgotten? Our original destination was the capital."
Qin Ping had already promised to join her Wushuang Sect, so he could be considered as half of her own people. Since he was her own people, she had to protect him.
Moreover, she didn't believe that someone who received offerings from countless households, and who still possessed such immense Qi Luck even under the suppression of an Immortal Artifact, would collude with demons.
There's most likely a great conspiracy behind this matter.
She naturally had to see it for herself.
Feng Linglong's expression became a bit hesitant.
Yun Jin looked at her in confusion, "Is there a problem?"
Feng Linglong hesitated before saying, "Sect Master, I suddenly feel like my earlier actions were inappropriate. When I received this image, my friend also left a message telling me to quickly seek help from you, saying that you would definitely have a way to save master. At the time, I was too anxious and didn't think much, so I came here. But now…"
Feng Linglong paused, conflicted.
After calming down a bit, she suddenly realized.
Saving Qin Ping was an extremely difficult task!
Her master was a Mahayana Stage expert!
Moreover, among those captured with her master, there were many other strong individuals.
To rescue her master, they would, at the very least, need combat power surpassing that of her master and the others.
But the current Wushuang Sect simply didn't have such capability.
Feng Linglong faintly felt that perhaps her friend deliberately wanted her to bring this matter to the Sect Master.