Chapter 555: Chapter 180: Chaos in the Imperial City! Zhenhai King! Atrocities of the Blood Gu Sect! (10,000-word mega Chapter, please subscribe)_1
"Protect His Highness!" The moment Daoist Fan Wu emerged from the sea of flames, one after another, the palace guards drew their long swords, their gazes alert and tensely fixed on Fan Wu.
A tall and burly stranger, holding a pathetic, live person in his hand as easily as one might hold a chick... and he had walked unscathed from a sea of fire.
Such a person, appearing in the Imperial Palace.
Especially, under the current circumstances...
It was incredibly eye-catching.
"Your Highness! Be careful, this person is..." Before the guard could finish speaking, he was abruptly interrupted by the Crown Prince of Great Zhou.
"Sheathe your swords!" scolded the Crown Prince of Great Zhou, "This man is an honored guest appointed by my royal father! This is Daoist Fan Wu of the Qiulong Temple! If he were a thief, I’m afraid I would have been killed long ago."
Indeed...
Even though this was the first meeting between Fan Wu and the Crown Prince of Great Zhou, the Crown Prince had clearly recognized him.
He was also aware that there was such a person as Fan Wu within the Imperial Palace.
And he knew the reason his son was able to return safely to the Imperial City.
It was all because Daoist Fan Wu had been escorting him.
He also knew that it was Daoist Fan Wu who had saved his overly naughty eighteenth brother.
The Crown Prince of Great Zhou was aware of all these matters.
After all, if he did not know of these obvious facts, there would be no point in him being the Crown Prince of Great Zhou.
"Daoist Fan Wu!" The Crown Prince of Great Zhou spoke with great courtesy and did not act superior due to his status.
He asked, "May I ask if Daoist Fan Wu knows the origin of this great fire? And what’s the situation with the person in your hands?"
Fan Wu casually threw his captive.
The man he had been gripping, like a dead dog, was thrown to the ground. Fan Wu clicked his tongue and said with interest, "This fire was started by this man."
"People from the Blood Gu Sect have infiltrated your Imperial Palace, and no one noticed? And there wasn’t just one arsonist, but I, the poor Taoist priest, managed to catch only him."
What?
Arsonist?
Blood Gu Sect?
Fan Wu continued to speak: "These Sect Disciples of the Blood Gu Sect are quite resolute with themselves, committing suicide as soon as the fire was set. If it weren’t for me coming over and crushing his limbs... he, too, would have committed suicide in a bizarre way. Just like the other Sect Disciples, he would have turned to ashes, leaving no trace behind."
In the end, Fan Wu felt a tinge of regret, thinking that if he had arrived just a breath earlier, he might have been able to collect a wave of Free Attribute Points.
Even a mosquito is still flesh, after all!
When a sudden fire broke out in the Imperial Palace, the first person to realize that something was amiss was not a maid, eunuch, or guard.
It was Fan Wu!
During these sorrowful moments throughout the palace, the sudden intermingling of such distinct emotions stood out like fireflies in the night, strikingly conspicuous.
It was difficult to ignore.
The Crown Prince of Great Zhou trusted Fan Wu surprisingly, glaring at the Sect Disciple of the Blood Gu Sect lying on the ground as dead. He could see the Sect Disciple’s limbs were very much a bloody mess.
When Daoist Fan Wu claimed to have crushed his hands and feet, it appeared to indeed be the case!
"Who is colluding with the Blood Gu Sect?!" The Crown Prince did not ask why the fire was started, instead he asked a somber question with a darkened face.
"Ptooey!" The Sect Disciple lying on the ground spat out a mouthful of saliva: "Dog Son of a Dog Emperor, kill or slash me, do as you please!"
"You have a tough mouth," the Crown Prince of Great Zhou suddenly calmed down: "But I believe the people of the Qintian Department will pry it open for you."
One could imagine the fierce anger brewing beneath his calm tone and demeanor.
The Crown Prince of Great Zhou took a deep breath.
He expressed his thanks to Fan Wu: "Thank you, Daoist Fan Wu, for lending a hand when you saw injustice. I have long heard of your chivalrous heart, and today I have seen it for myself."
Just as he was about to say more, another voice of panic came from behind him.
The panicked voice had just uttered a few words when the Crown Prince’s heart skipped a beat.
"Crown Prince! Crown Prince, there’s trouble! There’s thick smoke billowing from the direction of the Imperial Mausoleum of the Emperor..." The speaker was an eunuch, with a tone both panicked and fearful: "The Imperial Mausoleum of the Emperor... seems to have caught fire!!"
"What did you say?!" The Crown Prince of Great Zhou turned back to look at the eunuch: "My royal father’s Imperial Mausoleum is on fire?!"
"It seems, it seems to be so..." the eunuch replied in terror: "From the direction of the mausoleum, there’s heavy smoke billowing, it’s likely on fire."
"..." The Crown Prince of Great Zhou said nothing.
Upon the demise of an Emperor, one must undergo complex mourning rituals before placing the body in the Imperial Mausoleum.
However, now there was a high chance that the mausoleum had been destroyed by unknown malefactors.
Didn’t that mean, there was no place for his royal father’s body to rest?
The Crown Prince of Great Zhou clenched his fists tightly.
The veins on his arms stood out prominently.
But he also knew anger wouldn’t solve anything; that the Sect Disciples of the Blood Gu Sect could infiltrate the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, surely meant someone was colluding with them from the inside.
Especially today, as his royal father had passed away, many ministers came to the Imperial Palace, even some retired ones had arrived.
