Chapter 1466: Chapter 1466: Who Treats Their Friends Like This?
Jing Wangyou said, "I just asked about it. Those two have long escaped."
"The Great Elder wanted to stop Ying Jian, but unfortunately couldn’t."
Qiu Yuhai nodded slightly, his face full of guilt.
Qin Yi sighed, "In the end, we still let these two guys escape."
Jing Wangyou said, "Don’t worry, when we get back, I’ll have someone search for them."
"As long as Tian Xie is still in Northern Central State, I can find him."
Qin Yi smiled bitterly, "Tian Xie is not an ordinary person. If he doesn’t show himself, he’s hard to find."
This is because Tian Xie has the same means as him, such as the Thousand Faces Technique, which allows him to change his appearance at will.
"Qin Yi, my young friend, let’s head back first."
Qin Yi nodded slightly.
It took the group ten days to return to Netherworld City.
Who would have thought that they would be met with tightly closed gates.
Netherworld City was under lockdown.
Jing Wangyou looked at the sealed city gates and turned to Qiu Yuhai, "What’s going on?"
Qiu Yuhai was also bewildered.
"Palace Master, don’t worry. Something urgent must have happened, or else the city wouldn’t be sealed."
Saying this, Qiu Yuhai stepped forward, looked at the person on the city gates, and shouted, "Open the gate."
"Who are you? Netherworld City is temporarily sealed, leave immediately."
On the city wall, a middle-aged man in black armor demanded.
"How dare you, I am Qiu Yuhai, the Great Elder of Netherworld Hall."
"And behind me is the Palace Master of Netherworld Hall, quickly open the gate."
However, the person on the wall sneered, "How bold, to impersonate the Palace Master and Great Elder of my Netherworld Hall. I think you’re courting death."
Qiu Yuhai was stunned.
Jing Wangyou frowned.
But Qin Yi slightly lifted the corners of his mouth, "It seems that Palace Master Jing and the Great Elder have a bit of low exposure rate usually, the people below don’t recognize you."
Qiu Yuhai’s mouth twitched as he took out a pitch-black token, which was the Great Elder’s token.
"Take a good look, this is my token, now quickly open the gate."
The person on the city wall was full of ridicule.
"The higher-ups were truly prescient, saying that recently someone might impersonate the Palace Master and Great Elder, and sure enough, you came."
"You’re well-prepared, even imitating the Great Elder’s token."
"If it weren’t for the early warning from above, I might have been fooled by you."
Qiu Yuhai was so furious that his nose was almost crooked.
"Who gave the order above? Why is the city under lockdown?"
The person on the wall cupped his fists and showed respect, "Naturally, it was the Palace Master’s order."
"Nonsense, the Palace Master is right here. When had he given such an order?"
The person on the wall looked disdainfully at Qiu Yuhai, "You old fool, if it weren’t for orders from above preventing us from engaging in a fight, I’d come down and chop you up right now."
"You really have the guts of a dog, daring to impersonate our Netherworld Hall’s Palace Master and Great Elder, truly seeking death."
"I advise you to leave quickly, or you’ll have nothing good to eat."
Jing Wangyou and others looked livid.
Qin Yi laughed, "It seems someone has falsely transmitted an imperial edict."
Yun Mengyao spoke up, "Could it be that Seventh Elder Le Heng, during the time Palace Master Jing was not here, was impersonating Palace Master Jing?"
Qin Yi nodded slightly, "Very likely."
"Maybe Seventh Elder wants to pass off the fake as real and become the real Netherworld Hall Master."
"Impossible," Qiu Yuhai said, "The Seventh Elder isn’t that kind of person. He doesn’t have such ambition."
"I think there must be some misunderstanding."
Qiu Yuhai raised his head and shouted, "He who does not know is not guilty. Quickly go and call Young Master Jing Wuyan; by then you’ll naturally know whether we are real or not."
The person on the city wall laughed mockingly.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I’m laughing at your stupidity. You probably don’t know that the young master’s coup failed, and he’s already been caught."
The expressions of Jing Wangyou and the others changed immediately.
"The orders from above have long been clear, the young master in Southern Middle State has already defected to Sword Sect."
"I know you’re impersonating as people from Sword Sect, go back to your Southern Middle State. Such petty tricks, dare to make a fool of yourself here."
Qin Yi was dumbfounded, they were impersonating as people from Sword Sect? This is utterly absurd.
"Truly laughable, if my third brother wanted the Palace Master position, he could easily get it. Father would be more than happy, why bother with a coup?"
Jing Wufa said with a black face.
They, the three brothers, have used every trick in the book to avoid becoming Palace Master and hiding from their father every day.
"It seems indeed there was a coup attempt, and Xiaoyan has been caught," Qin Yi said.
"You say they’re impersonating Sword Sect people, but surely not him?"
Yun Mengyao pointed at Qin Yi and shouted.
The person on the wall looked at Qin Yi and asked, "Who is he?"
"Qin Yi."
The person on the wall was momentarily stunned, staring at Qin Yi for a long time, "So it is."
"What do you mean?"
The person on the wall sneered, "I had some doubts about what the higher-ups said before, but now I am even more certain."
"The higher-ups had already investigated clearly, Qin Yi himself is from Sword Sect, he deliberately approached the young master to deal with my Netherworld Hall."
"There are already orders from above, if Qin Yi is among the visitors, do not open the city gates."
"Qin Yi, your plan has long been exposed, stop pretending."
Qin Yi’s mouth twitched in frustration, unable to laugh or cry.
"It seems the person setting up this trap is not simple. The plan is seamless, interlinked."
Yun Mengyao gave Qin Yi a strange look, "Don’t say it, but I think what he’s saying makes sense. Could you really have some unspeakable motives with Sword Sect?"
"I understand now, what he said is all true, you’ve been acting with Sword Sect all along. The purpose is to deal with Netherworld Hall."
"Such an insidious scheme truly fits your usual style."
Qin Yi looked at Yun Mengyao, "You really know how to talk."
"Just average, world third."
"Then why would I do such a thing?"
"For the Netherworld Hall of course. Once Xiaoyan becomes the Hall Master, you then take him out, and the entire Netherworld Hall is yours."
Qin Yi was speechless, looking at Jing Wangyou, "Why do I feel like what she’s saying makes a lot of sense? Could this really be a trap I set up myself and I just forgot?"
Jing Wangyou laughed, "Stop messing around. If you really set this up, in the Ancient Relic, you wouldn’t have needed to persuade the Evil Lord to join forces and almost kill Ying Jian."
"This can be explained quite well. It only proves that Qin Yi has greater ambitions."
"Actually, he never intended to kill Ying Jian, it was just a show to win your trust."
"If he actually killed Ying Jian, then Sword Sect and Netherworld Hall would both be his, and Qin Yi could dominate both Southern and Northern Central States."
Yun Mengyao analyzed seriously.
And this explanation, upon hearing it, made sense.
Jing Wangyou and others were completely dumbfounded, utterly shocked.
Are Yun Mengyao and Qin Yi really friends? Can one really set up a friend like this?
Yun Mengyao looked at Qin Yi with a smile, "How about my explanation?"
"Makes sense, I’m almost convinced."
Qin Yi gave a thumbs up, admitting that Yun Mengyao’s explanation was spot on.
"Of course, Miss I’m so smart, how could your little tricks fool my eyes."
Yun Mengyao looked pleased with herself, and turned to Jing Wangyou, "You’ve all been fooled by Qin Yi, this is the trap he’s set."
Jing Wangyou and others: "..."
"Young friend Qin Yi, is it really like this?" Qiu Yuhai asked seriously.
Jing Wangyou looked at Qiu Yuhai with disdain, "Are you stupid? If you don’t trust young friend Qin Yi, you should at least know Wuyan, right? If he had the heart to be the Palace Master, I’d be thrilled, why go through such trouble?"
Qiu Yuhai looked embarrassed, admitting there was some truth to that.
