World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 1005: Four Six One: Long live the mountains!

Chapter 1005: Four Six One: Long live the mountains!

Suo Lun heard this and couldn’t help but be startled, "Demon’s Blood, did you really give it to Zhi Li?"

"Of course not," Fang Qingyi said.

Suo Lun said, "Then it must have been Fang Qingshu who gave it to Zhi Li."

Fang Qingyi said, "I didn’t say anything."

Suo Lun said, "That doesn’t make sense, if it wasn’t you who did the Demon’s Blood, Yin Zhou should use this as a point of counter-attack, right? To thoroughly clear the charge of Demon’s Blood."

"Hehe..." Fang Qingyi said, "The matter of Demon’s Blood cannot be cleared; it must belong to Yin Zhou. Moreover, since Zhi Li has confessed my name, I must admit the guilt."

Suo Lun said, "After all, it was not what you did, you wouldn’t pass the mental test."

Fang Qingyi said, "That’s why I have to die, commit suicide right after confessing, and take all the blame upon myself. To make a swift decision on the battlefield of Demon’s Blood, this is called cutting the losses, otherwise it will drag more and more people in."

"Suicide?" Suo Lun said.

"Yes, suicide," Fang Qingyi said with a sigh, "Zhi Li entered Yanjing Holy Temple, knowing he couldn’t get past the mental lie detection after confessing, so he committed suicide immediately after confessing, and I have to take the same path."

Suo Lun understood.

Ji Xiuning, of course, did not wish the Demon’s Blood to only reach as far as Fang Qingyi, but wanted it to burn to the Yinzhou Elder, the Lord of Yinzhou, and others.

But the Lord of Yinzhou and the backers of the Zhi Du Sanctuary preferred the case to end with Luo Ge, Ge Li, and Fang Qingyi.

As for Fu Lingxi, she was just a small fish caught in the crossfire.

In the matter of Demon’s Blood, Yin Zhou cannot clear its name, so on this battlefield, it decisively admits defeat and sacrifices Fang Qingyi for an explanation.

Then, they will find a way to stir up other major cases to counterattack Ji Xiuning and her supporting forces.

"What about Luo Ge, Ge Li, and Fu Lingxi, these three people?" Suo Lun asked.

Fang Qingyi said, "Their fate should be the same as mine, also death immediately after confessing! Otherwise they wouldn’t pass the mental lie detection, they too are points to cut the losses, to sever Ji Xiuning’s hopes of digging deeper."

"Sigh..." Suo Lun sighed.

Fang Qingyi smiled and said, "Anyway, I was defeated in Rage Wave Kingdom, already doomed. Even if it weren’t for this sensational case, upon returning to Yin Zhou, I would be completely stripped of my title as the young master. Being saddled with the Demon’s Blood case is simply putting waste to use."

Suo Lun said, "Does your father have that many sons? You and Fang Qingshu both, just sacrificed like that."

Fang Qingyi was startled and said, "Who said I and Fang Qingshu were biological brothers? We are cousins."

Suo Lun was astonished and said, "What about Fang Qingzhuo?"

Fang Qingyi said, "Fang Qingzhuo and Fang Qingshu are siblings, the daughter of the Lord of Yinzhou, my father is an elder of Yinzhou, the direct descendants of the elders’ meeting all have the right to inherit Yinzhou."

Suo Lun understood. Yinzhou practiced an elitist democracy within the family.

"To die is to die, just not in Rage Wave Kingdom," Suo Lun said.

"Rest assured, it won’t happen," Fang Qingyi said, "I need to complete the confession, take on all the responsibilities, and only then can I die."

"Farewell," Suo Lun said.

"We shall not meet again," Fang Qingshu said.

...

Suo Lun left the dungeon, and over half an hour later, five Sky Holy Knights came to the palace, directly asking for Suo Lun, retrieving an official letter from the Sky Holy Palace, to take Fang Qingyi away.

Of course, Suo Lun could not stop them.

Not to mention that Fang Qingyi was not a prisoner of the Rage Wave Kingdom, even if he were, the Sky Holy Palace had the authority to take away prisoners from any jail in the Human Kingdom, even if they had committed grave crimes such as plotting a rebellion or regicide.

Of course, except for Dongli Kingdom!

Because the Dongli Kingdom is not under the rule of the Dragon Temple.

The deeper Suo Lun delved into this world, the more he admired the successive Kings of Dongli!

The Flame Empire, by completely aligning with the Dragon Temple, has become the only, and strongest, overlord of the Human World.

However, the Dongli Kingdom could have become the world’s foremost overlord a thousand years ago, but they chose not to do so.

Because, the successive Kings of Dongli felt that they were merely subordinates of the Dragon Emperor and did not have the right to dominate the entire world.

As for the title of King of Dongli Kingdom, it was personally conferred by the Dragon Emperor.

The ancestor of the first Jiang Family was the Dragon Emperor’s right-hand man, having established a remarkable military record, and was conferred by the Dragon Emperor as the King of Dongli, with a territory on the continent’s Dongli Peninsula!

The Dongli Kingdom thus originated, and today the capital of the Dongli Kingdom, Lijing, is the very territory that the Dragon Emperor had conferred back then.

The reason Dongli Kingdom did not pledge allegiance to the Dragon Temple is because in the era of the Dragon Emperor, the Dragon Temple was merely an academic institution without any power.

In short, after three thousand years, the Dongli Kingdom still follows the traditions of the Dragon Emperor.

Even so, in this country, the highest sovereign is still the Dragon Emperor.

Moreover, while other kings have begun to call their decrees "Imperial Edicts," the King of Dongli still refers to them as "Jun Orders," believing only the decrees of the Dragon Emperor can be called "Imperial Edicts."

It’s precisely for this reason that the Dongli Kingdom has had a distant relationship with other kingdoms on the continent, rarely engaging with them.

But they are impressively powerful, keeping the Dragon Temple completely at bay.

And thankfully, due to the existence of the Dongli Kingdom, the Dragon Temple does not dare to go too far with Rage Wave Kingdom, Xiliang Kingdom, or Beiting Kingdom.

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