26: Chapter 26 My Master, Kong Deming!

Mu Qingci looked at the three stunned individuals, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and revealed a smug smirk.

His body was very weak at this moment, but he still suppressed his own recovery ability; after all, he had to play the part completely, and he had to see the act through to the end.

The activation of the Silver Moon Guardian was sensed by Kong Deming in the Enshrinement Hall.

He opened his eyes, shook his head, and then took a step forward; accompanied by a flash of silver light, he disappeared from the hall of the Enshrinement Hall.

Mu Qingci could not even stand steadily now, but the smile on his face had never faded.

Lin Feng and the other two dared not act rashly at this moment; the silver barrier around the opponent was clearly a defensive spirit tool above level seven, which even Lin Feng, a Spirit Saint, could not break through.

"Mu Qingci, if you have guts, don't hide in that spirit tool. Come out, and I will beat you to death!"

Mu Qingci ignored Xu Tianyu's barking and instead stared intensely at Lin Feng.

He took out the token given to him by Kong Deming from his spirit tool and threw it at Lin Feng with his remaining strength.

"Imperial Son-in-law Lin," Mu Qingci said with difficulty, "I forgot to tell you one thing."

After Lin Feng caught the token, he saw the character 'Kong' on it.

Lin Feng's face turned deathly pale upon hearing Mu Qingci's final sentence.

"My teacher is Kong Deming!"

After shouting this at the top of his lungs, Mu Qingci saw Kong Deming appear at the entrance of the interrogation room and fainted, feeling relieved.

Lin Feng and the other two also saw Kong Deming; they were now so terrified that their legs were trembling, and they could not move.

"Hall... Hall Master Kong..."

Relying on his status as an Imperial Son-in-law, Lin Feng barely managed to squeeze out a smile that looked worse than crying as he looked at Kong Deming.

But he was ultimately trying to curry favor with the wrong person; Kong Deming didn't even give the Emperor face, let alone a minor Imperial Son-in-law like him.

Kong Deming didn't even spare the three of them an extra glance and walked straight toward the unconscious Mu Qingci.

After realizing that Mu Qingci was not in life-threatening danger and was merely suffering from excessive blood loss, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He picked up Mu Qingci and left the interrogation room without even looking at the three terrified individuals beside him.

After Kong Deming left, the air remained filled with a cold atmosphere.

Lin Feng's face turned from green to white; his brain worked at high speed, digesting the information he had just received while thinking of countermeasures.

"Im... Imperial Son-in-law Lin, didn't you say he was just a commoner? Wha... what is going on?!"

Captain Li was already frantic to the point of madness; he grabbed Lin Feng's shoulders, his expression nearly twisted.

"Get lost, do you even have the right to question me?!"

Lin Feng kicked Captain Li away, breathing heavily.

"It's over... it's all over! I, I don't want to die!"

Captain Li was now nearly insane.

He had clearly heard Mu Qingci's last words before fainting.

"My teacher is Kong Deming!"

This sentence lingered in Captain Li's heart like a nightmare, unable to dissipate for a long time.

Coupled with Kong Deming's behavior just now, it almost confirmed what Mu Qingci had said.

Who was Kong Deming? The number one person in the Soul Engineer world of the Sun Moon Empire!

How many high-level Soul Engineers had received his guidance?

And he, Captain Li, was merely a minor Spirit Emperor; any random level seven Soul Engineer would be enough to reduce him to ashes, yet he had actually beaten Kong Deming's disciple into that state.

His fate seemed already predictable.

Captain Li's eyes had turned bloodshot; he looked at Lin Feng, then at the terrified Xu Tianyu on the side, and let out a sound like a beast: "It's you, it's all because of you! I'm going to kill you! I'll go find Elder Kong to apologize!"

He roared and charged madly toward Xu Tianyu.

Six spirit rings pulsed beneath his feet; having lost his sanity, there was no question of holding back.

"Father, save me!"

As soon as Xu Tianyu's words fell, Captain Li's charging body instantly froze in place.

A green claw had pierced through his chest; it was Lin Feng, who had activated his Martial Soul True Body.

With his heart crushed, Captain Li was beyond saving; he slumped to the ground, losing his life.

"Dad, what should we do? That Mu Qingci is actually Kong Deming's disciple!"

As a member of the royal family, Xu Tianyu naturally knew Kong Deming's status.

It could be said that Kong Deming's status in the hearts of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers already surpassed the Emperor's.

"How would I know? Come with me, let's go find your mother and have her ask your uncle to find a way!"

Lin Feng deactivated his Martial Soul True Body, grabbed the limp Xu Tianyu from the ground, and walked out.

"I... where am I?"

Mu Qingci woke up in pain and discovered that he was lying on his own bed.

He felt something pressing on his leg; looking down, it was Meng Hongchen.

There were still tear stains at the corners of her eyes; she had clearly just been crying, and it seemed she had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Feeling the movement, Meng Hongchen woke up.

When she saw Mu Qingci looking at her, tears welled up in her eyes again, and she hugged Mu Qingci: "Qingci! You scared me to death; if it weren't for Elder Kong, you would have died there!"

Mu Qingci's gaze turned to the door, where Kong Deming was standing.

He broke free from Meng Hongchen's embrace, got up from the bed, and bowed to Kong Deming: "Teacher."

Mu Qingci knew that his little tricks definitely couldn't fool Kong Deming, so he simply stopped pretending.

His injuries were mostly healed by now, though there were still some scars and lingering pain.

"Since you're awake, come with me. I know what you're thinking; continue acting, and I will help you."

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Mu Qingci was overjoyed; with Kong Deming's help, he would definitely be able to extort a huge sum this time.

Kong Deming waved his hand, and Mu Qingci was swept up by his Soul Power and flew outward.

A quarter of an hour later.

Mu Qingci and Kong Deming stood in the center of the main hall of the Sun Moon Empire's Imperial Palace.

The Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire had long since received the news and had been waiting on the throne for a long time.

"Elder Kong, what wind has blown you here?" There was no helping it; Kong Deming's prestige was too high, even the Emperor had to greet him with a smile.

But facing the other party's solicitous inquiries, Kong Deming still kept a straight face.

He pulled Mu Qingci in front of him: "Your Majesty, I have come here for only one thing. Why was my disciple picked on for no reason by members of the royal family at the Royal Academy? They even kidnapped him directly and used lynch law. Is this the law of the Empire? Is this how Your Majesty manages the royal relatives?!"

Kong Deming's voice carried pressure, giving a strong sense of dignity even without anger.

If it were anyone else, they would definitely not dare to question the Emperor like this.

But he was different; he was Kong Deming, the Hall Master of the Enshrinement Hall, the Empire's number one Soul Engineer, a god-like existence in the hearts of all Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire, and the one closest to and with the best hope of breaking through to a Level 10 Soul Engineer.

Facing Kong Deming's questioning, the Emperor's first reaction was not anger or annoyance, but panic: "Elder Kong, please calm your anger. It is my lack of proper governance. Someone, bring the Princess and that brat Xu Tianyu to me immediately!"

At the Emperor's command, Xu Linxue, Lin Feng, and Xu Tianyu, the family of three, were brought onto the main hall in bonds.