75: The Queen’s countermeasures, planning for the border!

From the Emperor's perspective, Chu Yun wanting Venerable Ke might have been interpreted as Chu Yun wanting to personally decide Venerable Ke's fate, especially since he attacked the Xiang Residence and almost threatened the lives of everyone there.

However, unbeknownst to him, Chu Yun wanted Venerable Ke for his hatred value and editing points.

Chu Yun was very curious to know how many editing points a Venerable Realm Cultivator could provide him.

The Emperor pondered for a moment; although Venerable Ke had already been imprisoned.

But he was, after all, a member of the Corpse Yin Sect, and with the situation escalating to this point, the Corpse Yin Sect would not stand idly by. They would certainly send people to the Imperial City to ask the Son of Heaven to spare Venerable Ke's life.

After all, he was a Venerable Realm Cultivator, which would undoubtedly be a huge loss for the Corpse Yin Sect.

“Very well.”

“Since you want him, Venerable Ke will be handed over to you for disposal.”

“As for the public, I will simply announce that he has been executed, leaving no room for others to maneuver.” The Emperor made his decision, still doting on Chu Yun and granting his request.

“Thank you, Imperial Father!!”

Chu Yun, beaming, immediately expressed his gratitude.

Subsequently, the Emperor ordered Xuan Feng to secretly send Venerable Ke to the Ninth Princes Mansion.

Publicly, it was announced that Venerable Ke had attempted regicide while imprisoned and was directly ordered to be executed by the Son of Heaven!

… … … …

Chu Yun's Residence.

Venerable Ke was confined in a secret room, his limbs bound. He resembled a vicious wolf filled with hatred, his eyes still fierce, glaring intently at Chu Yun in front of him, even in the squalid environment.

“I never expected that I, who has roamed the Great Xia Dynasty for so many years, would fall into your hands!”

“Chu Yun! You are formidable!”

“But! Don’t get too ahead of yourself!”

“If I die, the Corpse Yin Sect will surely make you pay!”

“Even your Imperial Father cannot protect you forever!!”

“You will die!”

“You will die a more miserable death than me!!”

Venerable Ke’s eyes were bloodshot, a cruel sneer on his lips, as he spoke viciously.

Chu Yun listened to his impotent roars, his expression unmoved.

Not long after, Night Devour slowly approached: “Master.”

Chu Yun nodded: “Do it.”

“Use the cruelest methods.”

Venerable Ke attacked the Xiang Residence. Fortunately, Chu Yun happened to be there today; otherwise, Meng Ruxue would have truly fallen into his hands.

Therefore, Chu Yun felt no softness towards him, and even a hint of anger.

Seeing his Master so serious, Night Devour understood the gravity of the situation. He responded solemnly: “Yes, Master! Rest assured!”

Night Devour slowly walked over, a layer of night mist rising around him, completely enveloping both him and Venerable Ke.

“Ah!!!!”

“Chu Yun! You… you won’t die a good death!!”

“Ah ah ah!!!

“Ah…”

Immediately after, from within the night mist, came Venerable Ke’s endless roars, like agonizing screams of being flayed, having his Soul torn apart thousands of times and molten lava poured into the wounds, echoing throughout the secret room… … … …

The System's prompt sounded: [Venerable Ke's hatred value has reached one hundred percent.]

Chu Yun, who had been standing with his back turned, slowly turned his head: “That’s enough. Kill him.”

Subsequently, a dazzling evil light emanated from within the night mist, as if a sky-devouring evil ghost had descended, instantly making the atmosphere of the entire secret room eerie and terrifying!

Venerable Ke's voice abruptly ceased not long after, his aura completely vanishing.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Master! Night Devour has killed Venerable Ke and gained 15,000 editing points.]

Killing Venerable Ke yielded fifteen thousand editing points, which wasn’t a lot, but it wasn’t little either.

Currently, he still had 52,200 editing points.

The editing background cooldown period still had six days left.

In this case, he could only open blind boxes.

The darkness dissipated, the evil Qi vanished, and Night Devour walked out, satisfied: “Master, I have a premonition that I am not far from breaking through again.”

“Once I completely refine Venerable Ke’s Soul substance, I might be able to touch the threshold of the Venerable Realm Middle Stage.”

Although Night Devour had just broken through not long ago, he couldn't resist the fact that he had devoured enough living beings, as Chu Yun had continuously fed him.

Basically, if he were to devour another Cultivator of the Venerable Realm Early Stage, he would definitely break through.

Chu Yun nodded: “Let’s go to the Xiang Residence first and see if Ru Xue has woken up.”

“Yes, Master.”

… … … … …

Imperial Palace.

At this moment, in the Empress's palace, National Preceptor Feng Tianzheng, along with two Imperial Dynasty offerings named Ren Lin and Hong Chen, were all seated in the hall. The Empress's expression was grim: “News has already spread from the palace that Venerable Ke, while imprisoned, attempted regicide and was immediately ordered to be executed by His Majesty.”

“No room for maneuver was left.”

The other three listened to this news, all with heavy expressions.

No one had anticipated that His Majesty would suddenly order Venerable Ke’s execution.

As for Venerable Ke attempting regicide, that was simply impossible.

Not to mention he was a prisoner, even if he hadn’t been injured, he wouldn’t have had the ability to harm His Majesty.

Therefore, regicide was merely a reason given to the public.

However, this meant that the relationship between the Imperial Family and the Corpse Yin Sect was almost completely shattered.

The Emperor leaving no room for the Corpse Yin Sect to maneuver was something not only the higher-ups of the Corpse Yin Sect hadn't expected, but even the Empress was surprised.

After so many years of marriage, they had, after all, shared a bed. According to her understanding of the Emperor, this seemed uncharacteristic of him.

He should have been clearer than anyone about the consequences of casually executing a Sect’s Venerable Realm Cultivator.

“His Majesty’s actions this time are indeed somewhat incomprehensible.”

“Your Majesty, do you think he might have sensed something?”

“After all, his Five Decays of Heaven and Man period is drawing closer.” The offering Hong Chen suddenly said.

The Empress frowned upon hearing this: “That shouldn’t be the case, as our people haven’t made any moves yet, so he couldn’t have known in advance.”

“However, since the current situation is already this bad, we can only implement the plan we had prepared earlier.”

“National Preceptor.”

Feng Tianzheng said solemnly: “Your Majesty, rest assured. I have already had the border defense map secretly sent out.”

“I believe it won’t be long before news of the border’s fall reaches the Imperial City.”

The Empress nodded. Currently, she had to prevent the Emperor’s attention from constantly being on them. Therefore, only by creating unrest at the border could she shift his focus!

“Oh, right.”

“The Venerable Realm Cultivator by Chu Yun’s side, Misty Rain Tower, hasn’t found any clues about him either, which is strange.”

“However, the forces assisting Chu Yun, several of the Cai Family’s forces, have been identified as the Yan Family and the Wangxian Taoist Sect from Qingzhou.” The Empress continued.

“What?!”

“The Yan Family and the Wangxian Taoist Sect! It’s them!”

Upon hearing this, Hong Chen and Ren Lin’s expressions immediately turned grim with anger.

“Your Majesty, it seems we have all underestimated this Chu Yun. He was able to secretly gain the support of the Yan Family and the Wangxian Taoist Sect, and he even has a mysterious Venerable Realm Cultivator protecting him.”

“He does indeed have some capability, at least not as useless as we previously thought.” Feng Tianzheng said with a solemn expression, holding his scepter.

The Empress’s face was cold and arrogant: “He does have some ability, but what disgusts this Empress are the forces helping him.”

“Since they have made their choice, they must pay the price for that choice!”

“Ru Jun has already led the elite of the Divine Sect to Qingzhou. As for the Yan Family, we will wait one month, then completely annihilate them, uprooting all their Foundations!!”

The three, hearing that the Empress had made her decision, said nothing more.

As for Venerable Ke’s death, the Empress personally sent a message to the Sect Master of the Corpse Yin Sect, telling them to remain calm and await her news.