98: In public trial, Long Zhan admitted defeat

Elder Huo's teeth chattered, "Young Lord, many people will die!"

Jiang Lin was startled and scrutinized the old man before him.

"You, who cultivate deathsworn, still care about that?"

Elder Huo's eyes welled up with tears, "Young Lord, cultivating these deathsworn is too difficult, it costs too much money, it truly pains me to see them die..."

Jiang Lin chuckled, "Who said the Jiang Family is going to enter the fray?"

Elder Huo was stunned, "How can the Jiang Family stay out of the Three Realms War?"

Jiang Lin frowned, a look of confusion on his face, "Didn't I bring all forty thousand of the Jiang Family's deathsworn with me?"

"In this battle, aren't we only left with two thousand deathsworn?"

Elder Huo blurted out, "Young Lord, two thousand died..."

"Young Lord is brilliant!"

"In this battle, my Jiang Family suffered too terribly!"

Hearing this, the smile reappeared on Jiang Lin's face:

"Right? How can we possibly have the energy to deal with the Three Realms War!"

"The rest of us will directly ensure the stability of the Secret Realms and contribute to the logistical supply of the army!"

"But my Jiang Family is not cowardly!"

"For the Human Race!"

"For Kyushu!"

"For the Human Emperor!"

"My Jiang Family is willing to send its heir to the front lines!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Huo's pupils constricted, and he took a deep breath, saying, "May I ask, Young Lord, what exactly do you intend to do?"

Jiang Lin opened his folding fan and gazed into the distance, speaking faintly:

"The Jiang Family is already the number one Family on the surface!"

"To go any higher is practically impossible!"

"No matter how much we accumulate now, it will only be the Human Emperor's granary!"

"To Breakthrough this Bottleneck, this world must fall into chaos!"

"Only when the old order is disrupted and a new order is built, will new Families like ours have a chance to rise!"

Hearing this, Elder Huo bowed deeply, "Elder Huo is willing to lay down his life for the future of the Jiang Family!"

"Young Lord, just tell me directly what you need this old man to do!"

Jiang Lin closed his folding fan and quickly helped Elder Huo up,

He said word by word, "Sister Yi's Ten Thousand Herb Secret Realm should be almost ready. I need Elder Huo to use that Secret Realm to help the Jiang Family cultivate a batch of troops to conquer those Small Worlds!"

"I know it's not enough yet, but resources will come slowly!"

"But this must be kept secret, and we cannot use resources from the surface, do you understand?"

"From now on, you don't need to report to my father; report directly to me!"

"Understood?"

Elder Huo firmly said, "Young Lord, rest assured, Elder Huo knows what is important!"

...

Sun high in the sky, noon.

Black Cloud Peak was surrounded by dense crowds.

It was said that Jiang Lin was going to publicly judge the culprits of the Black Yuan City disaster at this time, and all victims came to watch.

They wished they could flay them alive, drink their blood, and eat their flesh!

Outside the city, a group of people had also gathered,

Among them were the court's Dragon Generals, the Sima Family's executive team, the Liu Family's private soldiers, the Jiang Family's chief steward, and Six Doors led by Nangong Shuo.

They were there to stop Jiang Lin!

But at this moment, they were all blocked by a Formation.

In fact, this Formation was not powerful; any one of their forces could shatter it.

But no one dared.

Because this was a defensive Formation bestowed by Your Majesty to Jiang Lin to guard Black Yuan City.

Breaking through this Formation meant challenging imperial authority.

Moreover, what made those people most apprehensive was that

Next to the Formation was a stone tablet with a line of text engraved on it.

"Demonic creatures are hard to suppress; if the city Formation moves, demonic creatures can easily emerge!"

This simple sentence

Scared everyone!

Regardless of whether it was true or false, if they rushed in and Jiang Lin decided to let things go, directly releasing the demonic creatures...

Now, everyone in the world was watching here,

Wouldn't that directly imply that they were the masterminds behind the demonic creature's arrival?

Few dared to bear this title.

Moreover, whether they could come out alive was another matter entirely!

Just as everyone was extremely anxious,

Jiang Lin appeared at the top of Black Cloud Peak and said loudly:

"People of Black Yuan City, you have suffered!"

"Half a month of beast and demon calamities has finally passed!"

"Currently, I have thoroughly investigated the cause and effect of everything!"

"Please allow me to explain it one by one!"

At these words, everyone fell silent, all staring at Jiang Lin.

The people outside the city were a bit confused.

This Jiang Lin, he intends to define this matter!

Did he ask Your Majesty for permission?

How dare he?

"The main masterminds behind this incident are the Yao Race and traitors within the Demonic Cult who conspired together. Their goal is to destroy the Human Race's Dragon Veins and the stability of Kyushu!"

"First, they took advantage of the end of the beast tide in Black Yuan City to trap Lieutenant General Zhenyuan on Black Cloud Peak, causing the Zhenyuan Army to be leaderless!"

"This led to the fragmentation of the Dragon Veins, and various parts of Kyushu are suffering from soul chaos!"

"And those who caused all this are these traitors!"

Jiang Lin waved his arm, and the bandits from Black Cloud Peak and the Sima Family members on their mission appeared simultaneously before Jiang Lin.

"Tell me, who is your mastermind?"

Amidst Jiang Lin's angry roar, those people all sobered up.

Those people found themselves tied up, all surprised and fearful.

One of them hurriedly spoke:

"Who are you? Why are you tying us up?"

"We don't know what you're talking about at all?"

Jiang Lin said coldly, "Nameless, flay this person first!"

Nameless was dressed in black, with a hood covering her face.

The next moment, she appeared directly in front of the person who spoke.

The sword light fell, and that person's limbs were dismembered, with streaks of blood on their body.

But that person was not dead yet, lying on the ground, twitching with difficulty.

Seeing this scene, all the onlookers gasped.

This was to torture that person to death!

"I ask you, did you lead Lieutenant General Zhenyuan to Black Cloud Peak and trap him there with a Formation?"

"If you don't tell the truth, I will make you experience the pain of being flayed alive!"

Jiang Lin's voice, like a poisonous snake from Hell, entered that person's ear!

"Don't... don't... I did it!"

"Give me a... quick death, please..."

Jiang Lin's lips curled up, "Who is your mastermind?"

...

Capital, East Palace.

In front of Long Zhan was a mirror, showing the scene of Black Cloud Peak.

It wasn't just him who had it; Jiang Lin had used a top-grade Talisman, "Cross-Border Projection."

Anyone with a projection mirror could see it.

"Tell me, what exactly does Jiang Lin intend to do?"

"Quickly contact him for me!"

"This cannot continue!"

Long Zhan's forehead veins throbbed, his face extremely pale.

"Your Highness, we can't reach him at all!"

"It seems Jiang Lin is determined to drag Your Highness into this!"

Long Zhan paced back and forth, like an ant on a hot pan.

"Jiang Lin!"

"Jiang Lin!"

"I will make you die!"

"Have the Sima Family's deathsworn rush in and kill all those people!"

"Why are you standing there, go quickly!"

"Are you waiting for those boors from the Liu Family to come knocking?"

Just then,

From the shadows, an old man walked out.

"Sima Yi of the Sima Family greets Your Highness!"

"Your Highness's top priority is to go to the Hall of Nurturing Spirit and beg for forgiveness!"

"How the Liu Family views Your Highness doesn't matter, and even how the world views Your Highness doesn't matter!"

"What's important is, how does Your Majesty view Your Highness?"

"Your Highness's primary task is to let Your Majesty know the full story; we will admit to as much guilt as we have committed!"

"My Sima Family is willing to hand over the Enlightenment Secret Realm and those criminals to apologize to Your Majesty!"

Long Zhan was not a fool; hearing this, he already knew it was beyond redemption.

He looked at the mirror with a gloomy expression.

In the mirror, that person tremblingly uttered the three words, "Sima Family."

At this moment, he knew he had lost!

Lost completely!

"Jiang Lin..."

"This round, I admit defeat!"

"You just wait for me..."

The mirror shattered directly, and Long Zhan walked towards the Hall of Nurturing Spirit without looking back.