Chapter 77: Killing Three Birds with One Stone

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Those people originally thought that they were definitely going to die. When they heard this, their hopes were immediately reignited. They hurriedly kowtowed and shouted, “We want to live! We want to live!”

“In that case, I’ll give you a chance.”

Lin Ran nodded and pointed at the corpses that had just been killed. “It’s impossible for such a small fry to mobilize so many people. I’ll give you three days to find out who’s behind this…”

Before he could finish speaking, a young girl suddenly stood up and said, “Sword God! I’m Zhou Zhiqing, a disciple of the Goddess Peak. I know who the mastermind is.”

“Oh?”

Lin Ran was a little surprised, but Zhou Zhiqing pointed at Liu Yuntao, who was beheaded. “These people today were all bewitched by Master Liu of the Eight Directional Mountain.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the remaining traitors nodded repeatedly, indicating that Zhou Zhiqing was right.

Lin Ran’s expression under the mask instantly froze. He killed Liu Yuntao just to intimidate everyone, but he did not expect to have killed the mastermind!

But on second thought, Lin Ran felt that something was wrong.

Before King Zhao rebelled, he had eavesdropped on the secret meeting and knew that the Dao-Seeking Sect participated as the representative of the martial world. Why did it become the Eight Directional Mountain?

Lin Ran was puzzled, but he couldn’t ask directly. Logically speaking, the Ten Miles Sword God had just come out of seclusion and shouldn’t know so much.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Ran could only choose to interrogate them in private. Then, he waved at Huo Qiyun, indicating for him to take these people away first.

Huo Qiyun nodded and brought people to take the traitors away. Then the guards went forward to carry the corpses away, but no one cleaned up the blood. Large pools of blood coagulated on the ground, as if it was a silent warning to the people.

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Lin Ran finally sat back down. The empress raised her glass and said a few words before indicating that the dishes could be served.

Hundreds of palace maids served delicacies on the table. Even the empty seats were not left out. The fragrance of the delicacies mixed with the pungent smell of blood made the atmosphere of the banquet especially strange.

The empress stood up again and raised her wine glass. “Everyone! There’s something I didn’t mention just now. Today’s banquet is held to express my gratitude to you all as well as to announce that Sword God is back. In fact, there’s a third thing.”

When everyone heard this, they looked confused. Lin Ran stood up and said, “King Zhao has been executed for his rebellion, but during his rebellion, he received the help of many in the martial world. The people I killed just now are among them!”

“However, the Heavenly Saint Dynasty is vast and there are still many traitors who have yet to be caught. On the invitation, it was written that those who can’t make it in time to the state banquet must hang a yellow flag outside the gate to show respect to the emperor.’

“Today, I’ll ask all of you to bear witness. Anyone who doesn’t have a yellow flag outside their gates will be treated as a traitor and killed without mercy!”

With that, Lin Ran’s figure shot into the sky from the ground with the sword intent and instantly turned into a stream of light that disappeared into the horizon!

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“Sword God, I wish you a triumphant return!”

The empress shouted loudly. Then, she raised her wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

“Sword God, I wish you a triumphant return!”

The sect masters and elders present also raised their cups to express their good wishes. At the same time, they were secretly shocked.

Even though they did not participate in the rebellion, they had heard about it. The new emperor killed King Zhao and a group of important ministers in one day, but he did not punish those martial artists who had participated.