Chapter 1294: Chapter 1273: Conspiracy, It Must Be a Conspiracy

The sudden change stunned everyone.

They didn’t expect King Qi to be suppressed by Ye Guichen.

Moreover, when they saw the black tower, everyone felt a sense of unease, as if the black tower came from Jiuyou, the Forest of Ten Thousand Ghosts.

Ye Guichen’s complexion also turned slightly pale.

This was his first time using the black tower to directly extract a living person’s soul, and it was the soul of a Foundation Establishment Realm level 5 expert.

However, luckily King Qi was just a fake Foundation Establishment expert. Even though he could unleash the power of level 5, his soul had not condensed to that level.

Otherwise, Ye Guichen felt that he would be peeled if not dead this time.

"Ah, ah, ah, Holy Envoy save me, Holy Envoy save me!" King Qi screamed desperately, trying to escape the suction of the black tower.

But it was all in vain.

Only half a minute later, King Qi’s body softened like mud on the ground.

His soul was directly absorbed into the black tower.

Ye Guichen wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling somewhat exhausted.

"Finally done," Ye Guichen sighed, but his gaze fell on King Qin.

This King Qin seemed to know many secrets.

Especially since King Qi was shouting for the Holy Envoy, there might be a close relationship with him.

Around them was silent.

No one made a sound for a long time.

After an indeterminable amount of time, suddenly someone dropped to their knees with a thud and shouted loudly: "Long live the Young Master!"

The shout stirred up a thousand waves.

The words quickly spread like a tide.

Tens of thousands of people present knelt down, shouting long live.

Mu Yang sighed slightly upon seeing this scene, "Truly remarkable individuals in the world!"

Nolan Qingqing cried with joy but felt the pain on her face. Somehow, she felt embarrassed to see Ye Guichen again and slowly left amidst the moving crowd.

Ye Guichen naturally did not notice Nolan Qingqing’s departure and ignored the people’s kneeling as he approached King Qin.

He quickly examined King Qin’s body.

His breath was weak.

Though not dead, he probably won’t live much longer.

Ye Guichen, although not fond of King Qin, had to save him now.

After all, King Qin definitely knew some things that Ye Guichen didn’t.

However, Ye Guichen knew he was not a deity.

Even with the miraculous healing power of the Evergreen Technique, turning a dying person into a perfectly healthy one was impossible.

The only thing he could do was keep King Qin alive, but healing his meridians was impossible.

Because it required too much energy and couldn’t be completed quickly.

For his enemy, Ye Guichen had no leisure for that.

The urgent matter was to keep King Qin from dying.

With this thought, Ye Guichen placed his hand on King Qin’s head and began using the Evergreen Technique.

Pure life energy flowed into King Qin’s body.

King Qin had a faint consciousness left but couldn’t control his body.

The world was about to plunge into darkness.

But at that moment, a light illuminated King Qin.

Suddenly, King Qin felt the whole world brightened.

After a dozen minutes, King Qin inexplicably felt he regained some control over his body and could breathe.

"Am I... not dead?" King Qin knew the chances of surviving being trampled by a level 5 Foundation Establishment expert were extremely low.

But this feeling was clearly of not having died.

The feeling of being alive seemed indeed delightful.

"How are you, can you speak?" Just as King Qin was reminiscing, a cold voice sounded.

King Qin opened his eyes, seeing a face both unfamiliar and familiar.

Unfamiliar, because it seemed like a stranger’s face.

But familiar, because it seemed recognized deep in his soul.

"Ye Guichen?" King Qin was taken aback, then appeared to realize something, his lips twitched twice: "Did you save me?"

Ye Guichen didn’t respond, nor did he care to answer King Qin’s question.

Because Ye Guichen had no goodwill for King Qin.

"Since you can speak, just answer my questions." Ye Guichen began, "Did you kill the Netherworld Emperor?"

King Qin wanted to sit up but couldn’t control his arms, realizing his limbs’ meridians had been destroyed by King Qi.

He glanced at the silent thousands kneeling behind Ye Guichen.

At this moment, King Qin understood that Ye Guichen had won.

Moreover, it seemed not only he won against King Qi but also won the people’s hearts.

Looking at King Qi, who was limp like mud, King Qin laughed, "Ha, you finally lost. Your arrogance also cost you dearly. At least I lived longer than you!"

Then he focused on Ye Guichen.

The original arrogance and superiority completely vanished.

King Qin slightly lowered his head, showing respect to Ye Guichen.

"Young Master, this was all Holy Temple’s scheme. Back then, I was just a pawn for Holy Temple, and the Netherworld Emperor wasn’t killed by me. I only borrowed the Holy Envoy’s power."

Then King Qin told Ye Guichen everything he knew.

After hearing it, Ye Guichen frowned.

Holy Temple?

There was a Holy Temple involved?

And it’s near the hidden gate on Chaos Sea?

Everything seemed to shroud Ye Guichen’s eyes in mist again.

Why!

Why are they doing this?

"From what you said, they seem to fear me?" Ye Guichen gathered from King Qin’s words that those Holy Envoys were restrained in their abilities but weren’t opponents ordinary experts could handle.

Yet, they dared not approach Ye Guichen.

Otherwise, if they acted personally, not even ten heads of Ye Guichen would be enough.

Could it be, there’s some connection between him and Holy Temple?

Ye Guichen couldn’t understand.

He knew, at this time, King Qin had no reason, nor dared to lie to him.

Originally thinking that solving King Qin would allow him to live freely.

But it appears that a shocking conspiracy envelops him.

And it seems from the start, the conspiracy had counted on him.

King Qin’s actions were only motivated by greed.

"Where is the Netherworld Emperor now?"

Since learning he was truly the Son of the Nether Emperor, Ye Guichen has wanted to find the Netherworld Emperor’s body.

Though never met, they were connected by blood.

But Ye Guichen also asked Xuanyuan Canghai, who didn’t know either.

The only possibility was after King Qin killed the Nether Emperor, he hid the body.

And Ye Guichen has a hunch that even the Nether Emperor practicing the Xuanming Prison Suppressing Technique was part of the conspiracy.

"Could all of this be related to the Esoteric Sect?"

Ye Guichen’s mind flashed, recalling the origin of the Xuanming Prison Suppressing Technique.