Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 848: Terrifying Calculations

Initially, the Xia Emperor had intended to reveal his identity and berate the Ministry of Justice officers. But when the words reached his lips, he couldn’t bring himself to shout them out.

It was his first time hearing that a prince rebelling warranted the nine familial exterminations. No wonder the Ministry of Justice officers were trying to chase Lu Yang away.

He deserves it.

The Fourth Imperial Prince glared fixedly at “Lu Yang,” searching for any hint of jest on his countenance.

However, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy showed no reaction. Her words just now were her genuine thoughts.

The Fourth Imperial Prince was so angry that he laughed. “Lu Yang, let me tell you, don’t try to be clever and play petty tricks. During the discussion in the courtyard earlier, you were the first to suggest rebellion. If you report me, you can’t escape either!”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was perplexed, unable to understand the Fourth Imperial Prince’s mind. “How was I the first to suggest rebellion? Didn’t you gather all the people for rebellion? That proves that you were preparing to rebel. I simply followed your line of thinking and voiced your inner thoughts.”

The Fourth Imperial Prince carefully recalled the events in the courtyard, and realization dawned upon him. Lu Yang had never substantively participated in the rebellion plan from start to finish!

This neither counts as complicity nor incitement—this is innocence!

No, there is still a chance to turn things around.

“This is just your side of the story! There’s no evidence!”

That’s right, for a major matter like rebellion, verbal evidence alone can’t secure a conviction. Furthermore, Lu Yang is the only one who has accused me of treason.

The brothers in the courtyard who conspired for the great undertaking all shared life-and-death bonds with the Fourth Imperial Prince and were highly principled. They would absolutely never betray me!

“Ah, but don’t you have recording orbs? I saw you start recording the moment I entered your house. Wasn’t that meant to serve as evidence now?”

In the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s eyes, the Fourth Imperial Prince’s thoughts aligned with her own. To eliminate his three elder brothers, he intended to rebel, leading to the nine familial exterminations, where he takes everyone down with him.

The Fourth Imperial Prince probably couldn’t steel himself and make up his mind to report himself, so he sought my help and invited me to his house, discussing rebellion in my presence and using a recording orb to preserve evidence.

As the Fourth Imperial Prince wished, I came to the Ministry of Justice to report him.

The only two problems are that the Ministry of Justice seems unwilling to interfere in this matter and that the Fourth Imperial Prince wants to back out at the last moment.

How vexing.

The Fourth Imperial Prince’s gaze toward Lu Yang changed once more—fearful, dreadful, and trembling.

In just the span of a visit as a guest, Lu Yang had completely outmaneuvered me! From the moment he stepped through the door, he had been acting, pretending to bare his heart in cooperation and coaxing me into revealing my trump cards. He had even calculated that I would use recording orbs for leverage and threaten him, so he turned the tables, flipping them into evidence of rebellion!

This scheming is even more terrifying than what he’d displayed at Second Elder Brother’s residence!

How laughable that I wanted to tie Lu Yang to my ship. Am I even worthy of scheming against Lu Yang? First, I need to survive this immediate crisis!

Seeing the situation turning dire, the Fourth Imperial Prince turned and fled. However, how could the Everlasting Immortal Fairy let him escape?

The Fourth Imperial Prince’s cultivation at the Divine Transfiguration Stage was no different from a mortal before the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. Controlling Lu Yang’s body, she grabbed the Fourth Imperial Prince’s wrist and slammed him to the ground, leaving him utterly disoriented and causing him to see stars. The impact even created a crater in the ground.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy also seized the opportunity to snatch the Fourth Imperial Prince’s storage ring, which contained the recording orbs.

The commotion from the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s one-sided exchange with the Fourth Imperial Prince was huge, drawing the attention of the Vice Minister of Justice, who hurried over to check on what had happened.

Who dared to start a fight right at the Ministry of Justice’s entrance? Do they think our Ministry of Justice is a pushover?

“Hmm? Has someone in charge arrived?”

Lu Yang informed the Everlasting Immortal Fairy that, based on the person’s attire, this was the Vice Minister of Justice, a fourth-rank senior official.

A fourth-rank senior official was considered a high position. The Minister of Justice was a third-rank senior official.

“You came at the right time. I just caught someone plotting a rebellion and came to report the case.”

The officers didn’t recognize the Fourth Imperial Prince, but how could the Vice Minister of Justice not? Noticing the Fourth Imperial Prince pinned to the ground by “Lu Yang,” he involuntarily shuddered.

Who? The Fourth Imperial Prince is rebelling?

I have worked in the Ministry of Justice for several hundred years, yet it is the first time I’ve heard of someone coming here to report a prince for treason.

Is this something our Ministry of Justice can handle?

“Ah, you don’t handle rebellions?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy asked, frightening the Vice Minister of Justice into cold sweat.

“Don’t speak nonsense! What do you mean we don’t handle rebellions? If word of that spreads, people might think that our Ministry of Justice is also planning to rebel.”

“If you can’t make a decision, then have someone who can come out.” Seeing the Vice Minister of Justice still hesitating, the Xia Emperor reminded him from the side.

I know my son’s character all too well. My “good” son likely genuinely wanted to rebel. This matter must have a resolution!

The Vice Minister of Justice was in a dilemma. Hearing the Xia Emperor’s reminder, he seemed to see the light. That’s right! Why am I distressed over this? It’s not like I don’t have superiors above me.

At that thought, he immediately went inside to find the Minister of Justice, Xu Xin.

Currently, Xu Xin had just concluded a brief seclusion and came out to change his mood.

Before he could relax, he heard his subordinate reporting to him.

“Lu Yang has come here to report the Fourth Imperial Prince for rebellion?!”

Even during his heart devil tribulation, he hadn’t dared to envision such absurd events.

But the problem was that this wasn’t a heart devil tribulation—it was happening right before his eyes!

Xu Xin clutched his head in pain. After the old Taciturn scoundrel finished tormenting me, is it his little disciple’s turn now?

This little disciple’s troublemaking skills far surpass the old Taciturn scoundrel’s back in the day.

“Just accept it. He’s already run all the way here to file a complaint. It’s inappropriate not to accept it.”

Based on my understanding of Lu Yang, although this kid can stir up trouble, he doesn’t seem to tell lies.

The Ministry of Justice prepared to hold a formal court session to handle the case—a rare occurrence.

The Vice Minister of Justice came to the Ministry of Justice’s entrance and deferentially invited “Lu Yang” inside, fearing this little ancestor might cause some other trouble, like reporting the Second Imperial Prince for rebellion too.

“And you, come in too. You heard the conversation between the Jiang Family’s fourth son and me just now, right? You count as a witness.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy also pulled the Xia Emperor inside. “By the way, what’s your name again?”

Before leaving the palace, the Xia Emperor had already thought of a name. The Jiang Family traditionally favored “Xia” as a surname when assuming false identities outside. Since I’m the exalted Son of Heaven, my choice of name should be obvious.

“Xia Tian.”[1]

He had fabricated an entire set of false identities and wasn’t afraid of the Ministry of Justice verifying them.

The Ministry of Justice held court.

Out of trust for Lu Yang, Xu Xin personally broke the restrictions on the Fourth Imperial Prince’s storage ring and retrieved the recording orb inside.

In the recording orb, the Fourth Imperial Prince was in high spirits, fervently introducing his brothers’ extraordinary skills and detailing how to eliminate his three elder brothers one by one. The testimony infuriated the Xia Emperor beside him, his face turning livid.

The evidence was conclusive.

Xu Xin exhaled a sigh. It is exactly as Lu Yang described. The Fourth Imperial Prince indeed has intentions of rebellion. This is a major crime.

“Guards! Escort the Fourth Imperial Prince to the prison!”

“Xu Xin, how dare you!” The Fourth Imperial Prince panicked. If I get imprisoned, I’ll lose any chance of turning things around!

Xu Xin couldn’t care less about the Fourth Imperial Prince’s bluster. I was an official before your father was even born. Who do you think you are? He waved impatiently, ordering the guards to take the Fourth Imperial Prince away.

“Lu Yang, rest assured. A prince who breaks the law is equally guilty as a commoner. This matter will definitely receive a fair trial,” Xu Xin said to “Lu Yang” with a pleasant expression, trying to hint to the latter to stop stirring up trouble. Our Ministry of Justice is small and can’t withstand any upheaval.

“Then can his nine clans be exterminated?” This was what the Everlasting Immortal Fairy cared about most.

Xu Xin, “...”

Receiving no answers from Xu Xin, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy turned to the Xia Emperor. “Do you think his nine clans can be exterminated? Otherwise, exterminating three clans would also do.”

The Xia Emperor, “...”

Back in the palace, you wanted to hit me but didn’t succeed. Now you want to kill me directly, is that it?

1. “Xiatian” also means summer. Alone, “tian” means sky or heaven. ☜