Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 747: Chapter 302: Target: Execute the Foolish Emperor

”State Preceptor, spare my life!”

”State Preceptor, it was His Majesty who asked me to...”

Chu Zheng’s pleas for mercy were cut short after only a half sentence when they were abruptly silenced by National Master Cheng Yuxiao, pinching his head to explosion. The nascent Primordial Spirit forming within had also been completely incinerated by a thread of crimson flame in the palm of the Great Chen Imperial Master, leaving not a trace behind!

Though nothing was interrogated, National Master Cheng Yuxiao knew everything.

With a face of steel-blue, Cheng Yuxiao simply remained silent for a moment before softly saying, ”Clear the area.”

Xu Jin understood the meaning of the State Preceptor: no one involved, no one present, was to be spared.

The State Preceptor just stood in place, flicking his finger effortlessly, and with each flick, a head burst open.

The same went for Xu Jin.

In less than ten breaths’ time, hundreds of Fourth Tier and the remaining dozen or so Fifth Tier had all been executed.

Those who came to their senses and tried to flee had no chance whatsoever.

”Rescue them!”

At the same time, the State Preceptor sent another command to Elder Peng, who was guarding the National Taoist Institute.

With a sweep of his great sleeve, a fierce flame ignited at the edge of the Ten Thousand Spirit Divine Blood Array.

In the next instant, Xu Jin and the State Preceptor arrived among the pile of unconscious civilians, cautiously lifted them one by one with Star Power, and then neatly arranged them.

The more they rescued, the uglier the expressions became on Xu Jin and National Master Cheng Yuxiao’s faces.

The casualties were horrific.

Those civilians, having been piled up haphazardly, had met unlucky fates; some were crushed to death, others had broken necks, and yet more had suffocated.

The unconscious were no big issue, merely poisoned.

Both men’s Star Power was vigorous, especially the State Preceptor’s; with a mere move of his hands, he could hold up thousands of civilians and move them aside.

In the span of a few dozen breaths, the entire valley was filled with over a hundred thousand civilians, lying like corpses.

But during the rescue, they found that several thousand civilians had died unexpectedly.

The State Preceptor remained silent, yet Xu Jin’s chest burned with raging flames.

After rescuing the last civilian, Xu Jin abruptly turned to National Master Cheng Yuxiao,

”State Preceptor, does this foolish Emperor deserve death?”

”He does!”

”Then what are we waiting for! State Preceptor, why wait? Kill this foolish Emperor and establish a new ruler!” Xu Jin’s eyes spat fire.

Hearing this, Great Chen Imperial Master Cheng Yuxiao sighed deeply.

But Xu Jin grew impatient. ”State Preceptor, if we don’t kill this foolish Emperor, are we supposed to keep him for New Year’s? State Preceptor, if you fear the infamy, let me do it! Cover for me, and I will infiltrate the Imperial Palace under Invisibility and assassinate this foolish Emperor!”

Hearing this, the State Preceptor sighed again deeply.

This made Xu Jin impatient, ”State Preceptor, I understand your feelings, but do you not seem a bit naive in your loyalty?”

”Naive in my loyalty?”

Cheng Yuxiao gave a bitter smile, ”Do I look naive to you? If I were, I wouldn’t have killed Chu Zheng.”

”Then you...”

”Xu Jin, do you really think the Imperial Family could be slaughtered by you and me? Or do you believe that the Dachen Imperial Family has survived a thousand years so simply?” National Master Cheng Yue Xiao asked.

”State Preceptor, if there’s any trouble, just tell me straight!”

In the next moment, Cheng Yuxiao directly placed the Nine Bright Chime before Xu Jin, ”Do you know one of the conditions to inherit and refine this National Treasure Tao Artifact Nine Bright Chime?”

Xu Jin was perplexed.

”This Nine Bright Chime is a National Treasure, personally crafted by the founding Emperor of Great Dachen. The first seal of its restriction is that the refiner must not harm the holder of the National Treasure Seal, must not move against Dachen’s Emperor.

When I refined this National Treasure, this restriction was also refined into my body.”

Looking at Xu Jin, Cheng Yuxiao continued, ”I know what you want to say; a National Treasure, if discarded, then so be it! But it can’t be abandoned.