Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

Wu Chuanweng let go of his hand, and the hammer fell to the ground with a "dong" sound, and there was a dull roar.

He sat beside the pool in despair, lowered his head and sighed, his face full of helplessness.

Lin Bai obviously revealed Wu Chuanweng's purpose of returning to the imperial capital in one word, and then Wu Chuanweng was allowed to take off his strong disguise.

"Returning to the Imperial Capital is not what I want."

Kirikawa shook his head and sighed.

"Then why did senior come back?" Lin Bai asked puzzledly.

Mr. Kirigawa was determined to leave the imperial capital, even to the point of giving up his position as the chief weapon refiner of Tianji Pavilion.

Why should he come back?

The chief weapon refiner of Tianji Pavilion, this is not an ordinary position.

Within the Chu State's court, the chief weapon refiner of Tianji Pavilion was also equivalent to a second-rank official in the court.

They work exclusively for the royal family and are favored by the royal family.

It is no exaggeration to say that... Wu Chuanweng is responsible for sacrificing and repairing almost half of the magical weapons in the Chu royal family today.

For example, high-level magical weapons such as Taiyi Divine Weapon, Daluo Divine Weapon, and Hunyuan Divine Weapon are also treasures that only chief weapon refiners like Kirikawa Weng can have access to.

The royal family must have great trust and dependence on Wu Chuanweng. For such an important figure, his departure must be a loss to the Chu royal family.

Mr. Kirikawa must have put in a lot of effort to leave the imperial capital back then.

How could he return to the imperial capital?

"I was ordered to return, so I had to return." Mr. Kirikawa shook his head with determination in his eyes.

edict?

Hearing this word, Lin Bai understood immediately.

In the entire Chu Kingdom's imperial capital, only the Chu Emperor in the imperial palace has the qualifications to issue orders to move people like Wuchuan Weng.

"Whatever you want to know, just ask."

Mr. Kirikawa sighed softly and said.

Lin Bai said: "When Emperor Chu called you back, didn't he ask you these things?"

Wu Chuanweng chuckled, turned to look at Lin Bai, and said with a chuckle: "Although Saint Lin Bai's martial arts talent is unparalleled in the world, you don't seem to be very good at political intrigues."

Lin Bai frowned slightly, not knowing what he meant.

Wu Chuanweng sighed: "Even if Emperor Chu knows about it, what can we do?"

"What do you want Emperor Chu to do?"

"Are you planning to bring all guilty persons to justice?"

Lin Bai asked: "Isn't it?"

"Hahaha." Wu Chuanweng looked up to the sky and laughed, shook his head and said: "Shengzi Lin Bai, you need to know one truth. There is no absolute justice in this world, and there is no absolute black and white."

"The royal family of Chu State doesn't care about the so-called justice, nor the so-called good and evil."

"The only thing they care about is winning or losing."

"Winner takes all, loser for Kou!"

"That's all."

Wu Chuanweng spoke of the darkness within the Chu royal family.

There is no right or wrong, no justice, only victory or defeat, only success or failure.

The winner is naturally the king.

Those who lose will bury their bones and become bandits.

Kirikawa sighed softly: "The dead people are dead after all. Even if justice is given to them, it is just for the world to see, and the dead people will not be resurrected."

"Do you know what is most important to the royal family?"

"Is it an army so powerful that it can conquer all the worlds?"

"Or is there an unparalleled strong man sitting in charge?"

"neither."

"For the royal family, the most important thing is... inheritance!"

Lin Bai sat silently next to Wu Chuanweng, listening to his words, and seemed to understand something.

But it seemed like I didn’t understand anything.

Lin Bai said: "So...even if Emperor Chu guessed that the eldest prince, the second prince, and even the twelfth prince died unjustly, he was still unwilling to investigate this matter!!"

"As the seniors said, the dead are already dead. Even if justice is given to them, they will not survive."

"Instead of doing this, why not turn a blind eye and let this matter pass."

"The inheritance that the royal family values, there are only a few outstanding princes. If the remaining princes are killed for this matter, then the Chu Kingdom will have no successors."

"Is that true?"

Lin Bai asked Kirigawa Weng with a smile.

Kirikawa grinned, shook his head, and said nothing more.

Lin Bai asked: "Did your senior see the clues in this matter and report it to Emperor Chu?"

Kirikawa shook his head and said, "No."

Lin Bai asked: "Why?"

Kirikawa smiled and said, "Because I know how ruthless the royal family is!"

"I have been practicing for eleven thousand years and have been working for the royal family for ten thousand years."

"I know the royal family of Chu State better than you do, and I know the Emperor of Chu better than you do!"

"The current Emperor of Chu is a far-sighted and scheming leader."

"He tends to do extraordinary things for the greater good."

"This is also the reason why His Highness Prince Chen was suddenly demoted and left the imperial capital!"

"This is also the reason why Princess Chu Xi left Tianshui Sect and became the head of Tianshui Sect."

"This is why the Eighth Prince..."

Speaking of the Eighth Prince, Kirikawa shook his head and did not continue.

"I judged back then that even if I reported this matter to Emperor Chu, Emperor Chu would not investigate it. Instead, he would bring trouble for my own life."

"Emperor Chu has seen the clues, and he also understands that I know some inside information."

"So when I asked Emperor Chu to resign, Emperor Chu let me go immediately without any hesitation."

Mr. Kirikawa slowly talked about the past a thousand years ago.

Lin Bai also gradually understood what happened that year.

The death of the eldest prince was the cause.

The death of the second prince made Emperor Chu suspicious.

Then the twelfth prince was found to have sneaked into the harem and had an affair with a concubine. The twelfth prince died tragically in prison.

Although Emperor Chu saw some strangeness in it, as Wu Chuanweng said, even if Emperor Chu ordered an investigation, so what?

Even if the real culprit is found, do they still have to be killed?

The dead are already dead, and giving them the truth cannot bring them back to life.

So after the death of the twelfth prince, Emperor Chu, for various reasons, demoted His Royal Highness King Chen from the imperial capital and asked the eighth prince to leave the palace. Even the nineteenth princess Chu Emperor also left the imperial capital and went to Tianshui Sect.

His Highness King Chen seemed to be demoted, but in fact it was Emperor Chu who protected him!

"If you think about it this way, His Highness King Chen was demoted from the imperial capital because of Emperor Chu's protection..."

"Then after His Highness Prince Chen leaves the imperial capital, it is very likely that he will not just stay in the fiefdom..."

"Senior Kirigawa Weng also said... Emperor Chu is a far-sighted person, and he sometimes often forbears for the sake of the overall situation."

"Then if he demotes His Highness King Chen and leaves the imperial capital, the matter will not be that simple."

Lin Bai vaguely guessed that Emperor Chu probably had some secret arrangement with His Highness King Chen, which made His Highness Chen leave the imperial capital.

Lin Bai asked: "Senior, do you know His Highness King Chen?"

Wu Chuanweng chuckled and said: "His Majesty Emperor Chu has many princes, but the most outstanding ones are only six, the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince, the seventh prince, the eighth prince, and the twelfth prince."

"His Royal Highness Prince Chen, who was still the seventh prince at that time, is considered to be unrivaled in the imperial capital. How could I not know?"