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He looked at his nineteen men who had died a miserable death, and then looked at Hong Ling. Gritting his teeth, he said: "I am the second son of the Liu Family of the Eight Great Families of Tianqi City, the son of General Liu Chao of the Great Chu, the nephew of Imperial Concubine Liu, Liu Ji!"

Just as Liu Ji was speaking, a commotion broke out in the distance as a group of officials rushed towards the Marquis' Mansion. Hong Ling's eyes focused. He looked at the rapidly approaching group of men and snorted coldly. The Great Chu Ministry of Justice? He wanted to see what these people actually wanted to do! There were a lot of people from the Board of Justice. With a sweep of Hong Ling's gaze, there were nearly fifty people. The one leading the team was a cultivator who had already stepped into the Spirit Refinement realm. He was no more than thirty years old, and his aura contained a faint trace of a bloody aura.

However, Hong Ling knew that these people were actually just outposts. The truly heavyweight figures were the few figures slowly riding over from the back. Hong Ling and the rest were still drinking their tea slowly, ignoring the arrival of these people. These officials quickly surrounded the door of the crown prince's residence. Clang clang. The blades of ice and snow were instantly unsheathed and pointed at Hong Ling and the rest.

"I don't know which one of you is His Highness Unique Noble Heir, but I am a constable of the Ministry of Justice. There were clues pointing out that the person who had taken one of Liu Ji's Earth Grade magic tools was hiding among the many servants in the crown prince's mansion. "Prince, please hand over the servants in your house and have us bring them back to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation!" The middle-aged official said in a clear voice. He was using the Authentic Qi and his voice transmitted across several streets.

Hong Ling frowned, looks like this guy wanted to make a big deal out of this!

"Who are you?" He took a sip of tea and asked coldly.

"The Ministry of Justice's Fifth Grade Divine Catch, Yan Heng!" Yan Heng said coldly, "Are you Noble Heir Hong Ling?"

"So it's the head constable of the Yan family. Please excuse me!" Hong Ling said with a sense of respect, but didn't have the slightest hint of wanting to stand up, "I am Noble Heir Hong Ling! I wonder from which evil person did Constable Yan hear that my Unique Noble Heir's servants would go as low as to steal an Earth Ranked Spirit Weapon? "

Hm? Yan Heng was instantly stunned, Unique Noble Heir's mouth was truly poisonous. Stealing an Earth Grade magic tool was considered low. Who did this crown prince think he was, and who was his servant? How could he not put an Earth Grade magic tool in his eyes?!

"Noble Heir doesn't need to know about this. Just hand all of the servants in the manor over to me and I will take them back!" Yan Heng shook his head as he looked at the corpses on the ground, his eyes filled with fear. [It seems that young master Liu Ji is cruel and merciless. He actually killed more than ten people from the Crown Prince's Palace. How dare he!] How could he have known that these broken corpses were all under Liu Ji's command?

"What if I don't hand over my servants?" Hong Ling's gaze turned cold as he stood up slowly and said.

"Could it be that Your Highness wants to disobey the law? You have to know that according to the laws of Chu, all the servants in your residence are suspected. Please obediently cooperate with my Ministry of Justice so that it won't be too difficult for me!" Yan Heng narrowed his eyes, looked at Hong Ling who was currently standing on the steps of the crown prince's residence and coldly said.

Hong Ling suddenly laughed, looking at the arrogant Yan Heng in front of him, his face filled with disdain, and said: "Master Yan Heng, as far as I know, if the Ministry of Justice wanted to touch a person with an identity as a son, he would have to have an inspector from the Ministry of Justice present. May I know which supervisor's history it is? "

"There is no need for Your Highness to worry. This old man is the supervisor of the Ministry of Justice. Feng Xi greets Your Highness!" Amongst the five cavalrymen that the Board of Justice had sent over, a middle-aged Confucian Scholar slowly rode towards the crown prince's residence. He cupped his hands towards Hong Ling, and greeted him courteously.

"Your Highness, Lord Feng Xi is here. I hope that Your Highness can order someone to clean up the corpses before leaving the mansion, so that Master can dismount!" Yan Heng took a step forward and said coldly. He looked at the people still sitting on the chairs, and his eyes turned cold, "The Ministry of Justice's Supervisor, Lord Strange, is here. Who are you? How dare you sit down? Stand up for me!"

"Yo, Lord Yan Heng is truly impressive. You dare to scold my guest in front of me?" Hong Ling sneered, then casually condensed a ball of Tianhuang Lightning Fire. With a flick of his finger, he flicked it into the air. With a thought, the Tianhuang Lightning Fire instantly exploded into countless of sparks, landing on every single corpse and every severed limb, igniting them ablaze.

"Master Yan Heng, we cannot let him burn these corpses. These corpses are the members of the General's Mansion!" The Body Refinement Realm cultivator protecting Liu Ji shouted out a reminder. If Hong Ling managed to obliterate all traces of the Refinement Realm cultivator, then the nineteen Soul Refining Realm cultivators would have died in vain. This was a group of 19 great cultivators that were not even at the Spirit Refinement realm. They were not ordinary slaves, and each one of them was raised by spending a huge amount of resources. Currently, these people had all been killed by Hong Ling alone. If their corpses were to be destroyed, they would die with no proof.

Yan Heng's expression changed, he thought these corpses were actually the people from the crown prince's residence, he did not expect them to be cultivators from the hussar's general's residence. Wait a minute, Yan Heng seemed to have discovered something extraordinary. He stared at Liu Ji and his servant, who were left with only two people, and his expression instantly changed. The reason why Liu Ji could be so domineering in the Tianqi City was all because of the dozen or so spirit refining lackeys around him. Right now, only he and his master were left. Didn't that mean that the dozens of dead people were his spirit refining and hollow servants! When Yan Heng thought of this, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Even if it was him, he would only be at the Void Refinement realm. Yet, these ten or so people who were at the same level as him were actually all blood-soaked here. How did this Unique Noble Heir do it?

"Quickly stop, disperse the flames!" Yan Heng anxiously shouted at Hong Ling. But Hong Ling acted as if he did not hear his words, and slowly sat on the chair. He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and watched. Chi. The last wisp of light dispersed. The entire mansion's door was now completely clean. Not even a drop of blood was left. Yan Heng stared at the white-clothed youth in front of him, his voice cold and trembling. "You, you actually dared to destroy the evidence!"

Hong Ling did not answer him. Instead, he looked at Feng Xi who was seated on his horse, his eyes filled with laughter: "Supervising Elder Feng Xi, the ground has already been cleared, does Master still not plan to dismount?"

Disregarding, completely disregarding, Yan Heng looked at the currently smiling Hong Ling, his eyes filled with rage. His background was not low, and he was also from one of the eight great families in Tianqi City, the Yan Family. Although he was not a Unique Aristocrat, but because he was a servant of the Ministry of Justice, many of the noble children in the capital were willing to be brothers with him. However, this newly advanced, powerless and useless Unique Noble Heir actually dared to ignore him. This made him feel extremely humiliated.

"Thank you for your kindness, Crown Prince, but this old man can sit on this horse very well, so I won't leave it!" Feng Xi cupped his hands together and bowed towards Hong Ling. However, his expression quickly changed, and he said to Hong Ling coldly: "Noble Heir just destroyed the corpses of the numerous cultivators from the hussar's general's residence, I'm afraid that it doesn't make sense!"

"There's nothing unreasonable about it. Since the dead can't speak, then there's no use in keeping them. Those disgusting words don't come from nowhere!" Hong Ling shook his head, "As for Lord Supervising History, please explain the name and pattern of the Earth Grade magic tool that Young Master Liu Ji has lost, as well as the price, and tell me who the master who forged it is! Otherwise, it's better to ask Lord Supervising Master Shi and Lord Yan Heng to go back! "

Yan Heng and Feng Xi looked at each other and both saw that this White-robed Noble Heir was not simple. It was just a few sentences, but it had completely disrupted the plans that they had been preparing. Moreover, this youth seemed to be unyielding and unafraid of anyone.

Feng Xi himself was an expert at the early stage of the Void Initiation Stage, on par with Liu Ji's remaining guard. However, he didn't dare to act rashly right now. To make a move against a crown prince who had been personally bestowed a title by the Human Emperor was undoubtedly looking down on the Human Emperor.

"Noble Heir, for the sake of secrecy, I am unable to leak any information about the theft of Liu Ji's magic artefact. I hope that the crown prince can make way for us to capture the suspect and conduct a search." Yan Heng said solemnly.

"What if I refuse?" Hong Ling stood up, casually grabbed the Sorrow Spirit Sword, and said coldly.

"Then, I have no choice but to offend Lord Feng Xi. In order to retrieve young master Liu Ji's Earth Grade magic tool and to restore peace to the citizens of Tianqi City, we have no choice but to take action!" Yan Heng stared at Hong Ling coldly, he casually unsheathed the blade at his waist and pointed at Hong Ling.

"What about Lord Fengxi's meaning? Is it also the same as Master Yan Heng? " Hong Ling laughed, looked at Feng Xi and asked.

"Noble Heir, I am only handling this case, I hope that Your Highness can understand my difficulties!" Feng Xi cupped his hands together and said with a smile.

"Is that so?" Hong Ling lightly flicked his finger on Sorrow Spirit's sword, causing a metallic sound, which was very far away. He looked at Liu Ji and his servant, who were ready to make a move at this moment, and asked, "It seems like Young Master Liu Ji and your servant want to be good people and help the other officials of the Ministry of Justice?"

"That's right. Since we, the Great Chu's citizens, saw that the officials were handling the case, we naturally had to help them from the side." "If you encounter resistance, then you should act with righteousness to help the nation!" Liu Ji said coldly as he stood up. Now that the officials of the Board of Justice had appeared, he naturally regained his confidence. Hong Ling had killed nineteen guards that were still hollow and refining spirits, causing him to fall into a great crisis. Even if he could help the Board of Justice get rid of this person, he would still be punished when he returned home. In fact, because all of these cultivators were dead, he was afraid that his position in his family would decline again and again, no longer as glorious as before.

What a group of benevolent officials who love their people. What a group of loyal and unparalleled warriors. Even I, the Peerless, am impressed!" "Hong Ling said with a smile.

"However, did you guys get along with me?" The Sorrow Spirit in the youth's hand trembled, and a resplendent sword beam surged onto the sword blade as he pointed at the people present, his eyes filled with a baleful aura.