Chapter 813: Measuring The Trend (1)

Chapter 813: Measuring The Trend (1)

The voting result was out.

The room felt a tad bit too silent even after a conclusion was reached.

Marquis Xia was leaning against the back of his chair and staring at the ceiling, as though he was daydreaming. The expressions of some people in the crowd changed as one message after another was sent out.

Great Xia lost.

Great Xia, or to be precise, the pro-war faction...had lost the majority support.

***

Great Ming.

Heart Paradise Island.

Zhu Tiandao was playing a game of chess with Niu Baidao when he received the message about the result. He softly said, "Fifteen to thirteen, with fifteen votes for searching only Feng Ji's memories."

Niu Baidao was stunned. He stared at Zhu Tiandao for a while with the chess piece in his hand before gloomily saying, "What was Great Ming's vote?"

The pro-war faction lost?

Was this the final nail in the coffin for Great Xia? Even after so many years of struggle?

Zhu Tiandao was also playing with the chess piece in his hand as he said, "I allowed Su Yu to make the choice for us."

"..."

Niu Baidao laughed awkwardly and said, "Is that so? Isn't Su Yu supposed to be in seclusion?"

"Oh." Zhu Tiandao nodded indifferently and said, "In that case, he might as well extend his seclusion."

Niu Baidao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew it would be hard to hide anything from this fellow. He wasn't too bothered about it. Instead, he asked, "Prefect, I've always been curious. Is Great Ming pro-war or peace?"

"What do you think?" Zhu Tiandao answered with a question.

Niu Baidao thought for a very long time before saying, "We're not done with our preparations. But the divines and devils are not done preparing as well. Even the immortals are not ready for war. Everyone is still holding back for fear of triggering an all-out war in advance. But a hundred years later, they will all be done with their preparations. At that point, humanity might not have any advantage even with a few additional Invincibles."

"So you believe that if we're going to fight anyway, we should start fighting immediately?" Zhu Tiandao grinned, "Is that what you're trying to say?"

"Things aren't that bad. This can be considered a tie. It is acceptable. At the very least, we know that about half of the Invincibles are still willing to fight. Even some of the neutral Invincibles are actually only waiting to see more hope before fighting. They are not necessarily afraid of fighting. As long as the Xia Family manages to show everyone this hope, they will be able to gain even more supporters. I'm only afraid that instead of hope, everyone will be served with despair instead."

Niu Baidao said nothing. He gazed toward the north, toward Great Xia. Please. Show everyone some hope.

A lot of people were still indecisive because they couldn't see any hope. Traveling the difficult path might be hard, but a lot of experts had also emerged from traveling difficult paths. Just by surviving under so many years of suppression, Great Xia's multiple character faction was showing everyone a ray of hope.

Inheritors of the fifth principal such as Liu Wenyan were still alive. In truth, a lot of people hoped that he could continue surviving. They wanted to see him succeed. They wanted to see him reach the fifth principal's height, to once again show them hope.

***

Great Xia City.

Silk Destroying King said, "We'll proceed with the soul search on Feng Ji, then. There are no objections, right?"

Nobody said anything.

With a flicker, Silk Destroying King appeared before Feng Ji. He turned to look at the other two Invincibles and asked, "Do you want to take a look as well? We want to prevent having the result questioned, resulting in multiple soul searches, right? If we do that, we might as well cripple him outright. That will make things ugly for everyone."

Great Han King and Great Song King looked at each other before appearing before Feng Ji with a flicker as well. All three of them gazed at Feng Ji.

Feng Ji was a lot calmer than before. He looked at the three Invincibles and said, "Lords, I have one question. If the search indicates that both Brother Chen and I are innocent while some other people are guilty, what are we going to do about it?"

Silk Destroying King gave him a deep look and said, "Some other people? Are you referring to the ambush on you in the Luminous Domain Mansion back then?"

"Yes." Silk Destroying King said, "Like Hong Tan said, appearance and aura don't prove anything..."

Feng Ji said, "I know. But at the very least, the suspect needs to have his memories searched as well, right? After all, he will be a suspect as well. It is only fair that he is subjected to a soul search. If the soul search on me indicates that Chen Yong is the murderer, will he be subjected to a soul search after he's captured to verify the fact?"

"Yes." Silk Destroying King said, "Definitely. After all, what you see might not be true. We need further verification. This is also a failsafe in case suspects like you are being framed for something you're not guilty of."

"So you're saying that if you find any information about the individual who had ambushed me back then and that individual is here, he will be subjected to a soul search as well, right?"

Silk Destroying King nodded, "Yes."

Feng Ji smiled and looked in Zhou Mingren's direction. One of the people there was Qian Ji, the same person who Feng Ji had mentioned earlier.

Right at that moment, Zhou Mingren's calm voice rang out, "Lords, if I'm remembering things correctly, a soul search can only detect the memories at the outermost layer, which correspond to recent memories. Older memories in the deeper layer are much harder to dig out, right?"

Qian Jun maintained the same expression, but he was inwardly relieved when he heard that.