Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 163 Centennial Soul
"Now, we just have to wait for the results of the Star Patrol Council's investigation..."

While Lin Qing was practicing to pay off his debt, he thought to himself, "However, I have to be careful recently. When the Black Flame clone appears, I have to release the domain in advance to prevent detection."

He immediately unfolded the realm of false god.

With the help of the slight influence of this pseudo-god's domain on space, he can also sense the telekinesis and other detections within the range of the domain. Unless the opponent's detection method also involves space, he can detect it.

No one was investigating at this time. Even if someone did, it would have to be the telekinesis of the stellar creatures. After carefully investigating for a long time, they could uncover the sacred text "Hidden World".

Given this much time, the black flame would have burned itself out long ago.

For the Black Flame clone, it is not easy to live, but it is too easy to die.

"However, when the Black Flame clone killed Yan Tianquan just now, Xingyuan's will had not yet descended, and the Black Flame clone died. In this case... will there be any rewards after resurrection?"

Lin Qing muttered to himself, and immediately his mind sank into the Eternal Gate in his mind, controlling the Eternal Gate to recreate the soul and body of the Black Flame clone.

A ray of light flew out from the center of the eyebrows and turned into a black flame clone again.

at this time--

"boom!"

A vast and majestic invisible will came crashing down and swept across the black flame clone.

In a trance, the Black Flame clone vaguely saw an ancient and huge altar. On the altar was a strange transparent vessel. The vessel was filled with a colorful light mixed with scarlet, which only occupied a thin layer at the bottom of the vessel.

At this moment, a colorful light mixed with scarlet came down from the sky, poured down, and poured directly into the vessel.

The scarlet colorful light in the vessel also rose rapidly. After a while, the scarlet colorful light occupied more than half of the capacity of the vessel and then stopped.

Immediately, a message came from that vast and majestic will, and the illusion-like scene in front of the Black Flame clone disappeared.

"This is……"

Lin Qing couldn't help but be slightly startled. "The favor of Xingyuan's will? Because of the sacrifice of the soul of a high-level primitive creature? Or because it's more than half?"

The duty of the Black Flame clone is to imitate the life-type star demon. It is favored by the Star Abyss. As long as it sacrifices its soul by ending its life, it can receive the gift of the Star Abyss's will.

The last time, he killed a senior minister and sacrificed a soul of the same level. Although he received the gift of Xingyuan's will, it was far from enough to promote an evolution.

Simply put, the 'experience bar' is not full.

"It seems... to fill the vessels on the altar?" Lin Qing thought thoughtfully.

It was not known whether it was because the progress was more than halfway completed, or because the blessing was great enough, that he was able to see this scene.

“It’s only halfway through…” Lin Qing couldn’t help but shake his head slightly.

Judging from the situation inside the vessel before this blessing, the blessing obtained by killing a senior minister - a basic clergyman, and a fifth-level life form, would only occupy a few tenths of that vessel.

From this perspective, one needs to kill dozens of basic clergy of the same level, or two basic clergy of a higher level, in order to promote an evolution?
"Kill one more Yan Tianquan, or dozens of people of the same level, and you can experience the evolution process that is most suitable for the Black Flame Avatar."

Lin Qing secretly shook his head, "No wonder it's so difficult for a priest to promote evolution. It's too troublesome to perform the duties of a priest..."

For the Black Flame clone, killing non-clergy, even if they are of the same level, is useless. It is impossible to arouse the will of Xingyuan at all. It also needs to be of the same level to kill the clergy.

Black Flame’s fighting style is life-threatening. If it were someone else, it would be extremely difficult to kill enemies above their level.

"Fortunately... this metropolitan area is full of enemies."

Lin Qing revealed a smile, and immediately controlled the black flame clone to self-ignite and dissipate.

Yan Tianquan's death must have been discovered by the Star Patrol Council. There will be turmoil soon, and a major search will definitely be conducted within the Star Patrol Council. It is not appropriate to take action now.

It just so happens that I can screen a suitable target these days.

"Yan Tianquan is the third most important person in the Yan family."

Lin Qing seemed to be thinking about something. "However, the second person in the Yan family, Yan Jiu, is the daughter of Yan Qingqing. She is a rare priest, has many sets of holy words, and has passed the fourth level of Xingyuan. I am not sure I can kill her for the time being..."

Although Yan Tianquan and Yan Jiu are both high-level primitive creatures, life forms at the sixth energy level, they only have basic priesthood.

However, one is a regular priesthood and the other is a rare priesthood, so their strengths are naturally completely different.

Although Yan Tianquan is considered outstanding among those who have passed the third level of Xingyuan, there is still a big gap between him and those who have truly passed the fourth level of Xingyuan.

The second-in-command of the Yan family, Yan Jiu, is hailed as a genius who is expected to surpass Yan Qingqing. He also has six sets of holy texts and passed the fourth level of Xingyuan a few years ago. His strength can be imagined.

Even the current Black Flame clone is not sure of passing the fourth level of Star Abyss.

There is still a big gap between the fifth-level life forms and the sixth-level life forms.

The sixth energy level already involves the power of the six major factions, and the development of genes is also high enough. Even if the gene optimization index is less than 100% when the gene awakens, the gene optimization can be improved a lot after the transformation into a high-level primitive.

Just like how Lin Qing used the fourth energy level to develop genes, the power of the sixth energy level is much stronger for gene optimization.

It is very easy to achieve gene optimization of over 500%.

Moreover, some of the higher primitive creatures can even develop the sixth energy level.

Even if Black Flame's explosive power is strong enough, it is difficult to deal with such a person.

after all……

Anyone who can reach this level must have been a genius in the past. It would be a joke if they were easily killed by people of a lower level!
"I can only change my target first..."

Lin Qing thought to himself, "When Black Flame transforms into a higher primitive creature and the holy texts are ready, it won't be difficult to kill Yan Jiu."

Moreover, after transforming into a sixth-level life form, it will be easier to sense and become familiar with other sixth-level energies!

Combined with the energy gathering pool, the progress of the magical skill will be much faster.

……

This night was destined to cause a stir.

Yan Tianquan, a prospective Star Patroller who even had hopes of becoming a member of the Parliament in the future, died in his own residence at the headquarters of the Star Patrolling Parliament!

This bizarre news spread in an instant.

But after the planetary patrols mobilized surveillance and conducted a careful investigation, they still found nothing.

No matter how powerful the holographic projection monitoring is, it can only restore aspects such as sound, light, energy fluctuations, and life breath.

But still nothing was found.

Soon, the planet patrollers held a meeting.

"There are only a few things we can confirm about Yan Tianquan's death."

Speaker Kolo, the three-eyed wise man, said with a cold face: "There is no surveillance inside Yan Tianquan's private room, and the scene was severely damaged. There are traces of telekinesis sweeping, so it is difficult to simulate and restore what happened at that time."

"But there are four things that are certain."

Speaker Kolo said in a deep voice: "First, Yan Tianquan died just after he contacted Councillor Yan Qingqing. The content of the communication has been checked by the intelligence and confirmed to be correct."

"Second, Yan Tianquan was about to open the door to leave the room when the murderer took the opportunity to break into the room and killed him. From this, we can be sure that the murderer has a very strong ability to hide, either a divine ability like the Hidden Hand, or a sacred text like Daytime Floating or Hidden World."

"Third, judging by the extent of the damage at the scene, the killer's strength is at least expected to be at least the fourth level of Xingyuan, and it is normal to be higher."

At this point, Speaker Kolo glanced at all the Speakers and Members of the Parliament and said in a deep voice: "According to the investigation of Yan Tianquan's social relations and recent contacts, there are four suspects in total. The most suspicious one is the new member of the Parliament, the Quasi-Patroller 'Lin Qing'."

When he said this, all the speakers and members of parliament around him were a little surprised.

However, most of the people present knew that this was wrong, but they would never speak up for an Earthling who was hostile to them.

"Lin Qing?"

Speaker Yan sneered mockingly: "Speaker Kolo, I think you are really crazy. You are throwing such meaningless dirty water on Lin Qing?"

"Yes, he learned the sacred text 'Hidden World' in the Sky Islands, but how long has he been practicing?"

"With his current strength, it's a question whether he can pass the third level of Xingyuan. What's Yan Tianquan's strength? Even if Yan Tianquan stands still, can he kill Yan Tianquan?"

Chairman Yan sneered and said, "I said you killed Yan Tianquan and framed Lin Qing. Who can't make such a blind guess?"

Speaker Kolo frowned slightly and said in a cold voice: "The Yan family has been excellent employees of my Zhixing Group for generations. How could I kill Yan Tianquan?"

"Lin Qing and Yan Tianquan have never even met each other, but he became the murderer who killed Yan Tianquan?" Chairman Yan asked back.

"He has a motive." Speaker Kolo said with a sullen face, "He wanted to use the energy pool in advance, and the biggest obstacle was Yan Tianquan. The test was about to begin, but Yan Tianquan died at this time. Shouldn't we suspect him?"

Chairman Yan smiled sarcastically, "If he had the ability to kill Yan Tianquan, why didn't he defeat Yan Tianquan openly in the test? Knowing that he would become the first suspect, he still wanted to kill Yan Tianquan? Don't you think what you said is ridiculous?"

Speaker Kolo frowned, as if he didn't want to argue anymore. Instead, he looked at the beautiful and pure female councillor behind him, who was as young as a young girl, and said, "Yan Qingqing, tell me what you found."

"Yes, Chancellor Kolo."

Yan Qingqing stood up and said, "Dear Chairmen and Councillors, I discovered something strange by investigating Lin Qing's situation before he came to the metropolitan area."

She lightly pointed her fingertips, and several pictures and documents were projected into the air.

The information shows that several people are dead.

"These people are 'Polukot', the head of the Patrol Headquarters, and 'Ship Brothers' and 'Bichinal' among the extraterrestrial prisoners."

Yan Qingqing said: "These people, without exception, had some conflicts with Lin Qing, but they are all dead."

Many members of parliament and the speaker looked at it carefully.

Chairman Yan took a look and said indifferently: "Yan Qingqing, when these people died, what was Lin Qing's strength? Especially the upper minister Bolu Kete, when he died, Lin Qing didn't even have a priesthood. Do you think that an awakened creature without a priesthood has such strength?"

"Chairman Yan misunderstood what I meant."

Yan Qingqing shook her head slightly and said, "Lin Qing was not present when these people died. I just suspect that there may be another strong person behind Lin Qing who is helping him. Maybe there is more than one person, and the strongest one is at least at the fourth level of Xingyuan."

"Star Abyss Level 4?" Speaker Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "To be able to pass the Star Abyss Level 4, one must be at least a high-level primitive creature, which is considered upper-middle class in the urban circle. Which Earthling with such strength has not signed a contract with an extraterrestrial civilization? How could he kill people without any scruples?"

He glanced at Yan Qingqing and said, "Or do you think there is anyone who can bypass the contract and use the resources of the metropolitan area to cultivate Earth civilization?"

Yan Qingqing was silent for a moment, then said, "Maybe it's a stowaway from outer space?"

Chairman Yan said calmly: "Bai Zhou, the strongest of the extraterrestrial stowaways, only has two sets of holy characters and can't even pass the third level of Xingyuan."

He glanced at Yan Qingqing and said, "Do you think there are hidden stowaways who can grow to this level?"

"That's hard to say." Yan Qingqing said.

"is it?"

Chairman Yan smiled and said, "Since you insist on involving Lin Qing in these matters, I will also provide you with an idea."

He glanced around and said, "This time, Lin Qing accurately obtained the multiple sets of holy texts he needed on Sky Island. It is obvious that he got the information about the Sky Islands. Logically speaking... those who know the information must abide by the confidentiality agreement. So how did he know it?"

Upon hearing this, the faces of the speakers and parliamentarians changed slightly.

Chairman Yan said slowly: "You should all understand that the contracts of the Second Universe Network are all drawn up by the top leaders of each civilization, and the contracts can only restrict those cosmic citizens whose status is lower than that of the drafters."

"The drafters of the contract from all civilizations are all star-level clergy. The contract drawn up as a three-star space citizen can only restrict those two-star space citizens at most."

"If someone on Earth enters the third restricted area, passes the test of the star-level priesthood, and becomes a three-star space citizen, they will naturally regain their freedom and ignore the restrictions of the contract."

"Moreover, high-level space citizens can also deliberately hide their own citizenship level."

At this point, Speaker Yan swept his eyes around everyone and said, "Do you think... my speculation is more credible than Councillor Yan's unfounded extraterrestrial stowaway?"

The speakers and parliamentarians of the extraterrestrial civilizations all fell silent.

If……

If there is anyone on Earth who can definitely pass the trial of the star-level priesthood, it must be the founder of Chaoyang Martial Arts School, 'Qi Lingxiao'!
The top nine on the Xingyuan Ranking List are all suspected to be Qi Lingxiao’s smurfs!

And it is suspected that he has mastered some powerful skills!

Such a strong man is almost invincible on Earth. The Zhixing Group can only rely on the contract and the moon that has been converted into a huge fortress to make Qi Lingxiao afraid.

If Qi Lingxiao passes the Star-level priesthood trial again, without the restrictions of the contract...

"Speaker Yan, stop joking."

Speaker Kolo took a deep breath, his expression remained calm, and said, "If Master Qi is already a star-level clergyman, the situation on Earth has changed. Why would he help Lin Qing in such a sneaky way?"

"Then Dean Chu, or Ms. Irena?" Speaker Yan said calmly, "Who do you think is more suitable?"

The speakers and parliamentarians from all extraterrestrial civilizations were silent.

Each of these three is a rare genius in their respective fields, and they have grown all the way to where they are today. There is simply no way to kill them on Earth. If it weren't for the huge civilizations backing them up, they would probably feel scared.

no way.

The creatures from the stars simply cannot enter the Earth. When the Zhixing Group came to the Earth eighty years ago, the strongest of the Zhixing Group, as a high-level primitive creature, did not take the weak natives on Earth seriously at all. He arbitrarily picked a group of outstanding geniuses and signed contracts to sell themselves.

No one expected that these three people could grow to this point.

It is almost impossible for alien primitive creatures to break through on Earth, so they can only send batches of geniuses from their home planet. But these three people quietly grew to the point where the Zhixing Group could not eradicate them.

It's a legendary growth experience.

now……

Even if they really doubted that these three had passed the star-level priesthood trial, they still believed it to some extent deep down in their hearts.

"I think it is understandable that Lin Qing, as a genius of Earth civilization, has received the favor and help of these three people."

Chairman Yan said sternly, "The suspects we have targeted are Qi Lingxiao, Chu Hongjun, and Irenaduo. Please act immediately and bring them back for interrogation. We must investigate thoroughly."

There was silence.

Everyone present knew that Speaker Yan was deliberately making things difficult for them, but who among them dared to agree?
Who dares to arrest these three people?
Not to mention it’s just a suspicion, even if there is evidence, no one would dare to go!
"cough."

Yan Qingqing coughed lightly and said, "Chairman Yan, you are too serious. I think it is more likely that it was an alien stowaway. Maybe it has nothing to do with Lin Qing? There is no need to force it onto those three people."

"Oh? It has nothing to do with Lin Qing?" Speaker Yan said calmly, "Then you can check it at will."

At this time, the planet patroller that was slowly rotating above the conference table also spoke up: "It can be confirmed that this incident has nothing to do with the quasi-planet patroller Lin Qing. From before the incident to after the incident, Lin Qing was always in his personal room and did not open the door."

Speaker Kolo frowned slightly and said, "Now that Yan Tianquan is dead, what should we do with Lin Qing's test? Should we re-formulate it?"

Chairman Yan's eyes turned slightly cold.

This old guy... still wants to make things difficult for Lin Qing?
He suddenly smiled and said, "I agree with Speaker Kolo's proposal and suggest changing to a tester of the same level as Yan Tianquan, such as the genius Yan Jiu of the Yan family? I think she is very suitable."

Speaker Kolo, Yan Qingqing and other people from the Zhixing Group all changed their expressions when they heard this.

Chairman Yan's words sounded like he was waiting for the new test taker to die!
Yan Tianquan has already been killed, another one is going to die?
"What? Don't want to?"

Chairman Yan said calmly: "If you want to send someone from Earth to test us, I have no objection."

"No." Speaker Kolo immediately refused.

Among the Earthlings who have signed contracts with extraterrestrial civilizations, there are now two factions - those who are mainly based on extraterrestrial civilizations, and those who desire freedom and independence and are willing to stand on the side of Earth civilization.

The vassal faction and autonomous faction of Earth civilization actually originated from these two parties.

If the autonomous faction sent someone to test Lin Qing, God knows what they would do. They would hope that Lin Qing would pass directly.

But…if the vassal faction sends more people, they might still be killed?

The conference room fell silent.

Speaker Kolo and others were immediately in danger.

"No need to change the test."

At this time, the planetary patroller made a decision: "Lin Qing only needs to follow the original test and surpass those who are currently using the energy gathering pool and those ahead of him. Since Yan Tianquan is dead, he is naturally not included in the list."

……

……

"Chairman Yan."

In the spacious training hall, Lin Qing looked at Chairman Yan who was sitting opposite him and said, "So, now the test only requires us to defeat others?"

"No need." Chairman Yan shook his head slightly. "Even the strongest ones in this group have already admitted defeat."

He glanced at Lin Qing meaningfully, "After all, they don't want to die either."

"Have you found out who killed him?" Lin Qing asked.

"There are three suspects." Speaker Yan smiled. "They are Master Qi, Dean Chu, and Ms. Irenato. What do you think?"

Lin Qing said calmly, "I don't know either."

Chairman Yan pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head slightly.

An invisible field of light diffused out, and the surrounding energy completely condensed, enveloping the two of them.

Lin Qing felt this powerful domain and couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

He could feel that the free energy affected by this field was definitely a powerful force beyond the sixth energy level!

“No one can spy on us.”

Chairman Yan looked at Lin Qing and said softly, "Don't worry... I won't ask you how you did it. I just want to tell you something."

The corners of his lips slightly raised: "Those Zhixing dogs...kill as many as you can."

Lin Wei was slightly startled, and just said: "I can't kill him, but I think anyone on Earth who has the ability will do the same."

"Well said." Speaker Yan smiled.

He put away his domain and said, "I estimate that in two days, you will be able to use an energy gathering pool. Practice well."

"Thank you, Chairman Yan." Lin Qingwei nodded slightly.

After two days, I began to concentrate on retreat.

But... before that, he had one more thing to do.

……

"What's up?"

The holographic communicator projected an image of a young man wearing a white coat and plain glasses.

It was Chu Hongjun.

"Dean Chu, I've been in the metropolitan area for a few days now, and I want to meet my cousin and her family." Lin Qing said, "I heard that their lives are arranged by the Liming Group?"

"Meet your cousin's family?"

Chu Hongjun looked at Lin Qing and said, "Do you really have feelings for your cousin's family?"

Lin Qingwei was slightly startled and said, "My cousin's family is very kind to me, and my cousin has helped me so much. Of course I am very grateful to them."

Although at his current level, he no longer cared about a trace version of the bloodline evolution serum, but he was very weak at that time, and a bloodline evolution serum helped him a lot.

How can adding icing on the cake compare to giving timely help?
However, he always felt that there was something wrong with what Chu Hongjun asked.

Chu Hongjun didn't say much, just said: "Wait at the gate of the Star Patrol Council headquarters in ten minutes, I will send someone to pick you up."

"Okay." Lin Qing nodded immediately.

……

The headquarters of the Dawn Group is also located in a space fortress in the central area of ​​the urban area. It is a silver-white fortress that looks like a pyramid.

However, the extraterrestrial civilization that invested in the Dawn Group was not any of the Yuanchen Civilization, the Shennvxi Civilization, or the Black Tower Civilization, but rather the "Qi Yan Civilization" with a strong academic atmosphere.

"President Chu will take me there personally?"

In the nearly transparent elevator, Lin Qing looked at Chu Hongjun beside him with some surprise.

He thought Chu Hongjun would send someone to take him there.

"Since you are here, I have something to tell you." Chu Hongjun said calmly.

Lin Qing was a little confused, but didn't ask any more questions.

Soon, they arrived at a hall on the 27th floor of the Dawn Group. The pure white floor had almost no color.

I saw a slightly tall woman with short hair sitting behind a table in the hall, and no one knew what she was thinking.

It was Chen Yanan.

At the beginning of April 2121, she chose to join the Dawn Group, and today is also the beginning of April 2123.

I haven't seen her for two years, and she doesn't seem to have changed much.

"Cousin." Lin Qing walked forward.

Chen Yanan raised his head slightly, stood up, and then smiled: "Xiao Qing, long time no see."

She looked at Chu Hongjun again and said respectfully, "President Chu."

"How are you adapting?" Chu Hongjun asked.

"It's almost done." Chen Yanan nodded immediately.

"It's really fast." Chu Hongjun nodded slightly.

Hearing this, Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "Cousin, what are you doing here?"

"Nothing special."

Chen Yanan shook his head. "I just tried to control and connect some mechanical instruments. I have been doing this for the past two years. What about you? How are you doing now?"

"I'm fine." Lin Qing looked at Chen Yanan and felt something was wrong. He couldn't help but ask, "Cousin, have you changed in the past two years?"

"Changes?" Chen Yanan shook his head. "Nothing has changed."

Lin Qing was a little suspicious, and scanned her with his telekinesis, and found that there was indeed nothing wrong with her and her life breath was normal.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yanan asked puzzledly.

"……nothing."

Lin Qing shook his head and asked, "Where are my aunt and cousin?"

"They all live in the family quarters and come to see me from time to time." Chen Yanan smiled and said, "You can go see them later."

The two chatted for a while, and Lin Qing always felt that something was not right, but he said it out loud.

However, they didn't talk for long before Chu Hongjun said, "It's almost time, Chen Yanan, you should go back."

Chen Yanan was silent for a moment, but still nodded. Then he turned to look at Lin Qing, walked over and hugged him, and said softly, "I'm fine, you have to be fine, don't worry about me."

Lin Weiwei frowned slightly.

Then, Chen Yanan let him go, took one last look at him, then turned and left, disappearing behind a door.

"Dean Chu." Lin Qing took a deep breath and said, "What happened to my cousin? I feel like she's not normal. What happened to her?"

"Oh?"

Chu Hongjun glanced at him and asked, "Can you sense it?"

Lin Qing just frowned and said, "I can feel something is wrong, but I can't tell where it is."

"You have a keen sense of perception."

Chu Hongjun nodded slightly and continued, "However, Chen Yanan refused to tell you the truth. She decided to wait until she succeeds before telling you in person... Of course, if you must know, I don't mind violating the agreement with her."

Lin Qing was silent for a while, then said, "I understand. I respect her then."

"do not worry about it."

Chu Hongjun glanced at him and said, "It's a good thing for her and for you, but she thinks you can't accept it. But based on my understanding of you, I don't think so."

"Dean Chu knows me well?" Lin Qingwei raised her eyebrows slightly, feeling that there was something else behind his words.

Chu Hongjun turned to look at him and said, "We've met before, right?"

Lin Qing was shocked, but remained calm on the surface and asked in confusion: "Before?"

"I don't know when."

Chu Hongjun looked at him, "But it should have been a long time ago when you contacted me for the first time through the communicator left by Chu Hui. When you saw me, your emotions fluctuated. Were you missing me at that time?"

Lin smiled lightly and said, "President Chu, you are overthinking. I am just a little surprised because it is my first time meeting the legendary Chu Hongjun."

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it." Chu Hongjun glanced at him and asked, "Do you want to go to the remains of the pre-Earth civilization?"

"remains?"

Lin Qing said: "Dean Chu, are you talking about the treasures left in reality by the previous civilization?"

"Yes." Chu Hongjun nodded slightly.

Lin Qing had heard that the reason these three were able to use the Star Origin Stone to test their powers was because of the remains of that former civilization.

"However, doesn't it mean that only those who are native to the Earth and have lived on the Earth for more than a hundred years can try it?" Lin Qing asked.

"That's right." Chu Hongjun looked at Lin Qing, "However, the relics of the previous civilization test the age of the soul, and you... already meet the requirements."

(End of this chapter)