destiny eternal calamity

When Li Wei arrived at the East City Military Command, the office had just opened, and he was the first to be on duty.

After waiting in the lobby for a while, Zhao Yuqing finally came in.

The two were old colleagues, and Zhao Yuqing picked up the breakfast from the Princess's Residence that Li Wei had brought and started eating.

"Yesterday was truly a close call. Is Miss Yan alright?"

After Zhao Yuqing learned last night that Li Wei was alright, she took He Yang away with her.

"I suffered some injuries, but nothing serious."

"I'm so sorry, it's all because of me that your senior sister got hurt," Zhao Yuqing said apologetically.

Li Wei observed her repeatedly but couldn't figure out what connection this girl had with demons. How could she be the Demon Lord that Zuo Fenghan mentioned?

"Take me to see He Yang."

"Okay." Zhao Yuqing then led Li Wei to the prison of the Eastern City Military Command.

Old Man Zuo is still locked up here. According to Zhao Yuqing, he needs to be observed for three months, otherwise there is a risk of him falling into demonic possession again.

Of course, the prison conditions for those who have fallen into demonic possession are much better than those in ordinary prisons, since it is only a form of detention.

When Zhao Yuqing saw He Yang again, the demonic energy on his body had been purified by the jade pendant.

He was sitting on the single bed in his cell, lost in thought.

Seeing Li Wei and Zhao Yuqing approaching, he quickly walked up to them.

"My lord, I am innocent!"

"How did you become possessed by a demon?" Li Wei asked.

He needed to confirm whether the other party knew the identity of "Zuo Fenghan".

The registration process for leaving the city is a security measure implemented by the capital for cultivators; ordinary people do not need to fill it out.

There is a special magic array under the city wall of this capital, which makes it impossible for cultivators below the Void Realm to hide when entering or leaving the city. This was also an important reason why Li Wei thought that the Longevity Sect had an inside traitor.

You can fly out of the city to escape, but you can't just swagger in like this when you enter the city, can you?

Overseas cultivators like Senior Sister Yan, who have never been to Dali before, can choose an alias, which the government cannot find; they can only be registered.

The protectors of the Longevity Cult are all on wanted lists, so how did they sneak in? Someone must have helped them forge their identities.

But I digress. Let's get back to the point.

When cultivators enter or leave the capital, they must present a pass issued by the imperial court and have it registered by a special gatekeeper. No one else is allowed to interfere.

Therefore, even if He Yang leaves the city with Zuo Fenghan and Du Qianqian, he may not know their true identities.

His false identity as "Li Xiang" is probably a travel document that "Zuo Fenghan" obtained from the Crown Prince. It is highly likely that it is a counterfeit, because it also needs to include a description of appearance. If it were a genuine document, it would be difficult to match.

"I was sleeping that night when Zheng Yi arrested me. He made me choose the order in which my family members would be killed, and then he killed my whole family one by one. I couldn't take the shock and became possessed by a demon."

"You have memories of what happened after you became possessed by the demon, right? Who is that girl next to Zheng Yi?"

"I don't know, he didn't tell me. Even after I became a demon, my strength was only at the Meridian Opening stage, so I didn't dare to say anything to him."

"One last question: your father's concubine, the one who was thrown into the well, who violated her?"

The main reason Li Wei asked this question was that he felt Zuo Fenghan, after becoming possessed by a demon, didn't seem like the kind of person who could do such a thing.

Hearing Li Wei's words, He Yang remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, Li Wei transmitted his voice to Xiao Shuying, instructing her to unleash the Heavenly Demon Chaos.

A mysterious aura emanated from where Xiao Shuying was hiding, which surprised Zhao Yuqing.

She knew that "Aunt Ying" had been following Li Wei around, but she didn't expect that the other party would have a similar talent to her.

"It was me. I've always harbored improper thoughts about her... When she saw that I chose to die for her, even sacrificing my father, brother, and mother, she wasn't moved at all. Instead, she called me a beast. That's the real reason I became possessed. After I became possessed, I raped her, then strangled her and threw her into a well..."

Li Wei gasped; this was a heavyweight as well.

At the same time, he couldn't help but admire the demonic nature of Zuo Fenghan's methods.

Zhao Yuqing, who was standing nearby, was not surprised at all. In her inherited memories, there were many more people who had fallen into demonic possession and were even worse than this.

She simply wrote down her confession silently and had He Yang sign it.

Even if He Yang committed the crime after becoming possessed by a demon, his actions were still too heinous. It's impossible for him to be released after only three months of observation like Elder Zuo.

Afterwards, Li Wei discussed with Zhao Yuqing about concealing Zuo Fenghan's name and only saying that the prisoner was Zheng Yi, who colluded with the Changsheng Sect.

Zhao Yuqing knew, of course, that it was best not to alarm the Crown Prince and the Kunlun faction, so she agreed.

With this, the case is considered closed. The unidentified demon "Zheng Yi" was the main culprit, and He Yang was an accomplice.

Zheng Yi has already been executed, killed by Li Wei, a servant in the princess's residence.

He Yang was ultimately sentenced to ten years in prison.

As for the deeds of the people from the Princess's residence in investigating and destroying the stronghold of the Changsheng Sect, because the various pieces of evidence seized were conclusive and there were the heads of high-ranking members of the Changsheng Sect as witnesses, the Emperor greatly praised Princess Yuzhen and also rewarded Li Wei, who made the greatest contribution.

He was rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, and his rank was promoted one level to Viscount Mingyue.

The others were also rewarded.

Even the white dog Xiaomei obtained a bunch of cultivation resources.

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Li Wei had Xiao Shuying help him conceal himself and arrive at the Zuo family residence.

The house is rather dilapidated, and it's clear that it hasn't been repaired in a long time.

In addition, with Old Man Zuo imprisoned in the military prison for two months and no one living there, the house seemed even more desolate.

Li Wei went to the back of the house, opened the third stone slab that Zuo Fenghan had mentioned, and sure enough, he saw a metal box.

After storing it in his spatial ring and restoring the stone slab, Li Wei returned to the princess's residence.

He opened the metal box and examined it.

Inside were several martial arts manuals from Kunlun Xuanshui City, a Xuanshui City disciple's robe, and a Xuanshui City interpersonal relationship notebook.

Finally, there is a hand-drawn map of Kunlun's defense deployment.

It seems that Zuo Fenghan had long anticipated that he might be killed by Li Wei, which is why he left such a contingency plan.

He also knew that Kunlun and the Longevity Sect would inevitably become completely opposed to the Princess's Mansion and Li Wei.

If Zuo Fenghan's plan succeeds, he can become the Demon Lord and just focus on developing his power; if the plan fails, then the task will be handed over to Li Wei.

Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh. Both were demons, but the two demons who possessed Zuo Fenghan and He Yang were worlds apart.

It is evident that demons, like humans, have vastly different internal structures.

After storing these items in his spatial ring, Li Wei went to teach Long Xiaoxiao to play the zither.

Because Shang Xueyan is currently recuperating at the Princess's residence, and has recently become engrossed in her relationship with Long Bilin, he rarely returns to the Viscount's residence anymore.

As a result, he began to teach Long Xiaoxiao piano more frequently.

Although it was Long Bilin's sudden idea to have Long Xiaoxiao learn the piano, Li Wei was very supportive of it.

My sister-in-law should naturally be multi-talented.