"Ye Yang probably wanted me to understand the situation back then, so he continued, 'I heard that Li Chunfeng used Li Po's hair and skin to feed chickens, and used roosters to feed ghosts and gods.'"

"'You need to replenish your blood food?'"

"Wu Yongsi smiled and said, 'Li Chunfeng could detect the aura of the Emperor, but he didn't know that I had already replaced the Jiao dragon beneath Li Village.'"

"'He still thought that the Jiao dragon was a spiritual beast guarding the Emperor's qi number. That's why he used a method of luring and killing spiritual beasts to deal with me.'"

"'This humble subject used this point to severely injure Li Chunfeng.'"

"Wu Yongsi continued, 'After Li Chunfeng escaped, I deliberately used his computer to leave a letter for Li Po. I described the Jiao dragon as a zombie and stirred up the relationship between Li Po and Qu Mo.'"

"'However, neither Li Po nor Qu Mo were swayed by my instigation, and they still followed Qu Mo.'"

I then understood that my father, in addition to using my hair and nails to feed the chickens, must have also mixed other things into the feed.

The method my father used wasn't that strange. To put it bluntly, it was similar to the methods of hunters in the mountains.

Hunters in the Northeast, when encountering wild beasts that were difficult to deal with, would adopt this kind of slow, enticing method of killing.

For example, when a hunter wanted to catch a spirit fox, they would continuously throw food in one place until the spirit fox relaxed its vigilance, and then slowly lure the spirit fox into their trap.

This method might take several months, or even a year, to be effective. Moreover, a slight slip in the middle could lead to failure.

Especially the final hunting stage was the most important. If the hunter missed and allowed the spirit fox to escape, then it would never fall for the same trick again, and they would have to think of another way to lure and kill it.

My father's cultivation level at the time should not have been enough to slay the dragon single-handedly, so he used such a method. Moreover, he failed at the last moment.

When my master and I rushed back to the village, we only saw a coffin. Plus, Wu Yongsi had spoken to me in human form in the broken temple, so we didn't associate it with the legends of Li Village.

Wu Yongsi seemed unwilling to talk about the past with Ye Yang anymore and simply said, "This humble subject, as the Emperor's Right Minister, absolutely cannot allow those who plot to harm the Emperor to remain at large. This subject, representing only the Dual Ministers and the Eight Guards, requests that Your Highness take action to execute Li Po, in order to uphold righteousness and rectify the law!"

Ye Yang couldn't help but frown—Wu Yongsi's words just now were clearly transmitting a message to someone.

Wu Yongsi couldn't possibly not know the relationship between me and Ye Yang.

He was using the Emperor to force Ye Yang to choose.

Since ancient times, assassinating the Emperor and plotting rebellion have been unforgivable crimes.

Regardless of whether the mastermind behind the rebellion was the Emperor's son or brother, the result of failure was not only that the person could not escape death, but even thousands of people would be implicated and buried with him.

This was not only the Emperor's wrath, but also a deterrent to petty people.

If the crime of harming the Emperor could be pardoned, then what other crime could not be negotiated?

Regardless of whether my father knew at the time that the qi number he was extracting belonged to the Emperor, the Emperor's men would not easily let this matter go.

Wu Yongsi, or rather, the Dual Ministers and Eight Guards under the Emperor, were all waiting for Ye Yang's attitude.

If Ye Yang helped me, it would be equivalent to severing the relationship between Ye Yang and the Emperor, and there would be no more cooperation between Liangjie Tang and the Emperor. Even Hei Ye Xiao might be implicated by us.

If Ye Yang didn't help me, he would have to kill me in this desolate mountain wilderness.

While Ye Yang was silent, Zhu Ziyan stepped forward first, "Wu Yongsi, you say that Li Chunfeng plotted to harm the Emperor, then I ask you, did the Emperor's will eventually collapse in Li Chunfeng's hands?"

"A woman, step aside, you have no right to speak here!" Although Wu Yongsi was reprimanding Zhu Ziyan, there was less confidence in his voice.

Zhu Ziyan sneered, "A woman? Could it be that Pang Gu Fang under your Emperor is not a woman? Could it be that the Emperor's three palaces and six courtyards are all unyielding men?"

"You dare to deceive the Emperor? You deserve to be executed!" As soon as Wu Yongsi said the words "deserve to be executed," the grass leaves around us immediately turned into sharp arrows, attacking us like a torrential rain.

The protective qi of me and Zhu Ziyan suddenly erupted, and then connected together, resisting in all directions.

The grass leaves flying towards us, although numerous, did not have much power and were directly blocked outside our bodies.

Ye Yang said coldly, "Wu Yongsi! This King has not yet made a decision, and you dare to kill people, aren't you taking this King too lightly?"

Wu Yongsi quickly said, "This humble subject was just momentarily angry, please forgive me, Your Highness."

Ye Yang said lightly, "This King also wants to know, where did the Emperor's will that you were guarding go?"

"This..." Wu Yongsi didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Zhu Ziyan spoke at this time, "Wu Yongsi, weren't you transmitting a message to someone just now? Why don't you dare to say it now?"

"Could it be that you took advantage of Li Chunfeng's attack to devour the Emperor's will yourself!"

"Shut up!" Before Wu Yongsi could finish his words, Ye Yang had already said coldly, "Right Minister Wu, you have to let people speak. If you have any opinions, you can wait until Zhu Ziyan finishes speaking before refuting."

"As soon as Zhu Ziyan speaks, you want to kill people, are you feeling guilty and trying to cover it up?"

Wu Yongsi said, "This humble subject dares not, but this Zhu Ziyan is cunning and good at using charm techniques, I'm afraid she will secretly use some sinister means."

Ye Yang said, "Whether it's a conspiracy or not, this King will judge for himself. Let Zhu Ziyan finish speaking, and we will comment."