"Sir!"
"You've finally come out!"
"Greetings, Sir."
When everyone saw Leng Shiqi, it was as if they had seen their savior. They were all ecstatic.
Even the weakest among them was an eunuch. However, they had been targeted and troubled for the past few months. Now, Leng Shiqi's appearance had finally given them their greatest hope.
Leng Shiqi smiled and sat in the empty seat in the center. He gestured for everyone to sit down.
After sitting down, for some reason, everyone suddenly had a backbone. They were no longer as anxious as before.
They keenly discovered that the reason was that Leng Shiqi exuded an indescribable aura.
It seemed to be confidence, steadiness, and a little calmness. Even if something big happened, it was nothing in front of him.
It was this kind of temperament that allowed everyone to calm down.
In fact, it was indeed so. Leng Shiqi had a self-confidence that came from inside out. This confidence was not because he was arrogant, but because of his strength!
It had been more than three months since he had broken through to the Unity of Heaven and Man realm.
These days, he had been cultivating spiritual techniques and comprehending the laws of heaven and earth. Unexpectedly, the process was unusually smooth!
Especially when he cultivated the Heavenly Cycle Star God Technique, the Five God Flowing Light Technique, and the Thousand Illusion Sword Codex. It was as easy as water flowing through a canal.
His comprehension was very high. Cultivating the spiritual techniques that were most suitable for him was really twice the result with half the effort.
Now that he had succeeded in cultivating his spiritual technique, he had naturally merged it with his other spiritual techniques. Unfortunately, he had always been deducing it in his spiritual sea and had never really fought with anyone. He still didn't know exactly how powerful it was.
In addition, he also had some understanding of the earth element, the four elements, and the power of Yin and Yang. Compared to spiritual techniques, these powers that involved the laws of heaven and earth were the strongest!
Therefore, even Leng Shiqi himself didn't know how strong he was now.
However, he believed that if he unleashed his full strength, it would be easy for him to kill a late-stage Unity of Heaven realm expert. His current combat strength was definitely comparable to a peak stage Unity of Heaven realm expert, or even higher!
It could also be said that cultivators below the Sky Origin Stage were no longer a threat to the Leng Shiqi.
For example, Li Jue Ning, who had almost killed him in the past, if they were to fight again, Leng Shiqi could kill him in an instant!
Leng Shiqi was full of confidence because of this powerful strength.
He pacified everyone and said calmly, "Tell me, what happened while I was in seclusion?"
Ren Ye immediately summarized everything in the shortest and most concise manner. "… My Lord, it's like this. Right now, other than Ping Hui Prefecture, Tian Shun Prefecture and the other two prefectures are in imminent danger."
However, Leng Shiqi did not care about this. Instead, he asked, "You said that Manager Hai and Manager Shentu worked together to seize my supervision authority?"
"That's right. If my Lord came out of seclusion a few months later, I'm afraid all the supervision authority would be gone."
Who would have thought that Leng Shiqi would shake his head. "That's not the case. You may not know this, but the Grand Commander has already ordered that internal strife between the Four Great Stewards is forbidden during the year before the new Emperor ascends the throne. Thus, the people behind the scenes might not be them.
Moreover, I was in seclusion, and Master only went to the Imperial Tomb to observe mourning. We are not dead, so Manager Hai and the others did not need to be in such a hurry to seize power.
Whether it was the Great Commander appearing, me coming out of seclusion, or Master returning, their actions of seizing power did not have much meaning. Perhaps you were under too much pressure and did not think of this. "
Ren Ye and the others immediately understood. "Yes, yes, yes. My Lord means that there is someone behind Manager Hai and Manager Shentu!"
"That's right. Actually, I have already guessed who that person is." Leng Shiqi said leisurely.
"Who is it?" Everyone asked at the same time.
Leng Shiqi made a shushing gesture. "I can't say. However, since I have already come out of seclusion early, you don't have to worry about this. Go and tell all the brothers that Xingzhi Pavilion will be back to normal in a few days.
You have all been working hard these days. Have a good rest. "
"This …" Ren Ye and the others still hesitated. Even if Leng Shiqi came out of seclusion, in the face of such a serious predicament, he could not easily solve it with his own strength, right?
However, since Leng Shiqi had already spoken, they could only do as he said. To be honest, they had been too tired these days. Even if their cultivations were high, they still felt physically and mentally exhausted.
"Then we will take our leave." Everyone left the meeting hall one by one.
"Right, my Lord, you came out of seclusion early. Did you have any problems with your cultivation?" Ren Ye asked before leaving.
Leng Shiqi smiled gently. "It's fine."
There were two reasons why he came out of seclusion early. The first was that Lei Haoge's ascension ceremony was about to arrive. As one of the four chiefs, he had to attend.
The second reason was that Delta Aurigae had told him roughly what had happened in Xingzhi Pavilion through the Netherlamp Illusion. He naturally could not watch as he lost the right to supervise, so he came out of seclusion early.
Fortunately, his cultivation base was very deep. His realm of Unity of Heaven and Man was already very stable. Moreover, his cultivation of spiritual techniques had almost reached the point of saturation.
As for the comprehension of the laws of heaven and earth, that was not something that could be done overnight. He could not rush it.
When everyone left, Leng Shiqi's eyes revealed an undisguised murderous intent!
He knew best who was playing tricks behind the scenes. In the imperial capital, the only one who had a grudge against him was Lei Haoge. If it was not him, who else could it be?
However, Leng Shiqi did not expect Lei Haoge to have such great ability to persuade Manager Hai and Manager Shentu to work together against Xingzhi Pavilion.
Of these two, one was very experienced, while the other had a military background. He did not know what benefits Lei Haoge had promised to persuade them.
Furthermore, Eunuch Gao had been temporarily ordered to observe mourning for three years in the imperial mausoleum. It could be seen that this was also arranged by Lei Haoge. It seemed that he was not that useless.
It was a pity that Lei Haoge had used his rare shrewdness to deal with Leng Shiqi. He did not know that he had brought a fatal disaster upon himself!
That's right. Leng Shiqi had already decided to kill the crown prince, Lei Haoge, the future emperor of the Thunderfire Dynasty!
If others do not offend me, I will not offend them. If others offend me, I will kill them!
In any case, Lei Haoge had not ascended the throne yet and did not have many experts protecting him. As for whether his death would affect the Thunderfire Dynasty, that was not something Leng Shiqi needed to consider.
The only thing that puzzled Leng Shiqi was that Manager Hai and Manager Shentu should have known that what they were doing did not have much meaning. Why did they still do it?
"I underestimated him, but it doesn't matter. There is no need to feel sorry for a dead person," Leng Shiqi muttered to himself, then disappeared from the meeting hall.