Becoming evil makes you ten times stronger, but becoming a demon gives you hundredfold strength

"Master, let me out, let me out."

Zhuge Caihua stayed in the Binding Array, looking at her master with despair.

"Ah, why would I let you go out? I've painstakingly raised my cabbage for so many years, only to have a yellow-haired kidnap it, even delivering it herself, losing out on a deal... Maybe when she comes back, she'll bring me a few kids too."

Master Lihua sneered. After meeting Meng Yu, her disciple was like a soul had left her, not only did she contact several black market merchants, prepared a substantial sum of money, and even got a safe house and all that, she also learned how to escape... She really thought I was blind and couldn't discover it!

"Master, I never thought of eloping with Meng Yu, he's innocent, it was the Zhao Family that suppressed him, he..."

The disciple, trapped in the cage, spoke desperately of Meng Yu's good points, making Master Lihua involuntarily cover her head.

"He is now alone and helpless, he is all fired up, Master, I beg you, let me out. I just want to find him a way to live, to give him a chance to escape, and, if he escapes, he will definitely achieve a Golden Core, a Nascent Soul, in the Outer Domain. By then, he'll also be our helper, won't he?"

"Humph."

Master Lihua let out a cold snort. The problem is, the child's thinking is too simplistic, and the yellow-haired kid is too despicable.

"You, huh."

She pinched Zhuge Caihua's cheek hard and shook her head.

"Do you really think that Meng Yu is a fool? You good girls are the easiest to be deceived by such scoundrels, defending him while big-bellied. He's pitiful?

"He he he he, just by becoming a mistress for a Golden Core rich lady, he would immediately have money, you..."

Master Lihua was so furious that, well, Lihua doesn't have a tail, but her roots were about to stiffen.

"It's not like that, Master, you don't understand..."

Biting her lip, Zhuge Caihua blurted out everything Meng Yu had said to her.

"What?"

However... Hearing the child's reasons for Meng Yu's actions stirred her a bit. To be fair, if it were her, could she resist the Zhao Family's conditions?

No, she really couldn't.

Meng Yu, truly a good child.

"Whatever, you're not allowed to go out anyway. I'll find someone to help him so that he won't be assassinated again, that's enough. As for the rest... don't make any rash moves. Now anyone who reaches out will be unlucky. A lot of people are eying this affair. You don't think the Zhao Family can cover the sky with one hand, do you? Many are watching for the spot in the Enforcement Hall.

Also, you are such a blockhead. You should have told your master about what Meng Yu said earlier!"

Master Lihua helplessly covered her head. When a man tells a secret to a girl he hasn't slept with, he's not counting on her to keep it quiet, he's banking on her blabbermouth to spread the word the moment she turns around.

"From now on, you're not allowed to see Meng Yu. He will take advantage of you completely. And don't worry about Little Swallow; I've sent her to study abroad. Humph."

Her own disciple was just too silly and naive. It was obvious what Meng Yu wanted to do, and he was prepared for it, yet she actually thought the scoundrel was at his wit's end!!!!!!

Right, what does Meng Yu want to do?

She suddenly became very curious.

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When Meng Yu cried out that Zhao Chongyang wanted to kill him in front of everyone, the nature of the situation changed, and the Enforcement Hall personnel who had been accompanying him were replaced by staff from another department.

Of course, this also completely tore off any pretense of civility; the smear campaign against Meng Yu turned into a raging storm.

However, this kind of smearing was something that the Enforcement Hall certainly would not get involved with, nor would the Zhao Family. The main force behind the muckraking became Star Industrial.

Star Industrial had suffered huge losses in the Scorpio Minor World this time, and the board of directors naturally wanted to shift the blame. Wang Youcai, the man who had been killed by Meng Yu in the Martial Arts Miniature World and who was left without any dignity, conspired with Zhao Yuxuan, pouring in a large amount of resources, all to tarnish and soil Meng Yu's reputation.

For example, two of the councilors supported by Star Industrial put forward the idea that Meng Yu had committed grave errors during his service in the Enforcement Hall and that his evaluation should be strict.

What was even more vicious was that people from Star Industrial went to Hongye Prison to dig up Meng Yu's dark history, especially the details concerning Old Liefire's death, etc., aiming to find issues with Meng Yu and to nullify the plea bargain deal he had made with the Immortal Sect.

The so-called plea bargain had a premise: the criminal must confess all of his crimes truthfully. Otherwise, if even one issue were to be dug up, then the previous plea bargain would be void, everything would start over, and Meng Yu's initial sentence was the death penalty. Find exclusive stories on empire

This time, Star Industrial made a great effort in using various ways to discredit Meng Yu.

Meng Yu could learn about these developments through certain channels, and he didn't need to worry about his personal safety; this was Supreme Star, and also the Moon God had dispatched personnel from other departments to protect him. The only thing that really pissed him off was being sprayed with accusations each time he attended the hearing for the Scorpio Minor World.

This matter that involved many deaths was an even better opportunity to perform.

The councilors brought out photos of deceased Qi Refinement Practitioners, narrating how hard these individuals had worked, how many families they were connected to, and then how they bravely died in battle in the Scorpio Minor World. They showed the process of the war and talked about how both sides were evenly matched, that it was only bad luck that caused their loss, and so on. Of course, they had also shown the scene where Meng Yu alone broke through ten thousand troops in Changdong Minor World, questioning Meng Yu on why he didn't join this recent operation.

Meng Yu didn't cause any trouble, replying that according to the regulations, he had the right to refuse, and precisely because he was a temporary worker, he had the right to refuse. Otherwise, where in the law does it state that a man who is performing meritorious deeds as atonement, who has completed two red-level missions, must go to the front lines?

I'm already very tired, having been on continuous business trips for a year, with no rest at all. Is it wrong to want to sit in meditation and make a breakthrough?

But Meng Yu's complexion was ugly; after all, he was being roasted on a spit!

So, the hearing went on as public opinion outside continuously blackened Meng Yu.

Later on, a councilor asked a question that everyone wanted to know the answer to.

"If you had gone, what would the outcome of this battle be?"

Everyone, of course, knew the answer because Meng Yu's combat prowess was clear for all to see.

"You mean if I went by myself to clean up the other side?"

Meng Yu seemed to have misunderstood the question. "Alone, killing a thousand wouldn't be a big problem for me."

This time it was five thousand from the Immortal Sect against a thousand of theirs; the opposition was just a thousand people.

"Are you saying you could win all by yourself?"

Some people laughed, finding Meng Yu to be very arrogant.

"Well, actually, there's no need for reinforcements, not even five thousand, just send me alone over there, and I can kill all thousand of them by myself."

"I am invincible in close combat."

"I've said before, I am the enemy of a thousand."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Meng Yu's answer was, of course, taken by everyone as a joke. But soon, when the slap landed on the Immortal Sect's face, everyone realized it was the truth, and a truth that was incredibly cruel and bloody.

The hearing was down to the final arguments.