Master of Strange Dao

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It seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist, making it impossible for them to see clearly.

Even during the Crown Prince's growth, they had never participated in the slightest.

Because the Crown Prince grew too quickly, by the time they noticed that as a woman, she had become excessively outstanding and completely overshadowed the other Princes, the Crown Prince had already gone to the military, and upon returning, no one could stop her.

In a mere hundred or so years, she advanced to the Ninth Tier. Not to mention anything else, just this feat alone sent chills up their spines.

After bidding farewell to Kuang Tianming, Duke Lin sat there, unable to contain his laughter.

It seemed that if the three great families weren't united, even within the Kuang Family, there were major disagreements.

This Kuang Tianming, though honorably serving as the Minister of Industry, holding a steadily lucrative position, unfortunately, his status in the family wasn't high enough to even rank among the top three, let alone being the Family Head.

This was the common failing of Dali's great families; the first ones to enter court as officials were often not the most valued individuals.

The most valued ones were raised at home to eventually succeed to the position of Family Head.

This Kuang Tianming had some notions; he seized an opportunity and began to place his bets.

Even though the matter of the Crown Prince's incarnation was not yet settled, this was exactly the right moment.

If one declared their stance later, it would just be an empty addition without any utility.

Yet as of now, who spread the rumors so vividly? Shadow Department couldn't find out either.

But the more this happened, the more Duke Lin worried the matter might be true.

According to what he understood, apart from the uncertainty of the incarnation, everything else seemed true.

He actually thought this might be true.

This was the most frightening part.

Dali had just tested a heap of people, killed many, establishing the Langya Incarnation Technique as an Evil Dao Forbidden Technique. If at this time, the Crown Prince was also confirmed to practice the Langya Incarnation Technique,

it would be an event that shook the nation's foundation.

Just within a few days, people became restless, and even some began to contact other Princes.

If Emperor Li's usual position applied, and if this matter proved true, even if it didn't directly lead to the Crown Prince's dispossession, it would open the first chapter in doing so.

Dali would definitely sink into chaos, and the Crown Prince would likely find it difficult to succeed smoothly.

Yet Emperor Li obviously could see this too, and he brandished the butcher's knife from the first step. This matter could thus be controlled.

But dealing with the aftermath wouldn't be easy either.

...

Yu Ziqing walked the bustling streets of Dingmao City, searching for information bit by bit.

He had already gone through a complete seal once before, and now he started the second round.

He gathered a lot of information, yet he never revealed his identity, not interfering with the normal flow of the seal, remaining like an observer.

If there was any risk of revealing his identity, he would leave and start over.

Now the issue was that it was not easy to enter the palace city to gather information while keeping his identity hidden.

As he walked, he suddenly sensed the Seventh Floor Ring's summons; the call was faint, intermittent. Yu Ziqing turned away from the seal.

He entered the Seventh Floor Ring.

Upon seeing Song Chengyue, he said,

"A major event happened in Dali."

He recounted what had occurred in Dali over the past few days.

Yu Ziqing furrowed his brows slightly.

"You think it's the work of the dong chang?"

"It definitely is." Song Chengyue nodded without the slightest hesitation: "It wasn't done by the Jinyi Wei. Shadow Department couldn't find it out, nor could Jinyi Wei. Of those fanning the flames and adding fuel to the fire these past days, not one was the mastermind behind this matter, so it had to be the dong chang."

"Is that so..."

Yu Ziqing suddenly came to a realization.

It's not just involving the Ba, but also the Dadui Demon Concubine's seal.

Dadui's seal should be one matter he had to do, a matter capable of turning the tables.

And the Crown Prince of Dali, that should be another matter altogether.

To destabilize the Crown Prince's position, preferably have the Crown Prince deposed and replace her with those useless Princes.

This Dali female Crown Prince had both strength and capability.

With this Crown Prince, even with minimal insight, anyone could see that Dali would not weaken, though it might not become much stronger.

But without this Crown Prince and a useless Prince taking over, that's another story.

Even if the path to deposing the Crown Prince didn't work, in the short term, it would destabilize Dali's political situation, causing much unrest and doubt.

Laying the groundwork allowed the dong chang the opportunity to infiltrate.

Anyway, if it succeeded, it would benefit Daqian in the long run. If not, there could still be benefits. There's no losing end.

So, was this matter done by the chief director to regain Emperor Qian's attention?

Was he seeking to recover his most significant backing?

As long as this most significant backing didn't abandon him, all else was secondary.

If this matter was to prove himself and win back that disappointed supporter of his,

then the work at Dadui Seal would certainly not share the same purpose.

Given the Incarnation of Ninth Tier, this chief director didn't lack ambition for power either.

Creating such a commotion here was likely to gain power for himself.

At the same time, with such significant events happening in Dali as a cover, the matters at the Dadui Seal would remain concealed.

One overt, one covert, a strike and a fallback.

Yu Ziqing indeed heightened his vigilance against this yet-to-meet chief director.

No wonder he was able to remain hidden for so long, creating many disturbances; he indeed had some methods.

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