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Chapter 283 Young Man on a White Horse Drunk in the Spring Breeze 58
"puff!"
Uncontrollable blood gushed from Ye Dingzhi's mouth, staining the ground in front of him red.
He struggled to get up, but intense pain in every part of his body made it almost impossible for him to move.
However, Yue Fengcheng arrived in front of him first, placing a hand firmly on his back.
Ye Dingzhi's body jolted violently, as if struck by an invisible force, and all his struggles and resistance vanished in an instant.
He was then shocked to discover that the true energy within his body began to surge uncontrollably, flowing into Yue Fengcheng's body like a river bursting its banks.
Ye Dingzhi tried desperately to control the loss of his internal energy, but in the end it was all in vain.
"How could this happen?" Ye Dingzhi said with difficulty.
Yue Fengcheng sneered and remained silent.
In the martial arts world, only one in ten skills are ever truly mastered, but the Void Thought Skill can retain ten out of ten. Moreover, this skill can forcibly absorb the internal energy of others for one's own use.
Feeling the true energy constantly draining from his body, a resolute look surged in Ye Dingzhi's eyes, and he quietly reached for the jade pendant at his waist.
However, just as Ye Dingzhi was about to remove the jade pendant, a fierce battle suddenly erupted outside the stone door, sweeping in like a storm and instantly shattering the tranquility of the cave.
Immediately afterward, Wu Xiang's anxious voice clearly reached the ears of the three people inside the cave: "Sect Master, be careful of the jade pendant on Ye Ding's waist."
Wu Xiang's words startled the three people in the cave, and they all focused their attention on the jade pendant.
Yue Fengcheng was slightly taken aback before realizing that the person in front of him was named Ye Dingzhi. Recalling Wuxiang Envoy's words, his eyes immediately sharpened.
When Ye Dingzhi's scheme was exposed by Wuxiang Envoy, he immediately abandoned all pretense of concealment and reached out to take the jade pendant. However, Yue Fengcheng beat him to it and used his inner force to hold the jade pendant in mid-air.
"No matter what this is, you won't get what you want." Yue Fengcheng sneered, and under Ye Dingzhi's despairing gaze, he directly shattered the jade pendant with his internal force.
However, in the next instant, a dazzling sword aura burst forth from the shattered jade pendant, like the rising sun, illuminating the entire cave, and with unstoppable power, it rushed straight towards Yuefeng City.
Yue Fengcheng's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly tried to retreat, but Ye Dingzhi held him back tightly.
"what!"
The sharp sword energy easily pierced through Yue Fengcheng's body, raging within him and bringing waves of tearing pain.
At that moment, time seemed to freeze. Yue Fengcheng's face turned ashen, his eyes filled with disbelief and shock.
Severely injured by the sword energy, Yue Fengcheng was unable to control his internal energy for a moment.
The out-of-control true energy began to rampage through his eight extraordinary meridians, eventually flowing along his palm into Ye Dingzhi's body.
"No!" Yue Fengcheng felt his inner energy gushing out like a flood, and seeing that his decades of hard work were about to be destroyed, he couldn't help but let out a heart-wrenching roar.
Ye Dingzhi realized that if he allowed Yue Fengcheng to restore his internal energy, he would be the one to die. Therefore, he made a decisive move and began to actively absorb Yue Fengcheng's internal energy.
……
The sun rises in the east.
Xiao Ruojin, unusually dressed in the robes of a prince, entered the court amidst the uneasy gaze of Emperor Tai'an and a throng of officials.
Previously, Emperor Tai'an thought Xiao Ruojin was arrogant and disrespectful, showing no respect for the emperor, because he did not attend court.
But when Xiao Ruojin came to court today, a sense of fear arose in his heart.
Why did this rebellious son suddenly attend court? Is he planning to do something to him?
Are we going to cripple him?
Or should we just kill him in front of all the civil and military officials?
Emperor Tai'an, filled with anxiety, hurriedly ordered his eunuch to summon Qi Tianchen.
After all, Qi Tianchen was the Grand Preceptor of Beili, and his cultivation was not shallow. If this rebellious son suddenly unleashed his power, he could at least hold him off.
After receiving Emperor Tai'an's edict, Qi Tianchen sighed and entered the palace.
At first glance, he seemed to be on Emperor Tai'an's side, but in reality, he was already hoping that Xiao Ruojin would ascend the throne as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if Xiao Ruojin makes any noise, Emperor Tai'an will be terrified, and in the end, he will also suffer as a result.
Xiao Ruojin seemed oblivious to Emperor Tai'an's unease and respectfully bowed.
"Long live Your Majesty!"
Emperor Tai'an was instantly terrified, inwardly screaming:
This unfilial son is being so polite today; it can't be anything good.
It’s over! It’s over! It’s over!
Because of Xiao Ruojin's appearance, the entire court was much quieter than usual, and almost everyone's gaze was falling on him, whether intentionally or not.
Xiao Ruojin didn't care about this at all. He came here today not for anything else, but mainly to exonerate Ye Yu.
This was an operation that had been planned long ago.
This case must be overturned.
This case occurred during the reign of Emperor Tai'an and was the most extensive and far-reaching case in terms of its impact.
Only by overthrowing it can we proceed to overthrow Emperor Tai'an's other decrees.
Time was of the essence, and Xiao Ruojin hoped to speed up the process, arrange all matters as soon as possible, and ascend the throne at an early date.
As the morning court session was about to end, Xiao Ruojin immediately stepped forward and presented his report.
The once noisy court fell silent instantly, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen.
Xiao Ruojin did not beat around the bush; she directly reported the matter to the emperor and presented a great deal of evidence related to the case.
As soon as he finished speaking, the officials who had been waiting behind him knelt down and kowtowed, respectfully requesting Emperor Tai'an to order a retrial of the case.
The true mastermind behind this case—Emperor Tai'an—was furious, his face turning ashen.
The whistleblower in this case, Qing Wang, was so frightened that his legs went weak.
However, faced with the powerful Xiao Ruojin and numerous court officials requesting a review, they had no choice but to compromise, no matter how unwilling they were.
Ye Yu's case, from the time Xiao Ruojin submitted her memorial to the throne until the case was overturned, took no more than ten days.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, no case has ever been handled so quickly, especially since it was a case from ten years ago.
But that's exactly what happened.
The process was also interspersed with the trial of other cases and the revision of government orders.
This is nothing short of a miracle.
The day after all this was completed, Xiao Ruojin went to court again and asked Emperor Tai'an to issue an edict of self-reproach regarding the court's wrongful execution of loyal officials.
Emperor Tai'an slumped on the dragon throne, no longer possessing the dignity befitting a ruler of a nation.
Because he knew that his end had come.
Xiao Ruojin has now driven him to the brink of despair step by step.
The palace guards, the Shadow Sect protecting Tianqi City, the Dark River monitoring the martial arts world, the civil and military officials in the court, the Langya Army, the Pofeng Army, the former Ye Family Army, and so on—all these forces were taken over by Xiao Ruojin.
It can be said that Xiao Ruojin is now only one title away from being the emperor.
And this title will smoothly fall into Xiao Ruojin's hands after he issues an edict of self-reproach.