Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

Even if he refuses Su Huanzhen, Luo Hou will come to demand it in person, and then his life might be in danger.

After much deliberation, Dao Wuji had no choice but to agree: "It's just a piece of clothing. If it can earn me Luo Hou's alliance, I will be very pleased."

Su Huanzhen bowed and thanked him: "Chairman, you are very righteous. I will clear your name in three days."

In Tiandu, someone delivered a letter to Jun Manlu.

Jun Manlu read it and said in surprise, "Dao Wuji has been framed, and Su Huanzhen asked me to prove his innocence."

"The conspirator is Cang Haiping."

"Did the Martial Lord already know?"

Luo Hou asked calmly, "What do you want to do?"

"Tianxia Fengdao ambushed Wu Jun and injured me as well. If Huang Quan hadn't fought his way out, I might be dead. Should we go help Su Huanzhen? Manlu, listen to Wu Jun."

"You are a kind and upright girl, don't go against your conscience."

"Manlu understands, thank you, Lord Wu."

Chapter 7 Public Trial of Dao Wuji

Three days later, at the public pavilion.

This public evaluation meeting regarding Dao Wuji was hosted by Su Huanzhen.

The public pavilion was packed with curious onlookers, and vendors selling water, melon seeds, and small stools had already secured the best spots.

Luo Sui was no exception; this was his first time participating in the activities of the Public Pavilion.

He had always had a question: given how miserable the situation was, with the people practically cannon fodder, why did they still have such a gossipy and entertaining spirit?

He arrived at the perfect time, standing neither too early nor too late, but his imposing presence and dazzling golden armor still kept many people at a distance.

"Look at that, a giant golden radish."

"Tch, that's Lord Luo Hou, who just came back to life."

"I heard he was resurrected twice?"

"They're rich, they can just eat the resurrection pill on the spot."

"Who has money? Who has money?"

A loud-voiced, noseless man pushed through the crowd; it turned out to be Qin Jiaxian, a famous figure from the Bitter Realm, followed by his henchman Ye Tuling.

"Qin Jiaxian, you've come at the right time. We bet ten taels of silver that buying Dao Wuji was a mistake."

"Nonsense, Su Huanzhen said he was wronged, so he is wronged."

Ye Tuling tugged at his clothes: "Big boy, Luo Hou is glaring at you."

Qin Jiaxian was startled. After thinking for a moment, he squeezed next to Luo Hou and said ingratiatingly, "Wu Jun said that Dao Wuji is black, so I, Qin Jiaxian, went up and splashed ink on him."

"no."

Luo Hou looked at the front desk, where not only the host Su Huanzhen, the parties involved Dao Wuji and Cang Haiping, but also many familiar faces, who were either jury members or important witnesses invited to the trial.

Dao Wuji was charged with three crimes: the massacre of the Mingdao Shenfang sect, the murder of his wife Meng Ruyan, and the killing of Haipai Tianye, Cang Haiping's disciple.

At the start of the public review meeting, Su Huanzhen invited Jiuzhou Yijianzhi as the first witness to come to the stage.

The Southern Nine Provinces, the Northern Eight Wildernesses.

Uncle Jiuzhou was a legendary figure in the sword world three hundred years ago. His greatest misfortune was marrying Meng Ruyun, a wife who coveted wealth and status.

Meng Ruyun's twin sister, Meng Ruyan, was Dao Wuji's wife. After Meng Ruyan passed away, Meng Ruyun took her sister's place and went to Tianxia Fengdao, burying her sister's body as if it were her own.

When Meng Ruyun left Jiuzhou Yijianzhi, she was already pregnant.

She originally intended to deceive everyone, but Dao Wuji saw through her at a glance. Not only did he not touch her, he was also very wary of her.

Meng Ruyun gave birth to a son in Tianxia Fengdao. Dao Wuji was overjoyed to become a father and named his child Dao Wuxin.

He never taught Dao Wuxin martial arts, allowing Meng Ruyun to spoil him and raise him into a weak and uneducated young master.

After Luo Hou was resurrected, Dao Wuji, to express his submission, sent Jun Manlu, who was betrothed to Dao Wuxin, to Tiandu.

Dao Wuxin couldn't bear the blow and hanged himself.

The death of her son fueled Meng Ruyun's hatred for Dao Wuji, leading her to join forces with Cang Haiping. However, after their scheme was accomplished, she was silenced by Cang Haiping.

The tragic old man from Kyushu found out he had a son when his son died, and he found out his wife was still alive when his wife also died.

He wanted to know the truth, so at Yu Bufan's invitation, he joined the investigation team.

The uncle walked onto the stage and said angrily, "Although Meng Ruyun died within the Heavenly Sword Sealing Blade, she used the Huangji Tianzhan move of Dao Wuji. However, the move left an unhidden flaw, which is a habit of people who have been using swords for many years."

Su Huanzhen asked, "What is the flaw? Please explain in detail, senior."

"The Canghai Sword Style created by Canghai Ping has a fatal flaw: with each strike, the swordsman must channel three-tenths of his strength through both blades to control the enemy from either side. At the tip of the sword, four-tenths of his strength remains."

Cang Haiping retorted to the older man, "So what?"

"However, the Imperial Heavenly Slash requires nine-tenths of the force to be applied to a single blade, leaving only one-tenth at the tip."

Cang Haiping never imagined that Jiuzhou Yijianzhi had such a deep understanding of these two martial arts techniques.

He sneered, "As expected of the once renowned Southern Nine Provinces. Even if Meng Ruyun didn't die at Dao Wuji's hands, how can you prove that she was killed by me? You are also familiar with the Canghai Sword Style. Don't others have such an opportunity?"

The uncle had no evidence, so he had to leave the scene.

Su Huanzhen then invited Yu Bufan to the stage.

Yu Bufan was preoccupied with his thoughts. He had been to Cangfeng Palace, seen the body of the Right Protector, and interrogated the people imprisoned in the jail.

"Please, Left Protector, state the results of your investigation."

Yu Bufan, who was in charge of investigating the massacre of the Mingdao Shenfang family, sighed, took out a mask with a crack in it, and waved to his subordinates in Tianxia Fengdao, saying, "Bring it up."

The subordinates immediately pushed a female assassin to the front.

Yu Bufan slapped the mask onto the female assassin's face, and the cracks in the mask perfectly matched the scars on her face.

"Everyone, this young lady is one of the murderers who massacred the Mingdao Shenfang family. Her weapon has the same wounds as the Mingdao Shenfang corpses, and the wounds on her face are a perfect match for Gongsun Duofeng's blade."

The female assassin looked terrified and pleaded with Cang Haiping, "Master, save me!"

Cang Haiping was taken aback: "Who are you? I don't know you!"

Seeing that Cang Haiping had abandoned her, the female assassin hurriedly said to Su Huanzhen, "Cang Haiping is the one who commands us."

"You bullshit!"

Cang Haiping vehemently rejected the idea.

Just then, Su Huanzhen invited a third witness.

It wouldn't be accurate to say he was invited; this person was brought on stage bound, escorted by a charming, handsome, and refined young nobleman.

"Soaring ninety thousand li, with ten thousand taels of silver around his waist, he's used to riding a crane across Yangzhou. But affairs are complicated, the scenery is fading, and gold cannot enrich even a hero. A world of human affairs exists between heaven and earth. White is also an eye. Blue is also an eye."

The young women and wives in front of the pavilion immediately started shouting and throwing all sorts of flowers and handkerchiefs at the young man.

"It's Young Master Ya!"

"Young Master Ya is here!"

Tian Dao Xiao Jian Dun first greeted the audience before speaking, "This person is the Six-Fingered Drug Lord, the murderer who poisoned Dao Wuji in the Bone-Eating Pit."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the six-fingered drug lord, realizing his crimes had been exposed, had no choice but to betray his employer: "I'm just a hitman who takes money to do things. Ask Cang Haiping about everything."

Just when everyone thought the case was solved, Su Huanzhen brought in the last witness.

Jun Manlu slowly walked to the front of the public pavilion and pointed out, "The one who colluded with Luo Hou in private is Cang Haiping."

"what!"

Everyone was stunned. After Luo Hou was resurrected for the first time, he invaded the Central Plains. Su Huanzhen led the righteous path, Tianxia Fengdao, and the Sunblind Clan to besiege Tiandu.

As a result, a group of people suddenly appeared, delaying the sealing of the sword, which led to a major defeat for the allied forces.

If it weren't for Ya Shao and Mo Dao's rescue, Su Huanzhen and Qian Yeqi might have been killed by Luo Hou.

When the truth came out, everyone in the righteous faction was outraged.

"Bitch!"

Cang Haiping cursed fiercely and thrust his sword at Jun Manlu.

Knowing he was doomed to die, he only wanted to find someone to go to the underworld with, and among them, only Jun Manlu did not know martial arts.

Choose the softest persimmons.

Chapter 8 Five Dragons of the Heavens

Cang Haiping is Dao Wuhou's partner, and together they founded Tianxia Fengdao.

Unexpectedly, as Tianxia Fengdao grew stronger, Canghaiping lost his power.

Before his death, Dao Wuhou, in order to ensure the status of his adopted son and disciple Dao Wuji, banished Cang Haiping from the World-Sealing Blade Sect.

Cang Haiping was naturally unwilling to accept this and started fighting with Dao Wuhou. Dao Wuji helped him and disfigured Cang Haiping with a single blow.

Cang Haiping hid away to recuperate from his injuries. As time passed, he outlived Dao Wuhou and now, once he emerged, he could only seek revenge on Dao Wuji.

Still failed.

He angrily drew his sword at Jun Manlu, but seeing that the beauty was about to perish, Tian Dao Xiao Jian Dun swayed slightly and stood in front of Jun Manlu.

The stunned onlookers immediately cheered: "Young Master Ya is so handsome!"

"Young Master Ya, hit him!"

Looking at the excitement of the crowd below the stage, Luo Hou thought that perhaps it was because life was too short that everyone lived so freely.

The Hai Pai Tian Lao Ye, who was killed by Cang Hai Ping, was Cang Hai Ping's apprentice and also a close friend of Tian Dao Xiao Jian Dun.

Ya Shao slowly drew his Heavenly Blade and pointed it at Cang Haiping: "What else do you have to say?"

The wind stirred Ya Shao's long golden hair, fluttered his white feather cloak, and stirred his burning anger.

“I will not ask about your personal grudge against Tianxia Fengdao, but you colluded with Luo Hou to harm the righteous path. Later, in order to frame Dao Wuji, you even sacrificed your disciple who respected you throughout his life, almost causing me to kill an innocent person by mistake.”